Archive for April 17th, 2009

The tactics column for ChessBase Magazine is written by IM Oliver Reeh. The
database which he produces for each issue has an introductory text, followed
by six quite simple exercises. These are also printed in the booklet and you
can solve them there on paper. Take a look in our ChessBase
Magazine blog, where you can download the tactics page or watch
a tactics
video from CBM 129.

High drama at the Fourth FIDE Grand Prix: Sergey Karjakin took the 2-0 leader Levon Aronian to the cleaners in a 34-move slugfest; Alexander Grischuk continued his excellent form with a win over Rustam Kasimdzhanov (in time trouble); Alekseev outplayed Eljanov and Leko did the same to Akopian. We bring you pictures plus commentary by birthday boy Sergey Shipov.

Levon Aronian, who stands at 2.0/2 points, has black against Linares winner
Sergey Karjakin; Vassily Ivanchuk battles Boris Gelfand, in the veterans’ match-up
(both are 40); Bacrot vs Svidler and Mamedyarov vs Kamsky are the other games
to watch on the Playchess server, with
live chat and discussions, or on our new broadcast client.