Carlsen Magnus felt the critical moment in his game today against Anand was Rh6. He felt the missed opportunity on Anand’s part was when he did not take on c6. Some of Magnus’ answers from the interview today: Magnus’...
An upset in the making
Roger Federer did his job to earn a spot in the final. He defeated Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. However, world’s #1 Rafa Nadal is trailing Andy Murry by the score of 2-6, 6-7, 3-2. Chess Daily News...
Peaceful resolution on Saturday
Radjabov, T (2744) – Aronian, L (2737) [C45]Grand Slam Final, Bilbao, (5), 06.09.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 d6 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ne7 12.Rg1 Ng6 13.Be3 Bxe3...
Big battle for #1
The current #1 player in the world is facing the #1 player on the LIVE rating list. Magnus seems to have problems against Vishy in the past. However, he is doing good in this game. GM Anand (2798) –...
Bilbao round 5 begins
Photo by John Henderson Round 5 matchups: Vassily Ivanchuk (3) – Veselin Topalov (8)Vishy Anand (3) – Magnus Carlsen (7)Teimour Radjabov (3) – Levon Aronian (5) Click http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/en_retransmision.asp then LIVE video to view and listen to my commentary with...
Shen Yang wins, QF set
IM KosintsevaN (2460) – WGM Shen (2445) [C54]Women’s World Championship – Blitz playoff – Game 2, 06.09.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 h6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Re1 d6 11.Nf1 Be6...
Shen Yang wins 1st blitz playoff game
Photo by chessdom WGM Shen (2445) – IM KosintsevaN (2460) [E32]Women’s World Championship – Blitz Playoff – Game 1, 06.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 d6 9.Nh3 h6 10.Bh4...
Saturday Open Forum
Greetings from Bilbao at the Grand Slam Final! We have two major tournaments going on simultaneously. Six of the top eight male players in the world are competing in Bilbao. The only 2 missing from the top eight are...
A devastating loss
Needing only a draw to move to the quarterfinal, N. Kosintseva shockingly lost a better endgame. The pair will now play a 2 blitz playoff game. IM N. Kosintseva (2460) – WGM Shen (2445) [C68]Women’s World Championship – Round...