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Monday, February 14, 2011 0:36
The F.E.B. #7 is out! IM Lawrence Trent and GM Steven Gordon analyze Nakamura's triumph by the seaside, what Levon Aronian's missing, Anish Giri's new celebrity, plus Magnus Carlsen's "Wii" habits, Polish tongue twisters, Wes So contemplates university, Luke McShane on a proper Full English Breakfast, and more!
About the Full English Breakfast...
Thursday, February 10, 2011 7:24
For our ChessVibes Openings editors it was not difficult to pick a Game of the Week - of course they analyzed the spectacular Blumenfeld Gambit of Korchnoi-Vallejo, Gibraltar 2011. And there's more romanticism in this week's CVO #110: what to think of the sequence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 cxb2 6.Bxb2, which was successfully...
Saturday, February 05, 2011 15:03
This weekend two matches of the 7th round and the regular matches of the 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga are played. The playing venues are Eppingen, Wattenscheid, Remagen and Mülheim. All pairings and information.
At Eppingen the host and the team of Baden-Baden meet the teams of München and Aue. Things seem to be clear at this venue...
Thursday, February 03, 2011 23:37
Neither fans of hyper-sharp variations or those who prefer positional defences will be disappointed by ChessVibes Openings issue #109. You're updated on Nepomniachtchi's Najdorf with 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3, Kotronias' Chinese Dragon (10...Rb8) and Shirov's Cambridge-Springs, and more. Game of the Week is the important Grünfeld Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave...
Saturday, January 29, 2011 20:16
This week's ChessVibes Openings has the spectacular Carlsen-Nakamura as Game of the Week - a sharp Sicilian Najdorf with an early g4. Furthermore, we give the latest updates on the Ruy Lopez Moeller/Archangelsk, the Scotch Mieses and the hot Gruenfeld. Top notch theory, explained by IMs Merijn van Delft and Robert Ris!
The latest novelties in...
Thursday, January 20, 2011 18:08
Theory moves faster than ever in Wijk aan Zee. Can you keep track? With ChessVibes Openings it's 'yes you can'! Already in this week's issue we update you on the theoretical status of Shirov's Archangelsk Ruy Lopez, and discuss both the topical 4.Qc2 and the 4.f3 Nimzo-Indians. And, last but not least, the hypersharp Botvinnik Giri-Smeets as our...
Friday, January 14, 2011 20:13
The F.E.B. #6 is out! The London Chess Classic, Magnus and company, 2800s galore, Gashimov wins Reggio Emilia, previewing Tata, plus, trouble with the law redux, and the F.E.B. gives away its first prize.
The Full English Breakfast started life as a late night brainstorm at the 2009 GibTel (now Tradewise) Chess Festival in Gibraltar. Trent and...
Thursday, January 13, 2011 23:08
Want to know how often your favourite opening or player was covered in ChessVibes Openings? Which variations were covered the most by the CVO editors, and why? ChessVibes Openings #106 gives the answer, with a very useful, 23-page index, which you can download here for free.
In this week's issue #106 of ChessVibes Openings we give a complete, 23-...
Thursday, January 13, 2011 18:16
It will hardly be news to the readers out here: the 2011 Tata Steel Chess Tournament begins with its first round next Saturday. Yet again the organizers have managed to collect very interesting fields of participants for their Grandmaster Groups A, B and C. We bring you all the info.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, formerly known as Corus Chess...
Friday, December 24, 2010 18:06
Dozens of chess fans have already enjoyed it, and you can too, for one more week: our Holiday Special. As a subscriber to ChessVibes Openings you can now get your hands on all back issues 0-100 in a nice package with a complete PGN database file, worth 47 Euros, for only 30 Euros. Offer valid until December 31st.
If you subscribe to ChessVibes...
