by scribe | May 28, 2012 | 2010 world championship, 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions
In the 2010 World Championship match, Vishy Anand went into the final game deadlocked with Veselin Topalov. It seemed as if the best he could hope for was a tie and a playoff… but then he unexpectedly ended the match with a stirring victory as Black! Could...
by scribe | May 23, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games
In the notes to today’s game between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand, grandmaster Sergey Shipov gives us some wonderful insights into the psychology of the Soviet man. (Even though Gelfand is from Israel now, he is certainly still under the influence of his...
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 | Apr 29, 2010 | 2010 world championship, current news, games, tournaments
Wow! Color me flabbergasted! I checked my blog stats this morning, and could not believe how many readers came to my blog yesterday. Seven hundred seventy (770) views! Just for comparison, that was more than ten times as many guests as I get on a typical day, and more...
