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18.03.2010 21:04 Can Karpov Be President of Chess Federation?

The former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov announced on Saturday that he was running for president of the World Chess Federation. Karpov is trying to unseat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has been president of the federation (known as FIDE, its initials in French), since 1995. Ilyumzhinov is also the president of Kalmykia, a small Russian republic on the Caspian Sea. The federation president is elected for a five-year term, and there is no limit on how many times he (or she) can be re-elected. Karpov would not be the first ex-champion to serve as FIDE’s president. Max Euwe, the fifth world chess champion (1935-37), led the federation from 1970-78, a period of exceptional ...

17.03.2010 17:40 Enter the dragon

David Howell was one move away from a fine victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championships at Rijeka in Croatia but a blunder on the last move of the time control gave his opponent Laurent Fressinet of France the full point. Howell also nearly won his ninth round game but was just foiled in the endgame. Michael Adams was lucky to hold a draw with the white pieces against Romain Edouard, a young French GM who impressed at Hastings. Adams was close to lost but after a time scramble he emerged a pawn down in a rook ending where all the pawns were on the kingside and ...

16.03.2010 18:02 The f-pawn, part 5: is this a good position to push forward?

It it time for black to use his f-pawn as a battering ram? We saw last week that advancing the f-pawn can leave you horribly exposed at the back if the attack stalls. Here Black has removed the knight from f6, clearing the way for the battering ram. Is it wise to advance the pawn to f5? RB When playing against 1 d4 I will often go for a Nimzo-Indian (as in the present chess game) or King's Indian. I have a liking for the kind of kingside attack that can arise – with certain key differences obviously – from both defences. With the centre safely closed, Black has ...

16.03.2010 01:50 Unusual 2nd Move Anti-Sicilians

Anti-Sicilians subscribers can now download the new style playable Various 2nd Moves eBook! Includes guiding Roadmaps with links to 120 annotated games.

16.03.2010 01:47 Anti-Sicilians

The Morra Gambit!

15.03.2010 22:04 Caro-Kann, Pirc, Alekhine's and Scandinavian Defences

Another bunch of high rated games this month!

15.03.2010 17:29 Chess Grandmasters are getting younger

Richard Rapport of Hungary just completed the requirements to become a chess grandmaster at age 13 years, 11 months, 15 days, the fifth-youngest ever. A thrilling accomplishment, no doubt. But chess fans have grown numb to the exploits of adolescent wonders. The inimitable Bobby Fischer stunned the world by becoming a grandmaster in 1958 at age 15 years, 6 months, a record that lasted until 1991. In the last two decades, though, 23 chess players have surpassed Fischer's mark. Sergey Karjakin, the Ukraine star who now plays for Russia, holds the current record at 12 years, 7 months. The World Chess Federation's March rating list includes ...

13.03.2010 18:29 World No1 Magnus Carlsen parts company with mentor Garry Kasparov

The most significant chess news this month is a negative item. A carefully scripted and bland press release announced that the world No1, Magnus Carlsen, would make his own chess career decisions for 2010 and that he and the all-time No1, Garry Kasparov, would cease their regular training sessions launched early last year. The statement claimed that, with 19-year‑old Carlsen established at the world top, his cooperation with Kasparov had achieved its objectives ahead of schedule and that the Norwegian no longer needed constant guidance. Carlsen won his last two chess tournaments in London and Corus Wijk but displayed weaknesses and is as yet far from ...

13.03.2010 14:02 Amber Heats Up Nice-ly in France

12.03.2010 17:56 Chess Federation Updates Its Drug Policy. Why?

The World Chess Federation, the governing body of the game of chess, released new “antidoping rules� for chess players on Tuesday. The rules replace, or update, previous guidelines. Drug testing was begun several years ago to bring the federation, and chess, in line with the rules and requirements of the International Olympic Committee and other international sporting organizations. Part of the reason was to get chess included in the Olympics — an idea that seemed far-fetched, at best. Chess players have complained about drug testing and pointed out that, aside from caffeine — which many competitors consider essential — there are no drugs that can ...

10.03.2010 18:34 Tobey Maguire Playing Bobby Fischer?

Maguire might have just lost a franchise character in Spider-man, but it looks like he might be playing famous chess icon, Bobby Fischer, in the film "Pawn Sacrifice". Pawn Sacrifice follows Bobby Fischer who has to face the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, in 1972, in a game filled with Cold ...

09.03.2010 19:57 Daring Defences

A look at some offbeat systems

09.03.2010 18:38 Happy Birthday Bobby Fischer

On this day in 1943, one of the greatest chess players in history was born. Bobby Fischer's talent, known in the chess world for decades, would become evident world-wide when he defeated Russian Boris Spassky for the world title in 1972. Later, Fischer's erratic personality and anti-Semitic rants wo...

09.03.2010 14:28 King Pawn Openings

Novelties from Linares!

08.03.2010 13:53 Many Players Perfect at European Championships

07.03.2010 20:37 d-Pawn Specials

The Torre is on the menu this month!

