The primaries and Kasparov
7 May 2008 6:18 PM
For years, Kasparov has claimed that life imitates chess. Until now, I’ve had a difficult time believing this, if only because life was here before chess, and because chess is a model of life rather than the other way around. full story »
Interview Magnus Carlsen
19 March 2007 7:37 AM
Right after Linares, where he became shared second, this Norwegian tv interview with Magnus Carlsen was broadcast. The Jay Leno/David Letterman way. Subtitles in English.[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N003wIDsiCc[/video]
Interview with Anatoly Karpov
1 February 2007 5:20 PM
There it is. The Big Chessvibes Interview with Anatoly Karpov. Wednesday morning I spoke to him about half an hour in The Hague, where he was to play a simul later that day against members of the Dutch parliament. (By the way, the score was 21 wins and 2 draws for the ex-world champion). The questions I asked him, were put forward in advance by you, the visitors, on the Chessvibes website. (Because we were limited by the clock, not all questions could be asked.) This way I think we managed to make it an interview with a nice mix of subjects that are interesting for a broad audience. Enjoy! full story »
Chess Trivia of 31 January
31 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 31 January Saidali Iuldachev (1968) was born.
Chess Trivia of 30 January
30 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 30 January Sam Loyd (1841), Boris Spassky (1937), Alexei Dreev (1969) and Boris Chatalbashev (1974) were born.
Chess Trivia of 29 January
29 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 29 January Irving Chernev (1900), Raymond Keene (1948), Maxim Dlugy (1966) and Arthur Kogan (1974) were born.
Chess Trivia of 28 January
28 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 28 January Ferdinand Hellers (1969) was born.
Chess Trivia of 27 January
27 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 27 January captain Evans (1790), Lodewijk Prins (1913), Alexander Nikitin (1935), Jeroen Piket (1969) and Sergey Erenburg (1983) were born.
Chess Trivia of 26 January
26 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 26 January Gideon Stahlberg (1908), Fridrik Olafsson (1935) and Jean-Marc Degraeve (1971) were born. On 26 January 1907 the world championship match between Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall started. Lasker won 11,5-3,5.
Chess Trivia of 25 January
25 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 25 January Matthias Wahls (1968), Rune Djurhuus (1970) and Alexander Goloshchapov (1978) were born. On 25 January 1908 Mikhail Chigorin passed away. He was the strongest Russian chess player before Alekhine. Chigorin won the first three Russian Championships (1899, 1900-1901 and 1903). In 1889 and in 1892 he lost twice against Steinitz in a world championship match.
Chess Trivia of 24 January
24 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 24 January Manuel Bosboom (1963), Teodor Ghitescu (1934) and Jerzy Konikowski (1947) were born.
Chess Trivia of 23 January
23 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 23 January Henrique Mecking (1952) was born.
Chess Trivia of 22 January
22 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 22 January Maxim Sorokin (1968), Etienne Bacrot (1983) and Nicholas Pert (1981) were born.
Chess Trivia of 21 January
21 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 21 January Artashes Minasian (1967), Neil McDonald (1967) and Ilya Smirin (1968) were born.
Chess Trivia of 20 January
20 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 20 January Yevgeny Vladimirov (1957) and Marc Narciso Dublan (1974) were born.
Chess Trivia of 19 January
19 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 19 January Gennady Kuzmin (1946) was born.
Chess Trivia of 18 January
18 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 18 January Alexander Khalifman (1966) and Alisa Galliamova (1972) were born. Today in 1973 Al Horowitz passed away.
Chess Trivia of 17 January
17 January 2007 12:00 AM
Op 17 January Karel Traxler (1866) and ex-world champion Maya Chiburdanidze (1961) were born.
Chess Trivia of 16 January
16 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 16 January Frederick Yates (1884) and Victor Ciocaltea (1932) were born.
Chess Trivia of 15 January
15 January 2007 12:00 AM
On 15 January Louis Paulsen (1833) and Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (1963) were born. Today in 1927 David Janowski passed away. On 15 January 1930 the famous San Remo tournament started, which was won by Alekhine with the super score of 14 out of 15, before players such as Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Spielmann, Vidmar and Tartakower.
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