Daily puzzle 012307

White plays and wins. The solution will be published tomorrow.

Yesterday’s solution:
1….Qxe3 2.fxe3 Ng3+ 3.hxg3 Rh5++ (Yudasin - Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 1994)

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Chess Trivia of 23 January

On 23 January Henrique Mecking (1952) was born.

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Kramnik and Carlsen analysing

Restday… so no videos on Chessvibes? Help! But don’t worry, we have captured the post-mortem between Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen for you. Really good to hear that even the world champion miscalculates every now and then! So there is still hope Enjoy this 25 minute long post-mortem! Read more

Notes from underground

Reports of chess tournaments are usually about what’s going on in the playing hall. At least as interesting is what’s going on in the press room, where this year at Corus the ediorial team of Chessvibes has access for the first time. The press room of a large chess tournament is considered by many to be the santum sanctorum, the Holy of the Holies, when grandmasters and players give their divine opinions and where you can learn more in one hour than from a year of studying. Read more

Analysis Shirov-Radjabov by IM Notkin

One of the most beautiful games so far, at the Corus Chess Tournament, was Shirov-Radjabov. We already brought you Radjabov’s ideas about it and IM Maxim Notkin agreed to let us publish his extensive analysis on this rest day, which appeared earlier at the website Chesspro.ru. The translation is by Paul Janse. Read more

Daily puzzle 012207

White Black plays and wins. The solution will be published tomorrow.

Yesterday’s solution:
1.Rxd8+ Kxd8 2.Nd4 Qxg2 3.Qxf6+ 1–0 (Svidler - Zapata, New York, 1995)

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Chess Trivia of 22 January

On 22 January Maxim Sorokin (1968), Etienne Bacrot (1983) and Nicholas Pert (1981) were born.

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Press conference: Topalov beats Anand

Suddenly the game was over. The journalists didn’t immediately know what was going on, and some even doubted if the ‘1-0′ on the television screen was correct. But indeed, Anand lost quickly today and as it appeared, without much chance. Topalov is now topping the field of the Corus Chess Tournament. What exactly happened today, can be seen in Topalov’s press conference below, that he gave afterwards. Because everything went so quickly, we didn’t manage to get the camera in position in time, but we didn’t miss much. Read more

Live reporting: round 8

Last update: 19.18 CET

Also the eighth round has one top match on the program: Topalov-Anand. The Indian can’t really afford a defeat anymore and Topalov naturally likes to join Radjabov in the lead. The two gentlemen are fighting it over the board in a Queen’s Indian. Ponomariov surprised Van Wely with a Knight’s Tango, Tiviakov again played a Accelarated Dragon (this time against Shirov), Radjabov-Aronian have the Ragozin Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined, Kramnik-Carlsen a Catalaan, Motylev-Svidler a very sharp 3.f3 Grünfeld and the Marshall Declined again joined the party, in Karjakin-Navara. Read more

Daily puzzle 012107

White plays and wins. The solution will be published tomorrow.

Yesterday’s solution:
1.Qxa7 Rxa7 [1…Rb8 2.Qxb8 Nxb8 3.Rxc8+ Kd7 4.Rxh8 +-] 2.Rxc8+ Qd8 3.Rxd8+ Kxd8 4.Nxf7+ Ke7 5.Nxh8 1–0 (Carlsen-Gulbrandsen, Noorwegen 2002).

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Chess Trivia of 21 January

On 21 January Artashes Minasian (1967), Neil McDonald (1967) and Ilya Smirin (1968) were born.

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A game from group B

After six rounds young Ian Nepomniachtchi is still the proud leader of Group C. After his victory against Edwin van Haastert yesterday, he has totalled his score to 5,5. A fabulous performance which gives him a gap of 1,5 points. I am curious who is going to stop this train from Russia. In group B the differences are so much smaller where every round starts with a new leader. Read more

Live reporting: round 7

Last update: 21.06 CET

Again a top match is on the program today, in the seventh round, that has started. Naturally we’re talking about Anand-Radjabov, a Sveshnikov that for 22 moves followed other games. The theoretical novelty is 22…Qg5, where 22…Qd8 was played in a Karjakin (with White) game in 1998. 22…Be6 was Kasparov’s choice in the same year in his game against Topalov, in Leon, where computer help was allowed. By the way we’re managed to put online some images of the start of the round already. Read more

Weekly Endgame Study (3)

Every Saturday an endgame study is published at Chessvibes, selected by Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Read more

Daily puzzle 012007

White plays and wins. The solution will be published tomorrow.

Yesterday’s solution:
1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Qg3+ Kh8 3.Qxc7 1–0 (Tiviakov-Polak, Oakham 1992).

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Chess Trivia of 20 January

On 20 January Yevgeny Vladimirov (1957) and Marc Narciso Dublan (1974) were born.

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Press conference: the world champion teaches

It’s getting more and more crowded in Wijk aan Zee, and in the press room as well. Many journalists decided to visit this great tournament, of course. This you will notice in the video as again somebody (the same person!) hits the camera and this time many photographers move before the camera. Since we’re working for Corus, the organizers will try to do something about that next time. But cut the crap; what we’re offering is simply unique. The world champion teaching an endgame lesson. We’re still speechless. Read more

Live reporting: round 6

Last update: 18.47 CET

Well, we’re in the mood and we start again with the live reporting of what’s already the sixth round. And we see some great play bills today. What to think of Kramnik-Anand (a Catalan - today Genna Sosonko is here too so at least he’s having a nice day) or the clash between the national Dutch champs of 2005 and 2006, Van Wely-Tiviakov. Again KingLoek plays the English Opening, just like in June this year (when he lost) and Tiviakov is the first to deviate, with his 12…Nd4 instead of 12…a5. And Magnus Carlsen plays a sharp line against Motylev’s Spanish Four Knights. Read more

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