A Corus of Online Approval
October 31, 2008 by Editors · 8 Comments
In a unique partnership with the Corus Chess Tournament, one of the world’s greatest and most famous chess festivals, Internet Chess Club (ICC) will be hosting a special satellite qualifier for one of the last two vacant spots in the 2009 ‘C’ Group. Read more
Total chess training, the Russian way
October 31, 2008 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
We have Total Chess Training III in stock now.
The Total Chess Training software series is the
product of the effort of some of the best chess
instructors in Russia.
Part 3 consists of five seperate programs:
— Avanced Chess School
— Chess Tactics for Beginners
— Chess Combinations Encyclopedia
— Encyclopedia of the Middlegame 3
— Encyclopedia of the Middlegame 4
This package contains THOUSANDS of exercises,
and may, as they say, be the only instructive program
you’ll ever need.
Please, have a look here.
Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Karpov & Nakamura in semi-finals Cap d’Agde
October 31, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Anatoli Karpov & Hikaru Nakamura have qualified for the semi-finals in the very strong rapid tournament that’s taking place in Cap d’Agde, France this week. Read more
Viswanathan Anand retains world title
October 29, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 359 Comments
Update: video added.
Viswanathan Anand has retained his world title by drawing Vladimir Kramnik in the 11th game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Germany. The final match score is 6?Ǭ?-4?Ǭ? for Anand. Read more
Svidler wins playoffs Russian Superfinal
October 29, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 1 Comment
You’ll probably remember that on October 15, Peter Svidler defeated Evgeny Alekseev to tie for first at the Russian Championship Superfinal, together with Evgeny Jakovenko. Yesterday the three played the necessary playoffs and it was Svidler who won. Read more
Review: New in Chess Yearbook 88
October 28, 2008 by Arne Moll · 3 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that the New in Chess Yearbook series was one of the few ’scientific’ chess books that we have in the chess scene. So I thought this would be a good occasion to do a review of the latest Yearbook to see if that statement was actually correct. Read more
We don’t like to show off, but…
October 28, 2008 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
This is what some of the critics had to say about The Flexible French by Viktor Moskalenko:
“This is simply a great opening book (..) I prefer to delve deep into the IDEAS of this beautiful opening, and I can’t think of a better guide than Viktor Moskalenko.” Arne Moll, ChessVibes
“This volume has opened my eyes to numerous new ideas and possibilities. It is the most interesting English-language opening book I have seen for years.” Steve Giddins, author of ‘50 Ways to Win at Chess’
“The book has all the right ingredients: lots of explanations of typical plans and problems, relevant and recent game citations, original analysis, some statistics, chapter summaries, lists of relevant ideas and other occasional bells and whistles (..) An excellent book.” Dennis Monokroussos, Chess Today
“The book simply sparkles with origial ideas and has convinced me to start playing the French again.” John Anderson, Correspondence Chess Magazine
“Be glad I didn’t publish this book or I would have charged you $40 for it!” Bob Long, Thinkers Press
Make a great move, have a look here.
World Championship: Kramnik scores first win
October 27, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 183 Comments
Update: video added.
He was surprised himself about how easy it went, but he did it. Vladimir Kramnik scored his first win today, with the White pieces, and in doing so he forced another game, number 11, next Wednesday. It’s 6-4 for Anand now. Read more
Sokolov wins last Essent Tournament
October 27, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
It came as no surprise after he won all his games in the first half: Ivan Sokolov has won the 12th and last edition of the Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen. He ended on 5 /6 in the Crown Group, whereas in the Open Group there was a three-way tie between Nijboer, Fier and Haslinger. Read more
World Championship: 9th game drawn
October 26, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 214 Comments
Update: video added.
He came very close to winning today, but in the end Vladimir Kramnik had to accept that his ending agains Viswanathan Anand was a draw. After the 9th game the Indian is now leading the World Championship match 6-3, and just needs a draw to retain his title. Read more
