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The Contemporary Chess Art of Ilija Penušliski
31.10.2008 – In part one of this essay we saw how different artists represented chess in their works. Unlike any of these, the artist whom we are introducing to you now took a completely different approach when expressing his artistic views of our most beloved game. For some of these works, chess and its elements literally provide the backbone on which his art is based. Essay by Kiril Penušliski.
 

World Championship Picture Gallery of the final day
30.10.2008 – The Match in Bonn is over, Anand has won and retained his title. After the final, eleventh game was over there was a brief prize-giving ceremony, a press conference, and then a flurry of phone calls for the World Champion, most from his native India. Finally, a relaxed celebratory dinner with his team, which had emerged for the first time from the workrooms in the hotel. Big pictorial report.
 

ChessBase 10's Reference tab - part 2
30.10.2008 – Our series of columns on the new Reference tab features in ChessBase 10 continues with a column devoted to the statistical pane, which integrates information previously found only in separate ChessBase functions. Learn more about it in the latest ChessBase Workshop.
 

Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (11)
30.10.2008 – The Editor of Chess Notes offers readers an opportunity to contribute chess input to the next edition of one of the finest general anthologies of memorable observations, The Yale Book of Quotations by Fred R. Shapiro. The quest is for the ten most famous chess quotations of all time, and naturally a rock-solid source is needed in each case. Readers' suggestions are invited.
 

Karpov and Ivanchuk in the semi-finals of Cap d'Agde
29.10.2008 – The French Mediterranean seaside resort is hosting its eighth annual rapid chess tournament, with 16 well-known international players who played in two preliminary groups. After that eight qualifiers proceeded to the quarter-final knockout section, where 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 57, was given a hard time by a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl. You can watch it on Playchess.
 

World Championship Bonn – a resounding success
29.10.2008 – The organisers of the World Chess Championship 2008 have provided some statistics on the event: 86% of the 3,780 tickets available for the spectators were sold, 427 journalists from 28 countries were present, 1,271,000 Internet visitors were served, while an estimated 20 to 30 million visitors followed the games live. Impressive numbers to be found in this UEP press release.
 

WCC R11: Fighting draw, Anand wins World Championship by 6.5:4.5
29.10.2008 – It was a game of almost unbearable tension. Anand switched to 1.e4, Vladimir Kramnik went for do-or-die complications, Anand obliged, and for a couple of hours nobody knew what would happen. In the end, Vishy Anand prevailed, got a slightly better position and Vladimir Kramnik offered a draw. Anand remains World Champion. First report with comments by Garry Kasparov and Malcolm Pein.
 

Anand vs Kramnik – psychological and preparation aspects
29.10.2008 – Last week our Playchess lecture by Dennis Monokroussos saw Anand riding high on a two-point lead. He won game six and pressed in game sevedn. But then the tables started turning. In this week's lecture Dennis looks at the critical moments of game ten, which Kramnik won. See you in the Broadcast room.
 

Peter Svidler wins Russian Championship– for the fifth time
29.10.2008 – During the main tournament the St Petersburger GM was trailing by half a point, but got into the playoffs by winning his last-round game. In the playoffs it was the same story: he trailed Dmitry Jakovenko by half a point but defeated him in the last game to take the title. Svidler has won the Soviet or Russian Championships five time, the first time when he was eighteen. Congratulations Pjotr!
 

ChessBase Magazin 126 – with Tal Memorial and Bilbao
28.10.2008 – The second FIDE Grand Prix in Sochi, the Tal Memorial in Moscow and the Grand Slam final in Bilbao are the heavyweights of this issue. The victor of the former, Levon Aronian, annotates his final-round game against Grischuk in both classic and Fritz Trainer format. Other star authors include Boris Gelfand, Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams and Magnus Carlsen. Read about it and order now.
 

WCC Bonn: Analysis of game ten
28.10.2008 – "An astonishing game," says Malcolm Pein. "Kramnik got his kind of position with a tiny edge and a clear plan. He appears to do very little, but he does it very well." Later Kramnik admitted: "I didn't have to do anything, and the position was winning". It brought him his first win over Anand in this World Championship match. Commentary by IM Malcolm Pein and Lakhdar Mazouz.
 

WCC R10: Kramnik draws blood, score now 6:4
27.10.2008 – The tenth game of the World Championship in Bonn ended with a first victory for the challenger Vladimir Kramnik. World Champion Vishy Anand mishandled a surprise Nimzo, found his pieces uncoordinated and himself in time pressure. He resigned the game on move 29. A miracle comeback for Kramnik? He needs to win both the final games. Big pictorial report.