 Svidler On The Luft
A new year brought with it a new tournament on the international calendar, as the Aker Chess Challenge (the main event of the Gjovik International Festival) ran January 2-5 in Gjovik, Norway.
The four superstars in action for this inaugural event included: Local hero Magnus Carlsen, five-time Russian champion Peter Svidler, American ace Hikaru Nakamura, and Kjetil Lie of Norway.
Not unsurprisingly, the tournament ended in a three-way tie on 4/6 between the top three Carlsen, Svidler and Nakamura, with the American losing out in the blitz playoff for the final, though he did have the conciliation of bronze by easily beating Lie.
But the final didn't exactly go to script for the enthusiastic Norwegians, as Svidler beat home favourite Carlsen, 1.5-0.5, after the latter erred badly in the decisive second game.
Chess.FM's Macauley Peterson was in Gjovik to cover the event for ICC - and you don't want to miss any of his 4 video reports on all the action including interviews with the players that can be found now at the Chess.FM Blog.
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Thursdays: Boris Alterman's
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Gambits, gambits, gambits galore: Danish, Budapest, Evans, Cochrane, Benko, Albin, Janisch, Chatard-Alekhine, From's and (the latest) the Milner-Barry to name but a few. Each Thursday here on ICC Chess.FM, in Boris Alterman's Gambit Guide, Boris investigates gambits old and new and show that, while some may not be actively played on the grandmaster circuit these days, they are all exciting to play and at the same time instructive as they teach us all about natural development of the pieces and tactics in chess.
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Checkout GM Boris Alterman's official blog where, among other things, he'll be discussing some of his choices for his popular Gambit Guide series. Israeli GM Boris Alterman is best known as a leading chess advisor for the multi-title winning chess software program (Deep) Junior, where he specialized in developing its opening book. Boris also runs the elite Shevah-Mofet Chess Academy in Israel.
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Petrosian System Against the QID, The - Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin
The Petrosian System Against the QID deals with a reliable and interesting system which has been played by most of the world's elite, starting with ex-world champion Tigran Petrosian. It is not a repertoire book though. Beliavsky and Mikhalchishin present an objective work which discusses the possibilities of both sides. The authors' own practical experiences show that they feel comfortably in the Petrosian system with any colour. They are especially effective with White and have not allowed a single loss in 27 years. This book will be interesting to a wide range of players who enter the QID positions as White or Black.
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Keene
Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik astonished the world by defeating Garry Kasparov in London in 2000. Seven years later he lost the championship title to the Indian Grandmaster Vishy Anand. Now the final shoot-out in Bonn determined the planet's top chess brain.
Ray Keene OBE is Britain's senior chess Grandmaster and his columns in The Times and Sunday Times are amongst the most widely followed in the world. His account of this needle chess battle comes direct from the ringside and brings you all the drama as the two leading matadors of modern chess confront each other with no quarter asked or given.
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Albert Beauregard Hodges - Hilbert and Lahde
Albert Beauregard Hodges is a legend among chess aficionados. As one of the most well-known American chess players of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Hodges played an important role in transforming chess from a pleasant pastime into a social institution. This work provides both an in-depth biography of Hodges' personal life and chess career and an extensive collection of over 340 of Hodges' games, as well as 15 of his chess problems as originally published in several newspapers and the American Chess Bulletin.
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New In Chess Yearbook 89 - Soft Cover Edition
New In Chess Yearbook contains the latest news in chess openings. Each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. Not only the latest fashions are covered, the Yearbook offers fresh insights in underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons as well.
The Yearbook has grown into an indispensable tool for all chess players - for masters and club players alike. If you don't want to miss the latest news in your own favourite lines, if you are looking for inspiration, then the Yearbook is vital for you, too. It refreshes your opening repertoire, four times a year!
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