Archive of February 2010
Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer in the upcoming movie, Pawn Sacrifice, based on the life story of the latter. Read more: Tobey Maguire Set to Play a Chess Master in 'Pawn Sacrifice.
From Spider Man to Bobby Fischer →
Tobey Maguire Eyeing Role as Chess Master Bobby Fischer
All In Sports Expo 2010 in Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines on February 25-28, 2010.
A chess tournament on the side will be help, and will be led by GM's Wesley So, Darwin Laylo, Joey Antonio, John Paul Gomez, Mark Paragua, Jayson Gonzales, Bong Villamayor, etc. Top prize is P30,000 plus trophy.
Topalov Reclaims Lead in Linares 2010, and the Tourney →
Francisco Vallejo held Alexander Grischuk to a draw in the final round, and for a while it looked as though Topalov had spoilt a very good position against Boris Gelfand to a draw. But the Israeli played the endgame inaccurately, allowing Topalov to take the full point and tournament victory. In the world live rankings he is now one point behind Magnus Carlsen.
Report from Chessbase: Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world.
Obviously, Topalov cannot hold on to the lead
Linares R9: Grischuk stops Topalov, joins him in lead
Alexander Grischuk won his second game in a row, the third in this tournament. He beat the leader Veselin Topalov, avenging a loss to him in the first half. Topalov and Grischuk go into the final round tied for first. Topalov has white against Gelfand, Grischuk black against Vallejo. It's going to be an exciting finish.
The Vietnamese dragons are coming →
19-year-old Le Quang Liem has won a string of very strong events, jumping from practically nowhere into the top 50 in the world (expect to see him in the top 20 soon). His achievements are in the news all over the world. And he is joined by Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. High time for us to learn these names and understand how they work. Nguyen Hong Son helps us.
ChessHive WishList: The New Sicilian Dragon (eBook) by Simon Williams
Grandmaster and well-known Sicilian Dragon expert Simon Williams takes a totally fresh look at this famous opening. Concentrating on his favourite Dragadorf Variation, Williams constructs a cutting-edge repertoire for Black, one which is perfect for the modern Dragon player who wishes to cause his opponents maximum problems in the opening. Drawing upon his considerable experience and using illustrative games, Williams covers the key tactical and positional ideas for both players, and highlights crucial modern day themes such as the importance of move orders.
The Sicilian Dragon is a highly popular opening, ideal for players of all levels. It enjoys such a great appeal because it leads to fascinating and fun-to-play positions in which both players regularly attack each other’s kings with a complete lack of inhibition.
- A repertoire for Black in the Sicilian Dragon
- Provides answers to all of White’s options
- Packed with exciting games, and original ideas and analysis
THIS ITEM IS AN E-BOOK
This product is available as a download only. The only thing that is posted to you is a receipt.
Your e-Book will be delivered to you as soon as you complete the ordering process. It will be emailed to the address you supply during the checkout stage (make sure that you type your email address correctly!)
The e-Books are in CBH format - which will require a piece of Chess Software that can read ChessBase format file. For example, Fritz, ChessBase, ChessBase Light, ChessBase Reader, Junior, Shredder, Hiarcs, ChessTiger. If you do not own any of this software then you can download ChessBase Light 2007 absolutely free from www.chessbase.com
This product is available here. If anyone is interested to buy me one, well thank you! My email address is chesshive at gmail dot com.
Results of the Computer Chess Tournament (CCT) 12
Hannibal and Deuterium tied at 9th to 12th places with 5 points out of the total 9 games. Congratulations to Ed Apostol (co-author — Hannibal) and Ferdinand Mosca (Deuterium). Check out the standings (standard play) below: Read More »
How Topalov Missed His Winning Chances vs. Aronian in Linares 2010
Round 8 in Linares 2010, Topalov is leading by a point and a half before the round began. He missed his winning chances against Aronian that could have him maintain the lead. He drew in the end instead, and his lead vs. Grischuk was cut by half point after the round.
Here's the game, and check out how he missed the winning combination on move no. 34:
Replay the game in a separate window.
Scid: A Free Chess Database App →
Welcome to the website for Scid ("Shane's Chess Information Database"), a chess database application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS operating systems.
With Scid you can maintain a database of chess games, search games by many criteria, view graphical trends, and produce printable reports on players and openings. There are many more features as well; the screenshots show just some of what Scid can do. With Scid you can also play against various engines, or on Internet (FICS).