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Winning the World Championship 2007GM Viswanathan Anand won the World Championship, September 2007 in Mexico City, a point ahead of his nearest rivals. In this tutorial, we look at some of the crucial games and positions that Anand encountered on his way to winning the championship.
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Monday October 8, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Elsewhere on the Web : Chess HustlersWe've seen them in major cities all over the world. In September they were featured in two first tier American daily newspapers. Meet the chess hustlers.
Playing a chess hustler is usually good, clean play, but there are a few things to watch out for.
Note that we're not recommending chess hustling as a career choice. There are easier ways to earn a buck, even at chess. Sunday October 7, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Join the Discussion : Hoffman and KasparovTwo recent books that have received a lot of attention outside the little world of chess are 'King's Gambit' by Paul Hoffman
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and 'How Life Imitates Chess' by Garry Kasparov
(Compare Prices). The forum threads are:
If you have an opinion on either book, let us know. Either post on the forum or leave a comment here. Saturday October 6, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Anand Wins World ChampionshipCongratulations to Viswanathan Anand of India, who captured the undisputed title of World Chess Champion by finishing ahead of seven other top grandmasters in Mexico City. Leading by one point with two rounds to be played, Anand drew his last two games to win the coveted title.
Anand first captured the World Championship in 2000 by winning a FIDE knockout tournament split between New Delhi and Tehran. Through no fault of his own, the victory was marred by a schism in the World Chess Championship that lasted from 1993 to 2006, when two competing factions claimed ownership of the world title. He had twice achieved challenger status and qualified for the final match, the first time in 1995 playing for the non-FIDE title and the second time in 1998 for the FIDE title, but lost the deciding match on both occasions. Shortly after Anand's victory in Mexico, FIDE confirmed his status as the world's leading player when he topped the latest rating list at 2801, ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk (no.2, 2787) and Vladimir Kramnik (no.3, 2785). It was Anand's third consecutive appearance at the top of the quarterly list. Read more... Friday October 5, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Getting Started with Chess - First StepsA few weeks back we posted a three part series called Getting Started with Chess.
Thanks to everyone who responded to What Am I Missing?. We've incorporated several of your comments into the series. Do you know someone who wants to learn to play chess, but doesn't know where to start? Consider steering them to our two introductory email courses. It's never too late to start playing the world's greatest game! Note: The second page of the newsletter sign up is optional and doesn't need to be filled in. Monday October 1, 2007 | permalink | comments (1) Elsewhere on the Web : Chess News on VideoIf chess were on television, it would be something like
World Chess News.
An English language introduction explains that the Swedish news reports are subtitled in English. In the latest episode (no.165), three charming young women -- Adriana, Amelia, and Antonia -- spotlight
the World Championship in Mexico,
a demand to standardize time controls, and
a chess puzzle to solve (not too difficult!). There is also a segment on chess history.
If you want to catch up on recent news, see the archive under 'Previous Episodes'.
TWIC
with a twist. It's worth a watch.
Sunday September 30, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Join the Discussion : Showalter's Daughter?In
Jackson Whipps Showalter,
Gingersaker informed us that a photo on the forum of 19th century U.S. Champion Jackson Showalter with his wife and daughter was labelled incorrectly: 'He did not have a daughter, and we don't think that was his wife. We have various photos of him, his wife, and their three sons.'
Who were the two women in our photo?
Saturday September 29, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) 2007 World Championship Nears EndTiebreak for the 2007 World Chess Championship, taking place in Mexico City, is scheduled for Sunday, 30 September, but with two rounds to go in the world's premier chess event, playoffs shouldn't be necessary.
India's Viswanathan Anand, the world's top ranked player, leads by a full point with 8.0 after 12 games played over second place Boris Gelfand (ranked world no.13, Israel). Gelfand is a half-point ahead of reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (no.3, Russia). The other five players trail in negative territory with more games lost than won. Barring a major upset, Anand will be crowned World Chess Champion this weekend. The Indian grandmaster first won the FIDE World Championship at Tehran in December 2000. Forum Discussion: 2007 FIDE World Championship Official Site: ChessMexico.com For more about the World Championship tournament in Mexico City, see our ChessChrono, 2007 World Championship. Friday September 28, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Blog Trekking, August 2007August was an exceptionally rich month for chess events. The chess blogs were packed with news about these (and many more):
40th Biel Chess Festival, where the top event was won by Magnus Carlsen;
U.S. Open;
MonRoi Womens' Grand Prix, won by Pia Cramling;
Arctic Challenge (Tromso, Norway), won by Sergei Shipov;
5th Gyorgy Marx Memorial (Paks, Hungary), won by Peter Acs;
5th Staunton Memorial, won by Michael Adams;
94th British Championship, won by Jacob Aagaard;
Chess Classic Mainz, won by Viswanathan Anand over Levon Aronian, with Aronian taking revenge over Anand to win the Chess960 event;
French Championship, won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave;
Euwe Stimulans (Arnhem, Netherlands), won by Amon Simutowe;
4th China vs. Russia match;
NH tournament of 'Rising stars' (Amsterdam); and the
start of the U.S. Chess League's (USCL) 2007 season.
Of special interest to the chess blogosphere was the first
Chess Blog Carnival,
hosted by jacklemoine.blogspot.com. Appearing on the 1st September, it featured blog posts from August and earlier.
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Tuesday September 25, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Elsewhere on the Web : Resources for Beginning and Intermediate PlayersRegular visitors to About Chess know that we periodically update the links to external web sites listed in the left hand column under 'Topics'. Our goal is to keep the links up-to-date by confirming that each link still works, by deleting links to sites that have gone stale or disappeared, and by adding new links from our 'watch' list. This month we tackled the links for Beginning and Intermediate players...
...This included several related topics...
...Along with our usual link snipping, we pruned links that offer little more than similar material found on About Chess. If we send you to another site, it's for a good reason. For more about how we maintain our links, see our Reviews of Online Chess Resources. If you have a favorite site that's not listed, just click on 'comments', mention your suggestion, and we'll consider it. Sunday September 23, 2007 | permalink | comments (0) Display Latest Headlines | | | Read Archives powered by WordPress |
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