Chess in the museum
Chess in the museum In Estonia there are a lot of museums, one of the biggest number per capita in the World. The Tartu Sport museum is one of [...]
Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018
The participants I was a member of the Soviet team in Thessaloniky Olympiad in 1988. At that time there were much fewer teams and most importantly there were only [...]
Seniors at large
Chess has some benefits and among others it is believed that people who play chess have less risk to Alzheimer’s disease. We cannot prevent aging however and the eternal life [...]
Tips for beginners by Jaan Ehlvest
1. Tip number one. Today everybody uses computer to study chess. Quickly browsing through databases to look a certain game and with help of a computer programs to evaluate the […]
Games from the Berlin World rapid and blitz Championship
To comment rapid games on chess media is not very common and I like to fulfill this cap. Years ago there was the “Informator” a regular edition published in former […]
Rapid Chess
Rapid events are common in Baltic states. The idea of rapid chess was introduced into practice years ago in Soviet Estonia. Later European and World Championships were held at the […]
Handicap tournament in Pyhajarve
In Pyhajarve at the last weekend of November was held the strongest handicap tournament ever. It was 15th in the row thanks to former Estonian prime minister Mr. Tiit Vahi. […]
Commented games from top tournaments
The grand prix series of tournaments are under way and I commented some games from the last tournament in Baku.
Vitaly Ceshkovsky memorial in Sochi or how I checked the venue for Magnus Carlsen
Vitaly Ceshkovsky was many times USSR champion and also a chess coach. His students were Kramnik and Macieja among others. The tournament was held in Loo village, 15 miles from Sochi. […]
New trends in chess according to Dubai World rapid and blitz championship. First part.
Magnus Carlsen won both championships. He was lucky, but the strongest players have usually more luck anyway. This tournament was unique, because in short time of period it provided so […]