Here are the matchups for round 2 at the Jermuk Grand Prix: SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 14 GM Leko Peter 2756 – GM Eljanov Pavel 2716 8 9 GM Karjakin Sergey 2717 – GM Gelfand Boris...
Round 1 decisive games – Jermuk GP
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Leko, Peter [C88]GP Jermuk ARM (1), 09.08.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3...
Online Chess Business ChessCube Receives VC Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Online Chess Business ChessCube Receives VC Funding Cape Town, South Africa – 10 August 2009. ChessCube has concluded a US$1.25m funding agreement with Venture Capital fund, InVenFin (Pty) Ltd. InVenFin, the VC-focused subsidiary of VenFin Limited,...
6 tie for 1st at US Open
6 players are tied for 1st at the 2009 US Open. There are 5 qualifying spots available for the US Championships. I believe that GMs Lenderman, Kudrin, Yermonlinsky, Kraai, and Gurevich earned the 5 spots since IM Stopa is...
2009 SPICE Cup A & B
The 2009 SPICE Cup A group is now finalized. As in any international event, obtaining a visa is always a potential problem. It has been quite a challenge to put together an interesting and diverse field. The first SPICE...
UK ties up the match
Round 1 WHITE BLACK RESULTS GM Adams – GM Van Wely 0.5 – 0.5 GM Short – GM Werle 1 – 0 GM Howell – GM Smeets 0.5 – 0.5 GM McShane – GM Sokolov 0 – 1 GM...