Archive for Announcement
Saturday, June 25, 2011 5:18
One of the most annoying lines these days against the Sveshnikov is 11.c4, where White gains a firm grip on the centre without giving Black a real chance to employ the dynamic play he's looking for. However, one of the biggest experts in this field, Ukrainian GM Moiseenko, has come up with a new approach to deal with this solid line. Find all...
Friday, June 17, 2011 5:05
This week we'll be sending issue #7 of our new PDF + PGN magazine ChessVibes Training to our subscribers. Interested in subscribing, but not sure yet? Today we make available for download another sample page: Anish Giri's column of issue #4. Go ahead and have a look!
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Thursday, June 09, 2011 22:02
If it hadn't been clear before, it's very clear now. The Advance Variation may be the most critical way of playing against the Caro-Kann, but only if White chooses a healthy positional approach with 4.Nf3 or related lines, and not when he goes all-out for the attack with anything based on the double-edged move g4. The theoretical impact of the...
Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:24
Now that's a spectacular story from the German Championship, which is currently taking place in Bonn. In the 6th round, on Tuesday, IM Niclas Huschenbeth tried the Evans Gambit against well-known theoretician GM Jan Gustafsson, who even wrote a DVD series on 1...e5 but... couldn't remember his analysis! Huschenbeth went on to win a fine game (see...
Monday, May 30, 2011 22:10
In a press release the Internet Chess Club (ICC) announces its first "ICC Open", an online blitz tournament with a $3,500 prize fund. Besides a main event where IMs and GMs will fight for the prizes, there will be U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600 sections.
PRESS RELEASE
1ST ICC OPEN, 3-5 JUNE WITH $3,500 IN PRIZES
Summer officially starts now on...
Saturday, May 28, 2011 20:47
ChessVibes Training is our new weekly magazine (8 pages, PDF + PGN) chuck full of middlegame and endgame tips and a weekly column by Anish Giri. This morning we sent out #4 to our growing number of subscribers. "Really fantastic material. Keep on doing this fine work," a happy chess fan from Germany told us. Give it a try! Subscribe easily via...
Thursday, May 12, 2011 18:30
We started our magazine ChessVibes Openings in the first week of January, 2009 and quite often we are asked if it's possible to purchase back issues. Our answer: yes you can! You will receive a ZIP file with all PDFs and PGNs, and also one big PGN file with all issues together, which means a wonderful overview of the most important novelties from...
Saturday, May 07, 2011 20:38
This morning we proudly sent the very first issue of our brand new magazine ChessVibes Training to our early subscribers. Are you one of them? Go check your inbox and have a great weekend! ;-) Not yet? Naturally you can still join the party from week 1!
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 19:10
The F.E.B. #9 is out! The FEB tackles Nice... errr... Monaco and the last (sniff, sniff) Amber Blindfold and Rapid tourney, PLUS, find out what's up with the European Championship, with clips from the most famous Frenchman, Sebastian Feller, Paco Vallejo Pons, and Peter Heine Nielsen. Don't miss this one!
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Saturday, April 23, 2011 19:54
In just two weeks from now we'll be launching our brand new, second PDF (+PGN) magazine ChessVibes Training. Our target audience is the average club player who wants to improve his/her chess. Today wanted to let your know that in the past week we have added multiple subscription options, iDEAL as a way of paying for our Dutch fans, a discount for...
