We were surprised to see that at one point (around move 30 or so) in the game today versus Aronian, Anand had only half the time of his opponent. It is especially surprising as Anand has been known to be as one of the fastest top players in the world. When we asked him about […]
Real game exercise
This was an actual game today in the Women’s World Championship in Nalchik, Russia. It is White to move. Can you find the best continuation for White? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The race for the top spot has tighten up
Here are the top LIVE ratings after round 3 in Bilbao: 01 Anand 2796,202 Ivanchuk 2787,4 03 Morozevich 2787,0 (not playing in Bilbao) 04 Carlsen 2786,705 Topalov 2780,9 06 Kramnik 2771,9 (not playing in Bilbao) 07 Radjabov 2754,108 Aronian 2748,5 Source: http://chess.liverating.org/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov in sole lead in Bilbao
Round 3 results: Aronian, Levon – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½Carlsen, Magnus – Topalov, Veselin 0-1Radjabov, Teimour – Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2777 5 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 4 3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 34. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 35. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2798 […]
Interview with Magnus Carlsen
GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Topalov (2777) [D58]04.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.e4 Bb7 14.Rc1 a6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Bc7 Qe8 17.Qe2 b5 18.Ba5 Rc8 19.Qb2 Nf6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nd2 Qc3 22.Qxc3 bxc3 […]
Interview with Radjabov
GM Radjabov (2744) – GM Ivanchuk (2781) [D20]Bilbao Grand Slam, 04.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.a3 Be7 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Nxc6 Nxa4 14.Nxd8 Bxd8 15.f4 Nb6 16.Ba2 Be6 17.Ne4 Bxa2 18.Rxa2 f5 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.b4 c6 21.g4 Nd5 22.Ne6 Rg8 […]
Interesting but peaceful ending
GM Aronian (2737) – GM Anand (2798) [D16]04.09.2008 / Bilbao Grand Slam 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0–0 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Be3 0–0 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 g6 14.a5 Bf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qc1 Bd7 17.Qc3 Qb8 18.g3 Be7 19.Bf4 Bb4 20.Bxb8 Bxc3 21.Bxa7 Bxb2 22.Bc5 […]
Missed opportunities
GM Kosteniuk (2510) – IM KosintsevaT (2511) [C95]Women’s World Championship, 04.09.2008 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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Qc7 22.Bh6 Be7 […]