Sigeman & Co: Giri starts with 3/3
May 28, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 4 Comments
At the Sigeman & Co tournament the young Dutch super talent Anish Giri started with a perfect score of 3 out of 3. With only two rounds to go he’s chased by Jon Ludvig Hammer from Norway, who has 2.5 points. Read more
Gurevich knocks out Ivanchuk on first day ACP World Rapid Cup
May 28, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 13 Comments
Vassily Ivanchuk was eliminated by Mikhail Gurevich on the first day of the 4th ACP World Rapid Cup. This year the annual rapid knockout tournament has Bacrot, Drozdovskij, Eljanov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Gurevich, Inarkiev, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Moiseenko, Motylev, Movsesian, Naiditsch, Shirov and Tregubov. Read more
ChessVibes Openings: subscribe now and get January-May for free!
May 27, 2010 by Peter Doggers · Comments Off
ChessVibes Openings is our weekly PDF (+PGN!) magazine that discusses recent developments in opening theory. It brings the latest novelties right into your mailbox. If you subscribe now you can purchase all issues published so far for just 25 Euros extra. This way you get the first five months of 2010 for free! Can you imagine a better way to start preparing for your chess summer? Read more
Kamsky new U.S. Champion
May 25, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 60 Comments
Gata Kamsky won the U.S. Championship today in St Louis by beating Yury Shulman in a playoff (rapid) game. Sunday the two eliminated Alexander Onischuk and Hikaru Nakamura respectively, and yesterday they drew each other. Read more
Eljanov wins final FIDE GP, Radjabov qualifies for Candidates
May 24, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 46 Comments
Pavel Eljanov today won the sixth and final FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Astrakhan, Russia. The Ukrainian finished with a score of 8/13, a full point ahead of a group of five GMs. One of them was Teimour Radjabov, who finished second in the final GP standings and qualified for the FIDE Candidates matches. Read more
FIDE rating conference next week
May 24, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
Remember the heavy debates about ratings and K-factors, about a year ago? In the end FIDE didn’t change anything, and would study further “to clarify all aspects and consequences of a possible change”. An important conference on the subject will take place June 1-4. Read more
Quad finals U.S. Championship start today
May 22, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 9 Comments
Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk, Hikaru Nakamura and Yury Shulman Thursday reached the quad finals of the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. After a rest day, the tournament resumes today with the first of the decisive three rounds. Read more
Robert von Weizsäcker announces ECU President candidacy
May 21, 2010 by Arne Moll · 17 Comments
President of the German Chess Federation (DSB) Robert von Weizsäcker has been nominated by the DSB as candidate for the presidency of the European Chess Union. His nomination is endorsed by both Garry Kasparov and FIDE-presidential candidate Anatoly Karpov, who travelled to Berlin to support Von Weizsäcker. Read more
Russian media on the Dvorkovich/Karpov controversy (UPDATE May 22)
May 20, 2010 by Colin McGourty · 36 Comments
While Karpov basks in the limelight of his New York fundraiser, Ilyumzhinov and Dvorkovich find themselves in a tough situation. Given the personalities ranged against him, how can Dvorkovich fight back? An analysis of the Russian media on the matter may clarify some things. Read more
Carlsen, Giri, Kasparov and Kramnik all helped Anand
May 20, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 66 Comments
Besides his team of seconds in Sofia, Viswanathan Anand was helped by some big names before or during his World Championship match against Veselin Topalov. Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik all contributed to Anand’s victory in Sofia. The World Champion Monday revealed this in an interview on Playchess. Read more
