Six lead at Corus with one round to go
January 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 16 Comments
It’s unique in the long history of Corus, and possibly in any big round robin event: with one round to go, no less than six players share the lead with 7 points out of 12 games: Aronian, Carlsen, Dominguez, Karjakin, Movsesian and Radjabov. In the last round, which will start at 12:30 CET tomorrow, everything will be decided. Read more
Corus Chess News R11
January 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 1 Comment
Dominguez beating Aronian, Giri achieving his last GM norm… a big day at Corus, and it’s all in our Corus Chess News of round 11. Enjoy! Read more
Corus Press Conference Round 11
January 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 1 Comment
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian suffered his first loss of the tournament against Cuba’s number one player Leinier Dominguez Perez. After the game he explained all the details at the press conference. Enjoy! Read more
Weekly Endgame Study (106)
January 31, 2009 by Yochanan Afek · Comments Off
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, and enjoy solving! (And don’t miss the Corus Chess and Studies day, today!) Read more
Corus R11: four share the lead; Giri grandmaster at 14
January 30, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 14 Comments
The Corus Chess Tournament awaits an exciting weekend with no less than four players sharing the lead after eleven rounds: Aronian, Dominguez, Movsesian and Radjabov. In the C Group, 14-year-old Anish Giri achieved his 3rd GM norm and with a rating easily over 2500, he can be called a grandmaster as from today. Read more
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Radjabov’s King’s Indian put to the test
January 30, 2009 by Editors · 7 Comments
ChessVibes Openings #4 is out!
Wednesday we emailed ChessVibes Openings #4 to our growing number of subscribers. In our brand new PDF (+PGN!) magazine we deliver the latest novelties in your mailbox! This week’s issue focuses on the most important opening developments from the Corus Chess Tournament, covering the King’s Indian Bayonet Attack (9.b4), the Sicilian Najdorf (English Attack), the Ruy Lopez Anti Marshall, the Caro-Kann main line and the Semi-Slav, Anti-Moscow Gambit.
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Big rendez-vous in Berlin
January 30, 2009 by Editors · 4 Comments
After the winter break the 10th and 11th round of the German Schachbundesliga takes place this weekend. The highest chess division in Germany offers all in all 128 games which will be covered live on the internet. Read more
Radjabov-Smeets: what really happened
January 29, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 73 Comments
On the game Radjabov-Smeets we created a separate video which includes the press conference given by the arbiters after the game. See for yourself what happened! (One small detail becomes clear: after Smeets started Radjabov’s clock again, Radjabov also pressed the clock one more time, starting Smeets’ clock again, and then the arbiter stopped the clock.) Read more
Corus Chess News R10
January 29, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
Yesterday was an eventful day with important decisions in the top of the standings, and of course the incident between Radjabov and Smeets, that ended peacefully. It’s all in the Corus Chess News of round 10. Read more
