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Chess in the Arizona desert
23.11.2004
– What does GM Gregory Kaidanov, America’s strongest grandmaster do between playing the Chess Olympiad and the U.S. Championship? He teams up with prolific chess author IM Jeremy Silman to lecture, do game analysis, play blindfold exhibitions and multi-board simuls – all to inspire and energize the kids to better chess at the
Phoenix Scholastic Championship.
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Super Final R7: Kasparov, Svidler win
22.11.2004
– Two quick draws, one monumental struggle, and two decided games – not bad for round seven of the Russian Championship. Peter Svidler was relentless against Alexey Korotylev, while Garry Kasparov looked as if he was in a spot of trouble against his elderly opponent Vitaly Tseshkovsky. Take a look at how the world's number one
turned it around...
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A letter from Makro
22.11.2004
– Two days before the start of the 57th Russian Championship Super Final in Moscow a press conference was held in which Garry Kasparov spoke defensively about the prospects of his up-coming reunification match against Rustam Kasimdzhanov actually being staged. Now FIDE deputy Georgios Makropoulos has sent us a
reply to Kasparov.
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Super Final R6: Kasparov, Motylev win
21.11.2004
– In a monumental, filigree endgame, a piece up against three pawns, Garry Kasparov overcame the resistance of Alexey Dreev, replacing him at the top of the table. Vladimir Epishin gave up an exchange with Black and went down to the talented 25-year-old Alexander Motylev.
Games and results
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The Polugaevsky Variation
21.11.2004
– Saturday would have been the 70th birthday of a man famous for his incredibly
deep opening preparation and inventor of the insane variation of the Najdorf
that bares his name. In his Monday night Playchess.com
lecture Dennis Monokroussos introduces us to Lev Polugaevsky, whose love for
the game was truly contagious.
Enjoy!
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Karpov vs Sadvakasov in Astana
21.11.2004
– Two weeks ago there was an interesting match between young Kazakh Darmen Sadvakasov and ex world champion Anatoly Karpov. We did not cover it since the organisers bizarrely withheld the first 20 moves of each game. Now Darmen has sent us a report and pictures, with some minor technical problems to solve in his
well-annotated games.
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Super Final R5: Dreev joins Grischuk at the top
20.11.2004
– Alexey Dreev demolished Alexey Korotylev today to join Grischuk at the top of the Table in the Russian Championship. Both have 3.5/5. Bareev beat Vitaly Tseshkovsky in 29 moves with a French Defence. The other games were drawn. So far exactly 30% of the games have ended with decisions, with very few unfought draws. Here is our
flash report.
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ChessBase 9.0 – a media system to teach you chess (4)
20.11.2004
– You can learn chess by reading text – people have done this for a thousand years. But now ChessBase 9.0 brings you vivid multimedia lessons, recorded in the high quality by the greatest players and teachers on the planet. Will we ever be able to go back to simple chess notation?
Part four...
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Magnus comes to town
19.11.2004
– He is just 13, and currently the youngest grandmaster in the world. He plays in strong tournaments and had Kasparov on the ropes in a game. Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian wonderboy, is an international chess celebrity. Now a book is out, written by his trainer GM Simen Agdestein and available in three languages,
explaining the phenomenon.
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Super Final R4: Kasparov misses win, Grischuk doesn't
18.11.2004
– There was plenty of drama on two boards today in the Russian Championship. First 60-year-old Vitaly Tseshkovsky hung on well against super-GM Alexander Grischuk, 39 years his junior, only to spoil it at move 55. And Garry Kasparov overlooked a simple win to draw against rooky Alexander Motylev.
Flash report...
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Super Final: Few draws, no tickets
18.11.2004
– The final phase of the 2004 Russian Championship is under way, three rounds are over and round four has just begun. Directly from the venue comes a report by someone who walks and talks with the players, hangs out in the pressroom and palavers with the dignitaries. We share with you Misha Savinov's
first-hand impressions.
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Anjelina has a home for you
18.11.2004
– Looking for a place to stay? Something really, really nice? Well, here's a modern house in the mountains of Tucson, Arizona, with all the high-tech goodies you could ever want. It has been put on the market by a many times US women's chess champion, who is working in Tucson as a real estate agent. You may find it is a bit pricy, but then again you may want to
snap it up on Ebay.
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