Round 4 results: Svidler, Peter – Radjabov, Teimour 1-0Al-Modiahki, Mohamad – Navara, David 1-0Cheparinov, Ivan – Gelfand, Boris ½-½Gashimov, Vugar – Grischuk, Alexander ½-½Jakovenko, Dmitry – Wang Yue ½-½Kamsky, Gata – Aronian, Levon ½-½Karjakin, Sergey – Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½...
Carlsen 0-2 against Anand
GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Anand (2798) [E06]03.08.2008 / Rapid – Mainz 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nbd5 14.Nxd5...
Anand takes game 1 against Carlsen
GM Anand (2798) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]03.08.2008 / Rapid – Mainz 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.g4...
An equal match
GMs Torre, Antonio won’t play tiebreaker; rematch is a drawCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 10:47:00 08/03/2008 Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., the long-time vanguards of Philippine chess, both decided not to play in the deciding Game 7...
Anand faces Carlsen in Grenkeleasing final
Anand won the 4-player RR event which include Carlsen, Morozevich and my sister Judit. Carlsen finished second to earn a spot in the championship match against Anand today. http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm8.php?lang=1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
North Urals Final Standings
Final round: Stefanova, Antoaneta – Xu Yuhua ½-½Ushenina, Anna – Koneru, Humpy ½-½Sebag, Marie – Cramling, Pia 1-0Pogonina, Natalija – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ Final standings: 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4½2. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 43. Sebag,...
Stefanova wins North Urals Cup
Two games of the conclusive rounds finished. The games of Stefanova against Xu Yuhua and Ushenina against Koneru ended with the draw. Thus Antoaneta Stefanova became the winner of the “North Urals Cup 2008” with 4.5 points of 7...
2008 Arctic Chess Challenge
Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 started in Tromsø Saturday with 90 participants from 17 Countries including Russia, Belgium, Norway, Germany, Slovakia, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Finnland, Denmark, Belarus, The Faroe Islands , The Nederland’s and Zambia. Top rated...
World Junior Championship
World Junior Chess Championship U20 pairings round 1GM Mamedov with difficult opponent, WGM Hou Yifan to play in the men sectionReport by Chessdom.com The pairings for round 1 of the World Junior Chess Championship U20 are already known. The...
One game for approximately $75,000
This was the last game of the 2008 SPNI. On the left is Taylor Bailey (OR). On the right is Nisha Deolalikar (CA). A win would equal to a 4-year academic scholarship to Texas Tech University (approximately $75,000 value)....