Nigel Short won his match against Ukrainian rising star Zahar Efimenko 3.5-2.5. The Englishman lost the first game but immediately levelled the score in game 2. Another victory in game 5 turned out to be decisive.A 6-game match between Nigel Short...
The Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky (pictured) has won the InventiChess round-robin tournament in Antwerp with an impressive score of 7/9. Etienne Bacrot of France and Krishnan Sasikiran from India were his closest challengers on 5.5/9. Sutovsky raced ...
England's evergreen #1 ranked player, 44 year-old Nigel Short (pictured) has won his match against Ukrainian talent Zahar Efimenko in Mukachevo. Efimenko upset Short in fine style to win with the black pieces in the first game, but Short struck b...
Now that Kasparov and Karpov have finished blessing us all with some nostalgia and light entertainment in the name of charity (corrected blitz game scores now available here), the chess world's attention turns to serious matters once more. The 2n...
We have just received from our printers: Dismantling the Sicilian. In this book Jesus de la Villa presents a complete repertoire for White to dismantle the most widely played chess opening, both at club level and among top grandmasters: the Open S...
History repeated itself in Valencia this week with Karpov and Kasparov meeting each other behind the chess board again, and the third day repeated what we had seen in the rapids: quite a sharp Garry Kasparov easily beating a slow Anatoli Karpov, w...
Emil Sutovsky leads the Inventi Chess tournament in Antwerp, Belgium with a fine score of 5 out of 6 and a 2879 performance rating. The Israeli grandmaster is half a point ahead of Etienne Bacrot. With two points, local hero IM Bart Michiels is s...
So, Garry Kasparov won the rapid games 3-1 in his match against Anatoly Karpov. Today (24th Sept) sees them move on to the 8 scheduled blitz games. Sadly, but not surprisingly, the official site has been suffering under the weight of Internet tr...
On the second day of the Kasparov-Karpov rapid match, the Valencian spectators were treated to some high level chess by both legends. Karpov won the third game in good style but again handled the clock poorly in the fourth to lose the match 1-3. A...
Last Sunday he became the youngest player ever to win the Dutch Championship. The Dutch chess scene has welcomed and embraced Russian born Anish Giri and the 15-year-old super-talent, who already made appearance on Dutch national TV, was happy to ...
The first day of the match between the two K-legends in Valencia evoked mixed feelings all over, but did put Garry Kasparov in the lead by a comfortable margin of 2-0. Remarkably, Anatoli Karpov lost both games on time. Report, games and many phot...
Garry Kasparov has taken an early lead with two convincing wins against his old adversary, Anatoly Karpov in their rapid/blitz match in Valencia. The official site held up pretty well under the strain, with the moves being broadcast without many ...
We have just received from Gambit Publications: Improve Your Chess - by learning from the championsIn this book Danish grandmaster Lars Bo Hansen, who will be turning 41 on September 24, shows how chess has evolved through history and explains its...
After Arne posted about our arrival in Valencia and the press conference, it's my turn. At the end of this long, first day in this remarkably pretty city (some beautiful photos will be added tomorrow!) the video of the press conference on Monday a...
The ChessVibes team arrived in beautiful Valencia yesterday for full coverage of the Valencia cuna del ajedrez moderno festivities. This afternoon, there was a first press conference with over a hundred (!) journalists attending. The 12th and 13th...
You may have heard that former World Chess Champions, and living legends, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov are playing a rapid/blitz match for charity in Valencia, Spain. Several anxious members (well, two anyway!) have asked when today's game i...
Nigel Short, England, former world championship contender, currently rated 2706, the world's number 29. Zahar Efimenko, Ukraine, second of Pavel Eljanov, rated 2654, the world's number 83. The two play a six-game match in Mukachevo (Ukraine), whic...
The Swedish TV show "Skavlan" has broadcast an interview with Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen (in English), which is currently available to replay online here. The segment with Kasparov and Carlsen starts at around 43:40 and lasts about 10 min...
A nine-player round GM robin tournament is underway in Antwerp, Belgium. The InventiChess competition takes place from 18-26 September and features an intriguing line-up including top seed Etienne Bacrot, veteran Jan Timman, and top women's playe...
This year the tournament takes place about 175 kilometers away from ChessVibes headquarters, but nonetheless we thought a visit to the Dutch Championship is a must for a site that's internationally oriented, but based in The Netherlands. And we we...
We have received from Glasgow: Champions of the New Millennium. In many ways a truly remarkable book, published by Quality Chess.This book is not only the ideal guide to know who's who in modern chess, but it's also a beautiful collection of seven...
Universal Event Promotion (UEP), perhaps best known in the chess world for their promotion of the 2008 World Championship between Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand, are organising a match between English #1 Nigel Short (pictured - Elo 2706), and Uk...
After publising a provisional list of qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup last month, FIDE has now put online the (almost complete) list of confirmed players who will travel to Khanty-Mansiysk in December. Only the 4 nominees of the local organizers...
We already reported on the brand new super-tournament, to be held in London in December. For this exciting event, now officially called "London Chess Classic", a tournament website has now been (quietly) launched. And besides the site about "Valen...
