http://www.chessvibes.com The latest chess news online Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:32:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Magnus Carlsen today recovered completely from his bad start in Nice. The Norwegian defeated Levon Aronian, the winner in 2008 and 2009, in both the blindfold and the rapid game. Ukrainians Ivanchuk and Ponomariov lead the combined standings after two rounds. The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/amber-r2-carlsen-bounces-back-beats-aronian-2-0/ “I feel like I can make some changes, and chess needs changes.” Yesterday Anatoly Karpov officially announced his FIDE President candidacy in Rijeka, where the European Championship is currently taking place. Europe-Echecs published a video interview with the 12th World Champion and shared it with us. Video Europe-Echecs http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/testdraft/ 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. Bunka 1999 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week S. Didukh 2003 new PgnViewer( { ... http://www.chessvibes.com/weekly-endgame-study/weekly-endgame-study-160/ "The 40-year old Ukrainian has a reputation of being an unpredictable genius, capable of producing absolutely brlliant games, as well as amateur-like losses from time to time," Magnus Carlsen wrote on his blog yesterday. Today, at the Amber tournament in Nice, he met with a Chuky in excellent shape, and ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/ivanchuk-beats-carlsen-2-0-in-first-round-amber/ Everyman Chess has published: Play the Ponziani. In Play the Ponziani, Dave Taylor and Keith Hayward present a comprehensive guide to this intriguing opening. They provide coverage of all the main lines, identify the best lines for both colours, and highlight the key tactical and positional ideas. Perfect to catch your opponent ... http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/play-the-ponziani/ Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) and Baadur Jobava (Georgia) are sharing the lead at the European Individual Championship after seven rounds of play. The two are both on 6 out of 7. The 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship is held from 5th to 19th of March 2010 in Rijeka, in ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/efimenko-and-jobava-lead-in-rijeka/ Tomorrow the first round of the 2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will be played, and we have a second preview video to get you warmed up. The world's number one, Magnus Carlsen, is there. Vladimir Kramnik, who won many times, is there. Levon Aronian, who won the last two ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/who-will-win-amber-second-preview-video/ After five rounds of play, Zahar Efimenko, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Artyom Timofeev and Baadur Jobava are sharing the lead at the European Individual Championship in Rijeka. The four grandmasters scored 4.5 points and are chased by 23 GMs who are on 4/5. The 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship is ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/spectacular-chess-in-rijeka-4-players-on-4-55/ Besides round reports, currently the website of the European Championship in Rijeka has two interesting news items. It's reported that Silvio Danailov is running for President of the European Chess Union, and that 110 participants have protested against the zero-tolerance rule. At the European Championship website we're informed of the following: Mr. ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/danailov-running-for-ecu-president-players-protest-against-zero-tolerance/ Yearbook 94 has just arrived! "All serious chess players should read these outstanding books", is what Carsten Hansen wrote about The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News on ChessCafe Please, have a look at the full contents. http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/new-full-of-opening-novelties-yearbook-94/