The Queens Pioneers (playing from the Polgar Chess Center in Forest Hills, NY) is playing against the New Jersey Knockouts right now. You can see the games on ICC. Board 1: Stripunsky-QNS vs Benjamin-NJ “observe 5”Board 2: IM Vovsha-QNS...
Gelfand – Morozevich LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Morozevich (2758) [E17]19.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.0–0 Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5 16.cxd5...
Grischuk – Svidler LIVE commentary 1/2
Since we have a short draw in the Aronian – Kramnik game ended in a quick draw, I will do commentary on the Grischuk – Svidler game now. GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Svidler (2735) [D43]19.09.2007 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4...
Leko – Anand LIVE commentary 1/2
Leko – Anand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 0–0 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 (Leko – Anand also cranked out these moves at very fast pace.)12…Bg4 (Black...
Aronian – Kramnik LIVE commentary 1/2
Aronian – Kramnik 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 (They were cranking out the first 12 moves with lightning speed. No...
Conflicting pairings – Corrections made
There seems to be some conflicting reports from various sites about the pairings today. The official site has it like this so I will make the corrections and go with their pairings: GM Leko Peter – GM Anand ViswanathanGM...
The biggest surprise?
What has been the BIGGEST surprise so far after 5 rounds? 1. Grischuk and Gelfand in a tie for 2nd2. Aronian at -13. Leko at -14. Svidler in last place What do you think? Chess Daily News from Susan...
Prediction for round 6
The top 4 meet each other today. What is your prediction? GM Anand Viswanathan 3.5 – GM Grischuk Alexander 3.0GM Kramnik Vladimir 3.0 – GM Gelfand Boris 3.0GM Morozevich Alexander 2.0 – GM Leko Peter 2.0GM Svidler Peter 1.5...
Jrobichess YouTube
I am always amazed with new technology and it can definitely help all of us do a better job to promote chess, the game we all love. Here is a link to a YouTube clip about chess blogging and...
Round 6 matchups and poll
Here are the matchups for round 6: GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Grischuk AlexanderGM Morozevich Alexander – GM Leko PeterGM Svidler Peter – GM Aronian LevonGM Kramnik Vladimir – GM Gelfand Boris Which 2 games would you like me...