How does a chess player spend his rest day? In Wijk aan Zee there's not too much to do, and so most of the Tata participants indeed didn't do much but relax on Thursday. Some dare devils, however, accepted an invitation to a blokarting event on th...
Ten days ago we published an open letter signed by eighteen participants of the 2010 Women’s World Championship in Hatay, Turkey. The players expressed disappointment about the way the event was organized, addressing several issues concerning acco...
In the 10th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, America's number one chess player Hikaru Nakamura won his fifth game already. At an early stage Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France erred in his favorite Grünfeld, and was given no chance in the r...
Four members of the French team that participated in the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad have supported their federation's investigation into the cheating allegations against Sébastien Feller, Arnaud Hauchard and Cyril Marzolo of cheating. Max...
Going into the third and final rest day, again the names of Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura can be found at the top of the Tata leaderboard. The World Champion beat Alexei Shirov while the American grandmaster defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Magn...
A quick and smooth, attacking win was awarded the daily "Piet Zwart" prize of 500 Euros. The winner, Vladimir Kramnik, beat Erwin l'Ami, who castled too early and saw his king getting under fire quickly. Another instructive press conference from t...
Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand both won their games in round 10 of the Tata Steel tournament to emerge as joint leaders once again, with just three rounds remaining. Anand crushed poor Shirov in just 26 moves, while Nakamura beat Vachier-Lagrave...
With four rounds to go the Tata Steel Chess Tournament is likely to face a nerve-racking finish. On Tuesday Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Alexei Shirov and Erwin l'Ami respectively, joined Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura in the ...
Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian both won their games in round nine of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. Aronian (pictured) beat Shirov to consign him to the bottom of the standings once again, while Kramnik benefited handsomely from a b...
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After Tata's round 7 there was no press conference, but round 8 saw two. First Magnus Carlsen showed his win against Hikaru Nakamura, and then also Anish Giri was invited to demonstrate his victory. The 16-year-old grandmaster had beaten Wang Hao ...
It was a crucial game for Magnus Carlsen, and he did what he had to do. On his way back to playing for first place, the Norwegian defeated tournament leader Hikaru Nakamura in an excellent attacking game. Carlsen happily accepted to show the game ...
In a communiqué on its website the French Chess Federation (EFF) has accused GMs Sébastien Feller and Arnaud Hauchard and IM Cyril Marzolo of cheating. No details were given, but the federation announced that it has "initiated on December 22, 2010...
The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival runs from 24 January - 3 February 2011. This popular event has a new sponsor - Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd - and a bigger prize fund this year of £126,000. The winner of the Masters will take home £17,...
In round 8 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament leader Hikaru Nakamura lost his first game, to Magnus Carlsen. The American again shares first place with Vishy Anand, who drew with Levon Aronian. Alexei Shirov won his first game, against Alexander G...
Magnus Carlsen produced his best form against Hikaru Nakamura to beat the American in round eight of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. In an exciting game, Carlsen sacrificed a pawn and then a piece as both players attacked on opposite s...
Hikaru Nakamura is the sole leader in Wijk aan Zee again. Saturday the American grandmaster beat Dutch GM Jan Smeets in another Botvinnik Semi-Slav, while Vishy Anand quickly drew with Magnus Carlsen. In the B group Luke McShane lost to Le Quang L...
Hikaru Nakamura is having a great tournament in Wijk Aan Zee so far, and by beating Jan Smeets today he is the sole leader after seven rounds. Great opening preparation and another strong endgame ensured victory for the American. Naka's next two...
An interesting Grünfeld in the 6th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Nepomniachtchi inflicts the first loss upon 16-year-old Dutch talent Anish Giri and shows how in this press conference video. Enjoy!
After six rounds Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura are the co-leaders again in Wijk aan Zee. Today Anand drew quickly with Alexander Grischuk while Nakamura beat Erwin l'Ami. Anish Giri lost his first game, against Ian Nepomniachtchi, while Vladimir...
It was a black day in the A Group at the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. There were four decisive games in round six and they all favoured the player with the black pieces. Vladimir Kramnik finally opened his winning account against his o...
It seems grandmasters use both sides of their brain to process chess tasks, while novices use just one. This is the result of research by the University of Tübinge in Germany. In the same, scientific news category, a study by Swedish researchers s...
Just out: A Ferocious Opening Repertoire .This book presents a range of vicious weapons for White. The repertoire's backbone is provided by the aggressive Veresov Opening (1.d4, 2.Nc3 and 3.Bg5) and is accompanied by equally hostile options agai...
We have just received in our webshop: CT-ART Mating Combinations .The people who brought you the world famous tactics program CT-ART 4.0 have created an entirely new course, with 1200 instructive examples and 700 carefully selected exercises. Th...
