ACP position on “FIDE Proposals for future World Championship Cycles” 27th of February 2007 To: Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – FIDE PresidentCC: FIDE World Chess Championship Committee, FIDE Office Dear Sir, The ACP has thoroughly studied both proposals for the...
Leko – Svidler 0-1
GM Leko (2749) – GM Svidler (2728) [B90] (Linares – Round 12)07.03.20071.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a5 11.Qe1 Qc8 12.a3 a4 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.Kb1 Rd8...
Ivanchuk – Morozevich 0-1
GM Ivanchuk (2750) – GM Morozevich (2741) [C45] Linares, Round 1207.03.20071.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Re8 11.f3 Be6 12.Kb1 a5 13.Bf2 a4 14.Nc5 a3 15.Nxe6...
Anand – Aronian 1/2
GM Anand (2779) – GM Aronian (2744) [C88] Linares – Round 1207.03.20071.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Bg5 Ne8...
LIVE blogging – Current vs future #1
Topalov vs. Carlsen (Round 12 – Linares) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0–0 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.d4 dxc4 (Topalov is willing to allow the potential of symmetrical pawn structure for faster development. This is...
Cappelle la Grande Open
Wang Yue, one of the top seeds The Cappelle la Grande Open is taking place from March 3-10, 2007. More than 600 players are participating in this event including 87 GMs – 81 IMs – and 465 FIDE rated...
One tricky Einstein
“Way To Go, Einstein!” When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker’s circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner,...
NACA Update
Round 2 results – draws all around but 2 games down to the wire with a near flag fall! Turgut – Vishnuvardhan: 1/2-1/2 (K v K in the end)FM Pasalic – FM Chow: 1/2-1/2 (with 1 second left FM...
Crucial Round 12 in Linares
Round 12: Wednesday, March 7th Veselin Topalov – Magnus CarlsenPeter Leko – Peter SvidlerVassily Ivanchuk – Alexander MorozevichVishy Anand – Levon Aronian What are your predictions? Be sure to check in the LIVE blogging of round 12. Chess Daily...
Rook and Pawn endgame
White to move. Is this a win for White? How would you continue? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar