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New & full of opening novelties: Yearbook 97
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2010 Russian Championships
The 63rd Russian Chess Championships were held in Moscow from 11-22 December. 20-year old Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Sergey Karjakin in a playoff to take his first Russian title. The format was a 12-player round robin, with half the field rated ove...
Women's World Championship: Hou Yifan wins second game
In Anatakya, Turkey Hou Yifan took the lead in the Women's World Championship final against Ruan Lufei. The youngest of the two Chinese finalists won today with the black pieces, after the first game had ended in a draw yesterday.General info The ...
Women's World Championships: Hou Yifan Leads
The 16-year old Hou Yifan took a step closer to becoming the Women's World Chess Champion today by taking the lead in the final match with Ruan Lufei. After an exciting draw in the first game, Yifan won the second game with the black pieces. Tha...
Karjakin & Nepomniachtchi lead Russian Championship
Peter Svidler dropped to shared third place at the 63rd Russian Championship Superfinal in Moscow. On Monday he lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi, who now shares the lead with Sergey Karjakin with two rounds to go.General info The Superfinal of the 63rd ...
European quickplay titles for Almasi and Vachier-Lagrave
Zoltan Almasi won the European Rapid Championship in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday. The Hungarian emerged as the winner after a play-off, as he had finished on 10.5/13 together with Vugar Gashimov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Arkadij Naiditsch and...
Ruan Lufei & Hou Yifan in World Championship final
Just like two years ago, Hou Yifan from China eliminated Humpy Koneru from India in the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship in Antakya, Turkey. She will meet her compatriot Ruan Lufei in the final, who defeated another Chinese player, Zh...
All-Chinese Final At The Women's World Championship
The final of the Women's World Chess Championship will be an all-Chinese affair after the Indian Humpy Koneru was knocked out in the semi-finals by 16-year old Hou Yifan. Hou Yifan played a superb endgame to win game 1, and then drew game 2 to ad...
Svidler leads Russian Championship
Peter Svidler leads the 63rd Russian Championship Superfinal in Moscow. In round 6 the grandmaster from St. Petersburg defeated Vladimir Malakhov in his pet variation and he's now on 4.5/6. A brief update on this strong tournament.General info The...
The opening ideas from London right into your mailbox
In the latest issue of ChessVibes Openings you'll find the hottest opening ideas from the London Chess Classic and the Bundesliga. And, remember our Holiday Special: As a subscriber to ChessVibes Openings you can now get your hands on all back iss...
The power of comparative thinking
The game Kramnik-Carlsen from the 2nd London Chess Classic event provided great excitement to all that followed it live, either on stage on via the Internet. After outplaying his opponent, Kramnik seemed to be sailing comfortably to an easy win, b...
Carlsen wins again in London
Magnus Carlsen repeated his 2009 success and won the 2nd London Chess Classic today after beating Nigel Short in the final round. With the other three games ending in a draw, the Norwegian finished two points ahead of McShane and Anand according t...
Women's World Championship reaches semis
Humpy Koneru, Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue reached the semi-finals of the Women's World Championship in Antakya on Tuesday, all winning their minimatches 1.5-0.5. Today Ruan Lufei joined them after eliminating Harika Dronavalli in the rapid tiebreak.Gen...
Magnus Carlsen Wins London Classic 2010
Magnus Carlsen ensured victory in the 2010 London Chess Masters by defeating the demoralised Nigel Short with breathtaking ease in the final round. Short never managed to get any active play and Carlsen was accurate and merciless to take the full...
China Dominate At Women's World Champs
The 2010 Women's World Chess Championship has reached the semi-final stage and three of the four players left are Chinese. It could have been an all-Chinese semi-final, but top seed Humpy Koneru is still flying the flag for India after beating Ju...
Four draws in penultimate round London Chess Classic
All games in the 6th and penultimate round of the London Chess Classic ended in a draw today. Magnus Carlsen miraculously saved a completely lost ending against Vladimir Kramnik.British under 10 champion Imogen Turvey-Cross making the first moveGe...
Karjakin and Svidler lead 63rd Russian Championship
Sergei Karjakin and Peter Svidler are sharing the lead at the 63rd Russian Championship Superfinal in Moscow. The two scored 3 points out of 4 games and are followed by Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk, who have half a point less.General ...
Carlsen Escapes In London
In the penultimate round of the London Chess Classic, Magnus Carlsen pulled off an escape worthy of Houdini in his game against Kramnik to rescue a draw. Kramnik simplified to a seemingly winning endgame, but somehow hit a brick wall when trying ...
New Mega Database 2011
We have just received from ChessBase: Mega Database 2011. This exclusive database contains more than 4.8 million games, of which 65,000 are annotated by top players. Mega 2011 also features a new edition of the playerbase containing 270,000 nam...
Women's World Ch: Kosteniuk out
Defending Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was eliminated in the third round of the Women's World Championship in Antakya, Turkey. The Russian lost to Chinese WGM Ruan Lufei in the rapid tiebreak. Former World Champion Zhu Chen is also out after three...
Carlsen catches Anand and McShane at London Chess Classic
Thanks to a win against David Howell in round 5, Magnus Carlsen caught Luke McShane and Vishy Anand in the standings at the London Chess Classic. The drama continued for Nigel Short, who lost to Hikaru Nakamura.Round 5 of the London Chess Classic ...
Carlsen Joins The Leaders In London
Magnus Carlsen defeated David Howell in round five to join Vishy Anand and Luke McShane at the top of the leaderboard. Despite having the black pieces Carlsen dictated the pace during the game and eventually managed to provoke an error from his p...
Kosteniuk Out Of World Championship
Reigning women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) has crashed out of the 2010 competition after losing on tie-breaks to Chinese player Ruan Lufei in round three. Kosteniuk's departure means that shockingly there are no Russians...