The Tournoi International de Montreal just started today. It will go until September 2, 2008. It is a category 13 event. The main sponsor is the EMPRESA. Hikaru Nakamura GM 2697 (États-Unis)Yuri Shulman GM 2623 (États-Unis)Varuzhan Akobian GM 2610...
Wang Yue overall leader
Results after 5 matches: Experience 6Rising stars 19 Experience individual score Agdestein 2Ljubojevic 1½Bareev 1Kortchnoi 1Jussupow ½ Rising Stars individual score Wang Yue 5Cheparinov 4½Caruana 3½Stellwagen 3½l’Ami 2½ http://www.nhchess.com/ Prize-fund: each player of the winning team receives € 2000,...
Korchnoi scores 1st and only victory for team so far
Match #5: Experience vs. Already Stars http://www.nhchess.com/ Evgeny Bareev – Wang Yue 0 – 1Viktor Kortchnoi – Erwin l’Ami 1 – 0Artur Jussupow – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½Simen Agdestein – Fabiano Caruana ½ – ½Ljubomir Ljubojevic – Ivan...
Ivanchuk scores, moves to 2nd
Leko, P (2741) – Ivanchuk, V (2781) [C92]Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (6), 24.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7...
The giant has woken up
Gelfand has drawn every game so far at the 2008 Tal Memorial. But a sharp game today against Mamedyarov earned him the first win and perhaps a tie for 2nd behind Morozevich. Mamedyarov, S (2742) – Gelfand, B (2720)...
Kamsky and Kramnik gone wild in Moscow
Even though there were plenty of fireworks and wild action on the board, the game came to a peaceful end. Kramnik, V (2788) – Kamsky, G (2723) [D93]2008 Tal Memorial (6), 24.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3...
The new unofficial #1
When I interviewed and talked to Alexander Morozevich in Mexico City last September, he said that he is not going to win the World Championship with the kind of preparation he had. He said that in order for him...
Li Chao does it again in Malaysia
GM Li Chao of China, winner of the 2007 Malaysian Open, has assured himself at least a tie for first in the 5th Dato’ Arthur Tan 2008Malaysian Open Chess Championship. He has a full point lead going into the...
Chess in space
(19 July 2008) — NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, ponders his next move as he plays a game of chess in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Source: NASA Chess Daily News from Susan...