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.
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 »