Reviews
We are presenting the 2nd round report of Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2014. If you’ve missed the round 1 report you may see it here. Hou Yifan is in sole possession of first with a perfect 2-0 score. White’s mastery of black was lessened in round two as both Yifan andKosintseva won with black pieces.
One of a series of six events over a two year period. Round one of the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix event started with a bang. White won 5 of the 6 games played.The only board where white did not win was in the game of Kosteniuk and Stefanova. Kosteniuk came from a large disadvantage to get […]
Chess is fun. You don’t need loads of theory to understand and enjoy the game. Learn it the Easy way. Will you? So here we go. For starters, if you have a kid and want him to learn chess, give him a book that he would love to see.
In this update on ChessPublishing.com our columnist draws attention to English Attack among other things -Editor.
Today I have interviewed a FIDE Arbiter Jamie Kenmure, who was officiating the Candidates’ 2014. We have discussed many different issues of the world of professional chess such as disputes during elite tournaments, current ‘anti-doping’ regulations, no tolerance policy and so on.
Viswanathan Anand with a draw in round 14 of the Candidates Tournaments secures the right to a rematch with World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Anand finished a full point ahead of the field and did not lose a single game during the 14 round tournament.
Our recent list of 25 Best Chess Books drew some strong feedback from readers. Here is a detailed response to the points raised by them. When we started this work we had made plans for three separate lists of books: 1) Books for Absolute Beginners 2) Classics 3) Books in recent decades (1990-2014)
There are 1000s and 1000s of chess books available in the stores and online. Which ones are worth buying and spending time on? What books would really help a chess player to win more games and gain so desired rating points? Let’s find out what books are the best!
ChessBase Magazine is the flagship of ChessBase and released every two months. Our columnist offers a review of the latest issue-Ed.
Chess engines play a huge role in 21st century chess. Mostly due to their presence we now see 15, 14, 13 and even 12 year old grandmasters, something that was unthinkable just 20 years ago. Ability to have a precise analysis of any given position changed the way players are preparing for the competition. Here […]
