Danailov: ‘No match in Russia against a Russian player’
July 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 28 Comments
Contrary to what was expressed in an open letter last week, Veselin Topalov is, after all, willing to play Candidates Matches in Russia. However, he is “refusing to play a match with a Russian player in Russia, if that match is connected to the title struggle,” his manager Silvio Danailov said in an interview with Sport Express this week. Read more
Bareev joins Yazici on ECU ticket
June 29, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 2 Comments
Evgeny Bareev goes into chess politics. The Russian grandmaster is mentioned as ‘Vice President’ on Ali Nihat Yazici’s ticket for the upcoming presidential elections of the European Chess Union. The other nominations, now officially received by ECU, are those of Silvio Danailov and Robert von Weizsäcker, who has three GMs on his side. Read more
Danailov and Von Weizsäcker present their teams
June 12, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 14 Comments
This week Silvio Danailov and Robert von Weizsäcker, who are both running for the European Union presidency, presented their teams. Von Weizsäcker is joined by three chess grandmasters. Read more
Bulgarian organizers take Chessbase to court
June 2, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 85 Comments
The Bulgarian organizers of the Anand-Topalov World Championship match take Chessbase to court for “violating copyright rules”. Chessbase transmitted the moves of the match live on their Playchess server, against the will of the Bulgarians. Read more
Review: Genius in the Background
May 26, 2010 by Arne Moll · 8 Comments
Sometimes, I get a little tired of reading about the big names in chess all the time. Another super tournament with seven players out of the top 10; another huge open featuring dozens of well-known GMs fighting hard for serious money prizes; another great exhibition rapid match between two former World Championship candidates. In such cases, reading something from Genius in the Background, is the perfect remedy for me. 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
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
WCh G5: another Slav, another draw
April 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 50 Comments
Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand drew the fifth game of their World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two repeated the varation of the Slav that appeared in game 3, and again challenger Topalov couldn’t prove a clear advantage with the white pieces. Video added. Read more
WCh G1: Topalov starts with crushing victory
April 24, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 109 Comments
Veselin Topalov defeated Viswanathan Anand in crushing style in the first game of the World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian started with 1.d4, which was answered by the Grünfeld Defence. At move 24 Topalov, probably still in his preparation, sacrificed a knight which turned out to be completely winning. Update: video added. Read more
Anand has arrived in Sofia (UPDATE)
April 20, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 138 Comments
Viswanathan Anand has arrived in Sofia. In the last days he and his team travelled for 40 hours by bus, from Frankfurt to the Bulgarian capital. “You can imagine he’s very tired, so at the moment he’s sleeping,” delegation leader Hans-Walter Schmitt told us. In the meantime FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos has spoken out. Update: the organizing committee sticks to their initial response, and refused postponement in a new statement. Read more
