Position after 19…Bg7 Carlsen shocked Topalov by employing the Alekhine defense and it worked! Topalov had a bad position right out of the opening and never recovered. GM Topalov (2780) – GM Carlsen (2733) [B04]20.02.2008, Morelia 2008 1.e4 Nf6...
Leko 0-1 Anand
Position after 24…Na5 GM Leko (2753) – GM Anand (2799) [B90]20.02.2008, Morelia 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 b5 10.0–0–0 Be7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6...
Aronian 1/2 Shirov in 18 moves
Position after 10.exd4 GM Aronian (2739) – GM Shirov (2755) [A21]20.02.2008 – Morelia 2008 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.f3 Nh5 8.Be3 f5 9.exf5 Nf6 10.Ne2 exd4 11.Bxd4 Bxf5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.0–0–0...
Radjabov 1/2 Ivanchuk
Position after 19.Nf4 GM Radjabov (2735) – GM Ivanchuk (2751) [B46]20.02.2008, Morelia 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 d5 8.e5 Nd7 9.Qd2 Bc5 10.0–0–0 0–0 11.Qf2 Qe7 12.Kb1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5...
Amonatov 1/2 Nepomniachtchi
Final position GM Amonatov (2649) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [C12]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Ne7 12.h5 g5 13.f3 c5 14.dxc5 Nc6...
Leaders draw at Aeroflot
Final position GM Rodshtein (2614) – GM Dreev (2633) [D43]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0–0–0 Nb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Kb1 0–0–0 14.Ka1 Ne8...
Brotherly love
Check mates –and brothers!20 February 2008A CHESS champion has faced one of his toughest opponents yet – his little brother, writes Kelly-Ann Kiernan. Jakob Yianni was on his way to becoming the top under-11 player in the county, aged...
Joseph Sanchez earns GM norm
Joseph Sanchez of the Phillipines just earned a GM norm. Special thanks to Hector Santos (http://pinoychess.informe.com/) for bringing it to our attention. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aeroflot Chess Trivia
Picture by our friends from Europe Echecs Can you identify the 3 main players in this picture? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The King Chase
Black to move. Is this a draw? 8/5kp1/5R2/6r1/8/8/2r5/7K b – – 0 1 This was sent in by Arun Munje of Canada. Thanks Arun! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar