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Friday, April 22, 2011 18:04
Last week, the always inspiring Ian Nepomniachtchi used Bobby Fischer's 6.h3 line against the Najdorf to beat Dmitry Frolyanov with a crushing mating attack. Guess what, IM Robert Ris enjoyed analysing this as the Game of the week in ChessVibes Openings 120. By the way, if you subscribe before May 1st, you pay less.
The price goes up, slightly...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 21:32
The fourth Grand Slam Masters Final will be held from September 25th till October 11th, 2011 and like its first edition, there will be six participants. The tournament, a double round-robin, will again be held in both Bilbao, Spain and a partner city, to be announced. Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura have already qualified for the...
Sunday, April 17, 2011 0:24
Meet our brand new, second PDF (+PGN) magazine! It's called... tatatataaaaa... ChessVibes Training. Inspired by the success of our first magazine ChessVibes Openings, we have decided to launch a second, weekly magazine. The first issue will be published in exactly three weeks, on Saturday, May 7th. ChessVibes Training will be quite different from...
Thursday, April 14, 2011 22:07
This week's ChessVibes Openings #119 provides a deeper look into the brilliant attacking game Zhao Jun-Xiu Deshun and discusses its Sämisch Nimzo along the way. Besides, we have a look at the 5.Nc3 line of the Petroff, the 'Réti Gambit' (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4), the Slav with 6.Ne5 and the Chebanenko Slav. Subscribe for just 25 Euros a...
Saturday, April 09, 2011 5:52
Now that's what we call hard core theory: one of the seconds of World Champion Vishy Anand playing the Poisoned Pawn variation of the Sicilian Najdorf. Learn all the ins and outs in ChessVibes Openings issue 118, which analyzes the theoretical game Nisipeanu-Wojtaszek from the European Championship. Other variations treated this week are the...
Friday, April 08, 2011 0:55
Hot news from Germany: the participants and full pairings of Dortmund 2011. We just received a press release which announced the 39th Sparkassen Chess Meeting. From 21 to 31 July Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Le Quang Liem and Georg Meier will play in Dortmund.
The 39th edition of the Dortmund chess festival...
Monday, April 04, 2011 20:28
Since last week more than 1,500 people like ChessVibes on Facebook. To celebrate this, we're giving away three copies of The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 3: Test and Improve Your Defensive Skill by Karsten Mueller and Merijn van Delft!
Together with GM Karsten Mueller, our co-editor IM Merijn van Delft wrote the book The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 3: Test...
Friday, April 01, 2011 18:33
An interesting new event has appeared on the chess calendar that, we believe, deserves a mention here. We're talking about the 1st International Chess Cultural Festival which will take place on the island of Corfu from June 18–27. It is intended for both professional and amateur chess players from all over the world who like to combine chess with...
Thursday, March 31, 2011 22:56
ChessVibes Openings issues 116 & 117 are out! In just two weeks we covered the Semi-Slav (Anti-Meran). the Italian, the Modern, the Exchange Slav, the English Four Knights, the Classical French, the Najdorf with 6.Bg5 Nbd7, the Sicilian Taimanov, the Ragozin and the Grünfeld Exchange. We also brought the brilliant tactical fight Shirov-...
Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:04
Contrary to what's been said over the years, the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament is a place where lots of opening novelties occur. In the first week of the last edition, the strongest players in the world have been playing the most critical lines, such as the Berlin Wall and the Anti-Moscow Gambit. Issue 115's Game of the Week is the...
