Showing posts with label Europe Echecs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe Echecs. Show all posts

Monday, November 1, 2010

Ivanchuk beats Nakamura in Cap d'Agde finals

Two King's Gambits!  Although Ivanchuk tricked Nakamura into a good-vs.-bad-bishop ending in the first game, Nakamura's anti-King's Gambit system is utterly respectable and fun!

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5!?

Coverage at The Week in Chess (games are in drop-down box above the board) and Europe-Echecs.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Two more Anand interviews


Although they're on the French site Europe Echecs, the interviews are in English.  (Anand is fluent in English, Spanish, and (I would assume!) Tamil, and speaks more-than-passable German; don't know if he does French, too.)

Interesting tidbit from the first interview: Anand did miss the ...h6+! drawing idea in game 8 (he saw the move, but didn't understand its significance during the game).  More analysis of game 8 here by GM Robert Fontaine at chessanytime.com.