What chess fans and chess professionals alike have known for a long time already, has been admitted today by Chessbase: Rybka is the strongest chess program in the world by a big margin, also stronger than any Fritz.By Merijn van DelftRybka progra...
This is the seventh 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 7 / 16 7a. Who is this famous player? 7b. ...
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This is the sixth 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 6 / 16 2a. Who is this famous player? 2b. Fr...
Being the sole leader after seven rounds, Alexei Shirov had to suffer a painful defeat yesterday at the hands of rising star Vugar Gashimov. All other games were drawn. by IM Merijn van DelftNow four players (Rublevsky, Jakovenko, Gashimov and Shi...
The Poikovsky tournament ended in a four-way tie for first place on 5.5/9 between Alexei Shirov (pictured), Sergei Rublevsky, Alexei Shirov, Vugar Gashmiov and Dmitry Jakovenko. Shirov had a hot streak, winning in rounds 5,6 and 7, but ...
Because I don't think it's really possible to write a serious review about an opening book unless you regularly play that opening yourself, I have not written about Viktor Moskalenko's previous opening book, The Fabulous Budapest Gambit. This revi...
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This is the fifth 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 5 / 16 2a. Who is this famous player? 2b. Fr...
The 2008 Irish Chess Championships took place July 5-13, 2008 at the Academy Plaza Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. After 9 hard fought rounds GM Baburin and GM Greenfeld split first place with an impressive score of 8/9 which was 1.5 points out in front...
The world championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik will start in exactly 90 days from now. The first game will be played on Tuesday, October 14th, at 15.00 hrs CET.The most important chess event of the year 2008 will take ...
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We left the Karpov tournament in Poikovsky after round 3 and we are returning after round 7. Alexei Shirov is leading with 5 points and two rounds to go. The Russians Jakovenko and Rublevsky are following with 4,5 points. The games can be followed...
Pal Benko (pictured) turned 80 years of age on 14th July 2008. He was raised amongst poverty in Hungary and emigrated to the US in 1958 by defecting when attending a chess tournament in Iceland. He went on to finish first, or shared first, i...
This is the fourth 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 4 / 16 2a. Who is this famous player? 2b. F...
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This is the third 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 3 / 16 2a. Who is this famous player? 2b. Fr...
Wesley So (pictured) isn't a 'household' name in the chess world - yet, but this young Filipino player is making waves with his attacking play and strong results. In December 2007, he became the 7th youngest Grandmaster i...
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One of the strangest books I've ever read is Bach en het Getal (Bach and the Number) by the Dutch authors Kees van Houten en Marinus Kasbergen. The main thesis of the book is that within the music of the great composer J.S. Bach, various messages,...
John Henderson of the ICC writes: "We all know ICC is the place to be for the biggest and best online prize tournaments - and we've got another coming up next week for our members, as we collaborate with the official 62nd Birthday celebrations for...
The 2nd New Jersey Futurity International was held from July 7-11, 2008 In New Jersey, USA. GM Sergey Erenburg won the event with a score of 7.5/9, a full point ahead of second place and by doing so successfully defended his victory from last year...
This is the second 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 2 / 16 2a. Who is this famous player? 2b. F...
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