10.02.2010– It is the essential electronic (and 52-page print) magazine for any serious chess player. Edition 134 contains extensive material games, GM analysis, multimedia commentary on the FIDE World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, the London Chess Classic and the World Team Championship in Bursa, plus the latest openings surveys by leading experts. Don't miss it.
10.02.2010– Many of America's best players have abandoned the game
and gone into other fields like GM James Tarjan who in 1984, while still in his early 30s,
became a librarian. He was an exceptional player, and in this week's Playchess
presentation by Dennis Monokroussos we get to see two games which will rivet your attention.
10.02.2010– For chess enthusiasts who want to explore the possibility of using modern
software to study their hobby more thoroughly, an ideal start is ChessBase Light,
which one can download on the right of this newspage. It is completely free.
In his latest
ChessBase Workshop installment Steven Lopez shows you what you can do with
the standard unregistered version. Streaming
video.
09.02.2010– The 9th Aeroflot Open is taking place from Feb. 918, 2010, in the tourist complex Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta. The prize sum is EUR 180,000. There are four open tournaments (A1, A2, B and C) which are made up according to the rating of the participants. The A1 tournament has players with a rating of 2550 or higher. Results and games of round one.
09.02.2010– Pocket Fritz 4 supports the file formats CBH (ChessBase game database), CBV (ChessBase zipped game database) and CTG (ChessBase opening book or tree), which are familiar to users of other ChessBase products. This is an important qualitative and quantitative step that gives you access to a wide range of chess data, with unquestionable advantages introduced in this article.