Archive for March 2nd, 2009

There was high drama today in Linares: Teimour Radjabov wrested
a full point from Levon Aronian, and Chinese GM Wang Yue, who is developing
into an angstgegner, defeated Magnus Carlsen with the black pieces.
Grischuk drew and still has a comfortable lead. The two decided games today
are extensively annotated by GM Mihail Marin and by a special new guest commentator.

A week ago we reported on the sensational incident at the Aeroflot Open, when world-class grandmaster Shakriyar Mamedyarov publicly accused Russian GM Igor Kurnosov of using computer assistance, in their sixth-round game. Now the accused player has responded in a formal statement on what transpired. We bring you a translation and selection of readers’ letters.

Karsten Müller’s endgame column in ChessBase Magazine 128 once more consists of a mixture
of endgames played by super-grandmasters and those played by amateurs. Whereas
in the former a magnifying glass is required to spot the slightest inaccuracies,
the latter provide us with typical errors which are frequently very instructive.
Thus, all tastes are catered for: a total of nine videos in Fritztrainer format, eleven
endgames in traditional form and another six which have simple
training questions – enough to satisfy anyone. One highlight of the
128th issue is beyond all doubt the game Jakovenko-Wang Yue, the endgame of
which, arising directly as it did from the Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez, is
highly characteristic. Karsten Müller demonstrates how the Chinese player could
have saved the draw. Another jewel is the double rook ending between Shirov and
Topalov at the Olympiad in Dresden. See Karsten Müller’s analysis in the
following
Video.