Final standings: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678 5 2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2703 4½ 3-5. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2464 3½ 3-5. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2610 3½ 3-5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2649...
Anand keen on keeping the title as long as possible
Anand keen to keep world title as long as possible 19 Jun 2009, 2012 hrs IST, PTI JAIPUR: World champion Viswanathan Anand is eager to retain his title as long as possible and feels being a family man has...
Awesome events in SC with GM Kaidanov
Precision Tune Auto Care of South Carolina is sponsoring a four city tour by Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov to promote the 2009 2009 South Carolina Open Chess Tournament in Greenville, SC, on June 26 – 28. At each city, GM...
Caruana ends tournament on a high note
GM Caruana (2649) – IM Candelario (2502) [E04]Ruy Lopez (7), 19.06.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0–0 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bf4 Qb4 14.Ne4 0–0...
One game for all the marbles
Second seed GM Cheparinov is leading the top seed GM Adams by 1/2 point heading to the final round. They just happen to face each other at the pinnacle moment for the title. It does not get any better...
World class tactic
Black to move. What’s the best continuation for Black? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bazna King’s Tournament at midway
Here are the standings at the Bazna King’s Tournament in Romania after 5 rounds: 1-2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 3½ 1-2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 3½ 3-4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 2½ 3-4. Shirov, Alexei g...
Double Cuban Victories at Capablanca Memorial
Top group final standings: 1. Dominguez, Leinier g CUB 2721 6½ 2. Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2655 5½ 3. Meier, Georg g GER 2641 5 4-5. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2630 4½ 4-5. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2617 4½...
Ruy Lopez round 6 games
Larino, David – Granda, Julio [B12]Ruy Lopez Zafra ESP (6), 18.06.2009 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nh6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxh5 Bg6 11.Qe2 Nf5 12.0–0–0 Rxh4 13.Nf3 Rxh1 14.Rxh1 Nd7...
Cuban pride
Cuban GM Leinier Domínguez Wins Capablanca Chess Memorialwww.cubaheadlines.comFri, 2009-06-19 12:06. Boosted by a crowd of supporters, Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier Domínguez (ELO 2721) won over German GM Geor Meier (2641) on Wednesday to take the title in the...