The ACP Women Cup is taking place from February 17th-21st, 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Round robin tournament with twelve participants will be played with the time control of 20 minutes per game with an increment of five seconds per move.
Round 1 pairings:
GM Kosintseva Nadezhda - GM Dzagnidze Nana
IM Muzychuk Anna - IM Zatonskih Anna
WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab - GM Chiburdanidze Maia
GM Cmilyte Viktorija - GM Stefanova Antoaneta
GM Lahno Kateryna - GM Kosteniuk Alexandra
GM Kosintseva Tatiana - GM Cramling Pia
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Advanced Chess Tactics by Lev Psakhis
A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player and Lev Psakhis is ideally qualified to show the way. In "Advanced Chess Tactics"
Psakhis showcases many beautiful attacking games to make his points. Psakhis has the ability to explain deep analysis while also offering simple yet wise tips gleaned from his lifetime of experience.
Psakhis's witty style shines on every page of this profound yet accessible work, which will entertain as it instructs. Psakhis helps the reader understand a complex subject by splitting it into separate themes by opening or pawn structure. Many puzzle positions are included so the reader is fully involved.
Lev Psakhis is an Israeli grandmaster. He was born in Russia and twice won the immensely strong Soviet Championship before moving to Israel where he has also been national champion twice. Psakhis is a renowned coach who has worked with many famous players including Garry Kasparov and the Polgar sisters.
ISBN 978-1-907982-04-0 - 368 pages - Published 11 November 2011
Psakhis showcases many beautiful attacking games to make his points. Psakhis has the ability to explain deep analysis while also offering simple yet wise tips gleaned from his lifetime of experience.Psakhis's witty style shines on every page of this profound yet accessible work, which will entertain as it instructs. Psakhis helps the reader understand a complex subject by splitting it into separate themes by opening or pawn structure. Many puzzle positions are included so the reader is fully involved.
Lev Psakhis is an Israeli grandmaster. He was born in Russia and twice won the immensely strong Soviet Championship before moving to Israel where he has also been national champion twice. Psakhis is a renowned coach who has worked with many famous players including Garry Kasparov and the Polgar sisters.
ISBN 978-1-907982-04-0 - 368 pages - Published 11 November 2011
Understand The Position 31, by GM Jan Markos
Who likes to defend? It is very annoying to have a bad position. However, to be in a bad position without any hope for a counterplay is almost a physical suffering for a chess player. Any stronger chess player would prefer unhealthy, but complicated position to slightly worse endgame without counterplay.
David Navara tried to get off the hook in the 3rd round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament. He was a pawn down with Radjabov and he would need to demonstrate a very strong defense under normal circumstances. See the article and analysis by GM Jan Markos.
David Navara tried to get off the hook in the 3rd round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament. He was a pawn down with Radjabov and he would need to demonstrate a very strong defense under normal circumstances. See the article and analysis by GM Jan Markos.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Aronian vs. Caruana, Commented by GM Jan Markos
The particular Aronian - Caruana game comes from this year’s Tata Steel Tournament, considered one of the top tournaments of the year. Aronian, after playing aggressively all along the course, has been a winner this year. The commentary is again provided by Slovakia’s highest-rated player, GM Jan Markos.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Le Quang Liem to play chess simul in Ho Chi Minh
VietNamNet Bridge - Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will play chess with 20 fans on February 22nd at the headquarter of HDBank at 25bis Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, district 1, Ho Chi Minh city.
This program is organized to launch the 2012 HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament. The press conference for the HDBank Cup will be at the same venue and on the same day.
In 2011, the Cup attracted nearly 200 chess players of which there were Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Dao Thien Hai, Tu Hoang Thong and more international players from India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, China, and Ukraine.
This program is organized to launch the 2012 HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament. The press conference for the HDBank Cup will be at the same venue and on the same day.
In 2011, the Cup attracted nearly 200 chess players of which there were Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Dao Thien Hai, Tu Hoang Thong and more international players from India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, China, and Ukraine.
Rethymno and Paleohora chess tournaments 2012
Dear chess friends,
Crete Island gives you the opportunity to combine chess with a few days relaxing holidays, enjoying the sun and clear blue sea! We’ll be very happy to welcome you this summer in Crete for both of the tournaments we organize!
