08.02.2010– This event took place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7, just before the 9th Aeroflot Open (Feb. 819) which meant that many strong players were in the Russian capital to participate in both tournaments. Four players shared first in the Moscow Open, with 7.0/9 points. The winner was Konstantin Chernyshov on tie-break, with the decisive factor being that he had the most wins. Illustrated report.
07.02.2010– In the first
part Garry talked about his growing up years and his collaboration with
Magnus Carlsen. In part
2 he touched on the preparations made for his very first match against Karpov
and the recent K-K anniversary exhibition match. In this third part Kasparov
answered questions about making a comeback, his family, politics and a new
variant of Fischer Random chess. Interview.
06.02.2010– A very original sequence happened in this Sicilian encounter from the recently finished festival in Wijk aan Zee. The black knight is attacked, but onto which square it should go now is only one question (A).
The other interesting issue is: what was actually White's last (and best!) move (B),
as a reaction in turn to which black move (C)?
What do you think, Watson?
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.Читать дальше »
05.02.2010– Nine players were tied for first after ten rounds, and four went into the tiebreaks. British GM Michael Adams eliminated first Jan Gustafsson of Germany in an Armageddon game, and then Francisco Vallejo (who had knocked out Indian GM Sandipan Chanda) to take overall victory at the Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. There was a prominent visitor during the second half of the event. Final results.
05.02.2010– We gave you the solutions for the first five or our 2009 Christmas
puzzles a few days ago. Here is part two, which contains all the pretty
letter problems submitted by GM Pal Benko, the construction problem provided by
Indian GM Sandipan Chanda, and the solution to a truly unique chess problem composed
back in 1991 by mathematician Noam Elkies. Enjoy.