By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world's number one ever! You can read the exclusive on-the-spot report in By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world's number one ever...
Michael Adams defeated Francisco Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the play-off final that decided the 2010 Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. Adams was almost knocked out by Gustafsson in the semis when he lost the first game, but the Englishman came back to leve...
There’s a picture of Mikhail Tal that has always seemed to me the ultimate chess player’s pose: Tal's looking at the board, chin on his thumb, his other arm folded under his fist, utter determination in his eyes. But what was Tal actually thinking...
Contrary to what we reported earlier, the Masters section of the Gibtelecom Festival runs 10 rounds, not 9. With two rounds to go, GM Jan 'Gusty' Gustafsson from Germany is in sole lead with 6.5/8. John Saunders reports.Photo © John SaundersThe 20...
If you're missing the frenzy of chess coverage spawned by the recent Corus tournament, then fear not! More high-level chess events are currently on-going and even more are on the way soon. The Gibtelecom Masters is nearing it's climax in Gibralt...
Daniel Stellwagen has been voted the winner of the 2009 Yearbook Novelty of the Year by readers of the New In Chess website. The Dutch grandmaster earned 350 Euros for his novelty 24...Qf3 in the King's Indian against Loek van Wely at the NH Chess...
We have just received from Quality Chess: Attacking Manual 2.Two years after his first Attacking Manual, Jacob Aagaard is back on the attack with this second volume. It covers the rules of attack, explained through understandable examples, and dee...
The Masters section of the Gibtelecom festival enters an exciting final phase, as no less than 11 players are on shared 1st place with 5.5 points out of 7 games. Meanwhile, some famous names decided to climb the Rock and meet its famous residents....
The 8th Gibraltar Chess Festival is currently in full swing, with excellent coverage available at the official website (see previous report here). After 6 completed rounds of the 10-round Swiss "Masters" competition, there is a four-way tie on 5/...
Magnus Carlsen has won Corus 2010. In the last round he drew Fabiano Caruana and both Kramnik and Shirov also drew their games, the latter after accepting Dominguez' offer in a winning position. Anish Giri won the B group and Li Chao took C.The Co...
Chess players, perhaps insisting on their world-wide status as 'smart people', have always seemed to me more formalistic and pedantic than your average customer at the grocery's. But sometimes being 'wrong' is much more fun.How do you spell 'Korc...
After a thrilling final round, the world's #1 ranked player Magnus Carlsen (pictured) won the 72nd Corus tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. Going into the final round, Carlsen could only be caught by Kramnik, Shirov and Anand. Kramnik made no impressi...
Beating the Petroff is never easy, but Vishy Anand certainly made it look easy in his game against Vladimir Kramnik. It was clearly the World Champ's best game of the tournament, which he showed to the journalists afterwards. Enjoy! (Never mind t...
A quick draw with Peter Leko was enough for Magnus Carlsen to grab sole lead in Wijk aan Zee today, as Vladimir Kramnik went down against Viswanathan Anand. "Here I'm basically spoiling other people's tournaments," the Indian said after the game i...
Although the Corus tournament always dominates the chess news in the last two weeks of January, for one event we have to make an exception. The 8th Gibtelecom International Chess Festival in Gibraltar is on its way and in fact already four rounds ...
It took him longer than expected, but world number 1 Magnus Carlsen finally reached the top of the standings in Wijk aan Zee, with two rounds to go. His opponent Leinier Dominguez didn't play that badly, but blundered in timetrouble, as Carlsen ex...
Vishy Anand (pictured) has been virtually anonymous this year at Corus, with his efforts clearly directed more towards preparations for his upcoming world title defence against Veselin Topalov. However, in today's penultimate round he inflicted V...
Russell Enterprises has just published: Back to Basics: Openings.In this latest volume of the Back to Basics Series, the well known Danish chess writer and ChessCafe columnist, IM Carsten Hansen presents an introduction to understanding and playin...
Magnus Carlsen may have lost his individual game with Vladimir Kramnik, but he won with the white pieces today to share the lead with big Vlad. Carlsen (pictured) overcame Dominguez in a lively Gruenfeld defence with a determined display. Meanwh...
Magnus Carlsen defeated Leinier Dominguez in round 11 of the Corus Chess Tournament to join Vladimir Kramnik in the lead. The Russian drew with Black against Alexei Shirov. In the only other decisive game of the day, Loek van Wely beat Sergei Tivi...
It wasn't the most convincing victory of his career, but still Vishy Anand was reasonably happy with it, after nine consecutive draws in Wijk aan Zee. The World Champion explains his victory against tournament leader Alexei Shirov. Enjoy!
Here's a confession: I've had Viktor Moskalenko's latest book Revolutionize Your Chess in my possession for weeks already, but I've been reluctant to review it. The reason, quite simply, is this: I don't like it at all. I loved Moskalenko's previo...
News coverage of today's 10th round at the Corus 2010 tournament was seriously disrupted by a loss of internet availability at the playing venue. The official website is also currently down. Perhaps the recent snow in the Netherlands has caused ...
Alexei Shirov lost his pole position in a dramatic game against Viswanathan Anand today. The Spaniard reached a winning position against the World Champ, but as both players missed an important tactic, the game went on and Anand eventually won. Ca...
