09.01.2010– This event is held in a four-year cycle, and this year, in spite of the absence of China, it is fielding a dozen players rated 2700 or higher. After four rounds Armenia and USA lead, in match and board points, with Russia, Israel and India tied for 3-5 on match points. You can watch the games on the official site and on Playchess. Illustrated report.
09.01.2010– ... of the bishop was what White expected in this position after
25.Bxg7, yet immediately after his move he suddenly realised the possibility 25...Qxb3 26.axb3 Rba6. How would you assess the situation after that?
A) Black checkmates;
B) this eventually leads to a position with equal chances;
C) White gets the advantage.
The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.Читать дальше »
08.01.2010– Before the final round of this prestigious Italian tournament seven-time Hungarian champion Zoltan Almasi was a full point ahead. But he had to face his main rival, Gata Kamsky, with the black pieces. The US grandmaster played a dashing exchange sacrifice on move 17 to take the game and the overall tournament victory. Second was Almasi, third Fabiano Caruana. Final report.
07.01.2010– Professor Kenneth Rogoff is a strong chess grandmaster, who also happens to
be one of the world's leading economists. In a Project
Syndicate article that appeared this week Ken sees the new decade as
one in which "artificial intelligence hits escape velocity," with
an economic impact on par with the emergence of India and China. He uses computer
chess to illustrated the point.
07.01.2010– Did you know you can get the famous database program, that all the top professionals
use, free of charge? Immediately – like right now? Just download ChessBase
Light and start working with the latest version of our games management software.
How to use the program is explained in the latest ChessBase Workshop installment
by Steven Lopez in streaming
video.