SCORE A GOAL, PROTECT THE LEAD In football, the team that scores first usually wins. In short chess matches this happens even more often. More experienced participants of the World Cup final matches scored first, and then accurately defended...
Analysis by GM Shipov
There were many fighting and exciting games is the Round 3 of the World Cup. Sergey Shipov annotates the most interesting fragments. The main sensation occurred at the first table. Despite all the achievements of Judit Polgar, people still...
The Kasimdzhanov/Shipov draw proposals – readers’ feedback
The Kasimdzhanov/Shipov draw proposals – readers’ feedback 19.08.2011– Former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov recently proposed that there were too many draws in chess, and that eliminating them from top-level chess would greatly enhance the popularity of the game....
Things you didn’t know about Svidler
GM Peter Svidler answers your questions: Part IBy mishanp on December 2, 2010 Peter Svidler didn’t disappoint! The first instalment of his answers to reader questions bears all the hallmarks of his wit and self-deprecating humour. The Russian super-grandmaster...
Nalchik review
FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik – Round 3 & 4 ReviewSaturday, 18 April 2009 23:14 by GM Sergey Shipov Kamsky-Svidler What looked like a coincidence now seems to be a consistent pattern in Kamsky’s play! Once again Gata produced...
Shipov and Nakamura won Dos Hermanas Qualifiers on ICC
GM Sergey Shipov of Moscow won the second Dos Hermanas Qualifier tournament on ICC. Duncan Oxley was the TD for this event. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the first Dos Hermanas Qualifier earlier this morning. Due to technical problems in...