Archive for May, 2011
We’ve tried hard to resist, but by now it’s impossible to avoid the story about Andrey Slyusarchuk, a Ukrainian neurosurgeon and showman who ‘beat’ Rybka 4 in a 2-game match, playing blindfold, which was shown on national TV.
My previous review, in which I discussed three recent chess puzzle books, was admittedly somewhat grumpy and pessimistic about the future of this particular genre, and some readers took offence at this. So this time round I’m going look at thre
The European Chess Union (ECU) has rejected the protest of Peter Heine Nielsen about the way the performance ratings were calculated at this year’s European Championship in Aix les Bains. Admitting that their calculations were flawed, the ECU&#
We’re happy and proud to announce that in just six days from now, we’ll be delivering the first issue of ChessVibes Training into the inboxes of way over a hundred early subscribers. Guess they’re all excited about improving their m
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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Today the World Chess Federation already published its May 1st Elo rating list. With the absence of rated super tournaments in March and April, it’s no surprise that the top 10 has barely changed. U.S. Women’s Champion Anna Zatonskih ente
The F.E.B. #9 is out! The FEB tackles Nice… errr… Monaco and the last (sniff, sniff) Amber Blindfold and Rapid tourney, PLUS, find out what’s up with the European Championship, with clips from the most famous Frenchman, Sebastian Fe
FIDE President in Krakow
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The 7th World Individual School Chess Championship is taking place in Krakow, Poland on 29 April - 9 May this year. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov delivered a greeting speech in the opening ceremony of the tournament. The World Individual School C