After two free days the FIDE Candidates matches resumed on Thursday in Kazan, Russia. Both Grischuk-Kramnik and Kamsky-Gelfand ended in draws. These semi-finals are also played over four classical games and, if needed, a tie-break on Monday. Later more. General info The Candidates matches take place May 3-27 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Levon Aronian (Armenia), [...]

We started our magazine ChessVibes Openings in the first week of January, 2009 and quite often we are asked if it’s possible to purchase back issues. Our answer: yes you can! You will receive a ZIP file with all PDFs and PGNs, and also one big PGN file with all issues together, which means a [...]

© 2011, José Diaz
Links

Interview with José Diaz
José Diaz Official Website

After a relatively dull war of attrition, the Kramnik – Radjabov match exploded into life in the tie-breaks, and particularly the incident-packed blitz games. The post-match press conference was unmissable, but was conducted in Russian. Here then, is an English translation of what they had to say. By Colin McGourty The high-resolution video feed on the Russian [...]

Save 10% on: Karpov’s Strategic Wins 1 & 2 Combined . Tibor Karolyi presents a two-volume work (1961-2010) in which he shows how the 12th World Champion outplayed his opponents by strategic means. Karolyi identifies the tools Anatoly Karpov uses and highlights the features that characterize his play. The beauty and educational value of Karpov’s [...]

Favorite Levon Aronian was eliminated today by Alexander Grischuk in the Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. The Armenian levelled the score after losing the first rapid tie-break game, but after a draw he lost the decisive 4th game. Vladimir Kramnik was on the verge of elimination but eventually knocked out Teimour Radjabov in the second [...]

Grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica, France with 7.5 out of 9. He finished half a point ahead of Hicham Hamdouchi (France), Christian Bauer (France), Robin van Kampen (the Netherlands) and Tejas Bakre (India). A report by WIM Arlette van Weersel, who played as well. By [...]

Boris Gelfand and Gata Kamsky have reached the semi-finals of the FIDE Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. Gelfand drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov today to win his mini-match 2.5-1.5. Kamsky survived a lost position against Veselin Topalov to win his match with the same score. Two draws in the other matches mean that tomorrow there will [...]

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! –> IM Yochanan Afek’s Official Website J. Rusinek 2009 White to play and draw Next week the solution. Solution last week Y. Afek 2008 new [...]

On the third day of the Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia Boris Gelfand beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the black pieces in a 6.Bc4 Najdorf. The other three games ended in draws. For now the games, later more. General info The Candidates matches take place May 3-27 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Levon Aronian (Armenia), Boris Gelfand [...]