Black to move. This was an actual game of GM Jakovenko. Is this a draw, win or loss? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Some big matchups for round 7
Round 7 – Saturday the 20st V. Anand – T. Radjabov L. Aronian – V. KramnikR. Ponomariov – V. Topalov A. Shirov – A. Motylev S. Tiviakov – S. Karjakin D. Navara – L. van Wely M. Carlsen –...
Corus standings after 6 rounds
Standings after round 6: grandmaster group A 1. T. Radjabov 52-3. V. Topalov, V. Kramnik 44-6. S. Karjakin, V. Anand, L. Aronian 3½7-9. D. Navara, R. Ponomariov, P. Svidler 310-11. L. van Wely, A. Motylev 2½12-13. S. Tiviakov, M....
Filming at Oxford University
I will start filming tomorrow (Saturday) at 9 AM. However, if you live in Oxford and would like to visit, you can come by no later than 9:30 AM. I will be at the Examination Schools. Go to the...
Kramnik ko’d Anand – Topalov drew Navara
GM Kramnik – GM Anand [E06]19.01.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nb8 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.a3 Bd6 17.Nbd2 Bd5...
BBC and Discovery Channel
Filming has begun in Oxford University and it will be aired on BBC and the Discovery Channel sometimes in March 2007. The producers will let me know the exact dates as soon as they have it. Chess Daily News...
Radjabov held to a draw by Ponomariov
GM Radjabov – GM Ponomariov [E15]19.01.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 c5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Nxd4 12.e3 Ne6 13.Nxd5 0-0 14.Nc6 Qe8 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.0-0-0 Rc8 17.Qd7...
5th loss for Shirov – This time against Karjakin
GM Karjakin – GM Shirov [B33]19.01.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.h4 Bh6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ncb4 0-0 16.Qxa4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5...
Open Corus Round 6 Thread for YOU!
Round 6 – Friday the 19th V. Kramnik – V. AnandT. Radjabov – R. PonomariovP. Svidler – L. AronianV. Topalov – D. NavaraA. Motylev – M. CarlsenS. Karjakin – A. ShirovL. van Wely – S. Tiviakov This is an...
Corus Round 6
I am in Oxford right now filming with BBC. I will not be able to do LIVE commentary. However, as soon as I am back to my hotel, I will do a complete review and analysis of key game(s)....