Review: Marcel Duchamp – The Art of Chess
February 9, 2010 by Arne Moll · Leave a Comment
What do a game of chess and a nude decending a staircase have in common? To answer such questions, you must be prepared to leave your conventional ways of thinking at home and then fall down Marcel Duchamp’s rabbit-hole of chess and art. Read more
What Your Body’s Thinking About
February 4, 2010 by Arne Moll · 34 Comments
There’s a picture of Mikhail Tal that has always seemed to me the ultimate chess player’s pose: Tal’s looking at the board, chin on his thumb, his other arm folded under his fist, utter determination in his eyes. But what was Tal actually thinking at the time the picture was taken? Read more
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
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
Jonah Lehrer on Carlsen and chess intuition
January 22, 2010 by Arne Moll · 16 Comments
Jonah Lehrer, author of Proust Was A Neuroscientist and the recent How We Decide, has an interesting blog post on the recent TIME profile of Magnus Carlsen (about which we also reported). According to Lehrer, the use of computers actually enhances chess intuition. Read more
Corus R4: Shirov on 4/4
January 19, 2010 by Arne Moll · 23 Comments
Although not too convincingly, Alexei Shirov also won his 4th game in Wijk aan Zee, against Jan Smeets. Going into the first rest day, the Spaniard from Latvia leads with 4/4, a full point ahead of Carlsen, Nakamura and Ivanchuk, who defeated Loek van Wely. Read more
Please help Haïti
January 19, 2010 by Arne Moll · 4 Comments
Following several initiatives in the chess world, ChessVibes takes the one-time opportunity to ask your help for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haïti. Read more
Time travel in chess
January 15, 2010 by Arne Moll · 32 Comments
How would you fare as a chessplayer being transported back in time? Would your contemporary theoretical opening knowledge pay off? Would your understanding of modern ideas in chess strategy trump older concepts about chess? Read more
Aronian, Agassi and the Project Triangle of Chess
January 5, 2010 by Arne Moll · 23 Comments
Every chess player, no matter how weak, has a high point in his career. Mine occurred in May 2007, during the last round of the Dutch Team Chess Championship. I was playing in the Master League, the highest level in Dutch chess, and I was surrounded by all the top players of The Netherlands. Moreover, I had prepared a spectacular line which was sure to make the headlines the next day. In reality, I was displaying typical amateur behaviour. Read more
