As you know, I am a big fan of Chess Today, a daily chess newspaper, one of the best chess sources. In today’s issue, GM Baburin offers his personal view about the Dresden Olympiad. You can subscribe to Chess Today at www.ChessToday.net. Dresden Impressionsby GM Alex Baburin The recent event in Dresden was my seventh […]
Serious flaws with chess rules
Open Letter from GM Macieja On the 28th of September 2008 GM Bartlomiej Macieja sent a letter to the FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Committee, which was pubished in Chess Today. The text is below: “Dear Members of the FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Committee, I am sure all of you have seen videos of […]
Interview with super manager Danailov
Chess Today published some very interesting excerpts of an interview with IM Danailov, manager of Topalov. Silvio Danailov’s Interview A few days ago in Bilbao Silvio Danailov gave an interesting interview to Russian newspaper Sport Express. Here are some translated fragments by Chess Today: (About the match Topalov – Kamsky): “I think the match will […]
Explanation about Marie Sebag
Here is an excerpt of the letter from Mr. Stephen Boyd to Chess Today about why GM-elect Marie Sebag, French #1 female player, and one of the top seeds in the Women’s World Championship, did not attend. “Dear Alexander, I think maybe you wanted more information about Marie Sebag and why she didn’t go to […]
Greetings from London
Greetings from London! I am at the London Chess Centre right now. I will be heading to Bilbao soon for the Grand Prix. Here is an excerpt from Chess Today about the Bilbao Grand Slam: Grand Slam Final, Bilbao This tournament will take place in Bilbao, Spain on September 1-13. The six participants are: Viswanathan […]
Tuesday Night Tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: Chess Today 2835 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A tough endgame
White to move. How should White proceed? Hint by Chess Today: White wins, but only with ‘outside of the box’ thinking!Source: Chess Today Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Baburin and Greenfeld win Irish Championship
Final Standings: 1-2. GMs Greenfeld (ISR, 2545) and Baburin (IRL, 2526) – 8/9 (earning 2,000 euro each) 3. GM Hebden (ENG, 2520) – 6½ (1,000 euro) 4. Jessel (IRL, 2294) – 6 (600 euro) 5-7. FM C. Daly (IRL, 2311), GM Butnorius (LIT, 2442) and FM Ph. Short (IRL, 2300) – 5½, etc (32 players) […]
The argument from the other side
Here is an argument addressing a different angle of the FIDE rating system: Fom Chess Today www.chesstoday.net (issue 2800) Dear Mr Baburin, You’re quite correct in pointing out that there’s more to these FIDE rating lists than just rating points/prestige – there’s also money to consider. The difference between tenth place on the most recent […]
GM Baburin wants your opinion
This is the take of GM Baburin about the July FIDE rating list: The trouble with omitting Foros is that FIDE broke its own rules on several occasions in the past (i.e. for Linares). I am not calling on FIDE to break rules again – I think that FIDE should set a different deadline for […]