Photo by chessdom GM Kosteniuk (2510) – WGM Ushenina (2476) [B12]Women’s World Championship, 07.09.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.0–0–0 Qa5 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.Qxa5...
Cramling defeats Stefanova with Black
Photo by chessdom GM Stefanova (2550) – GM Cramling (2544) [D10]Women’s World Championship, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Rc1 Nf6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.e4 Nxd4 13.Qa4...
Mkrtchian held Hou to a draw in 1st game
Photo by chessdom IM Mkrtchian (2436) – WGM Hou (2557) [E12]Women’s World Championship, 07.09.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Rc1 c5 9.Bf4 a6 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.Nxc5...
Koneru first to score in the QF
Photo by chessdom GM Koneru (2622) – WGM Shen (2445) [D11]Women’s World Championship, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 cxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bd3 e6 9.0–0 Bd6 10.Bd2 0–0 11.Qh3 Rc8 12.Rac1 g6 13.f4...
Who will advance to the semifinal?
The dynamic duo – Photo by chessdom Upper bracket (bold = higher rating) Ushenina (2476) vs. Kosteniuk (2510)Stefanova (2550) vs. Cramling (2544) Lower bracket Koneru (2622) vs. Shen Yang (2445)Yifan Hou (2557) vs. Mkrtchian (2436) Official website: http://nalchik2008.fide.com/?lang=eng Chess...
Nepomniachtchi leads Russian HL Championship
61st Higher League Russian ChampionshipThe 61st Higher League Russian Championship is taking place in Novokuznetsk from September 3 to, 2008. The event serves as a qualifier for the superfinals which will be held later on in October. The format...
Special endgame tactic
This is an old game from the late Grandmaster Miles. It is Black to move. What is the best continuation for Black? 5rk1/8/p4nP1/5PK1/8/P7/4p3/4R3 b – – 0 0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov in clear lead at half time
Standings at the half way point: Veselin Topalov 5 2 3 0 9Magnus Carlsen 5 2 2 1 8Levon Aronian 5 1 3 1 6Vassily Ivanchuk 5 0 4 1 4Teimour Radjabov 5 0 4 1 4Viswanathan Anand 5...
Stop the insanity
Stop the insanity Chess Today had the following today in its newsletter: Video of the scandalous Round 1 Armageddon tiebreak Socko-S.Foisor was posted at Youtube by the Russian journalist Evgeny Surov. This game looks not much better than the...