… was only one of White’s problems here after 21… Qxg2, since Black not only threatens 22…Qxe2, but also to take the whole kingside apart.
What is the best continuation for the first player?
A) 22.Nxe6
B) 22.Rd8
C) 22.Bf1
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.
The first round of this massive event – 38 men’s and 28 women’s teams, with four boards per round each – brought a number of surprises: Croatia held Russia, Italy defeated Bulgaria, Switzerland beat Ukraine. In the women’s section Russia, Georgia and Ukraine won convincingly. We bring you results, games, photos and video reports by Europe Echecs.
After returning safely to Earth from the 128th mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, during which he played a game of chess against the readers of a Swedish newspaper, the astronaut Christer Fuglesang was given a prize (in spite of losing the game). It was a Rybka program, signed by five World Champions. One of his reader opponents received a similar prize. Illustrated report with videos.
December is cold and wet in most of Europe. In Spain it is warm and sunny – very nice to spend a few days playing in an interesting Open. Here’s your chance: take part in our special qualifier on the Playchess server this Sunday and win accommodation and participation in the VIII Benidorm Chess Festival. In addition there are valuable software packages to be won. Give it a try.
What is the easiest way to learn the functionality of ChessBase programs? Our
new video workshop provides you with an easy access to ChessBase 10 and Fritz
12. In his today’s lecture Steve Lopez, who has been providing written ChessBase
Workshop installments for the last twelve years, will explain to you the myth
about Search Boosters in streaming
video.
“I am very unhappy to inform that I have withdrawn my participation in the Asian Indoor Games 2009 to be held at Vietnam due to some nasty circumstances caused by Mr. D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation.” That is the start of a press release sent to us by Koneru Humpy, the second strongest female player in the world, and the second to cross the 2600 rating mark. Humpy’s protest.
After returning safely to Earth from the 128th mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, during which he had played a game of chess against the readers of a Swedish newspaper, astronaut Christer Fuglesang was given a prize (in spite of losing the game). It was a Rybka program, signed by five World Champions. One of his reader opponents got a similar prize. Illustrated report with videos.