Hi all, The rapid match between Karpov and Kasparov in Valencia has come to an end. Kasparov has won it 3-1. Even though Karpov won the arguably best third game of the match, he suffered from a serious lack of proper time management in the other games. At times it seemed as if he was approaching [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
During the recent Super GM Tournament in Sofia - Bulgaria, Magnus Carlsen was on the verge of winning it. In the last round however he played to sharply against Alexei Shirov who beat him after tremendous complications in a Sveshnikov. This meant that Shirov won the tournament and that Magnus came second. Below Carlsen’s game from [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In a 3.Bb5+ Sicilian, Ivanchuk aimed for a Maroczy Bind. Shirov obliged and fianchettoed his dragon bishop. Shirov aimed for the freeing d6-d5 break and achieved it. Probably in trying to prevent a simplification of the position Ivanchuk pushed his luck a little bit too far. After a nice tactical intermezzo by Shirov he soon [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 18, 2009
Hi all, Yesterday Sergey Karjakin managed to win an interesting game against big gun Levon Aronian. Normally Aronian is very solid, but this time he was a bit too vulnerable and must have been baffled by the young Ukrainian’s play. Download PGN-file.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Yesterday Carlsen beat Anand for the first time in his life. It was an interesting game with ups and downs. In the end it was Anand who made the last mistake in an endgame where he had been under pressure for most of the time. Enjoy the video! Download PGN-file Looking for a break from chess? How about [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 5, 2008
An instructive fragment from the game Morozevich - Svidler, Moscow 2008
Continue reading...Sunday, September 14, 2008
Hi all, apologies for being away a bit longer. I have accepted a new position as a student coach and that has taken up some of my time. But don’t worry I will also remain chess coach! Back to chess now. Bilbao has provided us with a number of interesting games and this time I’m [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Yesterday was the first round of the new Grand Slam Chess Final. it is being held in Bilbao, Spain. Magnus Carlsen got of to a great start as he defeated Levon Aronian with black. It reminded me of the candidates matches they played in Elista earlier. There Carlsen put up a tremendous fight to constantly [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Only the day before yesterday the enigmatic Alexander Morozevich was the virtual no. 1 in the world. Yesterday he lost a somewhat silly game against Ivanchuk, taking too much risks and never seeing back his sacrificed pawns. Today he fought a fierce battle with the American revival Gata Kamsky and lost again after an interesting [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 25, 2008
During the sixth round of the Tal Memorial Tournament in Moscow, Alexander Morozevich managed to beat Ruslan Ponomariov in a Nimzo-Indian game. The Muscovite played the surprising 7.c6!? and from there on both players were on their own. Not long thereafter Ponomariov played carelessly, allowing his knights to be bottled up and losing one of [...]
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
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