03.02.2010– Due to a problem with the server, or at least his connection to it, last Wednesday night's ChessBase presentation by Dennis Monokroussos was cut off practically from the very beginning. So we'll try it again this week at the usual hour: Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET/Thursday morning at 3 a.m. CET. The hero of our narrative: Frederick Dewhurst Yates.
02.02.2010– From Christmas 2009 to New Year's day 2010 we published our yearly suite of chess puzzles. This time the theme was Revenge of the Humans
we presented problems that were designed to stump computers, but which at the
same time human beings were able to comprehend. Today we bring you the solutions
to the first five installments, with the rest to follow soon. Enjoy.
02.02.2010– It is not a completely trivial task to get to know all the functions of a program as sophisticated as our chess playing flagship Fritz 12. You can browse through the condensed handbook or read the extensive reference manual supplied with the program. But now you can also simply follow multimedia instructions, recorded by an expert. Visit the new Fritz 12 workshop by Nick Murphy.
01.02.2010– The Editor of Chess
Notes discusses a quintet of positions submitted by readers. The common
theme is that in each case it has so far proved impossible to find the full
game-score. Can further details about the games be discovered? Even if not,
readers will certainly enjoy some entertaining and instructive play from a cast
which includes Ehlvest, Nimzowitsch, Pachman, Simagin and Soultanbéieff.
31.01.2010– The top seed and leader of the A-Group, Magnus Carlsen, drew his final game, as did his main contenders, which left the 19-year-old Norwegian the sole winner of the tournament. His FIDE ranking in the next list will most likely be the second highest in history. Kramnik and Shirov share 2nd-3rd. In the B-Group Anish Giri was first, ahead of top seed Naiditsch. Illustrated report.