Pavel Tregubov won the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup on tiebreak, after finishing shared first with Yuri Drozdovskij, Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov, half a point clear of Anatoly Karpov. A big pictorial report this time.The 4th Pivdenny Bank C...
Moro destroys the field in Bosnia The mercurial Russian genius Alexander Morozevich (pictured) has won the category 18 double round-robin in Sarajevo with an utterly dominant performance, winning the tournament with a round to spare and ending wit...
Are you tired of being in a position and just not knowing what to do? Well IM Igor Khmelnitsky is tired of seeing you do that too, so he wrote a new Chess Mentor course about it. In this course you will learn to think about the opponent's move...
After winning the M-Tel Masters, Vassily Ivanchuk added another trophy to his big collection: yesterday he beat world champion and rapid specialist Viswanathan Anand in the Le?ɬ?n final.The 21st Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Le?ɬ?n was h...
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Just like in the first half, in the second four games Carlsen won one and drew three with Leko, The Norwegian won the match in Hungary 5-3.Against Adams he drew his match, against Karpov he won and against Kramnik he lost. This year Magnus Carlsen...
Last Friday the money wasn't there yet, and the issue would be discussed during the Presidential Board meeting this weekend. As it turns out, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is offering his own wallet once and again, to guarantee the Kamsky-Topa...
Magnus wins again to emerge victorious Peter Leko will no doubt rue his missed chances as Magnus Carlsen closed out the match with another win on the final day to end victorious by a score of 5-3. We will never know if Magnus would have played ano...
Chucky beats Vishy in Spain After winning the title in Leon for the last three years, Vishy Anand finally lost his rapidplay crown in a thrilling final to the remarkable Ukrainian by a score of 2.5-1.5. In the first game, Ivanchuk gained a g...
Today Viswanathan Anand and Vassily Ivanchuk will play the final of the Advanced Chess tournament in Le?ɬ?n, Spain. Anand beat Vallejo on Friday, and yesterday Ivanchuk defeated Shirov.The 21st Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Le?ɬ?n is hel...
Magnus pushed to the brink A characteristic of all the great chess champions is their ability to hang on in worse positions and save games that appear lost. Magnus Carlsen seems to have already developed this priceless skill at the tender ag...
Kirsan has the final word The president of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (pictured), is reported as confirming that the Kamsky vs. Topalov match later this year will take place in Lvov, Ukraine and not in Sofia, Bulgaria. The question that has not been...
Ivanchuk defeats Shirov in Spain Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) continued his run of good form with a victory over Alexei Shirov in the second semi-final of the Leon tournament in Spain. He now meets the World Champion and top ranked player in ...
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During the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup, a blitz tournament in Odessa (Ukraine), the old rivals Karpov and Korchnoi will meet again. After five rounds Drozdovskij and Ponomariov are leading.The Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup is held this weekend at the La...
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Due to his recent succes at the M-Tel Masters, Ivanchuk seemed to be taking over the number 3 spot in the world rankings but Morozevich is not letting him: the Russian is on a smashing 6 out of 7 in Sarajevo, a performance just below 3000!This yea...
Anand edges out Vallejo Pons In the first semi-final of the Leon tournament in Spain, World Champion Vishy Anand had to struggle to beat local boy Vallejo Pons in their rapid match. After sharing a win apiece and 2 draws in the 4 rapid games...
Kamsky prepared to play in Bulgaria Following on from Alexei Shirov's open letter (reported here), a representative of Gata Kamsky has issued a statement denying that Kamsky has officially declined to play in Bulgaria. To FIDE President Mr. Ki...
Carlsen took a small lead in Miskolc yesterday in his match against Leko, by winning the fourth rapid game, after a narrow escape in game three.After Adams, Karpov and Kramnik, Peter Leko this year plays Magnus Carlsen in an eight-game rapid match...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Shirov - "Nobody can wait forever" Breaking news - there are dramatic developments in the plans for the Kamsky vs. Topalov match due to be staged later this year as part of the current World Chess Championship cycle. Around two weeks ago...
Carlsen leads at half way The second day in Hungary packed a lot more punch than the first with two exciting games, one of which was decisive. In the third game of the match, Magnus again played the Sicilian, but Leko tamely avoided a repeat...
Today we present a brand new repertoire book for Black based on the Sveshnikov. The Easiest Sicilian by GM's Kolev & Nedev is aimed at players > 1850 elo. It proposes a sound yet aggressive repertoire after 1.e4 c5, 2.Nf3 Nc6 and covers the...
