Levon Aronian won the 18th Amber tournament after a dramatic last round in Nice today. He had a narrow escape in his blindfold game against Topalov and drew his rapid game quickly to secure victory, since both Anand and Carlsen couldn't catch him ...
In a press release the organizers of the 4th FIDE Grand Prix announce their tournament, to be held 14th-29th April 2009 in Nalchik, Russia. Akopian (Armenia), Alekseev (Russia), Aronian (Armenia), Bacrot (France), Eljanov (Ukraine), Gelfand (Israe...
Beating Wang Yue 1¬?-¬? today, Levon Aronian is back in sole lead at the Amber tournament with just one more round to go, tomorrow at 12.30. Anand blundered a queen today against Morozevich in the blindfold while Carlsen lost 1¬?-¬? to Kramnik aft...
The Amber blindfold/rapid chess tournament in Nice, France, continues to entertain and amaze in equal measure. Round 9 was relatively quiet, with just one win in the blind games (Ivanchuk beating Kramnik in a great game) and two in the rapids (Ar...
With just two rounds to go at the Amber tournament in Nice, Anand, Aronian and Carlsen are sharing the lead with 11.5 points out of 18 games. Anand drew twice with Topalov today while Aronian and Carlsen scored 1¬?-¬? against Morozevich and Karjak...
This is not a review of an actual chess book that was recently published. However, the article was inspired by a book, and I really wish someone would write this book with a view to chess. I'm talking about The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas...
After 8 rounds of the hugely strong and entertaining blindfold/rapid Amber Chess Tournament in Nice, world champion Vishy Anand is leading the overall standings by just half a point from Lev Aronian and Magnus Carlsen. Anand took the lead in the ...
Beating Kramnik 1¬?-¬?, Anand grabbed sole lead today at the Amber tournament in Nice. Carlsen also scored 1¬?-¬?, against Topalov, and now leads the blindfold tournament a point clear while Aronian, Anand and Kamsky are sharing first place in the...
That the first edition of the Amber tournament had rapid and blitz games, and blitz was changed for blindfold starting from the second edition? That players like Ivanchuk, Kramnik and Topalov always ask for a bulletin after the round? That Peter a...
Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik are in shared first place with 9/14 at the Amber tournament. In the 7th round in Nice they both won 1¬?-¬?: Anand beat Karjakin while Kramnik defeated tournament leader Aronian. Scoring 2-0 against Wang Yue, ...
In Istanbul, Humpy Koneru (India) won the first FIDE Women Grand Prix. In St. Petersburg Tatiana Kosintseva was the strongest at the European Women Championship. A wrap-up of two top-level women events that finished this week. Istanbul The 1st FI...
Humpy Koneru of India (pictured) won the first event of the inaugural FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Istanbul. The 12-player round robin event featured many of the world's top female players, despite an unfortunate scheduling clash with the Women's E...
There was a tight finish at the 2009 European Women's Championships in St.Petersburg. Going into the last round Ekaterina Kovalevskya from Russia led by half a point from the chasing pack, but she lost to one of their number, her compatriot Tatia...
Levon Aronian is the sole leader at the Amber tournament in Nice after six rounds. The Armenian is the only player with 8/12 in the combined tournament. World Champion Anand, who beat Radjabov twice today, is now in second place together with Kram...
Alexei Shirov, Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Wang Yue and Leinier Dominguez will play the MTel Masters in Sofia this year. The 5th edition takes place May 12-23 in Sofia, Bulgaria. And yes, in a glass pavilion, on the square i...
The ability to play chess without sight of the boardis something which continues to perplex.In Blindfold Chess authors Hearst and Knott investigate how it was that many famous psychologists thought that playing blindfold would cause mental ruin.Bu...
After the first rest day, the Amber tournament resumed today with the 5th round. In his rapid game against Carlsen, Aronian snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and now the Armenian leads the combined standings together with Kramnik, who drew ...
The Russian Grandmaster, Eugene Tomashevsky has won the European Championships in Budva, Montenegro. The final round of this Open event finished with a staggering 11 grandmasters sharing first place with 8 points out of 11. After a complicated s...
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Phew - after some huge technical problems ChessVibes is back online. In the meantime, Evgeny Tomashevsky won the gold medal at the European Championship in Budva, Montenegro. The Russian grandmaster defeated his compatriot Vladimir Malakhov in the...
Today (March 18th) is Vassily Ivanchuk's 40th birthday. Ivanchuk has been one of the best chess players in the world since the late 1980's. 'Chucky' as he is affectionately known, was born in Ukraine and earned the title of Grandmaster in 1988. ...
Thanks to a 2-0 victory over Wang Yue, Kramnik is the new leader of the combined tournament in Nice, with a score of 5.5/8. Radjabov also won twice, against Karjakin. Wednesday is the first rest day. Video added!The 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid ...
At the European Championship in Budva, no less than 11 grandmaster have finished on shared first position with a 8/11 score. On Wednesday, tiebreaks will decide on the medals, and on who will qualify for the FIDE World Cup.The 10th European Chess ...
After 4 rounds of the blindfold/rapid Amber chess tournament in Nice, Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) is leading the overall standings thanks mostly to his 3.5/4 score in blindfold games so far. Kramnik's victim today was Wang Yue, who he beat in bot...
