Armenia & Georgia happy, Ukraine not so much
November 30, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 104 Comments
While several videos have emerged on the internet showing Armenians and Georgians celebrating and cheering, after their best chess players won gold at the Olympiad in Dresden, Ukraine is less happy. They worry about their best player Vassily Ivanchuk, who refused a doping test, and to make matters worse their Gaprindashvili Cup was broken and its diamond stolen. Read more
Robert G. Wade dies at 87
November 29, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 7 Comments
Bob Wade, International Master, arbiter, journalist, coach, organiser, writer, archivist and foremost, chess lover, died this morning from pneumonia. He had been in the Elisabeth Hospital in Woolwich for three days for complications from a common cold. Wade was 87 years old. Read more
Weekly Endgame Study (98)
November 29, 2008 by Yochanan Afek · 2 Comments
Every Saturday (not last week; our apologies) 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
Romanishin wins 13th Cultural Village
November 28, 2008 by Peter Doggers · Comments Off
Oleg Romanishin has won he 13th Cultural Village Chess Tournament. The Ukrainian veteran finished on 6.5/9, ahead of Vyacheslav Ikonnikov and Deepan Chakkravarthy. By winning, Romanishin qualified for Corus Grandmaster group C. Read more
From Dresden straight to the Bundesliga
November 28, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
If you’re not fed up yet with top level games after the Olympiad, and you don’t have too much to do this weekend, we have good news for you. A new Bundesliga weekend is ahead of us, and you can follow many Olympiad participants live again. Read more
Judit Polgar (13) verovert Amsterdam: MATTEN 5
November 27, 2008 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
MATTEN nr. 5 is uit!
In dit nummer vindt u:
— hoe de 13-jarige Judit Polgar in Amsterdam vijf volwassen grootmeesters van het bord veegde;
— schaker Ton Timman: levenslang broer van;
— de moord op IM Sergey Nikolaev;
— Ton Sijbrands in Bonn: een wereldkampioen over Anand – Kramnik;
— de geniale David Bronstein: herinneringen van Tom F?ɬºrstenberg;
— een angstvallig geheimgehouden plot;
— Viktor de Verschrikkelijke is nu 77 jaar oud;
— de worsteling van Karel van der Weide.
Dit alles (en veel meer) op 128 pagina’s voor slechts ?¢‚Äö¬¨ 11,95!
“MATTEN lost de begin 2007 gewekte verwachtingen volledig in”, schreef Het Parool eerder dit jaar. Iets voor Sinterklaas?
Alle goede boekhandels verkopen MATTEN, en elke boekhandel in Nederland kan het binnen 48 uur voor u in huis hebben.
U kunt MATTEN 5 ook rechtstreeks hier bestellen.
2nd Grand Slam Final & Candidates Tournament
November 27, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 7 Comments
The dates for the 2nd Bilbao Grand Slam Final have been announced: 2-15 September 2009. Meanwhile there are more details available about the planned FIDE Candidates Tournament. A wrap-up of this and other news. Read more
Armenia and Georgia win gold at Olympiad
November 25, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 26 Comments
Armenia repeated their Olympic success of two years ago in Turin by winning gold at the 38th Olympiad in Dresden as well. Georgia, led by former world champion Chiburdanidze, won gold in the women's section. Final report with games, results, standings, prize giving and a video the full press conference given by the Armenian team. Read more
Breaking: Ilyumzhinov announces Candidates Tournament
November 25, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 40 Comments
Today the General Assembly of FIDE decided on a proposal for changing the current world championship cycle. Just minutes ago FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made public that FIDE plans to organize a Candidates Tournament, which means a radical change of the current world championship cycle. Read more
Topalov: “I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t see a reason there should be any changes”
November 25, 2008 by Peter Doggers · 7 Comments
According to the world’s number one player, the current world championship cycle shouldn’t be changed, at least not until 2011. In a special press conference held on the last rest day of the Olympiad, Veselin Topalov shared his opinion on several subjects with the present media. Read more
