We have just received from our printers: Improve Your Chess Tactics . In this book, experienced Russian chess master Yakov Neishtadt reveals the training material that was used in Soviet times to build up young masters. A systematic course on the most important tactical themes followed by an exam with hundreds of tests from real-life [...]

Already this week the ChessVibes Openings subscribers received many opening ideas and novelties, played at the Aeroflot Open, in their mailbox. Have you heard of the Brazilian Taimanov? Why is the Russian System of the Grünfeld popular again? What to do against the 5.h3 King’s Indian? And, not to be missed: the spectacular Game of [...]

Ιούνιος 1970. Η Σουζάνα Γιόρκ παρατηρεί τον Τζορτζ Σκοτ, καθώς εκείνος σκέφτεται την επόμενη κίνησή του κατά τη διάρκεια διαλείμματος, στα γυρίσματα της ταινίας Τζέιν Έιρ. Η Γιόρκ ήταν μια από τις γνωστότερες...

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the World Blitz qualifier, held on the last day of the Aeroflot Open Chess Festival in Moscow, Russia. The Azeri grandmaster scored 14.5/18, half a point more than Ruslan Ponomariov. Together with Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Wesley So and Nikita Vitiugov they qualified for the World Blitz Championship, to be held later [...]

Όταν μια νεαρή Αμερικανίδα ταξιδεύει στη Βερόνα, πόλη όπου αναπτύχθηκε το ειδύλλιο του Ρωμαίου και της Ιουλιέτας, γίνεται μέλος μιας ομάδας εθελοντών, που σκοπός της είναι να απαντά σε γράμματα – προς την Ιουλιέτα...

It's too much to say that Ivan Cheparinov refuted the Blumenfeld Gambit in his convincing defeat of Ivan Salgado Lopez in the recently completed Aeroflot Open, but he probably did put an end to one of Black's standard ideas. Before this game, the Black plan of ...Rh8-g8-g4xe4 might have seemed viable; now, after Cheparinov's most convincing play, it looks so absurdly time-consuming that it's hard...

"We have to introduce the football scoring system, which is being used with great effect in Bilbao and London. And finally, we must reduce the time control, the game should last no more than four hours. All kinds of increments should be canceled because they rob the fans off of a spectacular show in the time trouble."

"I have been invited to take part in the "Conferenza della Fondazione 21 di Paoletti". It was a very interesting event which I was glad to take part in as a speaker, but which I enjoyed attending as a spectator also. I was amongst the 21 guests, the line up being made up of Nobel prize winners and Olympic champions."

Στον 5ο γύρο του Κυπέλλου Αττικής Φιλίας (13/2), ο ΣΟ Καλλιθέας Α΄ κέρδισε εκτός έδρας τον ΣΟ Χαλανδρίου με 7,5-0,5. Στις πρώτες σκακιέρες Μαριάννα-Παναγούλιας – 1-0, Χρυσανθόπουλος-Δευτεραίος – 1-0, ενώ κέρδισαν και οι...

Le Quang Liem extended his lead to a point with an easy win against Mihail Kobalia. Malcolm Pein takes a look at this as well as the opening The Sniper with 1...g6 2...Bg7 and 3...c5 which is the subject of a book by Charlie Storey.

(Ι - Σάντα Μόνικα 1966)Το μοναδικό παράδειγμα από την ελληνική σκακιστική βιβλιογραφία που γνωρίζω αποτελούν οι αναλύσεις του Σπύρου Σκέμπρη και του Βασίλη Κοτρωνιά πάνω στις παρτίδες του μεταξύ τους ματς για το κύπελλο...

In a short but fascinating interview, Silvio Danailov, Veselin Topalov’s manager and the President of the European Chess Union, shed light on the fate of a number of tournaments, his protégé’s form, and new and controversial plans for the future of chess. By Colin McGourty Danailov was talking to Yury Vasiliev for Sport Express. The interview [...]

The President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat Yazici, has published an open letter on 17 February 2011 and declared that TSF renews the bid for the 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship in Gaziantep, with 10.000€ increasement in the prize fund. The event was supposed to be organised from 19 March till 1st April.

The second season of the TCEC super computer championship, including the mighty champion Houdini, Rybka, and Stockfish, has started. The lowest division, with engines ranked about 2500-2650 ELO, is currently ongoing. The Division F participants are Delphi 2.6b, Naraku 1.31, Gnu 5.07.170.5b, Philou 3.5 , Glass 1.6, and Pawny 0.2.

Le Quang Liem, Nikita Vitiugov, and Evgeny Tomashevsky finished on first position of Aeroflot Chess Open 2010 with equal 6,5/9 points. Le Quang Liem edged his opponents on tiebreak to claim second consecutive title, confirming his dominance from Aeroflot 2010.