Frankly speaking, I’ve never been fond of opening books where the author proposes dubious gambits to his readers. Nowadays the growing strength of the engines enables people to refute the recommended lines at a single touch. However, after r...
Our co-editor IM Robert Ris spent a few weeks in the United States, where he participated in two open tournaments. In his second and final report Robert tells about the Berkeley International Open, held in the famous university city on the east sh...
Several months ago IM Robert Ris decided to visit his relatives in the US for Christmas. Our co-editor couldn't resist participating in at least one of the American open tournaments, and reports from America for ChessVibes. In part 1 he tells abou...
One of the many summer tournaments on the calendar is the Curacao Chess Festival. The tournament follows a tradition initiated almost five decades ago, when one of the most famous Candidates Tournaments ever played was held on the island. This yea...
In the fourth round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, the players showed their mature attitude by collectively avoiding too much risk.Report and analyses by IM Robert RisWith the help of a Tartakower Defence in a Queens Gambit Declined...
Wesley So won his second game in the third round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, grabbing the sole lead in an extremely strong field.Report and analyses by IM Robert RisAfter a long hard working day yesterday, fellow countrymen Dmitr...
In the second round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, four of the five games ended in a draw. Hero of the day was Evgeny Tomashevsky, who managed to grind down Parimarjan Negi.Report and analyses by IM Robert RisLike yesterday, the gam...
The Young Grandmasters tournament in Biel, Switzerland, has started today. World Junior Champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is back where he won last year. Report and analyses by IM Robert RisThe Young Grandmasters Tournament is a single round-robin e...
Vassily Ivanchuk, who won the 2009 Kings Tournament, couldn't play in Bazna this year as he had already signed for the 45th Capablanca Memorial. Halfway through the tournament in Cuba, the Ukrainian leads the top group, ahead of Nigel Short and Le...
After a 10-day break from competitive chess, I rejoined the group of chess lovers who are playing as many as possible Greek Opens. The real addicts continued their tour in Paleohora (ultimate south of Crete) before travelling to far in the north l...
From July 11th to 18th the Ikaros Chess Festival was organized for the 32nd time and as always it attracted a lot of foreign players who intended to combine vacation with their hobby. IM Robert Ris reports on Greek sun, chess and hospitality. By I...
While Aronian got luckily away with a draw, Leko punished Kasimdzhanov for his bad performance. In the last round, starting two hours earlier today, Aronian and Leko will fight out in a direct confrontation who will be the winner of the 4th Grand ...
The Grand Prix in Nalchik keeps on producing exciting chess. In the eighth round Black was in perfect shape by winning two games, while the remaining games ended in draw. Beyond dispute, man of the day was Boris Gelfand, who came up already on mov...
After a marvellous start of 2/2 Levon Aronian was held by Sergey Karjakin, who announced earlier this week that he will play for Russia in the near future. Main reason is the less reward for the big results the Ukrainian team achieved in last few ...
Concentrating on important tournaments during Easter, let’s move from the U.S. back to Europe, where from April 9 to 13 another strong tournament took place. The central location within Europe of Deizisau (Stuttgart area) attracted a lot of peop...
It shouldn’t have been a problem for any chess player to find a tournament during Easter. In almost every continent there was a tournament that was broadcasted worldwide. Special attention deserved the Foxwoods Open, held 8-12 April in Connectic...
