Humpys chance to set record straightManisha Mohite India have been having its best moments in chess for the last one month with Abhijeet Gupta and Harika Dronavalli winning the World junior and World junior Girls title respectively and the...
Critical endgame calculation
This was a position that was reached in the Morozevich – Kamsky game yesterday in Moscow. It is Black to move. How should Black proceed? Can you find the right continuation without looking up the moves or check with...
1st Dragon Open
1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess OpenReport by Chessdom.com GM Azmaiparashvili, GM Nguyen, GM Le Quang , and GM Wesley So top seeded The Dragon Capital Viet Nam Chess Tournament Open will kick off tomorrow, August 27th, in the southern...
Ivanchuk 1st, 4 tie for 2nd
Final Standings at the 2008 Tal Memorial 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 6 2-5. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 52-5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 52-5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 52-5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 5...
Kamsky hung on against Ponomariov
GM Kamsky (2723) – GM Ponomariov (2718) [C65]27.08.2008 – Tal Memorial – Round 9 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0–0 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.h3 0–0 8.Nc3 Bb6 9.Re1 h6 10.Na4 c5 11.Nh2 Bd7 12.Nc3 Nh7 13.a4...
The experience sinks further
The “Experience” team loses again. In spite of a win by Bareev over Stellwagen and a draw by Agdestein against Wang Yue, the “Experience” team lost their 6th match out of 7. Agdestein, Simen – Wang Yue ½-½Jussupow, Artur...
The man who stops Wang
After 6 straight wins, super Chinese GM Wang Yue’s winning streak has been halted by GM Simen Agdestein of Norway, the former professional soccer player, and coach of Magnus Carlsen. GM Agdestein (2583) – GM Wang (2704) [A11]NH Chess...
The “Experience” earned another draw
GM Jussupow (2587) – GM Cheparinov (2687) [A61]NH Chess Tournament, 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Qc2 0–0 11.a4 b4 12.Nd1 b3 13.Qxb3 Nxe4 14.Bd3 f5...
More short draws in the final round
Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) – Leko, Peter (2741) [C53]2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.0–0 f5 14.exf6...
FIDE news
“The Women’s World Chess Championship opens the chain of events in August 28 in Nalchik, Russia. The event brings together the qualified players in a KO system, leading directly to the world champion title match at the end of...