The opening ceremony of World Under 16 Chess Olympiad was held with the participation of Metropolitan Mayor of Mersin Macit Özcan, Youth and Sports Director of Mersin Emrullah Taşkın, President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazıcı and...
2008 US Open Videos
2008 US Open Videos Link to youtube page where chess video is the first onehttp://www.youtube.com/cphorta link directly to the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWIKD8AzrM Special thanks to Cesar Horta from Tyler, Texas for sharing this with us. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Morozevich win
Tal Memorial Round 1 Results:Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kamsky, Gata 1-0Morozevich, Alexander – Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0Kramnik, Vladimir – Shirov, Alexei 1-0Ponomariov, Ruslan – Gelfand, Boris ½-½Leko, Peter – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Official website: Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ Chess Daily News from...
Ivanchuk takes out Kamsky in Moscow
GM Ivanchuk (2781) – GM Kamsky (2723) [D92]2008 Tal Memorial, 18.08.2008 – Round 1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bxc4 Nfd7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Be3 Nb6 11.d5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ne5 13.Qb3...
Inching toward 2800
GM Morozevich (2788) – GM Alekseev (2708) [A45]2008 Tal Memorial – 18.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bd6 13.e4 c4 14.Be2...
Leko 1/2 Mamedyarov in Moscow
GM Leko (2741) – GM Mamedyarov (2742) [B90]18.08.2008 – Tal Memorial – Round 1 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.h3 Qa5 9.Bh4 Nf6 10.Nb3 Qh5 11.Qxh5 Nxh5 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.g4...
Ponomariov 1/2 Gelfand in Moscow
GM Ponomariov (2718) – GM Gelfand (2720) [C42]2008 Tal Memorial http://www.russiachess.org/eng, 18.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5...
USS New York
USS New YorkIt was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship – designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry...
Shirov gone wild again
Position after 22…Rg5 GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Shirov (2741) [D47]18.08.2008 – Tal Memorial – Round 1 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3...
47 over 2600 – 16 over 2700
CECLUB Spanish Club Chess championship 200847 GMs over 2600 ELO and 16 players over 2700Report by Chessdom One of the last practices for the top participants in the European Club Cup in Kallithea will be the CECLUB (Spanish Club...