New FIDE ratings: Carlsen not second

The 1 July rating list has already been published at the FIDE website. World champion Viswanathan Anand is topping the list alone, Morozevich has passed Kramnik on number of played games and Carlsen… is number six. Read more

ChessVibes Survey

Because we’re really curious about you, and how you judge, rate and evaluate ChessVibes.com, we’ve created a survey. Do let us know how we can improve! Read more

Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson win

Today the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 has really begun. Three players won with the white pieces: Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson, against Van Wely, Ivanchuk and Naiditsch respectively. Update: games with commentary. Read more

Daily puzzle 30608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Daily puzzle 29608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Dortmund starts peacefully

The Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 in Dortmund has started peacefully: all first round games ended in a draw. We have the games with comments. Read more

In the spirit of the rules?

Yesterday, Peter wrote an interesting article about the Turkish club competition. I was especially fascinated by the team-setup. Read more

Weekly Endgame Study (77)

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! Read more

Daily puzzle 28608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Interesting team set-up Turkish League

This month the Turkish League is underway, and the obligatory team set-up is quite original. Teams must have at least one lady, a junior player and four youth players. Read more

Daily puzzle 27608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Dortmund: Players & Pairings

Tomorrow night is the official opening, and Saturday the first round of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 in Dortmund will be played. We present the players and also the full pairings, because these are known already. Read more

New: a combative repertoire in the French

We are very proud to announce a new book we just published, written by GM Viktor Moskalenko: The Flexible French.

In his much-praised fresh, explanatory style Moskalenko offers a combative & original repertoire in the French Defence.

The four main parts of the book present a wealth of dynamic options in the Advance, Tarrasch, Classical and Winawer variation.

To this, Moskalenko adds his “Seven Samourai Swords”: sharp surprise weapons, early deviations from established main line theory.

“Moskalenko does not dish out endless variations, but concentrates on the principal and most aggressive plans”, wrote a German reviewer about his earlier book on the Budapest Gambit (currently being reprinted).

An American reviewer called it “a model of an opening book”.

The same goes for “The Flexible French”: it sparkles with original ideas!

Daily puzzle 26608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Chess commercial

Rapid match Karjakin-Short

From July 3 till 7, in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, a rapid match will take place between Sergei Karjakin and Nigel Short. The rate of play is 25 minutes plus ten seconds a move. More information can be found at the official website.

Daily puzzle 25608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

Bilbao: chess outside, in a glass cube

The Grand Slam Final, scheduled for September 1-13 in Bilbao, Spain will embroider on the theme of the M-Tel Masters: the players will make their moves in a glass cube, placed somewhere in the city centre. Read more

Happy birthday Boris

Last year, during the world championship in Mexico City, he proved once again how terribly strong he is. One of the nicest top players around has turned 40 today: Boris Gelfand. Read more

Daily puzzle 24608

What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow.



Yesterday’s solution:

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