Archive for February, 2011
Hertneck wins 3rd Batavia
Feb 28
A day before the 3rd Batavia Chess Tournament in Amsterdam, Gerald Hertneck didn’t know he was going to play chess. But during the tournament, there was never any doubt who would win it. “He’s in a class of his own,” said IM Merijn van Delft
At 2817 World Champion Viswanathan Anand is officially the highest rated player again. On the March 1st FIDE rating list the Indian switched places with Magnus Carlsen from Norway, who has 2815. Vassily Ivanchuk is back on 5th place, while Hikaru Nak
Weekly Endgame Study (207)
Feb 27
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving!
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Elina Danielian won her first four games at the final tournament in the FIDE Women Grand Prix Series, held in Doha, Qatar. The Grandmaster from Armenia has a 1.5 point lead, ahead of IM Martha Fierro (Ecuador) and Marie Sebag (France).
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Vienna 1922 , not just another tournament book…
With players such as Alekhine, Tarrasch, Tartakower Réti, and Rubinstein Vienna 1922 is one of the great tournaments in chess history. This book marked the beginning of the writing career of le
Answering reader questions almost a decade after becoming FIDE World Champion as an 18-year-old, Ruslan Ponomariov provides both a revealing insight into the life of an elite player, and a damning indictment of the chess politics that saw his match a
The most important match of the weekend will take place in Bremen. The only serious contender of Baden-Baden is facing the strong team of Mülheim. Bremen needs to win in order not to loose the contact to the top of the table. The match starts on Sat
He was a world class chess player for decades, but at 88 he returned to his first love. Last Tuesday, the legendary Serbian grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric presented in Belgrade his first music album. Serbian and Spanish media report that the album con
Le Quang Liem again won the strongest open in the world, despite a loss in the eighth round against the ever-uncompromising Bulgarian Cheparinov. This fascinating King’s Indian (a Main Line with 11.g4) is the Game of the Week in ChessVibes Open
Kasparov on IBM’s Watson
Feb 24
Last week, in a special, three-day Jeopardy! episode, IBM’s participant “Watson” defeated the two most successful human participants ever. The chess fans were curious about one thing: what would Garry Kasparov think of this, fourtee