Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov in Sofia, 2007. Photo Macauley Peterson We were hoping to get confirmation on the match arrangements today only to find out that they might not come until next week. Someone might have exaggerated the progress of those arrangements. Let's hope that we have just seen ... Read More

I have been visiting the Shredder Computer Chess website for a couple of years now.  If you are familiar with Fritz or Hiarcs or some other chess engine, you might have heard of Shredder.  I won't go into a chess engine review here, but I will say this.  Shredder works ... Read More

Breaking news: Russian chess journalists Yuri Vasiliev has now confirmed that the semifinal Candidates Match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky will take place in Lvov, Ukraine, for a prize fund of US $750,000. The full story, including Yuri's verbatim interview ... Read More

There is nothing more exciting for U.S. chess than Gata Kamsky's run for the World Championship. Later this year, Gata will face former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in a match, while current world champion, India's Viswanathan Anand, defends his title against his predecessor, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. ... Read More

Copyright Frank Johnson/Shootfilm.net Re-launching chess-coach as an interactive chess blogging community. ... Read More