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New FIDE ratings: Carlsen not second
30 June 2008 17:17 PM
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. full story »
ChessVibes Survey
30 June 2008 13:51 PM
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! full story »
Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson win
30 June 2008 0:17 AM
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. full story »
Dortmund starts peacefully
28 June 2008 20:58 PM
The Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 in Dortmund has started peacefully: all first round games ended in a draw. We have the games with comments. full story »
In the spirit of the rules?
28 June 2008 14:57 PM
Yesterday, Peter wrote an interesting article about the Turkish club competition. I was especially fascinated by the team-setup. full story »
Weekly Endgame Study (77)
28 June 2008 10:00 AM
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 »
Interesting team set-up Turkish League
27 June 2008 14:28 PM
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. full story »
Dortmund: Players & Pairings
26 June 2008 18:10 PM
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. full story »
New: a combative repertoire in the French
26 June 2008 12:39 PM
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!
Chess commercial
25 June 2008 14:45 PM
In our unsurpassed series “the treasure chamber called YouTube”, here’s a chess commercial by BT Group (formerly British Telecom). full story »
Rapid match Karjakin-Short
25 June 2008 8:27 AM
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.
Bilbao: chess outside, in a glass cube
24 June 2008 19:35 PM
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. full story »
Happy birthday Boris
24 June 2008 10:19 AM
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. full story »
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