Anand made strong Novelty in his game against Kasimdzhanov. game was 10...Bg7-variation where white plays sharp 15.Qf3 . normal continue begins with 15...bxc4 but I saw Kramnik play 15...Re8 once.<br ...

I've only seen one review of this DVD and it was so-so; if anyone has Van Wely's DVD, I'd appreciate thoughts on whether it would be a good primer for someone who is looking for a general overview fro...

I was thinking about preparing the ponomariov attack for the final in a knock-out competition in our club. How is it currently doing? Any good online info available?

I've done the latest playable eBook in a slightly different style, and would like to know what subscribers think of it. Now there is only one text which links to all the 'ChessPub Guides' which then l...

i started playing this as black in blitz games after screwing around in the haberditz and kalashnikov a bit...
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 and now instead of 7...

1.e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 Ndb5 d6 Bg5 a6 Na3 b5 Bxf6 gxf6 Nd5 f5 Bxb5 axb5 Nxb5 Ra4 Nbc7+ Kd7 Nb6+
This line was recently played against me...I looked it up on chessbase.com's datab...

Hi ,
this is my first post:)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd5 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4!?
Lately i m having a slight problem in ths Svesnikov variation.my friend plays the variation agai...

Stimulated by Radjabov’s adoption of it, I’ve been taking a look at the Kalashnikov lately, and in particular trying to get my head round the complex move-order issues in the 6 c4 Be7 line, which no b...

In "The complete Sveshnikov Sicilian", Yuri Yakovich recommends 13...Rg4 in the following line:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 1...

I have looked through Rogozenko's book, Pederson's book, Yakovich's book and chess publishing and I am still unsure about whether black has anything more than a draw after 1 e4 c5  2 Nf3 Nc6  3 d4 cxd...