The above is the standings of Campeón Nacional William Bermúdez, an event which is taken place alongside with the Morelia super tournament. The information was provided by GM Alonso Zapata. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
An inexplicable loss
Final position 1-0 GM Volokitin (2674) – GM Sutovsky (2642) [B12]21.02.2008 – Aeroflot 2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0–0 Ne7 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 c5 9.g3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.f3 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.f4 g5 17.f5 Ndxe5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Nd4 Bc5 20.Kg2 0–0–0 21.Bxg5 […]
Thursday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Does White have enough for the material sacrifice? 2bq1k1r/2r3pp/p2b1Pn1/1p1Q4/3P4/PB4P1/1P3P1P/2R1R1K1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The world through chess
Chess Takes WorldBy Matthew Hennessey February 21, 2008 When people think of chess, they usually think of Russia. But chess excellence has now gone global: The current World Champion is from India, and the current World Junior Champion is an Egyptian. Since 1991, Russian players and teachers have fanned out in a chess diaspora, gradually […]
Nepomniachtchi wins again!
Final position GM Le, Quang (2540) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [D43]21.02.2008 – Aeroflot 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.Qc1 Rg6 15.f3 Qe7 16.a4 a6 17.Qc2 h4 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 c5 20.d5 b4 21.e5 […]
Morozevich drops out of the FIDE Grand Prix
Morozevich drops out of the FIDE Grand Prix World number four, Alexander Morozevichw in a new interview with Sport-Express, told chess observer Yury Vasilyev that he refuses toparticipate in the FIDE Grand Prix. Alexander, in particular, said: “The cycle would last almost four years. In 2008 we begin to qualify for the 2011 world championship […]
Sebag, Hou on pace for GM norms
Picture by GM Fontaine of Europe Echecs IM Sebag of France and WGM Hou of China, two of the top female players in the world with ratings over 2500, are on pace for a GM norm after 7 rounds at Aeroflot in Moscow. Sebag is performing at 2601 at the moment with 2 rounds to […]
Borders Primary Schools Championship
Chess, mate?By Staff Copy BUDDING young chess masters are set to show off their board skills tomorrow, with the 25th staging of the Borders Primary Schools Chess Competition. Held every year at the Focus Centre in Galashiels, and organised by Tom Lawson, this year’s event will see players from 18 local schools battling out to […]
Can computers see like humans?
Visionary Research: Teaching Computers to See Like a HumanM.I.T. researchers are harnessing computer models of human vision to improve image recognition softwareBy Larry Greenemeier For all their sophistication, computers still can’t compete with nature’s gift—a brain that sorts objects quickly and accurately enough so that people and primates can interpret what they see as it […]
Morelia round 6 matchups
Round 6 – Friday This will be a very interesting round with Topalov versus Anand and the young guns Radjabov versus Carlsen. Veselin Topalov – Vishy AnandTeimour Radjabov – Magnus CarlsenVassily Ivanchuk – Alexei ShirovLevon Aronian – Peter Leko Your prediction? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar