Grischuk back in sole lead

By beating his compatriot Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexander Grischuk has taken sole lead again today in Baku, since Gashimov and Wang Yue both drew their games, against Cheparinov and Bacrot respectively. full story »

Inarkiev & Mamedyarov win

After yesterday’s drama we witnessed a much more quiet round today in Baku. Five draws didn’t change anything in the top of the standings. Inarkiev avoided timetrouble and beat Navara in a good game. Mamedyarov defeated Karjakin, who blundered a pawn in the early middlegame. full story »

Gashimov beats Kamsky, joins leaders

In the best round so far in Baku, Gashimov beat Kamsky and joined the leaders Grischuk and Wang Yue, who drew against each other. Updated report with videos. full story »

Kamsky joins the leaders

After their first rest day, most players obviously were full of energy again, and it showed. A good round with nice games and three decisions, one of them scored by Cheparinov - he beat Inarkiev. Svidler won a nice game against Karjakin and Kamsky the joined tournament leaders Wang Yue and Grischuk by defeating Adams. full story »

Hillarp Persson & Stellwagen are leading in Malmö

Tiger Hillarp Persson & Daniel Stellwagen are sharing the lead after five rounds of an incredibly combative Sigeman & Co Tournament in Malmö, Sweden. Report with photos and videos. full story »

April-column Kasparov in WSJ

In a new column for the Wall Street Journal, Garry Kasparov criticizes Western governments for going soft on China and Russia.

Topalov stars in a commercial

If you search for Kasparov on YouTube you’ll find several commercials. Recently a commercial was produced in which another former world champion is starring: Veselin Topalov. full story »

Weekly Endgame Study (68)

Every Saturday an endgame study is published at ChessVibes, selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck with the instructional occupation of solving a study! full story »

Wang Yue & Grischuk share lead

Not much happened in the fifth round of Baku 2008, except for the fact that Wang Yue, not exactly the favorite for tournament victory, climbed up to a shared first place. And Cheparinov scored his first half point by the way. Now with videos too! full story »

“If a sacrifice looks good, it IS good”

“If a sacrifice looks good, then it is good”.

Sounds unfamiliar? Sounds blasphemous? It is from Blitz Theory, a book we just received in stock.

It reminded me of what Genrikh Chepukaitis, the famous SmartChip blitz legend from Genna Sosonko’s marvelous book, used to say: “Confusion is adequate compensation for a sacrified piece”.

Blitz Theory is a naughty little book, written by Jonathan Maxwell, full of extremely interesting stuff, but only for those who really want to win at blitz.

In his Endorsement of this book GM Walter Browne specifically excludes Maxwell’s “Pseudo Check”, a very nasty and unfair beast indeed!

Please have a look here, if you dare.

Press conferences Baku - like at Corus!

The press conferences with demoboard are always a big hit during Corus, and we’ve done the same twice now in Baku. So today more of this top material - enjoy! full story »

Round 4: Grischuk retains lead

In the fourth round of Baku 2008 we saw some difficult games and some big mistakes. Cheparinov, who lost his fourth game today against Wang Yue, is clearly out of form. Mamedyarov played very strongly and beat Carlsen, Adams scored a lucky win against Navara and Grischuk retained his slim lead after a quick draw against Kamsky. full story »

10 GMs lead in Plovdiv

Just like in Baku, at the European Championship in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), three rounds have been played. In the men’s section there are ten GMs left with a 100% score, in the women’s section only five players won all three games. full story »

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