DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 19608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Carlsen wins Foros, already
With a round to spare, Magnus Carlsen secured clear first place at the Aerosvit tournament today. He drew with Volokitin (after trying hard, for a change) and Eljanov-Karjakin saw the same result.It was a very good round today in Foros. Even Nisip...
Aerosvit - Round 10
Ivanchuk wins to move into shared second place If you were told that a game between two Grandmasters ended in 21 moves, you could be forgiven for expecting it to be another dull draw, but today Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) busted poor Loek Van Wely...
8 minutes with Gata
GM Gata Kamsky was at the top of a six-way tie for first at the National Open (June 5-8). In an 8 minute interview with Chess.FM, Kamsky discusses his time in Vegas and his thoughts on the upcoming World Championship candidates match with Veselin ...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 18608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Draws are more than enough
For Magnus Carlsen, draws are more than enough at the moment. Yesterday and today he agreed to quick draws against Onischuk and Jakovenko and so he's almost sure of another tournament victory now. New games with comments.Magnus can't really use th...
Now Explore Games & Openings on Chess.com!
What is the best opening? What opening should I play? How did I lose so fast? These are the kinds of questions chess players - especially those new to the game - ask themselves over and over. e4, d4, or g4? It can get so confusing! We have a new ...
Diary of an ICC Addict: New In Chess 2008/4
"I'll let you in on a secret", writes English GM Danny Gormally in New In Chess 2008#4. Diary of an ICC Addict is a brilliant but disturbing piece on serotonin cascades in the pre-frontal lobe. Further in this issue, among much more: -- H...
Round 9 at Aerosvit
Eljanov wins to move into second place Pavel Eljanov (pictured) from Ukraine moved into sole second place on 5.5/9 ahead of his compatriots Ivanchuk and Karjakin by defeating yet another Ukranian Andrei Volokitin. The home country for the Ae...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 17608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Radjabov completes field in Bilbao
Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov will be the six participants of the first Grand Slam Tournament, held 1-13 September 2008 in Bilbao, Spain. This was confirmed today by organi...
Aerosvit Round 8
Carlsen retains 2-point lead Another round, another win by Magnus Carlsen. Oh no, hang on a minute, he only drew today! Well done to Alexander Onischuk who held the tournament leader to a draw with the Black pieces. There were still 3...
Aronian catches Leko to win in Yerevan
The Karen Asrian Memorial got an Armenian winner in the end. By catching Peter Leko in the penultimate round, Levon Aronian won another non-classical chess event after Amber 2008.That must have been a bit of a disappointment for Peter Leko, who ha...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 16608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Volokitin, Karjakin & Eljanov shared 2nd in Foros
Volokitin, Karjakin and Eljanov are sharing the second spot at the Aerosvit tournament in Foros, Ukraine. The three GMs are on four points out of six games, with an excellent tpr. Oh yeah, and there's one other player doing pretty fine there.We le...
Aronian pips Leko in Yerevan
The Yerevan rapid play tournament in Armenia ended appropriately today with a winner from the host country. The penultimate round saw Peter Leko lose and Lev Aronian (pictured) win to swap places at the top of leaderboard and that was...
Exploring chess skill
Dr Robert Howard of the University of New South Wales in Australia is carrying out a survey on chess skill among internationally rated players. You can join!Quite a lot of research has been done on chess skill. Adriaan de Groot's thesis Thought an...
Magnus Carlsen extends lead in Aerosvit
The Norwegian Boy Wonder does it again After a rest day on Saturday at the Aerosvit tournament in the resort of Foros in the Crimea, Magnus Carlsen (pictured) started the second half of the tournament with no let up in his form. Playing Black agai...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 15608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
The Mainz Attraction II
ICC is pleased to announce they're collaborating again with Chess Tigers, organizers of the popular annual Mainz Chess Classic in Germany, for a 2nd Chess960 Internet Qualifier for the FiNet and Ordix opens.And we're building on the big success of...
Leko leads field in Yerevan
The rapid tournament in Yerevan has been overshadowed by the death of the Armenian player Karen Asrian, but after a two-day delay the tournament got underway again as the re-named Karen Asrian Memorial, which will now be held every year. The Hunga...
Weekly Endgame Study (75)
Every Saturday an endgame study is published at ChessVibes, selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck with the instructional occupation of solving a study!Li...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 14608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Leko leads in Yerevan
After 10 of the 14 rounds, Peter Leko is leading the rapid event in Yerevan, that has been renamed to Karen Asrian Memorial.It must be a strange atmosphere in which the rapid tournament in the Armenian capital Yerevan is being played now. Not long...