As we reported earlier today, Magnus Carlsen has started working with former World Champion Garry Kasparov. In a brief interview conducted by phone, Magnus Carlsen tells ChessVibes what it's like to work with The Boss. “Yes, I always feel tired at...
Everyman Chess has just published the Budapest Gambit.Author IM Timothy Taylor, well known for previous works like True Combat Chess, Pawn Sacrifice and Beating the King's Indian and Grünfeld, now offers an in-depth study of the BG.The Budapest G...
When you're already the fourth highest rated chess player in the world, it must be hard to find coaches who can really stretch you... Magnus Carlsen has solved that problem by the remarkable coup of landing the former world champion, and arguably...
A dream team has come true: one of the best players that ever lived is working with the biggest talent in chess at the moment. Garry Kasparov has started coaching Magnus Carlsen. This was made public today in the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. ...
In the first round of the Grand Slam Masters Final in Bilbao, Alexander Grischuk defeated Levon Aronian with White in an Anti-Moscow Gambit. Alexei Shirov played the Dragon against Sergey Karjakin and drew easily.The 2nd Grand Slam Masters Final t...
With only four combatants in the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, there are just two games per round to entertain us. Fortunately, all the players have reputations for dynamic play, so we should have enough action to keep us happy. The Karjakin v Sh...
As a fairly decent club player, I have always been impressed with club members, whether higher or lower rated than me, who were able to quickly evaluate basic endgames as 'elementary' draws or wins. I must admit I have always had difficulties reme...
In the second edition of the Grand Slam Final Masters, which starts tomorrow in Bilbao, Spain Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk Sergei Karjakin and Alexei Shirov will compete for a € 110,000 prize fund. The 4-player, double round-robin runs Septem...
The Spanish city of Bilbao is set to play host once again to the Grand Slam Final Masters from 6-12 September. The tournament pits the winners of major tournaments during 2009 against one another. Despite the withdrawal of Veselin Topalov, and t...
Besides a well-performing Nigel Short, the Kolkata Open currently has another story that is actually making the headlines all over the world at the moment: "Drunken Grandmaster caught napping", "Chess star dozes off, concedes game." French top GM ...
Unfortunately I lack the time to comment on all top level games that appear on this site, but this week it's a bit quiet in the chess world and therefore I could have a closer look at some games. In fact two gems were played this week, one by Nige...
Does this look like the typical, quiet Ruy Lopez Exchange position to you? Are you looking for a sharp sideline against that annoying 4.Bxc6? ChessVibes Openings #35, just out, gives you one: 4...dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5!? - your opponent might eve...
Former blitz world champion Alexander Grischuk was the strongest on Sunday in the Moscow blitz championship, held in a park in the Russian capital. Alexander Morozevich shared second place with Sergey Karjakin who is now a Muscovite as well. The 6...
Very exciting stuff to come from Saint Louis as The Chess Club and Scholastic Center released the following press release regarding the upcoming US Women's Chess Championship! I for one am really excited about the upcoming tournament. Being an OT...
A centrepiece of this year’s London Design Festival will be located in the heart of London, in Trafalgar Square. The Tournament, an installation created by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, will consist of a gigantic chess set, with 2m high ceramic ch...
Starting Out: the Trompowsky Attack has just arrived.On the 269 pages of this latest volume of the Starting Out series, Richard Palliser covers all the main lines of this ambitious opening and he includes tips, notes and warnings to help the reade...
Do not adjust your set...it's not three months since the last list was published, but today marks the start of FIDE's new bi-monthly rating lists. Since the advent of the unofficial live rating list for players over 2700 Elo, there has been pres...
Round 10 video now uploaded. In Round 10 of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team secured overall victory with a 3½-1½ defeat of the Rising Stars. The final standings after ten rounds are 27½-22½ in favour of the Experience team. The wins o...
Following its new policy of publishing six instead of four rating lists a year, FIDE already made available the September rating list today. The top 10 didn't change much; Jakovenko is out but after a great summer Vassily Ivanchuk is back in; the ...
After four rounds GMs Etienne Bacrot and Anton Kovalyov are leading the Montreal International with 3 points. The two are half a point ahead of GMs Mark Bluvshtein and Alexander Onischuk in a strong, 12-player round-robin.The 10th Montreal Interna...
At the NH Tournament in the Netherlands, the 'Experience' team beat the 'Rising Stars' by a score of 27.5-22.5 in an entertaining contest. The stronger line-up for this year's 'Experience' team finally saw them end a run of three consecutive def...
In Round 9 of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars posted a 3-2 win over the Experience team. Still, with a three-point lead and only one more round to go the Experience team is very close to overall victory. Tomorrow the last round will start...
In their annual match, Russia beat China 130.5-119.5 this year. On home ground, Dagomys (Sochi), the Russians were the strongest over 5 classical games, 10 rapid games and 10 blitz games.The traditional match between Russia and China took place Au...
After a 2.5-2.5 tie in round 8, the Experience team maintained their lead over the Rising Stars at the NH Chess Tournament. The overall score with two rounds to go is 22-18. For the Experience team Alexander Beliavsky scored a win over out-of-form...
