GM Morovic (2551) – GM Anand (2783) [E12]Exhibition, 26.04.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 Nh5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 f5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rc1 d6 12.b4 Nbd7 13.d5 e5 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Nb3 g5...
$45,000 Dubai Open Starts Today
The 11th DUBAI OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP starts today at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates until 5th May 2009. Download invitation. See pairings and results at chess-results.com. Watch live games at Arab Chess Fed web site.Source:...
Aronian regains sole lead in Nalchik
Standings after 10 rounds: 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2754 6½ 2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 6 3. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2716 5½ 4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 5½ 5. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2696 5½...
The biggest decisive day in Nalchik
Round 10 results: SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. GM Kamsky Gata 2720 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2695GM Aronian Levon 2754 1 – 0 GM Eljanov Pavel 2693GM Leko Peter 2751 1 – 0 GM Gelfand...
Games Festival in Greece
http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/ Good marketing leads to good success. This is the case of the traditional Games Festival which this year has a significant boost of players. In the chess section more than 600 players are expected, featuring GM Grivas, GM...
Sunday morning chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess needs Government support to be popular
One of the representatives of the elder generation in chess, the vice-president of the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan, an international arbiter, the deputy of the chief arbiter at the IV FIDE Grand Prix series tournament Faik Gasanov gave an...
How GMs operate
Top grandmasters speaking about superstitionsSource: http://nalchik2009.fide.com/ Peter Leko: I don’t have any special secrets or rituals. Maybe everyone likes to do something. The main ritual is to check the analysis of the opening variation before the game. Boris Gelfand:...
Big turnout for LOC
Polgar: Big turnout for second annual Lubbock Open Chess Championship Lubbock Avalanche-JournalSunday, April 26, 2009Story last updated at 4/26/2009 – 2:18 am The second annual Lubbock Open Chess Championship was held April 18 at Monterey High School. It was...