Official website: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm Round 8 Results: Carlsen – Onischuk ½-½Shirov – Ivanchuk 0-1Svidler – Karjakin ½-½Eljanov – Jakovenko ½-½Alekseev – Nisipeanu 1-0van Wely – Volokitin 1-0 Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Carlsen 6½ 2-4. Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Eljanov 4½5-8. Svidler,...
Superstars in Bilbao
Viswanathan AnandMagnus CarlsenVassily IvanchukVeselin TopalovLevon AronianTeimour Radjabov Radjabov completes field in Bilbao16 June 2008 18:28 PMBy Chessvibes Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov will be the six participants of the first Grand...
The amazing Tiger
Tiger puts away Mediate on 91st hole to win U.S. OpenAssociated Press SAN DIEGO — With a throbbing knee and a pounding heart, Tiger Woods made one last improbable escape Monday and won the U.S. Open in a 19-hole...
KLCC JUNE GRAND PRIX 2008
KLCC JUNE GRAND PRIX 2008Main Place Mall – Upper Level390 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14201 Presented by Kellogg Leadership for Community Change in conjunction with the Archangel 8 Chess Academy Featuring Brian Hartman, International Master, Canada Saturday June 21,...
Chessdig website
NM Rafal Furdzik, a frequent participant at various tournament at the Polgar Chess Center in Forest Hills, NY, just started a new chess website by the name of Chessdig.com. About ChessDig.com What is ChessDig.com?ChessDig is a community based news...
Monday chess tactic
Troitsky 1911, presented by Andreas White to move. How should White proceed? 8/7p/qp3p1P/1N6/4k2P/6P1/1P2P1K1/3R4 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov 0-1 Ivanchuk
GM Shirov (2740) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [D85]Foros – Round 8, 16.06.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0–0 8.Bb5 Qd6 9.Nge2 c6 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bd4 Qe7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bc2...
Carlsen 1/2 Onischuk
GM Carlsen (2765) – GM Onischuk (2664) [E06]16.06.2008 – Round 8 – Foros1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc1...
The most ridiculous in sport history?
How Not To Break A TieJun 15th 2008 11:09PMby David KollerAOLThe US Open Golf Championship wasn’t the only recent major competition to finish in a tie after the regulation rounds. But it certainly has a more sensible format for...
No Olympiad for Humpy
Humpy opts out of chess Olympiad Sheelpa Kothari New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) Koneru Humpy, world’s top-ranking Grandmaster behind Judith Polgar in women’s category, has decided to give the chess Olympiad a miss to be staged this November in...