http://www.chessvibes.com The latest chess news online Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:38:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first round of the upcoming Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk is scheduled for September 21st. A record 160 teams of chess players from all over the globe are expected to travel to Siberia, which makes the organization of transportation, accommodation and food an arduous task. Many players have their worries and ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/fide-players-need-not-worry-about-the-olympiad/ I don't like games (except chess) and I hate puzzles. I'm one of those people who doesn't like to solve something others have solved before, let alone trying this in the presence of someone who already knows the answer. I'm always afraid I won't be able to find the solution and ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reviews/review-three-excellent-puzzle-books/ Just in from our printers: Coffeehouse Chess Tactics. John Healy, the author of 'The Grass Arena' takes you on an astonishing trip into the world of competitive chess. Healy shows how to turn bad positions to our advantage and describes the beautiful, sometimes terrible, world of chess. Fascinating, compelling & vintage ... http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/new-coffeehouse-chess-tactics/ Magnus Carlsen won the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid tournament by beating Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final. Jon Ludvig Hammer came third after he won his minimatch against Judit Polgar with the same score. The Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid tournament took place August 28-30 in Kristiansund, Norway. Anand, Carlsen, ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/carlsen-beats-anand-hammer-comes-third/ There was more rapid chess this week, as the traditional match with Peter Leko in Miskolc, Hungary was also held. This year his opponent was Boris Gelfand, who won a very theoretical match 4.5-3.5. Peter Leko played his 6th rapid match in a row in Miskolc, Hungary. In 2005, he drew ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/gelfand-beats-leko-4-5-3-5-in-theoretical-rapid-match/ Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen today play the final of the Arctic Securities Chess Stars in Kristiansund, Norway. The bronze final will be played between Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer, who beat Carlsen with White yesterday. This rapid event takes place August 28-30 in Kristiansund, Norway. Anand, Carlsen, Polgar and ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/anand-carlsen-reach-arctic-final/ Escuela International Kasparov Marcote won the Spanish Team Championship. In the final the top seeded team defeated reigning champions Linex-Magic from Mérida 4.5-1.5 with victories for Gashimov against Shirov, Smeets against Sargissian and and Salgado against Pérez Candelario. Gustafsson, Smeets, Vallejo (and Gashimov) | Photo © FEDA The 2010 Spanish Team ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/kasparov-marcote-clinch-spanish-title/ 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! J. Fleck & C. Lutz 1999 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week E. Iriarte 1995 new PgnViewer( { boardName: "demo", pgnFile: '/games/afek_184.pgn', pieceSize: ... http://www.chessvibes.com/weekly-endgame-study/weekly-endgame-study-184/ The coming three days world's number one Magnus Carlsen and World Champion Viswanathan Anand meet with the world's best female player Judit Polgar and Norway's number two player Jon Ludvig Hammer in a rapidplay event in Kristiansund, Norway. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK is broadcasting live on their website with ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/three-days-of-arctic-securities-chess-stars/ The first phase of the Spanish Team Championship has concluded. Today the semi-finals will be Escuela Int. Kasparov-Marcote vs. Reverté Albox and Solvay vs. Linex-Magic. The new system being used this year has led to problems already. Alexei Shirov and Ruslan Ponomariov | Photo © FEDA The 2010 Spanish Team Championship takes ... http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chaotic-spanish-league-reaches-semi-finals/