From July 5th to July 11th, the 38th Greek Team Championship took place in Athens, Greece. This year's edition was clouded by the economic crisis which has been keeping the country busy for many months.Report and photos by IM Georgios SouleidisUnt...
This year's Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund runs from the 15-25 July and 9-time winner Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) will be aiming to make it to double figures! Also returning from last year's event are Peter Leko (a mere 3-time winner) and A...
Zhao takes lead at Junior Closed, Zatonskih and Krush winBy Mike WilmeringThe two highest-ranked players coming into the 2010 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, GM Ray Robson and IM Sam Shankland, faced off today in round four. The game, a typical C...
In this holiday period many people, either at a camping site or on the beach, are looking for only one thing: something to read. And since you can take the internet with you these days, with your phone, your netbook, your iPads and all, we might a...
Favorites draw at Womens Champ, Harper tops Junior leaderboard By Mike Wilmering and Katie Baldetti The streak has been broken. After 30 straight decisive games at the U.S. Womens Championship, a run that began during round six of the 2009 U.S....
The streak has been broken. After an amazing run of thirty(!) straight decisive games in U.S. Women’s Championship play, which began during round six of the 2009 Championship, spectators finally witnessed a draw in third round action between the ...
After so much (Dutch) football subjectivity over the past weeks (yeah yeah, Spain won deservedly), it's a delight to read something objective again: Lars Schandorff has written an extremely solid and honest book on the Caro-Kann in the Grandmaster...
Stage set for epic showdown at U.S. Women's Championship By Mike Wilmering and Katie Baldetti Victories by IM Irina Krush and IM Anna Zatonskih in round two of the 2010 U.S. Womens Championship have set the stage for an epic round-three showdow...
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! Y. Afek 2008 White to play and draw Next week the solution.Sol...
By Mike Wilmering and Katie Baldetti Fighting chess continues to be the theme for the U.S. Womens Championship. After 20 straight decisive games closed out the 2009 U.S. Womens Championship, this years event followed suit as all five games produ...
In the coming two weeks the articles posted on ChessVibes will appear less frequently than usual, because your editor-in-chief is celebrating a holiday. However, our co-editors will be taking care of the most important news, such as the FIDE elect...
The 22-year old Czech player Viktor Laznicka won the World Open in Philadelphia, taking the first prize ahead of a strong field. It was his first visit to the USA, and presumably he was very happy with the result! Laznicka started with 6 wins ou...
New: Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4, Volume 13. The latest volume of this acclaimed series, by Alexander Khalifman, is devoted mostly to the English Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian. The author points out the essence of all important po...
When I received an email some days ago about the passing away of Danish IM Ole Jacobsen, it didn't ring a bell immediately. But a few days later I realized I had met this tall and friendly Dane at a tournament in Salou in 2007.On July 2nd I receiv...
Next to his chess activities world's number one Magnus Carlsen has started a fashion model career. The 19-year-old Norwegian was contracted by international clothing brand G-Star. In a campain launched today in Berlin, Carlsen stars together with ...
Not many chess players achieve a degree of celebrity that allows them to be recognized and even feted in the mainstream media. Magnus Carlsen's image took a new direction today as he embarked on a career as a model for G-Star! G-Star are a tren...
We have just received: Chess Informant 107. The latest volume of Chess Informant contains: 736 games played between September and December 2009, the most interesting combinations and endings, studies, tournament standings and cross tables, the...
Viktor Laznicka won this year's World Open in Philadelphia. The Czech grandmaster was the only player to finish at 7.5/9, half a point more than Harikrishna, Smirin and McShane, and a point more than Van Wely, Gustafsson, Potkin and Lenderman.Vikt...
Nana Dzagnidze won the 4th FIDE Women Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia. The Georgian grandmaster finished on 9/11 (a 2748 performance), 1.5 points ahead of Tatiana Kosintseva.The 4th FIDE Women Grand Prix tournament took place June 23 - July 6 in Jer...
Welcome Dragon "Slayers", Najdorf "Demolishers", and Taimanov "Tyrants"!!! :) This group, designed specifically for Chess.com University's second course -- "Don't Fear the Sicilian", has been created just for you! Many chess players spend th...
He didn't play an official tournament game for eleven years, but this weekend he returned to the arena in Haarlem, The Netherlands where he won a 6-round weekender: Matthew Sadler. The English grandmaster finished on 5/6, half a point ahead of GMs...
The fourth tournament of the FIDE women's Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia, has ended with a decisive and dominant winner. Nana Dzagnidze (pictured) started the event with a staggering 7.5/8 score and despite 'only' finishing with three draws in the...
Friso Nijboer won the 5th HSG Open in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The Dutch grandmaster finished on 7/9 which was half a point more than GMs Steingrimsson and Landa, and 13-year-old IM Nyzhnyk. The 5th HSG (Hilversums Schaak Genootschap) Open too...
Every week we present you an endgame study – this week not selected by IM Yochanan Afek but by another, quite famous player from Israel. Last week, at the Kings' Tournament in Bazna, Boris Gelfand showed an ending to Magnus Carlsen, and he was hap...
