Two games you might not have seen yet

Unfortunately I lack the time to comment on all top level games that appear on this site, but this week it’s a bit quiet in the chess world and therefore I could have a closer look at some games. In fact two gems were played this week, one by Nigel Short and one by Ivan Sokolov. Read more

Beauty in Chess V: Planet Nisipeanu

In his fifth column about beauty in chess, Michael Schwerteck was inspired by the attractive style of Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.

In an interview with the German magazine Schach, the manager of the Bundesliga team Tegernsee, Horst Leckner, recently made an interesting comment about chess media. He regrets that most of the time only approximately the world’s top 20 are in the focus of attention, while many grandmasters below this level do not get the attention and, even more importantly for them, the invitations they deserve. Read more

Beauty in Chess IV: What we can learn from ski jumping

In his fourth column about beauty in chess, Michael Schwerteck was inspired by the recent German championship, as well as by ski jumping.

It has always bugged me that the scoring system in chess is so primitive. As everybody knows, there are only three possible results: 1, 1/2, and 0. However, there are so many different ways to achieve them!
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Beauty in Chess III: Olympic highlights

Another Olympiad is over and plenty of interesting games have been played. So many, in fact, that one hardly knows what to look at. In the open section alone there were more than 3000 games. Are you feeling overwhelmed by this number? Then have a look at the following selection of great games! Read more

Beauty in chess II

As my first article about beauty in chess seems to have been appreciated by at least a few people, I now present the second one in the hope that I can still reach some attentive audience. Read more

Beauty in chess

Welcome to a new column which I very much hope you will enjoy. Our topic, short, simple and yet grandiose: beauty in chess. Read more

[lang_nl]Schoonheid in het schaakspel (II)[/lang_nl][lang_en]Beauty in chess (II)[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Vandaag het tweede en laatste deel van Jonathan Rowson's lezing over schoonheid in het schaakspel, plus een kleine update van het toernooi op Sardini?ɬ´.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Today the second and last part of Jonathan Rowson's lecture on beauty in chess, plus a small update on the tournament in Sardinia.[/lang_en] Read more

[lang_nl]Schoonheid in het schaakspel[/lang_nl][lang_en]Beauty in Chess (I)[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Zoals beloofd hierbij de lezing van IGM Jonathan Rowson, die hij maandagavond gaf hier in het Porto Mannu-resort in Capo d’Orso, Sardini?ɬ´. Het onderwerp: schoonheid.[/lang_nl][lang_en]As promised, we present you the lecture by IGM Jonathan Rowson which he gave on Monday night, here in the Porto Mannu Residence in Capo d’Orso, Sardinia. The subject: beauty.[/lang_en] Read more

[lang_nl]Rybka’s onsterfelijke partij (deel 2)[/lang_nl][lang_en]Rybka’s Immortal Game (Part 2)[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Vandaag een artikel van een gastauteur: Jeroen Noomen, schrijver van het openingsboek van de wereldkampioen onder de computers, Rybka.

Een tijdje terug publiceerde ChessVibes de ‘onsterfelijke partij’ van het computerprogramma Rybka. Hoewel deze partij zeker de moeite waard was, denk ik dat er een nieuwe kandidaat is die beter aan deze omschrijving voldoet. De partij is gespeeld in het WCCC (wereldkampioenschap computerschaak) 2007 van Amsterdam. Rybka versloeg daar het Nederlandse schaakprogramma Diep van Vincent Diepeveen in een zinderende partij vol spectaculaire zetten en taktische hoogstandjes. Na slechts 29 zetten was de partij voorbij, iets dat hoogst zelden voorkomt in partijen tussen computers. Speciaal voor ChessVibes heb ik de nieuwe onsterfelijke partij van Rybka geanalyseerd, evenals een paar andere partijen uit het WK.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Today an article by a guest author: Jeroen Noomen, writer of the opening book of the computer world champion, Rybka.

Some time ago ChessVibes published the “immortal game” of the chess computer program Rybka, currently the strongest engine in the world. Although this game was quite beautiful, I think we have a new candidate that fits this description better. It was played in the WCCC (world computer chess championship) 2007 in Amsterdam. Rybka beat the dutch program Diep in an amazing game, full of spectacular tactics and difficult-to-find moves. After 29 moves the game was over, something that is very rare in computer games these days. Especially for ChessVibes I have analysed the new Rybka immortal game and a few other Rybka games from the WCCC.[/lang_en] Read more

[lang_nl]Analyse Shirov-Radjabov door IM Notkin[/lang_nl][lang_en]Analysis Shirov-Radjabov by IM Notkin[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Een van de mooiste partijen bij het Corus Chess Tournament tot nu toe was Shirov-Radjabov. We brachten je al eerder de mening van Radjabov hierover, en met toestemming van IM Maxim Notkin publiceren we op deze rustdag zijn uitgebreide analyse, die eerder verscheen op de website Chesspro.ru. De vertaling is van Paul Janse.[/lang_nl][lang_en]One of the most beautiful games so far, at the Corus Chess Tournament, was Shirov-Radjabov. We already brought you Radjabov’s ideas about it and IM Maxim Notkin agreed to let us publish his extensive analysis on this rest day, which appeared earlier at the website Chesspro.ru. The translation is by Paul Janse.[/lang_en] Read more

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