(στα γρήγορα)1.V. AnandH. Nakamura 4½3.L. AronianM. CarlsenV. KramnikI. NepomniachtchiM. Vachier-Lagrave 3½8.A. GiriR. Ponomariov 3 10.W. Hao 2½ 11.A. Grischuk, E. l'Ami, J. Smeets 214.A. Shirov 15ος ΓύροςJ. Smeets - V. Anand 0-1Βασική προϋπόθεση για να κερδίσει κανείς το Wijk Aan Zee, είναι να κερδίσει τους...

Malcolm Pein looks at the 5th Round of Wijk aan Zee where Viswanathan took the sole lead.

Malcolm Pein looks at the 5th Round of Wijk aan Zee where Viswanathan took the sole lead.

Viswanthan Anand was the first player to finish in the A-Group when his quiet variation against Alexander Grischuk's Sicilian Najdorf led to a quick draw. Black won four games today without reply. Hikaru Nakamura joined Anand in the lead by gradually outplaying Erwin L'Ami in a queenless middlegame. Jan Smeets lost his third game with white in a row when he was quickly outplayed by Magnus...

Viswanthan Anand was the first player to finish in the A-Group when his quiet variation against Alexander Grischuk's Sicilian Najdorf led to a quick draw. Black won four games today without reply. Hikaru Nakamura joined Anand in the lead by gradually outplaying Erwin L'Ami in a queenless middlegame. Jan Smeets lost his third game with white in a row when he was quickly outplayed by Magnus...

Inspired by some of the mega-prep at Wijk aan Zee this year, especially the 79-move "speed chess" game Nepomniachtchi-Shirov from round 5, I thought back to another bit of seemingly flawless home cooking by Shirov. In Madrid 1996 he drew a 42 move game with Azmaiparashvili that had been worked out in advance all the way to the end. In Fire on Board Shirov drolly concluded his commentary on the...

There were four wins in today's group A games at Wijk aan Zee, and they were all won by Black. The most important for the first place standings - at least at the moment - was Nakamura's win against L'Ami in a 4.Qc2 Nimzo. The players reached an equal ending where White had two bishops and a knight against Black's bishop and two knights (with seven pawns apiece). L'Ami may have overvalued the...

Malcolm Pein looks at Aronian's win against Neponiachtchi and Anand's win against Wang Hao from Wijk aan Zee Round 4.

Malcolm Pein looks at Aronian's win against Neponiachtchi and Anand's win against Wang Hao from Wijk aan Zee Round 4.

Πράγματι εύκολο, αλλά μου αρέσουν οι εικόνες που έχουν και κάποιο άλλο νόημα. Ρωτάμε λοιπόν, ποιος είναι ο σκακιστής που απεικονίζεται στο σκίτσο.

After six rounds Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura are the co-leaders again in Wijk aan Zee. Today Anand drew quickly with Alexander Grischuk while Nakamura beat Erwin l’Ami. Anish Giri lost his first game, against Ian Nepomniachtchi, while Vladimir Kramnik won his first game, against Alexei Shirov. Magnus Carlsen beat Jan Smeets, like the other [...]

Σήμερα θα δούμε την σπουδή, που επιλέχθηκε ως η καλύτερη για το 1988 από την Υποεπιτροπή Σπουδών (Studies Subcommittee) της Διεθνούς Επιτροπής για το Καλλιτεχνικό Σκάκι (PCCC, Permanent Commission of Fide for Chess Composition, που μετεξελίχθηκε το 2010 σε WFCC...

The 4CNL 2010-11 started 6th November 2010. There are two pools of teams making it a little tricky to keep tabs on. Also players can play for their 1st and 2nd teams in different matches as Maxim Devereaux did the first weekend. Games and standings now available for Rounds 3 and 4 held over the weekend of 15th-16th January 2011.

The 4CNL 2010-11 started 6th November 2010. There are two pools of teams making it a little tricky to keep tabs on. Also players can play for their 1st and 2nd teams in different matches as Maxim Devereaux did the first weekend. Games and standings now available for Rounds 3 and 4 held over the weekend of 15th-16th January 2011.

It seems grandmasters use both sides of their brain to process chess tasks, while novices use just one. This is the result of research by the University of Tübinge in Germany. In the same, scientific news category, a study by Swedish researchers suggests that male chess players choose significantly riskier strategies when playing against an [...]