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2007 World Championship at Midpoint

At the halfway point in the 2007 World Chess Championship, being played 13-29 September in Mexico City, world no.1 Viswanathan Anand leads the eight player, double round robin event with 5.0 points out of seven games played, a half point ahead of second place Boris Gelfand (4.5).

Third in the overall standing and a half point behind Gelfand, is reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (4.0). Rounding out the field are Alexander Grischuk (3.5), Peter Leko and Levon Aronian (both 3.0), plus Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich (both 2.5).

Anand's score of +3-0=4 includes wins over Grischuk, Aronian, and Svidler. The Indian grandmaster first won the FIDE World Championship at Tehran in December 2000.

Official Site: ChessMexico.com • For more about the World Championship tournament in Mexico City, see our ChessChrono, 2007 World Championship.

Friday September 21, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Endgame Fundamentals

To become a better chess player, improve your endgame. It's a paradox, but some of the most difficult positions have the fewest pieces. How can you expect to handle 32 pieces when you have trouble with 5 or 6? Read more...
Monday September 17, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Elsewhere on the Web : Product News

Too long has passed since our last look at chess products (Elsewhere on the Web, Product News, 15 October 2006). It's time to mention a few of the more significant products announced since then.

Fritz and Chesster: Chess for Winners is the third title in the Fritz and Chesster series, following 'Learn to Play Chess' (2003) and 'Chess in the Black Castle' (2005). In 'Chess for Winners', Fritz, Chesster, and Bianca play at a 'chesstival'.

Reviews for all of the Fritz/Chesster products have generally been good and 'Chess for Winners' is no exception. Here is a trio of reviews published in 2007.

(Photo © Viva Media) Read more...

Sunday September 16, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Join the Discussion : We Are Being Spidered

Forum visits have increased 500% in the last two months and we think we know why. Forum posts, which have always been invisible to Google and the other search engines, are now appearing on routine Google searches. Want to know more? See We are being spidered.
Saturday September 15, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Middle Game Fundamentals

Most chess games are won and lost in the middle game, where your imagination is your greatest ally. Your imagination will be even more powerful if you possess the fundamentals of chess middle game knowledge. Read more...
Monday September 10, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Elsewhere on the Web : 2007 FIDE World Championship - The Players

The first round of the 2007 FIDE World Championship starts 13 September in Mexico City. For each participant we list the nationality, rating as of July 2007, and birthday; plus links to the player's FIDE Card at FIDE.com and collected games at ChessGames.com.

Official Site: ChessMexico.com • For more about the World Championship tournament in Mexico City, see our ChessChrono, 2007 World Championship.

Sunday September 9, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Join the Discussion : What Am I Missing?

Your Chess Guide says, 'I've developed three new pages under the heading "Getting Started with Chess". The pages are new, but the content isn't. To make the new pages, I took existing articles on About Chess and relinked them. The best way to describe the format is that it's like a "Table of Contents" for a book. While I was working on the new pages, I started to wonder if I had overlooked anything important. One of the best ways to find out what you are missing is to ask someone else to look at your work.' • For more information and links to the pages, see What Am I Missing?
Saturday September 8, 2007 | permalink | comments (1)

Getting Started with Chess : Learn the Openings

Why learn the chess openings? (1) Because it doesn't matter how well you play the middle game and endgame if you lose in the opening. (2) Because the position at the beginning of the game is the only position you are guaranteed to see in every game. Read more...
Monday September 3, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Elsewhere on the Web : Kalmykia, 'The Home of World Chess'

Most knowledgeable chess insiders know that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), wears another hat: President of the Republic of Kalmykia. YouTube has two videos by Jonah Hull of Al Jazeera, interviewing Ilyumzhinov on his development plans for chess and for Kalmykia. Read more...
Sunday September 2, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

Join the Discussion : Requests for Help

Our forum frequently receives requests for help or for information on a wide variety of chess topics. Here are a few requests that we've received over the last few months. If you can help with one or more of these questions, just leave a comment here or against the original forum post. If you leave a comment here, we'll make sure that the original requestor is notified.

Thanks for any help!

Saturday September 1, 2007 | permalink | comments (0)

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