Round 8 Results Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Shirov, AlexeiAronian, Levon 1-0 Topalov, VeselinRadjabov, Teimour ½-½ Lékó, PeterIvanchuk, Vassily 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Anand 5.5 (+3)2-3 Aronian, Carlsen 4.5 (+1)4-5 Topalov, Shirov 4.0 (0)6. Radjabov 3.5 (-1)7-8...
Anand starts Linares with win against rival
Position after 27.Qxe4 GM Anand (2799) – GM Shirov (2755) [B33]28.02.2008 – Linares 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 0–0 13.a4 bxa4...
Radjabov 1/2 Leko (Linares)
Position after 19…d6 GM Radjabov (2735) – GM Leko (2753) [E15]28.02.2008 – Linares 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Qe4 Na6 11.Nh4 g6 12.Qe5 f6 13.Qe4 Qc8...
SP World Open in Las Vegas
Third Annual Susan Polgar World Open Championship for Girls&Second Annual Susan Polgar World chess Championship for Boys Sections: Under 8, 11, 15, 19(as of June 6, 2008) Prizes: Trophies to top 10 individuals and top 3 teams in each...
Aronian takes down Topalov
Position after 20…Rcd8 GM Aronian (2739) – GM Topalov (2780) [A29]28.02.2008 – Linares 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Nd5...
Carlsen starts Linares with a bang
Position after 10…Qd7GM Ivanchuk (2751) – GM Carlsen (2733) [C67]28.02.2008 – Linares 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.Re1 Bb4 9.c3 Bd6 10.Qc2 Qd7 11.dxe5 Bc5 12.Rxe4 0–0–0 13.Nbd2 Qd5 14.Kf1...
Possible or not possible to win?
White to move. Is this a draw or win for White? No computer please. 8/8/8/8/2N5/4K2p/6k1/7R w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Short: “Especially embarassing to lose…”
Friday February 29, 200864: 13-year-old GM killerBy Zaldy DandanVariety Editor THE women’s champ of China — a world chess power — is only 13 years old and is already on her way to superstardom. Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu on...
World’s smallest chess board created
Girl student makes miniature chess board, seeks Guinnes entryVijayawada, Feb 27 (UNI) A third-year microbiology student of Loyola College here N Geetika today created a miniature chess board of 64 squares in a tiny space of 0.25 cm and...
Make the right moves and you’ll win
EAST SALINAS: Chess teaches right moves Alisal program uses board game to teach students life skillsBy VICTOR ALMAZANFor The Salinas Californian As a strategy to teach students to make the right moves on a chessboard – and in life...