International Open Chess Tournament “Rethymno 2009” Final standings (top 15): Rk. Name Typ sex FED RtgI RtgN Pts. 1 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2534 0 7,0 2 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2542 0 7,0 3 IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR...
Your move, Steinitz
Your move, Steinitzby Filip BondyNY Daily News The Blahg is back after a brief stay-cation. And Tom Watson’s bad ending at the British Open title got me thinking about all the other pseudo-sports that have the potential to produce...
Canadian Open Final Standings
Final standings: # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot 1 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2598 W79 W88 W36 W163 D10 D9 W18 D3 W19 7.5...
Sharp eyes for the not so obvious
White to move. Is this a draw? 4k3/8/6K1/3R4/8/B2p4/3p4/8 w – – 0 5 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A full point lead after only 2 rounds
Round 2 results: Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Gelfand, Boris Caruana, Fabiano 1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 Ivanchuk, Vassily Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 2 2-4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2703 1 2-4. Caruana, Fabiano...
Morozevich rules Biel early
Round 2 gamesMorozevich, A – Gelfand, B [C24]Biel (2), 20.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.Re2 Nf6 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Na4...
Biel round 2
Round 2 matchups: Morozevich, Alexander – Gelfand, Boris Caruana, Fabiano – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Alekseev, Evgeny – Ivanchuk, Vassily Standings after 1 round: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 1 2-5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2670 ½ 2-5. Gelfand, Boris...
Iranian GM came 2nd
Iran comes 2nd at Rethymno chess tournamentMon, 20 Jul 2009 05:52:40 GMT Iran’s chess GM Elshan Moradi has come second at the 2009 International Open chess tournament held in the city of Rethymno, Greece. The 23-year-old Iranian grandmaster came...
In Capablanca’s Footsteps?
In Capablanca’s Footsteps? By Lubomir KavalekSpecial to The Washington PostMonday, July 20, 2009; 9:16 AM Can Hikaru Nakamura become the world chess champion in the next 10 years? Looking back into history, the answer is: Why not? Only twice...
Scottish chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar