Archive | June, 2008
[video] My YouTube channel switch announcement and some exciting stuff from one of Vladja’s games
Yesterday I decided to switch user channels on YouTube because of the fact that I wanted more unity in usernames. So I made a video explaining the switch and everybody that is subscribed to Vladja01 was notified, I expect. It was a relatively short message and the main body of the video is about some [...]
Continue reading...[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #5: Adams v. Torre
12. June 2008
In New Orleans Adams played what is probably the most beautiful overloading combination in the history of chess. Poor Torre was desperately trying to keep his pieces together but in the end could not manage against the well poised violence of white’s heavy pieces.
Continue reading...[video] Chess News #9: Carlsen - Ivanchuk, Foros 2008
11. June 2008
During the first round of the Aerosvit Tournament in Foros, by the Ukrainian Black Sea coast, Magnus Carlsen played a very mature game against Vassily Ivanchuk. It was a King’s Indian game where Ivanchuk sacrificed the exchange and reached a more or less balanced position. However at a certain point Carlsen avoided a repetition of [...]
Continue reading...“Himmelhoch jauchzend, zum Tode betrübt” - Part II
8. June 2008
Do you feel stressed before a chess game? Do you feel stressed during a chess game? If so, how much? What do you you think and how does that impact the way you feel and the way you function? The second part of an article discussing our General Stress Level (GSL) in relation to chess games.
Continue reading...[video] Chess News #8: Morozevich - Sokolov, Sarajevo 2008
6. June 2008
During this year’s Bosna Chess Tournament Alexander Morozevich managed another one of his impressive tournament victories. But in the process he was also reaching very high ELO levels. There was a lot of speculation whether he would overtake Kramnik or even Anand in the FIDE rankings! But during the last three rounds he took it [...]
Continue reading...A chess love story
5. June 2008
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Continue reading...Very funny!
5. June 2008
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Continue reading...“Himmelhoch jauchzend, zum Tode betrübt” - Part I
4. June 2008
Do you feel stressed before a chess game? Do you feel stressed during a chess game? If so, how much? What do you you think and how does that impact the way you feel and the way you function? The first part of an article discussing our General Stress Level (GSL) in relation to chess games.
Continue reading...[video] The World’s Most Famous Chess Combinations #4: Rotlevi v. Rubinstein
2. June 2008
Akiba Rubinstein was a great endgame player. We know of several very fine rook endings with which he enriched the world of chess. But he also was responsible for some of the finest attacking games ever played. One of those was his black game against Rotlevi in Lodz 1907, which is sometimes referred to as Rubinsteins' Immortal.
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13. June 2008
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