Final round pairings: Veselin Topalov (13) – Vassily Ivanchuk (11)Levon Aronian (12) – Teimour Radjabov (6)Magnus Carlsen (11) – Vishy Anand (6) Win = 3 pointsDraw = 1 pointLoss = 0 point LIVE rating with one round to go:...
Topalov maintains lead with 1 to go
Round 9 results: Anand, Viswanathan – Topalov, Veselin ½-½Ivanchuk, Vassily – Aronian, Levon ½-½Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Standings with one round to go: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2777 14 2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 13...
Chess thrives in rural areas
Chess thrives in rural Idaho schoolBy JESSIE L. BONNER(Published September 12, 2008) COUNCIL, Idaho — The elementary school at the edge of this rural town had to scrape money together just to clear the weeds from the playground, which...
Hou tactic
White to move. Can you find the quickest checkmating plan for White? 4Q3/qp3rk1/2r4p/p2p2p1/4P3/P3N1R1/1bP5/1K5R w – – 0 1 Yifan Hou – Ju Wenjun, 2006 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk gunning for 3 straight wins
GM Ivanchuk (2781) – GM Aronian (2737) [C68]12.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.g3 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.dxe5...
Rating advantage not enough to advance
Humpy out of world championship Nalchik (Russia) (PTI): Grandmaster Koneru Humpy bowed out of the World Women Chess Championship succumbing to 14-year old Yifan Hao of China in the blitz tiebreak games of the semi-finals here on Friday. Humpy...
Massive flooding in Texas
Hurricane Ike Set to Slam Texas Coast; Thousands Flee (Update2)By Brian K. Sullivan and Tom Korosec Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) — Hurricane Ike bore down on Texas, heading for landfall as early as today in Galveston, where forecasters warned residents...
Radjabov 1/2 Carlsen in Bilbao
GM Radjabov (2744) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B12]12.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.N2f3 Nge7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.0–0 Ng6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c4 Be7 12.Be3 Qb8 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qc2...
Anand 1/2 Topalov in Bilbao
GM Anand (2798) – GM Topalov (2777) [B18]12.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.0–0 e6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.c4 0–0 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Ba3 14.Rfd1...