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06.11.2009 17:48 Strong Memorial Tournament to Past Chess Champion Begins in Moscow

The Tal Memorial tournament, a tribute to the eighth world chess champion, Mikhail Tal, began Thursday with five hard-fought draws. The 10-player field is stellar, featuring Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, who is ranked No. 3 in the world; Magnus Carlsen of Norway, No. 2; Levon Aronian of Armenia, No. 4; Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, No. 5; Boris Gelfand of Israel, No. 7; Peter Svidler of Russia, No. 8; Peter Leko of Hungary, No. 9; Alexander Morozevich of Russia, No. 10; Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, No. 12; and Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, No. 13. In other words, 10 of the top 13 chess players in the world are competing. It is always tough to ...

04.11.2009 17:43 America's youngest Grandmaster

Ray Robson of Florida has just won the Pan American Junior with a 8-1 score and in the process has won his third Norm, qualifying for the title of Grandmaster. He becomes the youngest chess Grandmaster in US history, just a couple of weeks shy of age 15. Bobby Fischer was 15 years 4 months plus when he got the title. Robson is this year’s winner of the annual Samford award. He was born in Guam and moved to the United States at the age of 5. His achievement is further testimony of the value of the Samford fellowships, awarded through the US Chess Trust, a creation of the Samford family of Georgia, which provide subsidies for promising young American chess players to ...

03.11.2009 17:53 Mad Pawn Rush

The young and powerful team of Azerbaijan clinched the gold medal at the 17th European Team Chess Championship in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on Friday. They won seven matches, drew one and lost to Armenia, scoring 15 out of possible 18 match points. But their victory was a close call. It hung on one bad rook move, a losing blunder, played by the Dutchman Daniel Stellwagen against Vugar Gashimov in the last round. At the same time, Russia stumbled with a 2-2 tie against the Spanish team and finished with 14 points. Ukraine won the bronze on a tiebreak over Armenia, each ending with 13 points. Gashimov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov were the top performers on ...

02.11.2009 23:53 King's Indian

Some new trends in top-level games

02.11.2009 17:30 Another Norwegian Teenager Emerges as a Threat

A 19-year-old Norwegian turned in an impressive performance at the 17th European Team Chess Championships in Serbia, which ended on Saturday. A Norwegian teenager had been expected to do well at the chess tournament, but the surprise was that he turned out to be Jon Ludvig Hammer and not Magnus Carlsen, who does not turn 19 until the end of November. Carlsen, a chess prodigy who will be No. 2 in the world on the next list, was supposed to play for Norway, but he withdrew to spend more time preparing for the Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow, which begins on Nov. 5. Carlsen’s father, Henrik, explained that his son wanted to play in ...

02.11.2009 14:12 Azerbaijan Takes Gold in European Team Championship

02.11.2009 13:32 Queen's Gambit, Slav Defence

The Anti-Meran approach has recently become rather popular at the top level

01.11.2009 17:36 Chess Notes

The US Chess League offers ample opportunities to examine games between highly rated chess players. Here is one in which Patrick Wolff annotates for himself, played on first board for the San Francisco Mechanics v. the Miami Sharks. In this game Wolff crosses up Julio Becerra, the 2006 Most Valuable Player in the league, by choosing as White a Two Knights Opening instead of a Ruy Lopez. The result is a closed game in which Black loses considerable time reconnoitering his Knights. White’s 27th move breaks what looks like a granite center and Black’s Queen Bishop Pawn becomes a target. In the end, Black has to choose between loss of a Rook or a King and so ...

31.10.2009 16:51 English and Bulgarian grandmasters continue feud during European Team Championship

There is history between English and Bulgarian chess grandmasters. Four years ago when Nigel Short was a commentator at the world chess championship in San Luis, Argentina, some players told him of suspicions that Veselin Topalov, who won the title after a fast start, was receiving outside help. Short later called for an inquiry, though he did not join the cheating claim. Nothing was ever proved, but Topalov and his manager blamed Short for damaging the current world No1's reputation. So last year at Corus Wijk aan Zee Topalov's aide, Ivan Cheparinov, refused Short the traditional pre-game handshake, and was forfeited. After an appeal the game was rescheduled ...

30.10.2009 16:56 Moscow to host top-tier tribute

The strongest chess tournament of the year, the Tal Memorial, begins Thursday in Moscow. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India, former champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen of Norway and seven other stars, all ranked among the world's top 13, will compete in a round robin. The only notable absentee is Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, ranked first in the world. Mikhail Tal was world chess champion in 1960 and a passionate devotee of speed chess until his death in 1992. As a tribute, the World Blitz Chess Championship will follow Nov. 16. The field will include all players in the Tal Memorial plus 10 more grandmasters. Last year, ...

27.10.2009 16:37 Chess notes

The US Chess Federation held the US Women’s Championship during October, courtesy of the St. Louis Chess Club and its founder, Rex Sinquefield. Oddly, none of the contestants was born in the United States, though most are permanent residents or citizens here. Jennifer Shahade, twice American Women...

26.10.2009 16:41 Mastering the Zwischenzug

In the slow flow of the Argentine tango, the dancers suddenly stop and make a few violent moves before they slow down again and return to their unhurried glide. That's the essence of "zwischenzug" in chess. The German word describes an unexpected move, played instead of an obvious recapture or a ret...

26.10.2009 11:27 Should Women's Chess Titles Stay or Go?

