http://www.chessvibes.com The latest chess news online Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. A few weeks ago I visited an exhibition ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reviews/review-marcel-duchamp-the-art-of-chess/ Gambit has just published: A Course in Chess Tactics. The advice frequently given to chess-players eager to improve their results is straightforward: study tactics! This book presents a structured approach to tactics, and belongs in the library of every ambitious player. The authors discuss each major tactical theme in turn, explaining ... http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/a-course-in-chess-tactics/ 42-year-old Konstantin Chernyshov won the strong Moscow Open with 7 out of 9. The Russian GM finished shared first with another 40+ grandmaster, Evgeny Bareev, and both Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev also ended on 7 points. Chernishov had the best tiebreak: most wins. The 6th Moscow Open took place ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chernyshov-first-on-tiebreak-in-moscow/ This year's Grand Slam Masters Final will be split into two parts. One will be held in Shanghai, China (just before the Olympiad) and one in Bilbao, Spain (just after). This was announced last week in Wijk aan Zee, were the board of the Grand Slam had a meeting to ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/grand-slam-dates-announced-masters-final-in-shanghai-and-bilbao/ Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! V. Kalandadze 1962 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week N.Kralin & A. Kuznetsov 1966 new PgnViewer( ... http://www.chessvibes.com/weekly-endgame-study/weekly-endgame-study-155/ The 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga and three matches from round 7 will take place from the 5th to the 7th of February 2010. We provide you with the pairings at the playing venues Munich, Mülheim, Berlin and Remagen. Some famous Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar participants are ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/8th-and-9th-round-of-the-schachbundesliga/ By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world's number one ever! You can read the exclusive on-the-spot report in By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world's number one ever! You can read the exclusive on-the-spot report in New In ... http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/new-in-chess-20101-magnus-carlsen-wins-again/ Michael Adams defeated Francisco Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the play-off final that decided the 2010 Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. Adams was almost knocked out by Gustafsson in the semis when he lost the first game, but the Englishman came back to level the score and win the Armaggeddon game as well. ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/follow-gibraltars-play-off-live/ 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 ... http://www.chessvibes.com/columns/what-your-bodys-thinking-about/ Contrary to what we reported earlier, the Masters section of the Gibtelecom Festival runs 10 rounds, not 9. With two rounds to go, GM Jan 'Gusty' Gustafsson from Germany is in sole lead with 6.5/8. John Saunders reports. Photo © John Saunders The 2010 Gibtelecom International Chess Festival takes place January 26-February ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gusty-wind-blows-through-gibraltar/