The 38th Olympiad in Dresden has just one round remaining and there is still all to play for, with many teams still in the hunt for medals. The USA have medal chances in both the Open and Women's events. Armenia lost the lead in the Open event ...
In the penultimate round of the Olympiad, leader Israel lost to Ukraine; they took over the lead and share it with Armenia who beat Serbia. Poland is in clear first in the women's section after they beat Armenia and Serbia-Ukraine shared match...
We have just published a new book called The Black Lion: the Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1.e4 and 1.d4.It is the second, fully revised and updated editon of The Lion, which attracted a lot of attention when it was published more than eigh...
Anything can happen in the decisive last two rounds of the Olympiad in Dresden after Israel surprisingly but convincingly beat Armenia. The Chinese women dropped to shared 4th after losing to Ukraine, who now share first with Poland and Serbia. Ro...
The 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden is hotting up as the end of the 11-round competition gets closer and closer, and the crunch matches are played. Lots of games at the end of this report! Open Round 7 Armenia beat Russia 2.5-1.5 thanks to Sarga...
Armenia swept France 3?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? and Germany lost their first match against Israel. The Chinese ladies were held to 2-2 again, this time by Ukraine, and USA beat Russia 3-1! Round 8 report with games, results, standings and the press conference on ...
Not long after the contracts for the Kamsky-Topalov match were signed, FIDE had another big event to worry about. Yesterday the third Grand Prix tournament, scheduled for 13-29 December in Doha, Qatar was suddenly cancelled. FIDE hastily moved the...
In the 7th round of the Olympiad the Armenian team did very well in their efforts to win another gold medal by beating the Russian favorites 2?Ǭ?-1?Ǭ?. Still undefeated, Germany is now sharing second with Israel and France. The Chinese women dro...
It remains one of the most popular choices for Black versus 1.d4: the King's Indian Defence. But how to combat it succesfully with White? Slovakian GM Jan Markos has designed three separate repertoires for White. Each of them has a different st...
Today the teams of Topalov and Kamsky have signed the contracts for their match, and so Sofia as the venue, and 16th to 28th February, 2009 as the dates, are now official. We have the full press conferences with Danailov (manager of Topalov) and S...
Manila's Division of City Schools (DCS) emerged over-all champion in the 2008 Dep-Ed Manila Chess Meet held at the Arellano High School from November 18-20,2008.The DCS boys and girls team seized six of the fourteen gold medals staked,with both ...
After sacrificing some good night sleep and the subsequent breakfast, I did manage to... finish the second video. Actually it should have been the first since it's a big introduction to the Olympiad, featuring many famous players involved in their...
We have just received the next issue in Dvoretsky & Jussupow's successful series The School of Future Champions: Secrets of Positional Play.The 15 chapters, which deal with a host of important issues, are not only written by Dvoretsky and Jussupow...
After endless delays, open letters and broken promises, agreement has finally been reached on a venue for the long awaited match between Veselin Topalov (pictured) from Bulgaria and Gata Kamsky of the US. The full press release from FIDE is below...
Russia and Armenia are leading the open section in Dresden, after they beat England and Azerbaijan respectively. Ukraine-Germany ended in 2-2. The Chinese women increased their lead by beating Hungary. Round 6 report with games, results, standings...
Following the fifth round was the first rest day, and the hot ticket as usual was the Bermuda party! The naughty shenanigans of this now traditional event are legendary; at the last Olympiad things got out of hand, and an infamous incident led to...
As from today you can expect on-the-spot coverage of the Chess Olympiad - ChessVibes is in Dresden! The pairings of today include Russia-England, Ukraine-Germany and Azerbaijan-Armenia in the open section and Hungary-China, Serbia-Germany and Aust...
3nd update, November 20: Silvio Danailov confirmed that today both parties have signed the contracts.Today all parties involved reached an agreement on the Kamsky-Topalov match. The match that should provide a challenger to world champion Anand is...
Today was a well needed rest day in Dresden. This was the first formal opportunity for the players to get out and enjoy some non-chess related activities. The hosts had all sorts of events planned including a fashion show. In other news. The ...
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After Naiditsch and Kramnik had shaken hands relatively quickly, three hard-fought draws resulted in an exciting 2-2 between Germany and Russia - an excellent result for the home team. The two countries now share the lead with Armenia, Azerbaijan,...
Top boards tighten in Dresden. Russia and Germany split and eight teams are within one point of the leaders. Armenia and the Netherlands had a lot of good games. Remember this year the no draw within 30 moves rule is in full effect. There have...
In a short period of time, two very interesting Dutch chess books were published: Schaaktalent ontwikkelen by Karel & Merijn van Delft, and Schaken voor huisvrouwen by Karel van der Weide. We make an exception to our normal policy, and publish...
Germany's first team keeps on rolling - yesterday they beat Spain with Naiditsch scoring an important victory against Shirov. Russia is the only other team left with a 100% score, after defeating India. Ukraine-Armenia and Norway-England ended in ...
