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Friday, September 12, 2008 19:50
By beating Pia Cramling 1.5-0-5, Alexandra Kosteniuk was the first player who qualified yesterday for the final of the Women World Championship in Nalchik, Russia. With a blunder in a good position Hou Yifan spoilt her one-point lead against Humpy Koneru - but today she won the playoff to qualify as well.
Seven years after Kosteniuk lost the...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:52
This Monday the first Grand Slam Final was officially opened and Tuesday, 17:00 CET the first round will be played in a glass cube at the Plaza Nueva in Bilbao, Spain. ChessVibes is in Bilbao to bring on-the-spot video coverage. Pairings round one: Anand - Ivanchuk, Radjabov - Topalov, Aronian - Carlsen.
For the first time, Bilbao will hold its "...
Sunday, August 31, 2008 21:09
In the last round of the NH Chess Tournament, the Rising Stars beat Experience 3?Ǭ?-1?Ǭ? thanks to victories of L'Ami (against Korchoi) and Caruana (against Agdestein), making the final score 33?Ǭ?-16?Ǭ?.
We already mentioned Wang Yue's quick draw against Bareev, which means the Chinese grandmaster will be testing his rapid and blindfold...
Friday, August 22, 2008 4:50
After a tough start yesterday, in the second round the Experience team had to try and regain some confidence with the black pieces. But it only got worse: the Rising Stars beat them 4?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? today. Two more videos.
The third NH Chess tournament takes place August 20-30. The venue of this clash between ?¢‚ǨÀúRising Stars' and ?¢‚ǨÀúExperience...
Friday, August 15, 2008 0:58
In an excellent last round, Levon Aronian became the glorious winner of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Russia. And he did it in style, defeating Alexander Grischuk in a fine positional game. In a crazy game Radjabov beat Karjakin to finish clear second, followed by Wang Yue and Kamsky who share third place. Final report.
After Al-...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 0:44
The 10th round of the 2nd Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi was definitely the most spectacular one, with five decisive games, and now we have a shared lead of Aronian, Gashimov, Radjabov and Wang Yue.
But you might wonder why there's a photo up here of Kamsky and Jakovenko's board, without Kamsky nor Jakovenko in it! Well, that's because at 15:14...
Thursday, August 07, 2008 18:22
After the first rest day on Tuesday, the Sochi Grand Prix tournament proceeded yesterday with the sixth round. Once more, Radjabov escaped, against Gelfand, and got a full point more than we expected, while Cheparinov won convincingly against Grischuk. Aronian and Gashimov beated Al-Modiahki and Navara respectively.
During their first rest day,...
Monday, August 04, 2008 22:44
For the ninth consecutive time, and the eleventh in total, Vishy Anand has won the Rapid World Championship in Mainz: this year in the final he beat Magnus Carlsen 3-1. Morozevich won the match for third place 2.5-1.5 against Judit Polgar. Report with videos.
In our last report on the Mainz Chess Classic 2008, which took place from July 28 to...
Saturday, July 26, 2008 16:00
This is the fifteenth and penultimate set of three questions in the ChessVibes Summer Contest 2008. The first prize of the contest is a one-year subscription to New in Chess Magazine. Good luck!
Summer Contest: questions 15 / 16
15a. Who is this famous player?
15b. From which famous game comes this position? (Click on the image for a larger...
Saturday, July 19, 2008 16:15
Being a chess fan can be quite tough. We've already had so many super tournaments this year, the latest of which, Poikovsky, just having finished. And so many are yet to come: Sochi, Mainz, the Tal Memorial, the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, the Olympiad and God knows what else.
By Michael Schwerteck
Ah yes, isn't some World Championship match...
