This is the presentation how to comment the chess game. It is series of installments and we are going through one sample game trying to cover all the most important […]
Valge Daam chess festival
Valge Daam chess festival There is not so many traditional chess festivals around Baltic sea region. One of them was the Liepaja chess festival. Last year however they had [...]
Looking back to the seniors
The new event the US Senior Championship took place this July. Ten players had single round robin tournament. All players despite Alex Fishbein had notable chess career. All grandmasters. The [...]
Rhodos Word Senior’s Team Championship
Rhodos Word Senior’s Team Championship In April the Word Senior’s team competition took place in Rhodos island in Greece. It was my second time to participate in this kind [...]
Chess notes
Chess notes Chess is different today compared decades ago. The players however are not much stronger. In one hand they have perfect opening preparation due the help of computer […]
Kramnik’s retirement
Kramnik’s retirement I first met Kramnik during the Moscow Open in 1992. He was a young star with a big future and I was despite the fact that I […]
Pavlodar Akim Cup 2018
Pavlodar Akim cup The Pavlodar Akim cup was my first real tournament for years. I did play this year in Dresden where the senior team World Champioship took place, but [...]
Pühajärve handicap tournament
The 19th Pühajärve handicap tournament was held on the last weekend in friendly atmosphere. The winner was the rating favorite Nikita Meskovs from Riga who secured the first place one [...]
Haapsalu Chess Academy
Haapsalu is a small seaside town in Estonia. Ottomar Ladva a young GM is from Haapsalu and still lives there. Other notable sportsman from Haapsalu is the tennis player Kaia [...]
Mikhail Tal’s memorial blitz tournament Riga 2018
Mikhail Tal was a controversial World Champion. I had very good personal relations with him and I was really surprised when in 1985 in Tallinn when we first met on [...]