25.10.2009 16:39 Bulgaria selected for world chess championship match

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced that the 12-game world chess championship match between champion Viswanathan Anand of India and challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria would take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tentative dates are April 5 through 24. The Bulgarian prime minister, Boiko Borisov,...

24.10.2009 16:51 Chess Notes

There is increasing reflection among chess commentators that Norwegian youngster Magnus Carlsen, age 18, may be destined to be world chess champion, especially because of reports that Garry Kasparov is coaching Carlsen. Here is a game won by Carlsen against Teimour Radjabov from the Pearl Spring 200...

23.10.2009 16:42 Michael Adams crucial as England look to improve world standing

The campaign to improve England's standing is currently facing a tough test at the European team chess championship at Novi Sad, Serbia, and the junior (under-20) world chess championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Both chess events began on Wednesday. With Nigel Short coaching the British chess c...

21.10.2009 20:48 King Pawn Openings

Important opening novelties

21.10.2009 16:53 Carlsen did it

The leading items of the news last week involved the small nation of Norway. One was the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama for “Yes you can.’’ The other was plaudits to 18-year-old Magnus Carlsen for “Yes, you did!’’ For what Carlsen did was level his opponents in the second Nanjing P...

21.10.2009 01:53 Caro-Kann, Pirc, Alekhine's and Scandinavian Defences

The usual batch of games reflects the view of most top players

20.10.2009 23:04 Anti-Sicilians

Some high level encounters, some important theory, and some practical ideas

20.10.2009 16:45 World's Youngest Chess Grandmaster

The U.S. Junior chess champion Ray Robson will turn 15 on Sunday. He got himself a nice birthday present: the grandmaster title. Competing at the Pan-American Junior Championship this month in Montevideo, Uruguay, he scored seven straight wins and drew in the last round, securing first place and the...

20.10.2009 14:17 English and Flank Openings

Reti - one of the main pioneers of flank openings

19.10.2009 23:02 French Defence

Rare but sharp lines!

19.10.2009 17:06 Magnus Carlsen raises world rating to over 2800 with Nanjing victory

Magnus Carlsen had already won the Nanjing elite chess tournament with a round to spare at the start of this week's game, but the 18-year-old Norwegian spurned halving out and won impressively. The victory gave him a 3000 tournament performance and raised his world chess rating to over 2800, the you...

18.10.2009 22:37 World Championship to be Held in Sofia

18.10.2009 16:46 Anna Zatonskih Defends U.S. Chess Championship Title

The United States women’s chess champion, Anna Zatonskih, easily defended her title last week and dominated the championship tournament in St. Louis. Afterward, Zatonskih, who has a 2 ½-year-old daughter, joked, “I am trying to prove that motherhood did something good.� In the chess tournamen...

17.10.2009 17:32 A Trove of Fischer Photographs Surfaces

Photographs taken during trips that Bobby Fischer made to the Philippines in 1967 and 1973, after he became world chess champion, have appeared in a group of three videos on YouTube. Descriptions of the videos say that they were part of the belongings left behind by Fischer in a storage locker in Pa...

17.10.2009 03:14 Dragon Sicilians

The Dragon is in good shape!

16.10.2009 18:18 Daring Defences

Latest developments in the ever-popular Grunfeld Defence!

15.10.2009 17:40 Chess Opening tips

Like many games of skill, chess is easy to learn and fun to play — but difficult to master. Although the goal is to checkmate the enemy king, don't expect an early knockout. The opening is roughly defined as the first dozen or so moves. The purpose is not to win outright, but to reach a playable m...

15.10.2009 16:48 Open Sicilians

Theoretically important Sicilian struggles!

15.10.2009 11:59 Zatonskih Goes Undefeated to Win US Women's Championship

14.10.2009 19:39 Nimzo and Benoni

Creative ideas in the opening

14.10.2009 17:09 Zatonskih Is U.S. Women’s Chess Champion Again

With a win in Round 8 of the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, Anna Zatonskih is the national chess champion, defending the title she won in 2008. It is the third title for Zatonskih, who also won in 2006. Zatonskih clinched the title with a round to go by scoring 7.5 points out of 8. She led from ...

13.10.2009 16:46 After Training With a Chess Legend, a Teenager Grabs a Big Win

For 20 years, Garry Kasparov was the top-ranked chess player in the world. There were times, particularly in the early to mid-1990s, when he was so dominant that he seemed to win effortlessly, even against his closest competitors. In the chess tournaments he entered, the true competition was often o...

12.10.2009 16:44 Duchamp and Chess

After becoming an established and successful artist, Marcel Duchamp, one of the father’s of Dadaism, turned his focus to playing chess, a game that enthralled him. He once famously remarked that “while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.� The merits of such a stat...

12.10.2009 16:43 d-Pawn Specials

Plugging some gaps in the Veresov

12.10.2009 13:27 Magnus Dominates in Nanjing, Crosses 2800 Barrier

11.10.2009 16:57 Magnus Carlsen wins first elite grandmaster tournament

Magnus Carlsen, 18 and already everyone's choice as the next world chess champion, won his first elite grandmaster tournament this week when he led all the way at Nanjing, China. The young Norwegian also advanced into the top two in the world chess rankings, ahead of the reigning world champion, Vis...

10.10.2009 17:45 Carlsen Wins Pearl Spring and Breaks Barrier; Xu Wins Grand Prix

Magnus Carlsen of Norway wrapped up his complete domination of the 2nd Pearl Spring chess tournament in Nanjing, China, by beating Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia in the last round on Friday. That gave Carlsen a score of 8 points out of a possible 10. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the world’s No. 1 ches...