Review: three excellent puzzle books
August 31, 2010 by Arne Moll · 12 Comments
I don’t like games (except chess) and I hate puzzles. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to solve something others have solved before, let alone trying this in the presence of someone who already knows the answer. Read more
FIDE elections: Karpov suggests link between Ilyumzhinov and Yudina murder
August 21, 2010 by Arne Moll · 17 Comments
In the increasingly fierce election race between Anatoly Karpov and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the 12th World Champion has now for the first time suggested a link between the current FIDE President and the murder of activist Larissa Yudina, in 1998. Read more
Review: Nunn’s Chess Endings 1
August 19, 2010 by Arne Moll · 16 Comments
Almost as soon as I opened Nunn’s Chess Endings Volume 1, I realized the book was probably an ‘instant classic’, ignoring J.M. Coetzee’s definition of a classic as ‘that which survives’. My intuition proved to be correct in that I think this really is a fantastic book. The only problem is: who plays endgames anymore these days? Read more
Black Monday for the Ruy Lopez
August 12, 2010 by Arne Moll · 20 Comments
One of the nice things about chess is that it’s a game played between humans. Despite an understandable tendency to approach chess as a rational game, I think there are a lot of irrational – human – things going on behind the scenes.
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Karpov starts full frontal attack (UPDATE)
August 1, 2010 by Arne Moll · 23 Comments
In the increasingly tense FIDE Presidential election, Anatoly Karpov has now chosen to launch a full frontal attack on Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with two exceptionally sharp articles. Update: another critical article was added. Read more
The Total Chess Library
July 29, 2010 by Arne Moll · 19 Comments
Being a database programmer, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised when I recently dreamt I had to develop a chess database. But it wasn’t an ordinary chess database. Read more
Biel R6: Young Stars take an extra rest day
July 25, 2010 by Arne Moll · Leave a Comment
Today is an official rest day in Biel, but yesterday, the young stars looked determined to make it not one but two breaks in a row. Read more
Dortmund R9: Ponomariov secures first place, Naiditsch beats Kramnik
July 24, 2010 by Arne Moll · 17 Comments
In the pentultimate round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Arkadij Naiditsch upset Vladimir Kramnik while Peter Leko came tantilizingly close to beating Le Quang. Ruslan Ponomariov took no risk and secured his first place in the standings. Read more
Topalov on Candidates Matches: “I won’t play in Russia”
July 24, 2010 by Arne Moll · 43 Comments
A few days ago, we published an open letter by GM Sutovsky about the current FIDE Candidates Matches problems. Yesterday, Veselin Topalov published an open letter in response to the news that part of the matches might be played in Kazan, Russia. Read more
Dortmund R7: Karpov visits, Mamedyarov strikes back
July 23, 2010 by Arne Moll · 23 Comments
In round 7 of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took revenge for yesterday’s sad loss while Anatoly Karpov visited the tournament he won seventeen years ago. Read more
