Dmitry Jakovenko and Sergey Karjakin today play the final of the ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa, Ukraine. Friday Karjakin eliminated Shirov and Grischuk, while Jakovenko was too strong for Eljanov and Gurevich. Update: After four draws in the rapid...
At the Sigeman & Co tournament the young Dutch super talent Anish Giri started with a perfect score of 3 out of 3. With only two rounds to go he's chased by Jon Ludvig Hammer from Norway, who has 2.5 points.The 18th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament t...
I don't think it was even mentioned around these parts, but our own Chess.com sponsored a $1000 prize for Best Game of the just concluded 2010 US Chess Championship. The award went to Yury Shulman for his victory over Hikaru Nakamura in the Quad ...
New: Grandmaster Repertoire 7 - The Caro-Kann.This latest volume of the outstanding Grandmaster Repertoire series covers the Caro-Kann opening, one of Black’s most reliable answers to 1.e4. Throughout this book Grandmaster Lars Schandorff recomm...
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) is organising the fourth World Rapid Cup in Odessa, Ukraine from 27-29 May. The format is a 16-player KO, with paired opponents playing 2 rapid games (20 minutes per game plus 5 second increments). Ti...
Vassily Ivanchuk was eliminated by Mikhail Gurevich on the first day of the 4th ACP World Rapid Cup. This year the annual rapid knockout tournament has Bacrot, Drozdovskij, Eljanov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Gurevich, Inarkiev, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Karj...
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Sometimes, I get a little tired of reading about the big names in chess all the time. Another super tournament with seven players out of the top 10; another huge open featuring dozens of well-known GMs fighting hard for serious money prizes; anoth...
We have just received: Mastering the Chess Openings - Volume 4.This final volume of the series covers a wide variety of opening structures and variations not seen in the earlier volumes. Author John Watson helps you to greatly increase your unders...
By FM Mike Klein With only seconds remaining on his clock, GM Gata Kamsky simplified the endgame against GM Yury Shulman to clinch a draw and with it the title of 2010 U.S. Champion. He last won the title in his teenage years in 1991. Kamsky w...
We formulated ten questions related to Developing Chess Talent and every Monday we'll ask them to an interesting personality in the chess world.1. Please introduce yourself (name, age, nationality, etc.)! Hello, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, 23 years old, G...
Gata Kamsky won the U.S. Championship today in St Louis by beating Yury Shulman in a playoff (rapid) game. Sunday the two eliminated Alexander Onischuk and Hikaru Nakamura respectively, and yesterday they drew each other.The 2010 U.S. Chess Champi...
By FM Mike Klein After a draw between GM Yury Shulman and GM Gata Kamsky today, the 2010 U.S. Championship will be decided by a tiebreaker. Shulman and Kamsky will play again today at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. They have each earned $25,000 for being ...
Pavel Eljanov today won the sixth and final FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Astrakhan, Russia. The Ukrainian finished with a score of 8/13, a full point ahead of a group of five GMs. One of them was Teimour Radjabov, who finished second in the final...
The final FIDE Grand Prix event in Astrakhan has deservedly been won by Pavel Eljanov (pictured). Eljanov is the top rated Ukrainian Grandmaster at 2751 Elo, ahead of his illustrious and better known countrymen Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomar...
Remember the heavy debates about ratings and K-factors, about a year ago? In the end FIDE didn't change anything, and would study further "to clarify all aspects and consequences of a possible change". An important conference on the subject will t...
By FM Mike Klein SAINT LOUIS, May 23, 2010 – Twenty-four players came to the 2010 U.S. Championship with a dream. After nine rounds, all but two players have woken up. In the most dramatic and meaningful round so far, GM Yury Shulman upset defe...
By FM Mike Klein Saint Louis, May 22, 2010 The top four players at the 2010 U.S. Championship have been battling for eight games, and for all practical purposes, they are right back where they started. After drawing amongst themselves today, the...
Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Hikaru Nakamura and Yury Shulman Thursday reached the quad finals of the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. After a rest day, the tournament resumes today with the first of the decisive three rounds.The 2010 U.S. Ches...
President of the German Chess Federation (DSB) Robert von Weizsäcker has been nominated by the DSB as candidate for the presidency of the European Chess Union. His nomination is endorsed by both Garry Kasparov and FIDE-presidential candidate Anato...
This is what reviewers had to say about Jesus de la Villa's Dismantling the Sicilian."A total knockout" - Arne Moll, ChessVibes "Also usable as a reference work. Very well presented." - Max Euwe Centrum"Impressive and highly recommended to thos...
By FM Mike Klein Four players have survived and advanced to the quad finals of the 2010 U.S. Championship, but the results of round seven do not tell the full story. Though a casual glance will show that the top three boards ended in draws, the ...
While Karpov basks in the limelight of his New York fundraiser, Ilyumzhinov and Dvorkovich find themselves in a tough situation. Given the personalities ranged against him, how can Dvorkovich fight back? An analysis of the Russian media on the mat...
The final event of the FIDE Grand Prix series is nearing completion in Astrakhan, Russia. In a tight and tense event there have been a high percentage of draws, and the leader after 9 of 13 rounds is Pavel Eljanov (pictured). However, with only ...
