Chernyshov first on tiebreak in Moscow
42-year-old Konstantin Chernyshov won the strong Moscow Open with 7 out of 9. The Russian GM finished shared first with another 40+ grandmaster, Evgeny Bareev, and both Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev also ended on 7 points. Chernishov had the best tiebreak: most wins.
The 6th Moscow Open took place January 30-February 7 at the [...]
Grand Slam dates announced; Masters Final in Shanghai and Bilbao
This year’s Grand Slam Masters Final will be split into two parts. One will be held in Shanghai, China (just before the Olympiad) and one in Bilbao, Spain (just after). This was announced last week in Wijk aan Zee, were the board of the Grand Slam had a meeting to discuss matters. All dates for [...]
Weekly Endgame Study (155)
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving!
V. Kalandadze
1962
White to play and win
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N.Kralin & A. Kuznetsov
1966
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8th and 9th round of the Bundesliga
The 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga and three matches from round 7 will take place from the 5th to the 7th of February 2010. We provide you with the pairings at the playing venues Munich, Mülheim, Berlin and Remagen. Some famous Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar participants are joining for their Baden-Baden team…
OSG [...]
New In Chess 2010/1: Magnus Carlsen wins again
By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world’s number one ever! You can read the exclusive on-the-spot report in By winning the London Chess Classic Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest world’s number one ever! You can read the exclusive on-the-spot report in New In Chess 2010/1 (just out).
Other interesting [...]
Adams beats Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in play-off final to clinch first in Gibraltar (U...
Michael Adams defeated Francisco Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the play-off final that decided the 2010 Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. Adams was almost knocked out by Gustafsson in the semis when he lost the first game, but the Englishman came back to level the score and win the Armaggeddon game as well. In the final he was [...]
What Your Body?s Thinking About
There?s a picture of Mikhail Tal that has always seemed to me the ultimate chess player?s pose: Tal’s looking at the board, chin on his thumb, his other arm folded under his fist, utter determination in his eyes. But what was Tal actually thinking at the time the picture was taken?
When I was just starting [...]
Stellwagen wins 2009 Yearbook Novelty of the Year Award
Daniel Stellwagen has been voted the winner of the 2009 Yearbook Novelty of the Year by readers of the New In Chess website. The Dutch grandmaster earned 350 Euros for his novelty 24…Qf3 in the King’s Indian against Loek van Wely at the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam in August 2009.
Van Wely and Stellwagen getting [...]
Attacking Manual 2
We have just received from Quality Chess: Attacking Manual 2.
Two years after his first Attacking Manual, Jacob Aagaard is back on the attack with this second volume. It covers the rules of attack, explained through understandable examples, and deep but clear analysis.
Volume One dealt with the laws of dynamics. Its successor deals with weak kings, [...]
