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World Cup R2: Leko & Shirov out, Aronian & Kramnik to tiebreak
Two more big names had to say goodbye to the World Cup in Tromsø: Peter Leko and Alexei Shirov. For the second time in a row, Leko made an early mistake in the opening and in this game it meant that...
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 5 — King’s Gambit Sighting!
It was just yesterday that I was watching a steady stream of queenside openings, flank openings, etc. and thinking, “Wouldn’t be great if just once I could see a King’s Gambit in this tournament?”...
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Six of one
In the Olympiad of 2010 Michael Adams beat Magnus Carlsen on the top board in the England v Norway match. Ray Keene covered the game in his Times column on 29 September 2010.He then annotated it again...
View ArticleNew: Complete Slav II
Chess Evolution has just published: Complete Slav II In this 2nd volume GM Konstantin Sakaev picks up where he left off presenting an up-to-date repertoire for both White and Black in the popular Slav...
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FIDE Mondays 8/12/2013
On Monday evening, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian AttackJim West (FIDE 2108) - Taner Ture (FIDE 2022), Marshall Chess Club 8/12/20131.e4 c6...
View ArticleAnd Then There Were Two (Americans): GM Rogers on Tromso
GM Ian Rogers covers the second round of the World Cup in Tromso, Norway. Two American players, our #1 rated player Hikaru Nakamura and US Champion Gata Kamsky remain.
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Review: Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov part 2: 1985-1993
Every chess aficionado should own the complete series of recent Kasparov publications: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, and Kasparov on Garry Kasparov. Many, of...
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World Cup R2 tiebreak: Adams, Bacrot, Navara, Ponomariov, Wang Hao are out
Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, David Navara, Ruslan Ponomariov and Wang Hao were all eliminated by lower rated players in the tiebreaks of the World Cup's second round. Adams lost to Yuriy Kryvoruchko,...
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 6 — Youth Prevails
Today the second round of the World Cup finished, with playoffs for the 15 matches that were tied 1-1. This time there were surprisingly few lengthy playoffs. Thirteen of the fifteen playoffs were...
View ArticleMontreal Open Championship 2013
The Quebec Chess Federation organizes the 2013 Montreal Open Championship on 6-8th September at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, 3200 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal. The tournament will be held in four...
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Chess in Art Postscript: Themes Like Only Yesterday
I stumbled on the magnificent Art échecs et mat by Yves Marek a few years back in a Paris bookshop, and mentioned it on the blog at the time. Imprimerie national Éditions, Paris, 2008It must be the...
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"The Machine" Previews on September 4th
The Machine, a play based on the Garry Kasparov versus Deep Blue match in 1997, previews on September 4th at the Park Avenue Armory.
View ArticleWorld Cup Round 2: Most Favorites Hold, Adams, Wang Hao Out
The FIDE World Cup is often thought of as something as a lottery, but that's not really fair to the format. The top seeds tend to make deep runs, meaning that even if the single best player doesn't...
View ArticleWorld Cup Prediction Contest
On several occasions already, I’ve mentioned the Prediction Contest that was organized for the World Cup. In fact, I’ve probably started to bore my readers who couldn’t care less what my predictions...
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FIDE World Cup 2013: Round 3 - Game 1
In Round 3 of the World Cup most of the top players were facing each other, but upsets were still possible.By A. KarlovichFull results and pairingsVideosLIVE games The surprise of the day was the...
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World Cup R3: Aronian & Grischuk start with losses
The third round of the World Cup in Tromsø saw two shocking results as both top seed Levon Aronian and 2011 finalist Alexander Grischuk started with a loss. Aronian went down with the white pieces...
View ArticleWorld Chess Cup 2013 – Round 3, Game 1
Sixteen matches of the third round of the World Chess Cup 2013 have started today. Evgeny Tomashevsky stunned the top-seeded Levon Aronian and won a nice game with black pieces. Tomashevsky launched a...
View ArticleMy Game played with Sicilian Dragon Variation
I'm Black, Please advise on how it could've been played better.
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