White to move and checkmate in 6. No computer analysis please 🙂2r4r/2qbk1p1/pp2P2p/n3p3/P7/2P2Q2/B2B1PPP/R5K1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The new unofficial #1 in the world
As of yesterday, here are the leaders of the LIVE rating chart: 1 Carlsen 2791.22 Anand 2789.63 Morozevich 2787.04 Ivanchuk 2786.85 Topalov 2780.26 Kramnik 2771.97 Aronian 2755.38 Radjabov 2750.7 However, Carlsen and Anand lost today while Ivanchuk won. This...
Topalov takes over lead with 2 to go
Round 8 results: Veselin Topalov 1-0 Magnus Carlsen Vishy Anand 0-1 Levon AronianVassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Teimour Radjabov With 2 rounds to go, any of the top 4 can win since a win results in 3 points instead of 1. Aronian and...
Aronian wins again!
GM Anand (2798) – GM Aronian (2737) [C45]Bilbao Grand Slam, 10.09.2008 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 0–0 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 c5...
An Ivanchuk surge!
Ivanchuk, V (2781) – Radjabov, T (2744) [B45]Grand Slam Final, Bilbao(8), 10.09.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.a3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Qe1 Rc8 12.Rd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qg3...
Topalov – Carlsen LIVE
GM Topalov (2777) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B78]10.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.g4...
White rules in Nalchik
Women’s World Championship Semi-Final matches: GM-elect Hou Yifan (2557) 1-0 GM Koneru (2622)GM Kosteniuk (2510) 1-0 GM Cramling (2544) Official website: http://nalchik2008.fide.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pawn sac for initiative by young Hou
WGM Hou (2557) – GM Koneru (2622) [C95]10.09.2008, Women’s World Championship – Nalchik 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 c5 13.d5 g6...
Torre 5-0 at PGMA Cup
3rd President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup (PGMA) This tournament is taking place in the Philippines from September 7-12. Here are the leaders after 5 rounds: 1. GM Torre (PHI, 2524) 5 2-4. GM Li Chao (CHN, 2590), GM Zhang...
K & P endgame
White to move. Is this a win or draw for White? 8/8/8/2p5/2Pk4/3P4/3K4/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar