Chess.com
topstories
Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:02
Li Chao won the Reykjavik Open on Wednesday. As the only player from China this year, Li started with a draw in the first round but scored an impressive 8 points in his final 9 games. He finished clear first with 8.5/10, half a point ahead of Robin van Kampen, Eric Hansen, Eduardas Rozentalis and Helgi Olafsson.
Li Chao in between Fiona Steil-Antoni and Ingvar Johannesson | Photo Reykjavik Open
The weather was particularly rough this year, and...
Other news
Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:02
Li Chao won the Reykjavik Open on Wednesday. As the only player from China this year, Li started with a draw in the first round but scored an...
Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:02
Li Chao won the Reykjavik Open on Wednesday. As the only player from China this year, Li started with a draw in the first round but scored an...
Friday, March 14, 2014 14:13
In the second round of the 2014 FIDE Candidates’ Tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk “youth” a hard time against “experience”. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov...
Friday, March 14, 2014 10:26
Chess and hockey may not seem like a natural fit, unless you're the U.S. number one. Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, a longtime fan of the NHL, will...
Thursday, March 13, 2014 14:08
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand went off to a good start at the Candidates’ Tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. At 44 the oldest player in the...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 14:12
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has extended the deadline for bids concerning the 2014 World Chess Championship match to April 30th, 2014. The...
|
Monday, September 23, 2013 14:07
I’ve taken a month off from the blog and indeed anything requiring more than minimal mental effort in my post-thesis hangover. Here I’m referring... |
Thursday, August 08, 2013 16:55
I’ve made it to the little German town of Ladenburg for my post-tournament recovery. And what a tournament it was, too – definitely one of the best... |
|
Thursday, August 15, 2013 15:18
In the first part I estimated chances of winning the World Cup 2013 by Levon Aronian (around 11%) using the most simple model.
Some of the readers... |
Friday, August 02, 2013 11:43
There was a time when I was young and cute. No, really. I had hair and everything. Back then, thanks to an article by International Arbiter Charles... |
|
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 15:31
It has always struck me why the results of chess knock-out events are so much different from the results of knock-out events in other sports. For... |
Monday, July 29, 2013 16:35
I’m writing this from Denmark. Yes, Denmark!! I finally made it to ‘real’ Scandinavia (sorry Finland, but any country where I have to use Euro... |
 Tuesday, December 24, 2013 9:54
Playing the French is the second opening repertoire book by the Quality Chess authors Jacob Aagaard and Nikolaos Ntirlis. I was very enthusiastic... |
 Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:32
The King’s Gambit by John Shaw, published by Quality Chess, sets out to be the definitive modern reference of the classic romantic opening – and it... |
 Wednesday, November 27, 2013 14:21
It’s not easy to find time to read chess books when there’s a World Championship match going on at the same time. Still, chess publishers around the... |
 Thursday, September 05, 2013 12:50
Some of you might remember my review of Viktor Moskalenko’s controversial book Revolutionize your chess!. Already back then, some readers pointed out... |
 Monday, October 21, 2013 14:15
Magnus Carlsen is a phenomenon. He could recently be seen on enormous billboards all over the world posing next to supermodel and Lord of the Rings... |
 Friday, August 16, 2013 15:37
Every chess aficionado should own the complete series of recent Kasparov publications: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Garry Kasparov on... |
 Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:00
When, in 1995, Garry Kasparov employed the ancient Evans Gambit, I was thrilled - in part because I was a live witness to it, in his game against... |
 Tuesday, June 25, 2013 14:32
Two weeks ago I played my first chess tournament in years. It was a rapid tournament in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn and because every round was... |
 Monday, November 11, 2013 14:03
When it turned out that I would be in Chennai, India, in November during the World Championship match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen, I was,... |
 Monday, May 13, 2013 13:46
Recently I saw the movie A Late Quartet, directed by Yaron Zilberman, about four professional musicians in a famous string quartet struggling with... |
 Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:51
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of the best-selling book Outliers, has written a piece on the website of The New Yorker dealing with some of the... |
 Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:42
The three-move draw (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 ½-½) between Pavel Eljanov and Wesley So at the Reykjavik Open has re-opened the never-ending debate... |
 Tuesday, March 11, 2014 15:40
The Dynamic Benko Gambit
An Attacking Repertoire for Blackby Sergey Kasparov
The Benko Gambit is a great opening for those who like aggressive... |
 Friday, February 28, 2014 14:41
The Perfect Pirc-Modern
Strategic Ideas & Powerful Weaponsby Viktor Moskalenko
The similarities and differences between the Pirc and the... |
 Monday, March 10, 2014 10:33
New: The Alekhine Defence - Move by Move.
IM Cyrus Lakdawala presents a repertoire for Black with 1.e4 Nf6. In the Alekhine Defence Black invites... |
 Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:01
Steamrolling the Sicilian
Play for a Win with 5.f3!by Sergey Kasparov
"An original book, both in terms of the subject matter and Sergey Kasparov's... |
 Tuesday, March 04, 2014 15:00
Our friends at Quality Chess have just released: Grandmaster Repertoire 17 - The Classical Slav.
In this volume Israelian GM Boris Avrukh provides a... |
 Friday, February 21, 2014 15:40
Pre-order: Bobby Fischer - Triumph and Despair.
A dream for collectors, historians and anyone else fascinated by the American World Champion.
The... |
