Greetings from NY! Roger Federer is on his way to another Grand Slam title. He is leading 2 sets to none (6-2, 7-5) and leading big in the 3rd set at the US Open Final in Flushing Meadows, NY....
The Carlsen phenomenon
I had a chance to speak at length with Magnus’ father Henrik in Bilbao. First of all, I have to say that I am quite impressed with the whole family, and not just Magnus. They are a very nice,...
Carlsen leads Bilbao
Round 6 results:Topalov, Veselin – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½Carlsen, Magnus – Aronian, Levon 1-0Ivanchuk, Vassily – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 11 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2777 10 3. Aronian, Levon g...
Topalov draws Radjabov, falls to 2nd
GM Topalov (2777) – GM Radjabov (2744) [E74]08.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 0–0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Be3 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 Bg4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Re8 14.0–0...
Carlsen outplays Aronian in round 6
Here is another example of what can happen even to super GM when the King is NOT safe. GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Aronian (2737) [D47]08.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final – Round 6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6...
Ivanchuk 1/2 Anand in Bilbao round 6
GM Ivanchuk (2781) – GM Anand (2798) [D18]Bilbao Grand Slam Final, 08.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Nc3 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5...
WWC Semifinal Matchups Set
Women’s World Championship Semifinal GM P. Cramling (2544) – GM A. Kosteniuk (2510) GM H. Koneru (2622) – GM-elect Y. Hou (2557) Official website: http://nalchik2008.fide.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cramling heads to the semifinal
GM Cramling (2544) – GM Stefanova (2550) [D43]WWC – Nalchik, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 c5 9.dxc5 Qxd3 10.exd3 Bxc5 11.d4 Be7 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0–0 Nbd7 14.Ne5 h6...
Hou to face Humpy Koneru in Semi
GM-elect Hou (2557) – IM_Mkrtchian (2436) [B13]WWC – Nalchik, 07.09.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.0–0 Bh5 11.Ne5 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bh2 Bg5 15.f4...
Humpy moves on to the semifinal
WGM Shen (2445) – GM Koneru (2622) [D31]WWC – Nalchik, 07.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e3 0–0 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 b6 9.Ne2 Ba6 10.Bc2 c5 11.0–0 Nc6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.Bb2 cxd4...