France defeated the defending champion Brasil 1-0 to move into the semi-final. They will face Portugal next. In the mean time, host Germany will face Italy in the other semi-final. France – PortugalGermany – Italy Which teams will make...
New FIDE July 2006 rating list
The world top overall July 1 list: 1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 28132 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 27793 Aronian, Levon g ARM 27614 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 27435 Svidler, Peter g RUS 27426 Leko, Peter g HUN 27387 Ivanchuk,...
Negi of India becomes world’s second youngest GM
Picture courtesy of ChessBaseP. Negi becomes world’s second youngest GMPTI Saturday, July 01, 2006 21:28 IST NEW DELHI: Delhi’s chess prodigy P. Negi today won the third and final Grandmaster norm at the Chelyabinsk Region Super final GM tournament...
Portugal advanced over England in PK
After 120 scoreless minutes, Portugal defeated England 3-1 in penalty kicks. Simao Sabrosa, Helder Postiga and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the shootout. Only Owen Hargreaves scored for England. England was playing without captain David Beckham (left the game at...
Shipov drew, Carlsen won to pull within 1/2 point
While the leader GM Shipov was satisfied with a draw, Magnus won with the Black pieces against IM Gullaksen to pull within 1/2 point from the lead with 1 round to go. 1 Sergei Shipov 2576 +49 +15 +13...
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AAA: Andre Agassi Alert!
For those of you who are Andre Agassi’s fan, he is facing Rafael Nadal tomorrow at Wimbledon. This will be Andre’s last Wimbledon and it may be his last ever match on these grass courts. I will certainly cheer...
Women Chess Cup in Dresden, Germany
Women Chess Cup 2006 (on the occasion of Football World Cup 2006)Organizer: City of Dresden, Organizing Committee of the Chess Olympiad 2008 and the German Chess Federation Venue: Shopping Centre Karstadt Dresden, Prager Straße 12, 01069 Dresden Modus: One...