Following several initiatives in the chess world, ChessVibes takes the one-time opportunity to ask your help for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haïti. The website of the United States Chess Federation reports a simultaneous exhibition in ...
At the moment of writing he's already on 2.5/3 and yesterday he gave a demonstration of his victory over Loek van Wely. Hikaru Nakamura was enjoying the session with the demo board, and made the game understandable to a wide audience. Enjoy!
Three draws and four victories for the black pieces, that's the scoe of round 3 in Wijk aan Zee's Grandmaster Group A. All Dutch GMs lost with White: Smeets to Ivanchuk, Tiviakov to Shirov and Van Wely to Carlsen. Nakamura won again; he beat Short...
What is it that they say about playing white being an advantage? In the third round of the 'A' Group at Corus, the black pieces won four times, with no wins for white at all! One of those black wins came from Alexei Shirov who beat Sergei Tiviak...
Due to some technical problems it took a bit longer than normal, but finally we can present you the first press conference from Wijk aan Zee, in which Loek van Wely explains is smooth win against Nigel Short in the first round. Hikaru Nakamura's r...
Alexei Shirov (pictured) demonstrated his endgame prowess for the second day in a row to beat Fabiano Caruana and take the sole lead at Corus on 2/2. The other winner from round one Loek Van Wely fared less well, losing to Hikaru Nakamura. In re...
Grinding down Caruana in an ending Sunday brought Shirov a second victory . He's leading Grandmaster Group A as Van Wely was beaten by Nakamura. Carlsen got his first win against Smeets. In B and C there are two young leaders with 2/2: Giri and Ro...
In the first round of the Corus Chess Tournament Peter Leko had a very promising position against Alexei Shirov but eventually lost the game. Local hero Loek van Wely, for the 19th consecutive time in Grandmaster Group A, defeated Nigel Short, win...
At the time of writing the first round of the Corus Chess Tournament is on its way, but I created already several videos for the tournament website. Some brief interviews in Dutch, some in English, and the first daily news bulletin. I'll cross-pos...
It's not unusual for caution to be the main theme of the opening round of any chess event, and Corus 2010 was no exception, in the 'A' Group at least. There were only two decisive games from the seven played, with Alexei Shirov and Loek Van Wely ...
"If you want to excel at chess, you have to delve deeper, and appreciate not only visually pleasing combinations, but much more subtle ideas as well", writes Daniel Naroditsky, the youngest chess author in history. His book Mastering Positional Ch...
How would you fare as a chessplayer being transported back in time? Would your contemporary theoretical opening knowledge pay off? Would your understanding of modern ideas in chess strategy trump older concepts about chess? These questions came in...
Russia won the World Team Champioinship Wednesday with a 3-1 victory against Israel. The USA drew 2-2 with Azerbaijan and edged out India by just half a board point to take silver. Games round 9 with notes.The 7th World Team Championship takes pla...
The 72nd edition of the traditional curtain-raiser to the new chess year gets underway in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on 16 January. Longstanding sponsor Corus are continuing their support of this great annual event, allowing the organisers t...
Students Compete for Nashville Scholastic Chess Championship   NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 13, 2010 – Twenty-four of the mid-state’s most talented young chess players will compete for top honors at the eighth annual Nashville Scholastic Chess Ch...
José Diaz made chess cartoons for magazines such as New In Chess, Jaque and Schach, and tournaments like Corus and Linares. After a long period of inactivity, he took up his drawing gear again and we're happy to include him in our team of editors ...
The Russian team won their final round match at the World Team Championships to successfully defend their title. Russia made sure of the victory by beating Israel 3-1, with the US team earning a silver medal. Congratulations to the Russian team,...
With one round to go, Russia is leading the World Championship in Bursa with 13 match points out of 8 rounds. Yesterday they defeated Egypt 3.5-0.5, while the USA lost 1.5-2.5 to Armenia. The top encounter between Aronian and Nakamura, a 9.Ne1 Kin...
With just one round remaining of the World Team Championships, the Russian team swept back into the lead with a crushing win against Egypt. The US team narrowly lost to Armenia, with Hikaru Nakamura losing to world #5 ranked Lev Aronian (picture...
In just four days from now, one of the most important international chess festivals, and certainly that of The Netherlands, takes off: the Corus Chess Tournament. By now traditionally, ChessVibes will be there to cover the event with lots of video...
The US team defeated Greece in round 7 of the World Team Championship in Bursa, Turkey, and Russia drew with Armenia thereby leaving the US team in an unexpected lead with just two rounds to go. The whole US team has done well, but Hikaru Nakamur...
Russian Chess House has just published: King's Gambit.The King's Gambit is the favourite opening of every attacking player. It has been popular for centuries and was played by grandmasters such as Paul Keres, David Bronstein, Boris Spassky and Bo...
The top match in round 7 between Armenia and Russia ended in 2-2, and thanks to a 1.5-2.5 victory over Greece, USA took a slim lead at the World Team Championship. Games round 7 with notes.The 7th World Team Championship takes place at the Merinos...
Alexandra Kosteniuk keeps on looking for ways to popularize chess online, while simultaneously working on the "brand Kosteniuk". The reigning Women World Champion (probably helped by her husband here and there) has her own website and YouTube chan...