07.03.2010 18:26 Young Grandmaster-to-Be Bows to Formidable Older Foe

Older chess players are not an endangered species, but there is no doubt that chess is increasingly dominated by young men (and women). The world’s top-ranked player is 19, and more chess prodigies are emerging everywhere. The latest is Richard Rapport, a 13-year-old from Hungary. In the Gotth’A...

07.03.2010 02:05 King's Indian

King's Indians in the World Team Championship!

06.03.2010 18:44 Relentless Veselin Topalov wins again

The great double round robin in Linares, Spain, ended in a dramatic victory for world chess championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Like a crafty pitcher who wins without his best stuff, Topalov succeeded without revealing any opening secrets he had prepared for his April match against ...

05.03.2010 00:39 Spider-Pawn

04.03.2010 18:46 Chess notes

In a review of Diego Rasskin-Gutman’s book “Chess Metaphors’’ (MIT Press), which deserves special attention by chess lovers, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has published in The New York Review of Books a retrospective look at the development of chess machines. He also expresses a...

02.03.2010 18:28 The f-pawn, part 3: a blunt but effective attack?

Punting the f-pawn down the chess board may be desperate but it sometimes gets results. The Grand Prix Attack. White has just offered the f-pawn. How should Black reply? RB We've been using the metaphor of route-one football in our survey of the f-pawn advance, and while we all know from experience ...

02.03.2010 15:03 Queen's Gambit, Slav Defence

The most interesting discoveries were made in the sharpest openings

02.03.2010 01:14 Dragon Sicilians

The Yugoslav Attack and a new eBook!

02.03.2010 01:11 New style playable Accelerated Dragons

Dragon subscribers can now download the new style playable Accelerated Dragons eBook!

01.03.2010 23:20 Nimzo and Benoni

Strictly Nimzo-Indian games this month

01.03.2010 18:52 Vietnamese surprise in Moscow

The Aeroflot Open, arguably the strongest open chess tournament ever, ended Feb. 19 in Moscow. The field of 80 included 75 chess grandmasters. The surprising winner of 21,000 Euros (about $28,000) for first place was 18-year-old Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, who scored an undefeated 7-2. His success fol...

01.03.2010 01:18 Full Contact Chess

28.02.2010 18:30 A Chess Player’s Attacks Pay Off, Even When They Shouldn’t

Computer chess programs are so popular, and so good, that almost anybody can use one to figure out where a chess player went wrong — when the game is over. But at the chess board, competitors can rely only on their brains and wits (unless they are cheating) and are bound to make mistakes, especial...

27.02.2010 18:35 Vishy Anand saves his strength before world match with Veselin Topalov

Vishy Anand, who defends his world title against Veselin Topalov at Sofia in April, kept his powder dry in his warm-up chess event at Corus Wijk where the Indian, 40, played at full force in only a few games. In contrast Topalov, 34, has played hard in almost every game this week at the Linares elit...

26.02.2010 18:51 A Match All About the Sicilian

An unusual chess match is being held in South Carolina. It pits Judit Polgar of Hungary, the strongest woman chess payer in history, who is now ranked No. 46 in the world, but once was in the top 10, against Gregory Kaidanov, a Ukrainian-born American grandmaster, who is ranked No. 261. The match is...

26.02.2010 01:20 Topalov Holds Off Grischuk to Win Linares

24.02.2010 18:31 The f-pawn, part 2: is f5 the answer here?

Does White have a better option than moving the f-pawn? Continuing our look at the chess equivalent of route one football – the f-pawn advance... RB Well, let's see what happens when we push – 1 f5. The answer comes back faster than Manchester United on the break, not much. Black is under no com...

23.02.2010 18:41 Big Surprises in Europe

Europe has been a center of chess activity over the last month with a series of major open tournaments. The first was the Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar, which ran from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4. Among the world-class chess players who competed were Etienne Bacrot of France, Sergei Movsesian of...

22.02.2010 18:30 Topalov Closes In on Linares Title

After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of ...

21.02.2010 18:37 Weekend of Fun and Friends Between Battles on the Chess Board

The highlight of the year for many chess players is Washington’s Birthday weekend, when four amateur team championships are held across the country. There are no cash prizes, but the chess tournaments are popular because of the camaraderie. Players walk back and forth chatting before, after and ev...

19.02.2010 21:58 Hot Topalov Leads Linares, Rating List

19.02.2010 18:33 At Halfway Point, Topalov Leads at Linares

The annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain began earlier this week, and after five rounds — or halfway through — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed and No. 2 chess player in the world, is leading with 3.5 points, a point ahead of the field. Linares has been among the world’s...

18.02.2010 19:04 The f-pawn, part 1: cheap, crude and obvious?

Is an f-pawn advance the chess game's equivalent of route-one football? RB For some time I've been nagging Dan to do a series of columns on the f-pawn advance. He's been resistant, partly, I suspect, because pushing the f-pawn is a bit like route-one football, the long ball punted down the park in h...

17.02.2010 18:51 At Gibraltar Chess Event, Women Begin to Close Gender Gap

Why aren’t there more great female chess players? One theory is that men are physically stronger and more aggressive by nature and therefore better suited at a game that simulates warfare. Another is that the talent pool among women has not been big enough to produce many great chess players. That...