In a great game Levon Aronian defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in round 2 of the Pearl Spring tournament, to join Bu Xiangzhi in the lead. The Chinese drew comfortably with Topalov while Movsesian recoved from his first-round loss with a win against Svid...
In round two of this new Chinese super-tournament, Lev Aronian (pictured) and Vassily Ivanchuk clashed metaphorical swords with the Armenian ending up the winner in a complicated struggle. Another decisive game occurred when Sergei Movsesian made...
Besides the super events in Nanjing and Elista, this weekend also the eighth and ninth round, and the last two encounters of the seventh round take place in the "Schachbundesliga". Again, the highest chess division in Germany offers from Friday to...
Yearbook 89 has just arrived!In this issue of the Chess Players Guide to Opening Newsyou will find answers to urgent questions like: -- what is Sosonko's advice when you face a smashing novelty? -- why ...
England's top player Michael Adams has followed Magnus Carlsen in withdrawing from the FIDE Grand Prix Series. Nominated players Mohamad Al Modiahki and Yannick Pelletier are also out and the four will be substituted by Vladimir Akopian, Evgeny Al...
By beating Sergei Movsesian in the first round, local hero Bu Xiangzhi gave the brand new Pearl Spring Super GM Tournament in Nanjing, China a dream start. He took the lead since Aronian-Topalov and Ivanchuk-Svidler ended in a draw. Round 1 report...
The latest welcome addition to the calendar of global chess super-tournaments, Pearl Spring, kicked off today in Nanjing, China. The six player, double round-robin event has an impressive line-up of players... Veselin Topalov 2791 Vassily Iva...
World Chess Champion, Vishy Anand is 39 years old today. Happy birthday Vishy! He won the title of International Master at 15, was World Junior Champion at 17 and became a Grandmaster in 1988 at the age of 18. After losing a World Championship ...
Garry Kasparov was in London last week and not only did he give a speech at an international leadership summit, but he also visited the Chess & Bridge shop to promote his new book Kasparov Vs Karpov 1975-1985. ICC's Macauley Peterson spoke with th...
If everything went according to plan he already travelled to Nanjing, China to play another tournament on another continent starting today, but only two days ago Vassily Ivanchuk scored 8/10 in a rapid event in Benidorm, Spain to finish clear firs...
Olympiad controversy aside, Vassily Ivanchuk is answering his critics in the best way possible - on the chessboard. The popular Ukrainian has won 1st prize in the 'stars' rapid double round-robin event at the Benidorm Chess Festival. It was a so...
We have just received the next volume of IM John Watson's tremendous bestseller on opening concepts: Mastering the Chess Opening, Volume 3.In his usual lucid and higly personal style, Watson provides in-depth covering of the English Opening and re...
Should mind drugs be allowed or forbidden in chess competition? Less than two weeks after super GM?Ǭ†Vassily?Ǭ†Ivanchuk missed a doping test at the Olympiad, scientists in Nature published an article that says 'cognitive enhancement' should be a...
This is a translation of a one-hour radio feature about Mikhail Tal, aired on the radio "Echo Moskvy" on November 30th.Mikhail Tal, the great Soviet chess player, wasn't a "classical" chess prodigy like Jose Raul Capablanca, who, as the legend say...
There are many excellent chess books on the market. For the serious chess student, it's not always easy to choose between them. Sometimes, it's worth picking up a book by an author you don't know yet. You may be pleasantly surprised. I didn't know...
After Magnus Carlsen decided to withdraw from the Grand Prix Series, another top player has expressed his disappointment: in an open letter to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Levon Aronian requests the FIDE President to "critically view and question the GA's ...
Another of the FIDE Grand Prix competitors, Lev Aronian (pictured), has issued an Open letter to FIDE regarding the recent changes to the WCC cycle. See the full letter below. Note: 'GA' refers to the General Assembly of FIDE. Dear Mr. Ilyum...
Being a secret multi-millionaire I have decided to stage my own tournament* - the Pearl Spring Tournament - in the fast-improving nation of China. The tournament takes place from 11-22 December and the format is double round-robin. The official ...
The final match of the United States Chess League takes place this Saturday, December 6, 2008, pitting the Western division champions, the Dallas Destiny, against the Eastern division champions, the Boston Blitz. The match will be conducted ...
While his missed drug test in Dresden has become the subject of a heated discussion in the chess world, the main character in this story is simply continueing what he loves most: playing chess. Ivanchuk currenly stars in Benidorm, Spain, and will ...
Following on from the announcement of the 'A' Group lineup in the 2009 Corus Tournament, the organisers have now confirmed the participants in the 'B' and 'C' groups. The B Group is led by Indian number 2, Sasikiran, and features a former FIDE Wo...
Magnus Carlsen has decided to withdraw from the current Grand Prix series of events. The full announcement is at his father's blog, here. Carlsen's decision simply reflects the reality of the situation which he, and the remaining Grand Prix comp...
For holiday cheer and great chess gifts look no further than these smart suggestions: The International Chess Calendar 2009 speaks for itself: great quality at only ?¢‚Äö¬¨ 9.95! How to Play Winning Chess: an extremely beautiful beginners' bo...
What started as a promising series of tournaments has rapidly turned into a sinking ship: the FIDE Grand Prix series. After Doha was cancelled, and Montreux is also out, now top seed Magnus Carlsen decided to withdraw.Last week FIDE suddenly chang...
