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Shanghai Masters: Aronian wins first game
03.09.2010
– Aronian, Kramnik, Shirov and Wang Hao are playing in this classical double round robin, originally intended as a summit of the winners of selected Grand Slam tournaments. Magnus Carlsen disrupted the system by winning most of them, so other players had to be invited "on the basis of their sports merits". Aronian beat Wang Hao with black in round one.
Annotated games, video impressions.
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The annoying pressure...
03.09.2010
– ... on his position Black finally wanted to shake off in this game from the Spanisch Team Championship. What do you think, what should be the first step in this direction?
A) 17...Kh8
B) 17...f5
C) 17...Qb6+ 18.Kh1 and then 18...f5
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a
larger version of the diagram.
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Maurice Ashley: The Secret to Chess
02.09.2010
– This is one you really do not want to miss. Star international trainer and commentator Maurice Ashley reveals a secret he discovered on his way to becoming a chess grandmaster. It is a simple idea that anyone can understand – something that you can use immediately to improve your game. Maurice's entertaining style and great clarity make this a first class DVD.
Here's a sample lesson.
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Magnus vs the World in the RAW Chess Challenge
02.09.2010
– He has just topped the latest FIDE rating list, for the fifth time in succession. Now Magnus Carlsen, 19-year-old chess phenomenon from Norway, is taking on the world. On Friday, September 10th, as part of his fashion promotion for G-Star, he will play a one-day match in New York against registered users, who are coached by three top international players – and Garry Kasparov.
Info and videos.
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Kavalek at Huffington: A Vodka Escape
01.09.2010
– When in 1968 the Warsaw pact armies invaded Czechoslovakia, one of its strongest GMs managed to bribe his way into the West with a crate of vodka. He had been playing a simultaneous exhibition in Wroclaw or Breslau, the birthplace of Adolf Anderssen, one of the strongest players of the 19th century. Lubomir Kavalek remembers his escape with two beautiful
problems by the great German player.
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His fifth samovar – Morozevich wins 64th Moscow Blitz
01.09.2010
– Many were worried about his recent absence from the chess circuit. The very volatile GM Alexander Morozevich, who has dropped from number two in the world (July/October 2008) to 37th in the current list, was in great form in the yearly Moscow Blitz Championship, taking first place with 14.0/19 points. We bring you lots of interesting portraits in this
pictorial report by WGM Yana Melnikova.
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FIDE ratings September 2010: average ratings up, up, and up...
31.08.2010
– The FIDE ratings lists for September 2010 are out, and though there were few cataclysmic changes, some statistics do stand out: the average rating continues to rise, and the top 100 now average 50 Elo more than eight years ago. How about FIDE title requirements? We also took a look at the biggest Elo gains over the last 12 months. Can you guess who and by how much?
Read all, see all.
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Fischer's DNA – still no final closure
31.08.2010
– The DNA test in a paternity lawsuit filed by Marilyn and Jinky Young was negative for the claimants. The Icelandic representative declared the case closed, but Philippine lawyer Samuel Estimo is demanding that DNA samples of the former World Champion be verified against Fischer's blood relatives. He sent new pictures. Meanwhile chess correspondent Bobby Ang has published
additional details.
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Carlsen beats Anand, wins Arctic Securities Rapid
31.08.2010
– It was a dream final: The World Champion vs the number one rated player in the world. Vishy Anand had scored a near-perfect 5.0/6 victory in the preliminaries, Magnus had finished at 3.5/6. But in the final the Norwegian worked over the Indian GM from the queenside to the kingside, winning the first game and the event. Jon Ludvig Hammer beat Judit Polgar to take Bronze.
Final report.
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Rybka 4: The chess computer I always wanted
30.08.2010
– Back in 1989 Lance Martin stood in line with 200 people to watch Kasparov play
IBM's Deep Blue. "We have come a long way since then," he writes,
"we use computers to help us beat our opponents." His favourite chess
program is Rybka 4 by ChessBase, and the opening book sold with the engine.
Read his evaluation in this Chess
Cafe review.
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Miskolc 2010: Gelfand beats Leko 4.5:3.5
30.08.2010
– He tried everything, including a super-sharp line employed by his opponent. But in the end it was top Israeli GM Boris Gelfand who had scored two wins to local hero Peter Leko's one. The event is very popular in the eastern Hungarian city, where it is hosted in the National Theatre by the Lord Mayor. We bring you pictures and GM analysis in
our final report.
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Arctic Securities Rapid: Carlsen gets 'hammered', reaches final
29.08.2010
– Sorry, we simply had to use the pun, which was slipped to us by a British colleague. Top seed Magnus Carlsen, who almost suffered defeat in the first half of this tournament, actually did lose to compatriot Jon Ludvig Hammer in the second half. He survived an attack by Judit Polgar to join Vishy Anand, reigning supreme with 5.0/6, in Monday's final.
Don't miss it.
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