On the left is obviously Silvio Danailov, manager of former World Champion Veselin Topalov. But who is the very important man on the right? Can you name him? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen’s tactic
To celebrate Magnus Carlsen’s new unofficial world #1 ranking, here is one of his masterpieces. This game took place 4 years ago in Calvia. It is White to move. Can you find the best continuation for Magnus? Chess Daily...
The new unofficial #1 in the world
With Anand and Ivanchuk losing, and Carlsen winning, the young Norwegian phenom is now the new unofficial #1 player in the world. Congratulations to Magnus! This is a great time for chess as things are quite exciting. The difference...
Topalov leads Bilbao
Official website: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com Round 4 results: Topalov, Veselin – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0Carlsen, Magnus – Radjabov, Teimour 1-0Aronian, Levon – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2777 8 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775...
Aronian gives White 3-0 today
GM Aronian (2737) – GM Ivanchuk (2781) [D27]05.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Rd1 Be7 10.dxc5 0–0 11.b3 Ne4 12.Ba3 Rd8 13.Rxd8+ Qxd8 14.Qc2 Nxc5...
Carlsen wins the battle of young phenoms
GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Radjabov (2744) [B78]Bilbao Grand Slam, 05.09.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Kb1 b5 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4...
Topalov takes down Anand in 25 moves
GM Topalov (2777) – GM Anand (2798) [E15]05.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Prix 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3...
Final 8 matchups
Upper bracket Ushenina (2476) vs. Kosteniuk (2510)Stefanova (2550) vs. Cramling (2544) Lower bracket Koneru (2622) vs. The winner of Shen Yang (2445) and N. Kosintseva (2460)The winner of Yifan Hou (2577) and Sedina (2344) vs. Mkrtchian (2436) Official website:...
LIVE Bilbao Commentary
Veselin Topalov – Vishy AnandMagnus Carlsen – Teimour RadjabovLevon Aronian – Vassily Ivanchuk Official website: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com Click http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/en_retransmision.asp then LIVE video to view and listen to my commentary with Mr. Leontxo Garcia during the games. Our friends at ICC,...
Lucas van Beuzekom rules in St. Pete
12 year old has 2500+ performance in St Petersburg The Florida State Chess Championship just concluded on Labor day this past week in St Petersburg Florida. The surprise of the tournament was 12 year old Lucas van Beuzekom (1948),...