DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 090508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
M-Tel kicks off with a bang
M-Tel opens in fine style The super-tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria sponsored by the Bulgarian telephone company M-Tel, kicked off in fine style today with all 3 games ending decisively. The top seed and former World Champion, Veselin Topalov (pict...
An interview with Yelena Dembo
Yelena Dembo is a Russian born Women's Grandmaster and International Master currently rated at 2429 Elo, which places her at 43rd in the women's chess world rankings. She is also one of the top rated players at Chess.com! I...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 080508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
The primaries and Kasparov
For years, Kasparov has claimed that life imitates chess. Until now, I've had a difficult time believing this, if only because life was here before chess, and because chess is a model of life rather than the other way around.by Arne MollI know, it...
M-Tel tournament starts today
The M-Tel Masters tournament will take place between the 8th and the 18th May in Sofia, Bulgaria. The competitors in this ultra-strong double round-robin tournament are: Veselin Topalov Bulgaria ...
And then there was Mtel already
Baku 2008 isn't over yet and the third Grand Slam tournament of 2008 already starts: the Mtel Masters. Cheparinov and Radjabov fly from Baku to Sofia and face Aronian, Topalov, Ivanchuk, and Bu Xiangzhi. First round tomorrow.The Mtel Masters 2008,...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 070508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 060508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Carlsen, Gashimov & Wang Yue win Baku
By beating Bacrot, Carlsen caught the tournament leaders and together with the two surprises of the tournament, Gashimov & Wang Yue, he won Baku 2008.The three winners share money and Grand Prix points, and so Gashimov is only the moral winner on ...
Baku Grand Prix ends in tie
Gashimov, Yue and Carlsen share 1st prize So it's all over. The first FIDE Grand Prix was a memorable event, produced lots of exciting chess and surprise winners. At the start of the tournament Vugar Gashimov was overshadowed by ...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 050508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R12: Gashimov beats Grischuk
And then, after a few less interesting days, the penultimate round in Baku was suddenly full of excitement, with great openings, great fights and great?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ results!?Well, at least for the local organizers and fans, who saw Azerbaijan's third pl...
Triumph of the underdogs?
Triumph of the underdogs? In the penultimate round of the first FIDE Grand Prix event in Baku there were another 5 decisive games in this amazing tournament. Among the winners was unfancied Vugar Gashimov who crushed rival Alexander Grischuk to jo...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 040508
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R11: Wang Yue joins Grischuk again
This morning it was nice and sunny again in Baku. However, ain't no sunshine for Etienne Bacrot, who today played probably the worst move ever in his entire career, against Ernesto Inarkiev. The only other decisive result was Wang Yue-Svidler (1-0...
Chess players' tactics
Here are some chess tactics to know, the first move should, take out pawn diagonal to queen, then take bishops, knights, and rooks out, then attack with all pieces at once, who knows how good your opponent will be, that will determine if it will ...
Yue have got to be kidding, Peter.
Wang Yue joint leader again The biggest surprise package of this first Grand Prix event in Baku proved his mettle yet again as Wang Yue defeated an ailing Peter Svidler in round 11 to join Alexander Grischuk as joint leader. Whatever happens...
Yelena Dembo 7th in European Championship
A great final result in Plovdiv saw Yelena Dembo of Chess.com narrowly lose on tiebreaks to the eventual silver medallist, Viktorija Cmilyte. I'm sure we would all like to congratulate Yelena on her performance and wish her the best for her fu...
Tiviakov & Lahno European Champions
Yesterday Sergey Tiviakov won the European Chess Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Tiviakov was leading with 7 other players and in the last round he was the only player to win his game. Kateryna Lahno finished clear first in the women's section....
The quiet before the storm in Baku
Grischuk holds onto lead in Baku Due perhaps to the anti-draw offer rules being enforced in FIDE Grand Prix events, there have been lots of fighting games at the first event in Baku. However, sometimes a draw is the right result and today there w...
Tie-breaks in Plovdiv
Tie breaks in Plovdiv Although the titles have been decided in the European Championships, there are tie-breaks today for the medal winners and qualification for the World Championship. Please note this is correction to the previous report which g...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 030508
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 030608
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution: