Carlsen wins 72nd Corus Chess Tournament
January 31, 2010 by Arne Moll · 91 Comments
Magnus Carlsen has won Corus 2010. In the last round he drew Fabiano Caruana and both Kramnik and Shirov also drew their games, the latter after accepting Dominguez’ offer in a winning position. Anish Giri won the B group and Li Chao took C. Read more
Why Wijk?
January 31, 2010 by Arne Moll · 18 Comments
Chess players, perhaps insisting on their world-wide status as ’smart people’, have always seemed to me more formalistic and pedantic than your average customer at the grocery’s. But sometimes being ‘wrong’ is much more fun. Read more
Round 12 Corus Press Conference
January 31, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 Comments
Beating the Petroff is never easy, but Vishy Anand certainly made it look easy in his game against Vladimir Kramnik. It was clearly the World Champ’s best game of the tournament, which he showed to the journalists afterwards. Enjoy! Read more
Carlsen in sole lead as Kramnik loses to Anand
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 17 Comments
A quick draw with Peter Leko was enough for Magnus Carlsen to grab sole lead in Wijk aan Zee today, as Vladimir Kramnik went down against Viswanathan Anand. “Here I’m basically spoiling other people’s tournaments,” the Indian said after the game in which he had managed to win against the Petroff Defence. Read more
Meanwhile, chess rocks in Gibraltar too
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · Comments Off
Although the Corus tournament always dominates the chess news in the last two weeks of January, for one event we have to make an exception. The 8th Gibtelecom International Chess Festival in Gibraltar is on its way and in fact already four rounds have been played. Yet again the field of players is a very nice mixture, including many top female players. Read more
Round 11 Corus Press Conference
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
It took him longer than expected, but world number 1 Magnus Carlsen finally reached the top of the standings in Wijk aan Zee, with two rounds to go. His opponent Leinier Dominguez didn’t play that badly, but blundered in timetrouble, as Carlsen explains. Enjoy! Read more
Chess openings can be simple!
January 30, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · 1 Comment
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Carlsen beats Dominguez, joins lead with Kramnik
January 29, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 31 Comments
Magnus Carlsen defeated Leinier Dominguez in round 11 of the Corus Chess Tournament to join Vladimir Kramnik in the lead. The Russian drew with Black against Alexei Shirov. In the only other decisive game of the day, Loek van Wely beat Sergei Tiviakov after 88 moves. Read more
Round 10 Corus Press Conference
January 28, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 18 Comments
It wasn’t the most convincing victory of his career, but still Vishy Anand was reasonably happy with it, after nine consecutive draws in Wijk aan Zee. The World Champion explains his victory against tournament leader Alexei Shirov. Enjoy! Read more
Review: Revolutionize Your Chess
January 28, 2010 by Arne Moll · 39 Comments
Here’s a confession: I’ve had Viktor Moskalenko’s latest book Revolutionize Your Chess in my possession for weeks already, but I’ve been reluctant to review it. The reason, quite simply, is this: I don’t like it at all. Read more
