At the Atlantic coast of north-west Spain, from 15-20 July the 23rd edition of open tournament ?¢‚Ǩ?ìCiudad de Ferrol?¢‚Ǩ? took place. Besides the regular ones, "accidental prizes" were given during the closing ceremony.By IM Dejan BojkovThe tou...
Carlsen Loses Game To Forfeit Lead So, Magnus Carlsen is human after all! I guess we were all beginning to wonder. He lost today against Evgeny Alekseev after overpressing with the White pieces in a strange yet fascinating game that ...
All Games End Decisively In Round 2 Women's chess has a reputation for lively attacking play and this was borne out today in the second round in Krasnoturinsk as this women's super tournament produced a grand total of 0 draws. Top seeded Koner...
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Sergey Tiviakov (pictured) of the Netherlands won the Politiken Cup in Denmark. Six players finished on 8/10 but Tiviakov had the best tie-break scores and took 1st place. His exciting last round victory with the Black pieces against Arthu...
The North Urals Cup was established 6 years ago and is now one of the strongest women-only chess events on the calendar. Held annually in Krasnoturinsk, north of Yekaterinburg in the Ural region of Russia, this single round-robin event is a ...
This is the fifteenth and last set of three questions in the ChessVibes Summer Contest 2008. The first prize of the contest is a one-year subscription to New in Chess Magazine. Good luck! Summer Contest: questions 16 / 16 16a. Who is this famous ...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
All three games were decisive in the 6th round of Biel today. Carlsen beat Pelletier and the statisticians will probably start calculating again to see if he has finally overtaken Anand on the virtual rating list.By Arne MollClick here to download...
All Games End Decisively In Round 6 The draw percentage at this year's Biel tournament was already low, but fell still further in round 6 as Carlsen (pictured), Bacrot and Dominguez beat Pelletier, Alekseev and Onischuk respectively. Dominguez...
The annual festival of chess in Mainz - the "Chess Classic Mainz" - starts on 28 July and runs until 3 August in this historic German city. There are so many fascinating competitions being held that it truly an embarrassment of riches for any...
Finally there was a really spectacular game in Biel: Carlsen-Dominguez was a short but very lively draw. Alekseev-Onischuk was also drawn. In the batte of the tail-enders Etienne Bacrot beat Yannick Pelletier. By Michael SchwerteckClick here to do...
This is the fifteenth and penultimate set of three questions in the ChessVibes Summer Contest 2008. The first prize of the contest is a one-year subscription to New in Chess Magazine. Good luck! Summer Contest: questions 15 / 16 15a. Who is this ...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Carlsen And Alekseev Share The Lead The only decisive game of the 5th round at Biel occurred in the clash between the two players at the bottom of the leader board, Etienne Bacrot (pictured) and Yannick Pelletier. Pelletier played the so...
This is the fourteenth set of three questions in the ChessVibes Summer Contest 2008. The first prize of the contest is a one-year subscription to New in Chess Magazine. Good luck! Summer Contest: questions 14 / 16 14a. Who is this famous player? ...
We have just published an interesting new book, called The Chess Instructor 2009. It is a Compendium for Chess Teachers, Coaches and Parents, edited by Jeroen Bosch and Steve Giddins. The idea of this book is to provide a collection of article...
I got an email from IM Jeremy Silman (who writes some amazing Chess Mentor courses!!) today about a TV show he helped consult on => "MONK AND THE GENIUS is on USA Tomorrow evening (Friday July 25th)! If you love chess on TV, this episode is f...
In the 4th round of Biel we got our usual dose of two wins. Evgeny Alekseev caught up with Magnus Carlsen by beating Yannick Pelletier, while Leinier Dominguez was victorious against the luckless Etienne Bacrot.By Michael SchwerteckClick here to d...
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Judit Polgar is comfortably the strongest female chess player in the history of the game. Born on 23 July 1976, she has been successfully playing the top male chess players on equal terms for over a decade. She achieved the Grandmast...
Carlsen caught by Alekseev Another two decisive results in round 4 at Biel, but neither to the benefit of Carlsen, who was held by Onsichuk today despite his best efforts to take the full point. Alekseev (pictured) took full advantage by beati...
This is the thirteenth set of three questions in the ChessVibes Summer Contest 2008. The first prize of the contest is a one-year subscription to New in Chess Magazine. Good luck! Summer Contest: questions 13 / 16 13a. Who is this famous player? ...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
