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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 the draw.
We’re excited to announce that we are holding a tactics solving contest here on TheChessWorld.com for a chance to win one of 3 VIP tickets to the International Chessboxing: Season Opener event in London, U.K., April 12th 2014!
To enter the contest you just need to solve all 3 tactics problems below and comment with your solutions. The 3 best solutions (correct notation, all variations analyzed, etc.) will receive a free VIP ticket to the event ($100 value).
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.
The other day I was looking at an old book, Chess Combination as a fine art (a collection of chess columns by Kurt Richter).
I stumbled on an exercise I had marked years ago.
Richter took it from a Belgian chess column, but could not trace the source.
Today we know, thanks to the excellent Endgame Studies Database IV compiled by Harold van der Heijden:
The following position looks easy.
But there are surprises galore.
W. von Holzhausen, Rigaer Tageblatt 1912
Endgame is a very crucial part of chess. Depth of endgame understanding often decides if you win or lose otherwise equally looking position.
Today, we present a list of 5 endgame tactics problems, which are not difficult, but yet most players fail to find the right move order.
Can you solve it?
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)
Defensive tactics occur when you try to escape from the opponent’s tactics.
Instead of losing material, you try to get away without losing anything.
It is making the best of a bad situation.