4th Rethymno International chess tournament: 7-14 July 2012
Web: www.rethymnochess.gr, e-mail: info@rethymnochess.gr
5th Paleochora International chess tournament: 16-23 July 2012
Web: www.chaniachess.gr, e-mail: info@chaniachess.gr
The tournaments will be enriched with many parallel events:
Free excursion by boat to amazing Elafonisi beach and daily bus trips to beautiful beaches (Paleochora); Music event (Rethymno);
Blitz tournament; Chess lecture and lessons with a GM; Simultaneous with a GM
With best regards from Greece,
For the organizers, Tsarouha Anelia
Contact: mobile 00306974811469
Crete Island gives you the opportunity to combine chess with a few days relaxing holidays, enjoying the sun and clear blue sea! We’ll be very happy to welcome you this summer in Crete for both of the tournaments we organize!
4th Rethymno International chess tournament: 7-14 July 2012
Web: www.rethymnochess.gr, e-mail: info@rethymnochess.gr
5th Paleochora International chess tournament: 16-23 July 2012
Web: www.chaniachess.gr, e-mail: info@chaniachess.gr
The tournaments will be enriched with many parallel events:
Free excursion by boat to amazing Elafonisi beach and daily bus trips to beautiful beaches (Paleochora); Music event (Rethymno);
Blitz tournament; Chess lecture and lessons with a GM; Simultaneous with a GM
With best regards from Greece,
For the organizers, Tsarouha Anelia
Contact: mobile 00306974811469
Monday, February 06, 2012
Levon Aronian played for SF Berlin in German Bundesliga
Tata Steel 2012 winner Levon Aronian joined the SF Berlin squad for the 8th and 9th round of German Schach Bundesliga.
German capital hosted the matches between Berlin, Baden-Baden, Hamburg and Trier at the city hall of Schöneberg.
Aronian defeated English GM David Howell in the match against Trier and made a draw with Alexei Shirov in the match with Baden-Baden.
Results and standings on the Bundesliga website
German capital hosted the matches between Berlin, Baden-Baden, Hamburg and Trier at the city hall of Schöneberg.
Aronian defeated English GM David Howell in the match against Trier and made a draw with Alexei Shirov in the match with Baden-Baden.
Results and standings on the Bundesliga website
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Kenneth Rogoff about chess
GM Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard economics professor and best-selling author with "This Time Is Different"
, talks about his passion for chess.
, talks about his passion for chess.Talk of endgames and middle-games is a reminder of Rogoff’s first love – chess. He achieved grandmaster status in his mid-twenties and was the highest ranked player of his age in the world before retiring to concentrate on economics. Improbably, for a future Harvard professor, he was also a high school dropout. “A lot of my last years of high school, I essentially missed,” he says. “I just played chess, I did nothing else.”
His search for chess excellence led him to leave the US. “I moved to Sarajevo because Yugoslavia was the number two chess-playing country after the USSR – and going to the Soviet Union just wasn’t possible in those days. I was living kind of a bohemian lifestyle. I would be playing chess in top tournaments in five-star hotels and then sometimes sleeping in railway stations, because I wasn’t making much money. Or maybe just because I was stupid.”
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Dubai Open Chess Championship
The 14th Dubai Open Chess Championship is scheduled to take place from 14th to 24th April at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club, UAE.
The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings and for the prize fund of 50000 USD.
The winner will receive 10000 USD and Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup.
Grandmasters rated above 2550 are eligible for free accommodation provided by the organizers.
More information with Mohamed El Husseiny, Executive Director
event@dubaichess.ae
Tel: (00971 4) 2966664
Fax: (00971 4) 2968880
The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings and for the prize fund of 50000 USD.
The winner will receive 10000 USD and Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup.
Grandmasters rated above 2550 are eligible for free accommodation provided by the organizers.
More information with Mohamed El Husseiny, Executive Director
event@dubaichess.ae
Tel: (00971 4) 2966664
Fax: (00971 4) 2968880
Friday, February 03, 2012
German Schach Bundesliga, Rounds 8-9
Playing venue: Town hall Schöneberg, Willy-Brandt-Saal, John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin
8th round: Saturday, 4th of February 2012, 2pm
SF Berlin - OSG Baden-Baden
Hamburger SK - SG Trier
9th round: Sunday, 5th of February 2012, 10 am
OSG Baden-Baden - Hamburger SK
SG Trier - SF Berlin
Live games
Playing venue: VerbundSparkasse Emsdetten-Ochtrup, Kirchstraße 30-34, 48282 Emsdetten
8th round: Saturday, 4th of February 2012, 2pm
SK Turm Emsdetten - SV Mülheim Nord
Werder Bremen - SF Katernberg
9th round: Sunday, 5th of February 2012, 10 am
SV Mülheim Nord - Werder Bremen
SF Katernberg - SK Turm Emsdetten
8th round: Saturday, 4th of February 2012, 2pm
SF Berlin - OSG Baden-Baden
Hamburger SK - SG Trier
9th round: Sunday, 5th of February 2012, 10 am
OSG Baden-Baden - Hamburger SK
SG Trier - SF Berlin
Live games
Playing venue: VerbundSparkasse Emsdetten-Ochtrup, Kirchstraße 30-34, 48282 Emsdetten
8th round: Saturday, 4th of February 2012, 2pm
SK Turm Emsdetten - SV Mülheim Nord
Werder Bremen - SF Katernberg
9th round: Sunday, 5th of February 2012, 10 am
SV Mülheim Nord - Werder Bremen
SF Katernberg - SK Turm Emsdetten
Nigel Short wins the Gibraltar Masters
English Grandmaster Nigel Short won the Gibraltar Masters following a thrilling play-off match against Women's World Champion Hou Yifan. Nigel won the first rapid game and the second game was drawn.
