Final round results: Nakamura, Hikaru – Maze, Sebastien ½-½Zugic, Igor – Shulman, Yuri ½-½Charbonneau, Pascal – Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas – Nataf, Igor-Alexandre ½-½Bluvshtein, Mark – Kovalyov, Anton ½-½ Final standings (unofficial based on my calculation): 1. Shulman, Yuri...
Autographed guitar by the Eagles
Auction for CharityWe have just placed an autographed Eagles guitar on eBay. It will be on for seven day. Tell your family and friends. Steven N. PearsonExecutive DirectorPoint Hope Foundation Point Hope Point Hope is a charity organization that...
The chase to #1
Standings after the first round: Players will get 3 points for winning a match, 1 point for drawing and 0 points for losing. Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Magnus Carlsen 1 1 0 0 – 3 points Viswanathan...
Anand hung on against Ivanchuk
Position after 52…Rb4 GM Anand (2798) – GM Ivanchuk (2781) [C89]02.09.2008 – Bilbao Grand Slam – Round 1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5...
Carlsen scores 3 points in win
Aronian tried hard to win by sacrificing a pawn for space initiatives and a Bishop pair. Unfortunately for Aronian, Carlsen played well to defend and later capitalized on that pawn advantage. Anand is in trouble against Ivanchuk. This will...
K vs. K in Bilbao, no appeal committee needed
Radjabov, T (2744) – Topalov, V (2777) [C45]Grand Slam Final, Bilbao (1), 02.09.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 a5 9.c4 Nb6 10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Be2 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Be6...
Full WWC results
Full results of the Women’s World Championship (bold = advancing to the 3rd round / red = will head to playoff). Some top seeds including former champion Stefanova are heading into a playoff tomorrow. RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 1½CHN...
The defending champion is out!
Dedending women’s world champion Xu Yuhua is out. She is eliminated by IM Matveeva when she failed to convert an excellent position to even up the score. Other notable names who are also going home include U.S. women’s champion...
LIVE action from Bilbao
Exciting stuff in Bilbao. The LIVE broadcast can be seen here: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/en_retransmision.asp with games and video feed. I am not sure if the audio is working or not. Our friends at www.chessdom.com (live commentary) and www.chessvibes.com (live video) also...