Going Undutch

Today I have to make a sad announcement that doesn’t really concern you, as you’re reading the English version of this article. Anyway, here it goes: ChessVibes stops the Dutch version of the site. full story »

Jan Smeets Dutch Champion

Jan Smeets is the new Dutch Champion. Today we had live blogging (in Dutch only) from Hilversum, The Netherlands. full story »

ChessVibes launches tournament calendar

A completely new functionality has been added to this site today: a tournament calendar. From now on, here at ChessVibes you can check the international tournament schedule and plan your own tournaments. full story »

Thanks for that!

During the last three days, ChessVibes.com has been unreachable for a total period of approximately seven hours. According to our hosting provider, at several points their server couldn’t handle the CPU load anymore. full story »

New design

Wow, that’s a bit of a shock, isn’t it? No, you haven’t typed in the wrong address, this really is ChessVibes, but in a new jacket. But why, for heaven’s sake? We’ll explain. full story »

Some work on the site

Some small announcements about some work I have done on the site recently. You’ve probably already noticed the little icons under the posts. These exist for you, the readers, to be able to share the articles with others. From left to right you’ll find the icons of eKudos, NUjij, MSN Reporter, Digg, Stumble, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Google bookmarks, Twitter and Email. full story »

Mexico here we come

It’s about time we bring you the news that’s been whispered many times here at the office. ChessVibes is going to Mexico! Yes, the editor-in-chief does consider himself a lucky bastard to be able to attend the tournament that is officially openened in 5 days and 15 minutes from now but hey, wouldn’t it be shere poverty, such a world championship without the ChessVibes camera around? Stay tuned for more news and surprises.

The tour is over

Yesterday afternoon I came home, back from Mainz, and this meant the official end of ChessVibes on tour. Four months I’ve been playing tournaments and making on-the-spot reports - time flies when you’re having fun, the cliche says. Hopefully you, as the audience of this site, have enjoyed it too. For myself I had a great time; finally I’ve carried through my old dream of living the life of a professional chess player for a while. I think I’ve improved my chess a little bit and at the same time I’ve become even more ambitious as far as ChessVibes is concerned. So as from today you can expect the daily chess news reporting you’re used to.

Two ChessVibes editors fired on the spot

ChessVibes editors GM Erwin L’Ami and IM Merijn van Delft, both currently participating in the Open Dutch Championships in Dieren, were fired on the spot today. The direct cause is the supposed cheating by Erwin L’Ami during the first and second round, and an incredible story by Merijn van Delft about his stay in Amsterdam last week end.

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ChessVibes on tour

During the months May, June, July and August it’s ChessVibes on tour! Editor-in-chief Peter Doggers took the time to spend all his energy on the game of chess for the coming four months. He will play many open tournaments throughout Europe and at the same time publish as many reports-on-location as possible. full story »

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Welcome new visitors

Thanks to the Corus Chess Tournament this site is enjoying a major success. The videos we have been making, were appreciated a lot - especially the press conferences. Since literally thousands of new visitors have come to the Chessvibes website during Corus, we hereby warmly welcome these new visitors. And at the same time, in this short article you’ll find an answer to the question: what kind of site is this?? full story »

Welcome at Chessvibes

Welcome at Chessvibes! We start the new year with a surprise: a new name and at a new domain. This is all because of the growing number of non-Dutch visitors. Over the borders, Chessvibes sounds better and it’s probably a bit easier to remember as well. full story »

Doggy has his birthday!

Being a modest guy like Doggy, he won’t mention this himself, but I want to give you the opportunity to congratulate Doggy in the comments below with his 31st birthday!
Hopefully he keeps us giving so many nice chess novelties and stories!

Thanks Hans!

That’s nice. Chess columnist and grandmaster Hans Ree compliments me today with my website, in his weekly column for the Dutch quality newspaper NRC. full story »

Adjustment sidebar

Yesterday I adjusted my sidebar (the two columns on the right) a little. full story »

Bilingual!

De Nederlandse lezers zal het een zorg wezen, maar voor iedereen van buiten de landsgrenzen (en vooral voor deze trotse blogger) is er reden tot vrolijkheid. Vanaf vandaag is deze website namelijk tweetalig!
Dutch readers probably won’t give a damn, but I have some news that will probably put a smile on the faces of everybody who didn’t have time to learn the Dutch language yet (at least on the face of this blogger!). As from today this website is bilingual! full story »

From Around the World!

Readers from around the globe, welcome! I’m delighted that my interview with John Nunn has been mentioned by the international chess media. Not surprisingly, this has a nice effect on my visitors statistics. Unfortunately for you guys, (at least for the moment) I’m not planning to continue this blog in the English language… full story »

Bloggen nu nog gemakkelijker met Windows Live Writer van Microsoft

Zoals jullie weten is Doggers-Schaak altijd op zoek naar nieuwe gastschrijvers om de blog zo levendig mogelijk de houden (zie vacature).

Nu heeft Microsoft recent een nieuwe handige tool gelanceerd welke perfect integreert met Word-Press, de blogdienst waar Doggers-Schaak gebruik van maakt. Het gaat om de beta-versie van Windows Live Writer. Dit alles houdt in dat, na het installeren en configureren van het tooltje, het bloggen echt een fluitje van een cent is. Het configureren omvat eigenlijk alleen maar het invullen van de homepage van de blog, de gebruikersnaam en het wachtwoord. Het programma detecteert vanzelf alle instellingen zoals die door Doggy zijn bepaald.

Voordelen van deze manier van bloggen zijn dat je het gemakkelijk off-line kan opstellen, de interface als een uitgeklede versie van Word oogt en er geen enkele kennis nodig is van HTML. Vooralsnog lijkt  de spellingscontrole alleen voor Engelse teksten.

Doggy op het ACT

Een groot, internationaal schaaktoernooi in je eigen stad, daar moet je aan meedoen. Zo simpel is dat. Dit jaar speel ik dan ook voor de derde keer mee aan het Amsterdam Chess Tournament (dat helaas nog steeds niet gewoon Amsterdam open heet). full story »

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