Earlier, during the 10th round of the tournament, Hou Yifan pressed against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov but could not achieve more than a draw. She finished with 8/10 and waited for the development in other games.
Among the players who were trailing by half point behind Yifan, only Nigel Short was able to win - with black pieces against India's star Krishnan Sasikiran.
According to the tournament rules, in case of the tie on the first place, a play-off will be played to determine the overall winner. Short won by 1.5-0.5 and grabbed the £20,000 first prize, plus the Commonwealth prize of £5000 which was awarded in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
More information on the official website
Earlier, during the 10th round of the tournament, Hou Yifan pressed against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov but could not achieve more than a draw. She finished with 8/10 and waited for the development in other games.
Among the players who were trailing by half point behind Yifan, only Nigel Short was able to win - with black pieces against India's star Krishnan Sasikiran.
According to the tournament rules, in case of the tie on the first place, a play-off will be played to determine the overall winner. Short won by 1.5-0.5 and grabbed the £20,000 first prize, plus the Commonwealth prize of £5000 which was awarded in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
More information on the official website
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Levon Aronian open letter about Candidates Tournament
Levon Aronian, the winner of the Tata Steel Chess tournament and member of the 2800 club, submitted an open statement regarding the upcoming Candidates Tournament. The statement was received via the Armenian Chess Federation and regards a possible Candidates event in Azerbaijan, where GM Levon Aronian states he will not participate in case it is selected as venue.
Here is the full open statement of GM Levon Aronian.
Here is the full open statement of GM Levon Aronian.
Chess in Reality Show
American Chess Star is a reality chess TV show trailer brought to you by the producers of Xtreme Chess.
American Chess Star features Jonathan Corbblah, Jennifer Shahade, Alan Stein, Michelle Tantoco, Tali Kogan, Jean-Francois Shahade, Blake Eichenseer, Kateryna Knight, Quinn Arlington Waters and more.
American Chess Star features Jonathan Corbblah, Jennifer Shahade, Alan Stein, Michelle Tantoco, Tali Kogan, Jean-Francois Shahade, Blake Eichenseer, Kateryna Knight, Quinn Arlington Waters and more.
Gibraltar Chess Festival Live
The 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from 23rd January to 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The main event of the Festival is the 10-round Masters tournament. Follow the live games bellow.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Hou Yifan defeats Alexei Shirov!
Women World Champion Hou Yifan Hou continues the dream run at the Gibraltar Chess Masters as she scored another huge victory, this time against the world top class GM Alexei Shirov!
Earlier Yifan won against other higher rated players, Judit Polgar and Le Quang Liem.
Despite being black, Yifan bravely entered one of the sharpest openings known - Sicilian Naidorf Poisoned Pawn. Shirov is renowned for his tactical skills as well as the perfect endgame technique.
But Yifan first neutralised white's initiative, and then outplayed Shirov in a tricky Rook endgame.
Yifan is now entering the final round as sole leader in the tournament. Follow the live games with computer analysis from 11:00 CET Thursday.
Earlier Yifan won against other higher rated players, Judit Polgar and Le Quang Liem.
Despite being black, Yifan bravely entered one of the sharpest openings known - Sicilian Naidorf Poisoned Pawn. Shirov is renowned for his tactical skills as well as the perfect endgame technique.
But Yifan first neutralised white's initiative, and then outplayed Shirov in a tricky Rook endgame.
Yifan is now entering the final round as sole leader in the tournament. Follow the live games with computer analysis from 11:00 CET Thursday.
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Yifan Hou defeats Le Quang Liem
After the historical victory against the best female player of all time Judit Polgar, the Women World Champion Hou Yifan Hou scored another against the constantly progressing young star from Asia and member of the 2700 club GM Le Quang Liem.
Replay the game bellow and all the other games from the 8th round of Gibraltar Masters are available on Chessdom.
Replay the game bellow and all the other games from the 8th round of Gibraltar Masters are available on Chessdom.
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