Kramnik starts the psychological war The first game of the World Chess Championship match between India's Vishy Anand and Russia's Vladimir Kramnik is only 82 days away, but the mind games have started already. In a recent interview Kramnik qu...
This is the twelfth 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 12 / 16 12a. Who is this famous player? 12...
The third round in Biel brought two decisive games again. Magnus Carlsen seized the sole lead by beating Etienne Bacrot, while Alexander Onischuk ground down Yannick Pelletier. By Michael SchwerteckClick here to download the games. Carlsen - Bacro...
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The US teams for the Dresden Olympiad have been announced. The Chess Olympiad is the premier team chess event in the world and takes place biennially. The 2008 event takes place from 12-25 November. In 2006 the US Men's team won the ...
As reported earlier at Chess.com, the World Mind Sports games are taking place in Beijing later this year and chess is part of the planned events. The entrants for the men's and women's individual titles have now been announced and listed ...
Magnus takes the sole lead at Biel Is Magnus Carlsen (pictured) already so good that his opponents are in awe of him? Etienne Bacrot played well with the Black pieces against the Norwegian boy wonder, and may even have been better at some ...
This is the eleventh 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 11 / 16 11a. Who is this famous player? 1...
Borg v McEnroe, Ali v Frazier, Prost v Senna: some clashes in sports were more epic than others. But none of these was as intense as the rivalry between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. These two great chess players contested, over almost a ...
The second round in Biel was not quite as exciting as the first, but it wasn't too bad either. All three games were drawn, but they all had some interesting moments. So let's just have a look at them.By Michael Schwerteck(Download all the ...
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Standings unchanged after well-fought draws In round 1, Magnus Carlsen seemed to work some strange magic to win in the ending despite the presence of the notoriously drawish opposite-coloured bishops. In round 2, the bishops reasserted the...
This is the tenth 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 10 / 16 10a. Who is this famous player? 10b....
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Reading between the lines, you have probably guessed that we at Chessvibes don't really feel reluctant towards Biel at all. As true chess addicts, we're licking our chops, of course, and planning to provide daily coverage.By Michael Schwer...
This is the ninth 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 9 / 16 9a. Who is this famous player? 9b. Fr...
Carlsen and Alekseev earn first round wins The first round of the premier event at the International Chess Festival in Biel produced some fascinating games and two decisive results. Rank outsider Yannick Pelletier tried a Queen's Indian agains...
Chess and math have always slept side by side. But are they a happy couple? I think every chess player has had the experience of someone asking you, in high school, if your math grades were as good as your chess results. Sadly, for me the answer w...
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The 41st edition of the Biel International Chess Festival kicks off today in Switzerland and runs until 1 August. This popular annual event consists - appropriately - of many 'Swiss System' tournaments of different categories: M...
Being a chess fan can be quite tough. We've already had so many super tournaments this year, the latest of which, Poikovsky, just having finished. And so many are yet to come: Sochi, Mainz, the Tal Memorial, the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, the...
This is the eighth 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 8 / 16 8a. Who is this famous player? 8b. F...
For several years Rybka has been the strongest chess engine by a mile, topping all the usual computer rating lists like the SSDF. However, Chessbase have the most popular user interface and Rybka was not available directly on this platform (...
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