Viswanathan Anand retained his world title today in Sofia, Bulgaria by beating his opponent Veselin Topalov in the 12th and last match game with the black pieces. The Indian won the world title in a tournament in 2007, and now successfully defende...
Chess Stars has published: The French Defence.This book presents a complete Black repertoire. There are many extensive analyses of concrete positions and new ideas discovered in the process of preparation for games and tournaments. It will enrich...
Viswanathan Anand has retained his world chess championship title in a nail-biting final game victory against the challenger, Veselin Topalov! The Indian champion seemed to have lost the initiative in the match and was expected to have to fight h...
In the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan, Vugar Gashimov beat Vassily Ivanchuk in the only decisive game.The sixth and final FIDE Grand Prix tournament started today in Astrakhan, Russia. Akopian (2694), Alekseev (2700), Gashimov (27...
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.)! Sergei Movsesian, 31 years old chess-veter...
Tatiana Kosintseva kept her 1.5 point lead in the last three rounds of the Women Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik. The Russian grandmaster won the tournament with a superb 9 out of 11 (2735 perfomance). Second came 16-year-old Hou Yifan from China...
So the 2010 World Chess Championship has gone the distance, with the players still locked together after 11 hard-fought games. The match has been full of excitement and if neither player can win the final game, there will be rapid tie-breaks on T...
The Third Women's Grand Prix in Nalchik has been won by the Russian Grandmaster Tatiana Kosintseva (pictured). Tatiana dominated the field in the 12-player single round robin event, winning by a clear point and a half from her nearest rival. Her...
The 11th game of the World Championship match in Sofia ended also in a draw today. Anand, who had started the game with 1.c4, could give perpetual check in a rook ending and instead offered a draw, which was accepted by Topalov. Video added.For al...
With the players tied at 5-5 we will definitely need all 12 scheduled games to separate the players in the 2010 World Chess Championship. Perhaps even the lottery of rapid tie-breaks! The champion Anand has the white pieces first, in game 11, and...
After Vassily Smyslov and Florencio Campomanes, the chess world says goodbye to another big name. The world's oldest living grandmaster, Andor Lilienthal, died today of serious illness, three days after his 99th birthday.In his long career, Lilien...
We have just received: Alekhine Alert!. Timothy Taylor constructs a practical repertoire for Black, ideal for the modern-day player. All the key tactical and positional ideas for both players are covered, and crucial move-order nuances are highl...
Against the odds, FIDE's Grand Prix series has survived and reaches it's final tournament starting tomorrow in Astrakhan, Russia. The series had a troubled existence almost from the start, with the global credit crunch causing venue changes as s...
The world's oldest grandmaster, the legendary Hungarian GM Andor Lilienthal has died aged 99. Lilienthal had a long and illustrious career, beating many world champions. Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik and Smyslov all fell victim to...
The 2010 US Chess Championship will take place from 13-25 May at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center. The championship has a new format this year; 24 players will take part in a 7-round swiss competition, and the top four players will ...
Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov also drew their 10th game of the World Championship match in Sofia. The World Champion went back to his Grünfeld Defence and reached equality easily but then came a bit under pressure. Topalov had some chances...
"It's just a hobby, and of course, I consider myself a strong amateur, but just an amateur, in singing. :-) On a good day, I can please the public." Every now and then Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky pleases the public outside the chess board - as a sin...
The 9th game of the World Championship match in Sofia ended in a draw after Viswanathan Anand missed various wins. The game was a heroic fight that lasted 83 moves, when Veselin Topalov once again claimed a threefold repetition. Video added - actu...
Just in from our printers: New In Chess 2010/3. Vasily Smyslov 1921-2010, Master of clarity and refinement, Topalov wins his first Linares Trophy, Carlsen and Ivanchuk steal the show in Nice, The European Individual Championships, Kasparov pays...
Just in from our printers: Bobby Fischer for Beginners. This book relives the glory and the tragedy of Robert James Fischer, a troubled genius whose legacy is tremendous. A selection of Bobby’s best games is included – with straightforward and e...
I don't know about the players, but I'm exhausted and my nerves are shredded just watching them slugging it out! An amazing game 9 saw Anand outplay Topalov only to fail to land the crucial decisive blow. In an agonisingly complicated and tense g...
We received a few complaints at ChessVibes headquarters for reporting in a biased way about the upcoming FIDE presidential elections. We were accused of favouring Anatoly Karpov and ridiculing Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. A news item that appeared yesterda...
After recovering from his loss in the first game of the 2010 World Championship match, Anand seemed to have everything under control. But Topalov re-asserted his challenge for the title in game 8 with a patient win in a difficult ending. The mom...
After 8 of 11 rounds, Tatiana Kosintseva from Russia leads the Women Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik with 6.5 points. Her closest rivals Nana Dzagnidze, Hou Yifan, Pia Cramling and Zhu Chen are 1.5 points behind.The third FIDE Women Grand Prix to...
