Archive for May, 2011
New: Sacking the Citadel
May 31
Russell Enterprises has published: Sacking the Citadel.
This book by 1997 US Correspondence Chess Champion Jon Edwards chronicles the history, theory and practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice Bxh7+. It holds more than 300(!) annotated games and a
FIDE President in Nigeria
May 31
On 30 May, FIDE President arrived on a working visit to Nigeria, where in Abuja city he participated in the ceremony of inauguration of newly elected President of Nigeria Jonathan Goodluck.
The same day Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with Mr. Asishana Oka
June 3-5: the first ICC open
May 30
In a press release the Internet Chess Club (ICC) announces its first “ICC Open”, an online blitz tournament with a $3,500 prize fund. Besides a main event where IMs and GMs will fight for the prizes, there will be U2200, U2000, U1800 and
The French Team Championship has started in Mulhouse and there are some strong GMs participating, e.g. David Navara, Pavel Eljanov, Le Quang Liem, Etienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Anish Giri and Loek van Wely. The three French players who were accu
Weekly Endgame Study (220)
May 29
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!
–> IM Yochanan Afek’s Official Website
Y. Bazlov
Kazan: the aftermath
May 29
The Candidates Maches in Kazan, Russia led to lots of controversy: many chess fans and media criticised both the participants and FIDE for the high number of draws. The subject has led to a verbal dog fight between ECU President Silvio Danailov and F
ChessVibes Training is our new weekly magazine (8 pages, PDF + PGN) chuck full of middlegame and endgame tips and a weekly column by Anish Giri. This morning we sent out #4 to our growing number of subscribers. “Really fantastic material. Kee
It was a most unlikely scenario for the first Bahia Feliz tournament on the Gran Canaria island, but it happened anyway: tournament leader Paco Vallejo of Spain, undefeated in the first eight rounds, lost his last game with the white pieces and…
New: Opening for White According to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol. 3.
Alexander Khalifman’s new edition of Opening for White According to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol. 3, focuses on 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3, especially on the line 4…g6, and numerous other
Hikaru Nakamura and Ray Robson won their matches held this week in Saint Louis, Missouri (USA). Nakamura defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in the last classical game to score 3.5-2.5, and won the rapid games 3-1. Robson defeated Ben Finegold 4-2 in the clas