by scribe | Jun 24, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, people, ruminations, translations
My second translation for Crestbook has now been posted! This is a translation of a “KC-conference” with former FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman. The “KC” stands for “KasparovChess,” which is the name of the discussion forum...
by scribe | May 12, 2010 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, current news, tournaments
I appreciate all the people who have visited my blog in the last couple of weeks, to read my translations of grandmaster Sergei Shipov’s comments on the recently concluded world championship match. Yesterday was another near-record-setting day, with 742 hits....
by scribe | May 11, 2010 | 2010 world championship, current news, endings, games
The match for the world championship is over, and the new champion is the same as the old champion: Vishwanathan Anand! In my last post I estimated that there was about a 5 percent chance that Anand would pull off a last-gasp victory as Black. That was surely a little...
by scribe | May 9, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games, tournaments
After a blazing start, with three decisive games in the first four, the last two-thirds of the Anand-Topalov match has turned into a war of nerves. Today’s game was no exception. It was played almost entirely on a strategic level, with tactics only in the...
by scribe | May 7, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games
The tenth game of the world championship match could have been Topalov’s chance to break through and place Anand in an almost untenable position. Anand lost the thread in the middlegame and drifted into an inferior endgame, with a bishop and knight against...
