Final position GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Morozevich (2758) [D38]18.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Kg7 14.Rae1 Ne4 15.Ndxe4 dxe4 16.Bf4 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.Qf2 Bd7 21.Qg3 Qxc3 22.Be5 Qxa3 23.fxe4 […]
Gelfand – Aronian LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Aronian (2750) [E00]18.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 0–0 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.0–0 Bb5 16.Qd2 h6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Be3 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Qf6 (Since the Leko – Kramnik game ended quickly, I […]
World Championship Discussion
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Leko – Kramnik LIVE commentary 1/2
Leko – Kramnik 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 (No Petrov here as well.)5…Nc6 6.Bb3 a6 (It seems that Leko just wants to have a normal game instead of a deeply analyzed Petrov. That is why he played 2.Bc4. This may be a good idea to give him a chance to have […]
Anand – Svilder LIVE commentary
You voted and Anand – Svidler and Leko – Kramnik won handily. So these are the 2 main games I will discuss. However, I will brush through the other 2 games at exciting moments. Anand – Svidler 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 (Finally! No Petrov!)4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 […]
LIVE WC commentary today at 2 PM – You decide!
The standings after 4 rounds: 1-2 Anand, Kramnik 2.53-6 Grischuk, Gelfand, Morozevich and Aronian 2.07-8 Leko and Svidler 1.5 Round 5 matchups: Viswanathan Anand – Peter SvidlerPeter Leko – Vladimir KramnikAlexander Grischuk – Alexander MorozevichBoris Gelfand – Levon Aronian I will concentrate on 2 games and lightly touch on the other two. Which 2 would […]
Tactic to sharpen your mind for the WC
Black just played 39…Qa6. How can White get out of the mate threat? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Middlegame tactic
White to move. How should White proceed?Level of difficulty: 2 out of 4 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Create your own World Championship caption
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Can Zappa zap Rybka?
From 20th to 27th of September, Mexico will host a Computer match between the two strongest chess programs in the world. The match will take place during the Final of the World Chess Championship. The program Rybka (World Computer Chess Champion 2007) will play against Zappa (World Computer Chess Champion 2005, and vice champion in […]