Saturday and Sunday, November 13 and 14 and 20 and 21, chess.com will be broadcasting a full international chess tournament via the new analysis board feature in live! The tounament is the 1st Metropolitan Chess Club International IM Norm Tourname...
Today at the Tal Memorial Wang Hao joined Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the lead. The Chinese GM defeated Boris Gelfand, who resigned in a position that looked lost, but might well be a draw. The other four games did end in a draw.Gen...
From 12th to 14th of November three preponed matches of the 7th round and the regular matches of the 3rd and 4th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place at the playing venues Eppingen, Berlin, Solingen and Griesheim. All pairings and informa...
Israel's team captain Alon Greenfeld is sadly convinced that Israel's latest successes will never be replicated. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, cross-posted in full here, the grandmaster speaks about chess in Israel, and how the country ...
Thanks to a fine endgame victory against Pavel Eljanov today Shakhriyar Mamedyarov caught Levon Aronian in the standings at the Tal Memorial. The two share first place with three rounds to go. General info The traditional Tal Memorial tournament t...
The action continues at the Tal Memorial, but the decisive games were a rare breed in rounds 5 and 6. Round 5 had several promising attempts to disturb the equilibrium, but only Eljanov converted to earn his first victory of the event against Gel...
We're that fast. A theoretical overview of Aronian-Kramnik, the consequences of Mamedyarov's pawn sac in the Breyer, the impact of the 5.Nc3 Petroff in Nakamura-Kramnik - cutting edge opening theory from the Tal Memorial, sent to our growing numbe...
Today in an official statement the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced that Alexander Grischuk will replace Magnus Carlsen in the 2011 Candidates matches. In a first reaction, Grischuk said: "It's nice, I enjoyed his decision." World Champ...
Pavel Eljanov beat Boris Gelfand in round 5 of the Tal Memorial. It was the first victory for the Ukrainian in Moscow. The rest of the games ended in a draw and so Levon Aronian keeps his slim lead in the standings.General info The traditional Tal...
New in our shop: A Few Old Friends .This superb book gives an astonishing overview of the finest books, manuscripts, letters, photos and ephemera that David DeLucia collected over the years."A book so stunning in terms of both production and con...
Following on from the shock announcement by Magnus Carlsen of his withdrawal from the upcoming world chess championship candidates matches, FIDE has given its response. FIDE respects that every player makes his own decisions and regrets that G...
Magnus Carlsen's letter to FIDE has caused a lot of confusion. Top players as well as fans have expressed that they don't fully understand the reasons why Carlsen refrains from playing in the 2011 Candidates. We decided to ask Magnus for some more...
The fan reactions to Magnus Carlsen's withdrawal from the 2011 Candidates matches has been extraordinary. Heated debates are ongoing at chess sites and here at ChessVibes it blasted our comment record to a staggering five hundred plus. It's about ...
All games in the 4th round of the Tal Memorial ended in a draw today. Levon Aronian keeps his slim lead in the standings, going into the first and only rest day.General info The traditional Tal Memorial tournament takes place 4-14 November in the ...
The great Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, who died last week at the age of 83, was known among chess players not only for his novels and essays, but also for his deep friendship with grandmaster J.H. Donner, which he described in great detail in his n...
Round four at the Tal Memorial produced plenty of exciting chess, but for the first time there were no decisive games as a result of the action. Nakamura threw everything he could at Kramnik's Petroff defence, but the Russian managed to hold on f...
At the Tal Memorial in Moscow Levon Aronian is in sole first place after three rounds. Today the Armenian beat Boris Gelfand to reach 2.5/3, and spot number 2 in the live ratings. He is followed by five players who have half a point less. Both Pav...
After three rounds of the 2010 Tal Memorial, Lev Aronian is the sole leader thanks to wins against Vladimir Kramnik in round one, and Boris Gelfand in round three. Gelfand has had a topsy-turvy start, losing in the opener, then recovering to beat...
Five players are leading the Tal Memorial in Moscow with 1.5 points after 2 rounds. Today Hikaru Nakamura defeated Pavel Eljanov while Boris Gelfand was victorious against Alexei Shirov. Report with comments from the players.General info The tradi...
Many famous personalities are visiting the Tal Memorial regularly. One of them is the world famous chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky, who agreed to an interview today. But here's the deal: we'll let the ChessVibes readers ask the questions! We just sp...
Corsica, famous for being the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte, is also famous for being a land of chess. "L’île de beauté" ('isle of beauty') again hosted a powerful event. The 14th "Corsican Circuit" was held in Bastia and Aiacciu from October 2...
The Tal Memorial in Moscow started with with four decisive games out of five in a thrilling first round. In the battle of the top two seeds, Lev Aronian beat Vladimir Kramnik to get off to a great start. There were also wins for Grischuk, Karjak...
The Tal Memorial saw an attractive first round in Moscow today with four victories in five games. After Mamedyarov and Nakamura drew their game, Aronian was the first winner of the day against Kramnik. Karjakin scored the second point against Gelf...
Metropolitan Chess in downtown Los Angeles will be holding a 9-RR FIDE Invitational over November 12th – 14th and 20th – 21st. The tournament is being sponsored by www.chess.com, LawyerFy, Fashion Business, Inc, Betty Bottom, and Hippie Chips. ...
