Would you pay $2,110,100 for luch? That is what Zhao Danyang of the Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund did. He won the eBay bid to have lunch with Mr. Warren Buffet. Proceeds from the auction will benefit...
$50,000 Queenstown Chess Classic
13 Grandmasters already confirmed for $50,000 Queenstown Chess Classic Several months before the event begins, the Queenstown Classic (main eventJanuary 15th-24th 2009) has had entries from an impressive tally ofoverseas Grandmasters and Women Grandmasters. Entrants include GM Eduardas Rozentalis...
Spain wins!
Spain crowned championsGermany 0-1 Spain: Torres ends Spain’s painJune 30, 2008, 3:00 AM ET Fernando Torres was the hero for Spain by firing them to Euro 2008 glory against Germany in Vienna – and ending 44 years of underachievement....
Leko 1-0 Ivanchuk
GM Leko (2741) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B46]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0–0 Nf6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Qg3 Nh5 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Qg3 g6...
Kramnik in good form
GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Van Wely (2677) [D11]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.Qf3 Rfd8 12.Qh3 h6 13.f4...
Gustafsson leads Dortmund
Yes, Gustafsson, the lowest rated player at the Dortmund super-tournament, is the current leader. He scored the first victory in the event in 23 moves! GM Gustafsson (2603) – GM Naiditsch (2624) [D37]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4...
Unite or Divide?
Photo and story from ChessBase Extract from Herald Chess Column, Scotland, Saturday June 28. Which country are you in? ‘Scotland’, I imagine, is the reflexive answer for most Herald readers; ‘Britain’ for a few others. Neither answer seems wrong....
Biggest gains
Biggest rating gainers for the upcoming July 2008 FIDE list: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA +49Khenkin, Igor GER +46Najer, Evgeniy RUS +43Naiditsch, Arkadij GER +41Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR +41Gashimov, Vugar AZE +38Grachev, Boris RUS +30Eljanov, Pavel UKR +29Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS +29Movsesian,...
Near championship level
Magnus Carlsen, Aerosvit winner, nears championship levelBy Jack Peters, International MasterJune 29, 2008 Magnus Carlsen of Norway took first prize in the Aerosvit tournament in Foros, Ukraine, with a very impressive 8-3 score. Carlsen built a two-point lead midway...
Gens Una Sumus
Chess by Larry EvansJune 29, 2008 Gens Una Sumus — we are all one — is the motto of FIDE, the world chess body. Yet the tradition that chess should be above politics eroded during the Cold War. At...