In the second round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, four of the five games ended in a draw. Hero of the day was Evgeny Tomashevsky, who managed to grind down Parimarjan Negi.Report and analyses by IM Robert RisLike yesterday, the gam...
In the most exciting round of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund so far, Vladimir Kramnik beat Arkadij Naiditsch while the other games also ended decisively.Report by Daan ZultIf people wondered whether Ruslan Ponomariov could recover from h...
Dortmund 2010 has had a lot more fighting spirit than last year in round five it positively caught fire! All games ended decisively, with Kramnik picking up his first win of the tournament against Naiditsch. Kramnik cleverly trapped his opponent...
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Krush crowned; three-way tie atop Junior leaderboard By Mike Wilmering After an IM Anna Zatonskih draw in round nine, IM Irina Krush won a wild one against WFM Abby Marshall to clinch the 2010 U.S. Women's Championship title with a score of 8...
The Young Grandmasters tournament in Biel, Switzerland, has started today. World Junior Champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is back where he won last year. Report and analyses by IM Robert RisThe Young Grandmasters Tournament is a single round-robin e...
Sometimes the big new titles from the big publishers get all the attention. It's true these are often great buys, but there's also the risk of overlooking little gems by smaller publishers. Or, as the great Italian philosopher Calimero used to say...
The Young Grandmasters Tournament at the Biel Chess Festival has started with wins for Wesley So of the Philippines (pictured) and Maxim Roshstein of Israel. So's victory came with the black pieces against England's David Howell, while Roshstein'...
Krush, Zatonskih even; Zhao half-point behind RobsonBy Mike WilmeringHeading into the final round of the 2010 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, FM Parker Zhao is just a half point behind tourney favorite and defending champion GM Ray Robson, who h...
In round 4, Quang Le from Vietnam showed he did not come to Dortmund to serve as cannon fodder! After the 2700+ aggression he faced in round 3, Quang Le was able to gear up and confront Ponomariov with some tactics of his own. Report by Daan ZultU...
Round four at Dortmund brought more interesting chess and a new sole leader. Co-leader Mamedyarov drew with Kramnik, but Ponomariov came undone against Quang Liem (pictured) thanks to an inspired piece of tactics with 19. Nxg6! and 20. Bd6!! F...
The 3th round showed some interesting, some aggressive and some tenacious chess. Shakriyar Mamedyarov beat Le Quang and is now in shared first place.Report by Daan ZultArkadij Naiditsch played an excellent game against tournament leader Ponomariov...
Krushing the King's Indian By Mike Wilmering and Katie BaldettiRound seven featured a crucial match-up between IM Irina Krush and WIM Alisa Melekhina.Krush, who started the day a half-point behind IM Anna Zatonskih, needed a win with White to keep...
The annual Biel Chess Festival is underway in Switzerland. Biel always tries to offer something a little different, with a chess 960, blitz, simultaneous, and even a chess-tennis event among the offerings. This year the organisers have taken the...
Ruslan Ponomariov showed great form by also winning his second game in the Dortmund Sparkasse Chess-Meeting. He beat Vladimir Kramnik in just 36 moves. Peter Leko was close to victory against Mamedyarov.Report by Daan ZultIt’s not Vladimir Kramnik...
Round three at Dortmund and more entertaining and hard fought games for chess fans to pore over. This time it was Mamedyarov (pictured) who brought home the only full point of the day, thanks to a slip from Quang Liem in a complex and thrilling g...
Recently on Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC's Chess.FM was a a two-part special with GM Yasser Seirawan, who was talking about his latest book for Everyman, Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions.This show is one of the six regular w...
In the first round of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2010 in Dortmund, Germany, which started yesterday, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ruslan Ponomariov had a great start with wins over Arkadij Naiditsch and Peter Leko respectively. Elo-favourite Vladim...
Ruslan Ponomariov was the only winner in round two at Dortmund, beating Vladimir Kramnik with surprising ease to take the sole lead with 2/2. Ponomariov turned Kramnik's favourite weapon, the Catalan, against him to spectacular effect. Kramnik s...
On August 12, a week earlier than in previous years, the new edition of the NH Chess Tournament starts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can watch Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Peter Heine Nielsen, Loek van Wely and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (the Exper...
You're searching for a way to escape everyday stress? You're looking forward to finally get to do some chess in your holidays, but you don't necessarily feel like playing a tough nine round open with chess only?Photo report and analyses by IM Meri...
The opening round of this double-round robin elite event produced two wins out three games, but Kramnik had to settle for a half point. Ruslan Ponomariov (pictured) used the Scotch to defeat Peter Leko, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov employed the Na...
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Zatonskih and Zhao bring their A-GameBy Katie Baldetti and Mike Wilmering ST. LOUIS, July 14, 2010--Four Z's squared off in pivotal match-ups today in Saint Louis. Two of them brought their A-game. IM Anna Zatonskih topped WIM Iryna Zenyuk and NM ...
