by scribe | May 17, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions, translations
Here is my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s commentary on game 5 of the Anand-Gelfand match. For the original Russian, go to www.crestbook.com. I have added a few remarks to clarify the translation, which are identified [like this. — DM] Once again,...
by scribe | Jun 19, 2011 | Chess Lecture, current news, games, openings
Many of you have probably already seen the game from earlier this month where Viswanathan Anand destroyed Alexei Shirov (as Black!) in 17 moves. However, I feel as if I should say something about it because it is an ultra-rare appearance in top-level chess of an...
by scribe | May 25, 2011 | Crestbook, current news, tournaments
The interminable series of draws … finally terminated! In the last “classical” game of the final match to determine Viswanathan Anand’s next challenger for the World Championship, Boris Gelfand defeated Alexander Grischuk. Thus Gelfand wins the...
by scribe | May 7, 2011 | Crestbook, current news, tournaments, translations
This week the World Championship Candidates’ Matches got underway in Kazan, Russia. Once upon a time the candidates’ matches were marathons: 12 games in the quarterfinals, 12 in the semifinals, 24 games in the finals. They took a year or more to complete....
by scribe | Nov 15, 2010 | 2010 world championship, games, people, positions, tournaments, translations
A couple days ago I figured out how to get WordPress to tell me which posts on this site have gotten the most viewers. Just in case you would like to see what your fellow readers like to read about, here are my top 15 posts by popularity, along with links. Also, I...
