Start the new year right

A new year has begun, and is there a better moment to start working some more on your openings? We’ve changed our weekly PDF (+PGN!) magazine ChessVibes Openings slightly, and it might well be even more instructive… Read more

Play the Dragon!

Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez Perez is a world-class player known for almost always going for the absolute main lines. When David Smerdon was preparing for Dominguez, his opponent in the World Cup, the Australian GM decided not to avoid theory, but to play… the Sicilian Dragon! The diagram position contains an important finesse he found while preparing – before you click on ‘full story’, see if you can find what Black should play… Read more

The latest of the latest

Many of you have probably seen the great attacking game Bacrot-Aronian, played only three days ago at the European Team Championship in Novi Sad. But what exactly did it mean to the theory of the Anti-Moscow Gambit? ChessVibes Openings #43, published yesterday, answers this and several other topical theoretical questions. Read more

ChessVibes Openings: step in whenever you like

Often we are asked: can I still get all issues of ChessVibes Openings published so far? Our answer is as simple as: yes you can! Of course you can also start with the current week, or receive e.g. the last ten issues; everything is possible. Whatever you choose, you’ll receive 52 times 4 pages of topical opening theory for only 25 EUR a year. Read more

Looking for an antidote against the Ruy Lopez Exchange?

Does this look like the typical, quiet Ruy Lopez Exchange position to you? Are you looking for a sharp sideline against that annoying 4.Bxc6? ChessVibes Openings #35, just out, gives you one: 4…dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5!? – your opponent might even think you’re blundering a pawn! Read more

The classical 1.e4 e5 is hot; the Semi-Slav is not

In the last three weeks our IMs Merijn van Delft and Robert Ris noted that many top GM games starting with 1.e4 e5 are played quite dynamically: Aronian’s 3…Nge7 in the Ruy Lopez, Nepomniachtchi’s 2.d4 or Short’s Two Knights are only three examples. The Semi-Slav, on the other hand, seems to be under pressure these days. And did you notice that French rising star Vachier-Lagrave seems to have personally rehabilitated the 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 Najdorf? All this, and much more, is analysed in ChessVibes Openings #31, #32 and #33. Read more

What did we cover in the latest 6 issues of ChessVibes Openings?

The summer is full of great round-robins and open tournaments, and opening theory is developing at top speed. Keep track of it all with ChessVibes Openings, our weekly PDF (+PGN!) magazine that delivers the latest novelties right in your inbox. Let’s have a look the openings IMs Merijn an Delft and Robert Ris wrote about in the last six issues.
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What did we cover in the latest issues of ChessVibes Openings?

It’s been a while since we last mentioned our PDF (+PGN!) subscription service in which we cover the latest developments in chess opening theory. Meanwhile, the Chebanenko Slav is under pressure, the 6.Bg5 Najdorf is back on top and the 9.Bxf6 Svesh is as complicated as ever. In this week’s issue the great game Gelfand-Nisipeanu (a King’s Indian Bayonet Attack) of only three days ago is analysed! Read more

What baby names can tell you about chess openings

If you have kids, you’ve probably thought hard about how to name your child. Should you choose a ’special’ kind of name, or rather a very trendy or well-known one? Popularity is an important aspect when it comes to choosing virtually anything. The same goes for chess openings: do you want to go for popular main lines or for ‘off beat’ variations? Read more

ChessVibes Openings: “recommended”

“For those that really want to find out how to get a better position out of the opening and are willing to enter complications and do some homework in order to succeed, ChessVibes Openings can be recommended”, wrote GM Hedinn Steingrimsson in his review for Chess Today yesterday, about our weekly PDF magazine which keeps you up-to-date with the latest opening developments at top level.
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