A very interesting game in the second round of the Corus Chess Tournament was Stellwagen-Carlsen. Many wondered whether the Dutchman had missed a win - especially Kh2 instead of Ng4 would have been dangerous. Learn about all the details in the vid...
Here's our Corus Chess News covering the second round. The surprising leader in the C group: IM Manuel Bosboom. Enjoy!
Can somebody please tell Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) and Alexander Morozevich that a draw is a permissible result in chess? The unpredictable duo are matching each other's results precisely - they both lost in the first round, won in the second, ...
Great Article in today's NY Times; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/crosswords/chess/18chess.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=GRANDMASTER&st=cse full annotation , and image of position after 17b3
The A group at Corus saw 3 decisive games in round 2, including wins for both first-round losers, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Morozevich. Displaying great bouncebackability, Chucky and Moro evened their scores with wins against Wang Yue and Lo...
In the second round of the Corus Chess Tournament, we can look forward to some very interesting games. In Group A, opening preparation ranges from long-forgotten 19th century gambit lines to the most topical variations. ChessVibes will keep you up...
Traditionally, one of the winners of Grandmaster Group A is asked to show his game to the journalists. And traditionally, ChessVibes brings these so-called press conferences to you! After the first round, Dutch champion GM Jan Smeets showed his vi...
In our second Corus Chess News, Bianca and I present a wrap-up of the first round here in Wijk aan Zee. A bad start for Ivanchuk and Morozevich, but an excellent one for the Dutch players. Enjoy!
There were few signs in Wijk Aan Zee of the usual first round caution that is often witnessed in many chess events. Instead, there were many interesting games and a huge upset in the A group - bottom seed Jan Smeets (pictured) beat top seed Vassi...
In the first round of the Corus Chess Tournament 2009, both Ivanchuk and Morozevich started badly. The Ukrainian lost on time against Dutchman Smeets while the Russian was crushed in just 26 moves by Karjakin."The Dutch trio will surely have a tou...
This year we're adding something new to our coverage: today we're introducing Corus Chess News, a daily news bulletin about the Corus Chess Tournament. The first episode is about yesterday's opening ceremony.In this first bulletin we're focusing o...
As previewed recently, the Corus Chess festival in the Netherlands starts today, including three strong single-round robin tournaments. The opening ceremony and draw was held yesterday and there are some very nice pictures available at the offici...
Slovenian grandmaster Albin Planinc died 11.12.2008, forgoten. http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200901/v_pozabi_umrli_genij
This afternoon the 71st Corus Chess Tournament was officially opened. On Thursday night the drawing of lots for the C group had already been done, and this afternoon the players of the A and B groups also received their pairing numbers. Top encoun...
Have you ever wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what is really going on in a position?It's all about structures!This is what top GM Ivan Sokolov explains in a groundbreaking book we just published, called Winning Chess Middlegames...
As we're approaching the wonderful festival in that small Dutch coastal town, we're probably as excited as you are. Today some facts and figures about the oldest-but-one chess tournament in the world.The Corus Chess Tournament 2009 will be held fr...
...that's one of the tag lines we're using for, tatatataaaaa... ChessVibes Openings. What? Well, that's our brand new, very first premium product and we're launching it right here, right now! Interested in opening theory? Don't wanna wait for book...
Nex Saturday the 71st Corus Chess Tournament takes off with the first round of the Grandmaster Groups, A, B and C. Naturally, ChessVibes will be present, during the whole tournament, to provide as much (video) coverage as possible. (And yes, that ...
It's been a while since I last wrote about "Building Chess.com", and I thought today would be a good day to post :)As most of you know, we (Jay and I) first started working on Chess.com in 2005. We had the vision and we thought we had the know-how...
January + Chess = Corus in Wijk Aan Zee. Where better for the world's best Grandmasters to gather than a freezing cold seaside town in the Netherlands in the middle of winter? The temperature in Wijk may be cold, but the welcome will be warm as ...
Every once in a while, a very special chess book comes around. Yesterday it happened again. Yesterday we received, from England, the unofficial 6th volume of Garry Kasparov's blockbuster, epoch-making, prize-winning My Great Predecessors series....
Even when he's not talking or writing about chess (which is just about all the time these days), many chess fans still like to follow Garry Kasparov closely. That's why we gladly serve you with two links today: one to his latest Wall Street Journa...
In four days, the 71st Corus Chess Tournament takes off with the first round of the Grandmaster Groups, A, B and C. Naturally, ChessVibes will be present, during the whole tournament, to provide as much (video) coverage as possible. (And yes, that...
In the 1st round of the Parsvnath tournament in New Delhi, 9-year-old Hetul Shah from India defeated Nurlan Ibrayev (Kazachtstan) to become the youngest player ever to beat a grandmaster in a tournament game with regular time control.India holds ...
