Greetings from Newark Liberty! My next post will be from Las Vegas. I will be there for the Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and World Chess Challenge for Boys. In addition, I will conduct a few training camps...
Blowout pattern?
Standings after 1 game: Leko 1 – Bareev 0 Grischuk 1 – Rublevsky 0 Aronain 1 – Shirov 0 Gelfand 1/2 – Kamsky 1/2 Based on the level of play today, do you expect any blowout like Leko –...
Leko 1-0 Bareev
Final position GM Leko (2738) – GM Bareev (2643) [B17]FIDE candidates Matches Elista, Kalmykia Russia, 06.06.2007 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.0-0 b6 12.Qg4...
Grischuk 1-0 Rublevsky
Final position GM Grischuk (2717) – GM Rublevsky (2680) [B46]FIDE candidates Matches Elista, Kalmykia Russia, 06.06.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.a4 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.b4...
Aronian 1-0 Shirov
Aronian, L (2759) – Shirov, A (2699) [D20]WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (1), 06.05.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0-0 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.b3 0-0 13.Bb2...
Fritz 1/2 Junior
Deep Fritz(C) – Deep Junior(C) [D45]Elista, Kalmykia Russia 06.06.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Qe7 15.Be3 Rfe8...
Kamsky vs. Gelfand 1/2
Gata Kamsky – Boris Gelfand [game 1] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 (It looks unusual but it is just a reversal of move order) 6… Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Be3...
The matches begin today!
The first game of these matches will begin today at 3:00 PM (time of the playing site). The players had to pick white and black sheep to determine the colors of the first game in the last round. I...
Fritz vs. Junior – Which will reign supreme?
The Deep Fritz versus Deep Junior match will start today. Which do you pick to win? And how will they compare to Rybka? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Finding the right stuff
White to move. Only one plan will lead to a win. Can you find the right plan for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar