GM Nigel Short has regained his #1 ranking status in the UK. He scored 8/10 in the Staunton Memorial event to break 2700 and at the same time passing Mickey Adams in the rating chart. Is he the oldest...
China 5-5 Russia in match 4
Match #4 Men: China 2.5 – 2.5 Russia Malakhov, Vladimir – Zhou Jianchao ½ Bu Xiangzhi – Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Wang Yue ½ Ni Hua – Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½ Timofeev, Artyom – Ding Liren ½ Women:...
4-way tie for 1st at Acropolis
PRESS RELEASE – ROUND 9 With draws on the first six boards (players with 6 and 5,5 points) the 9th and last round of the 24th ICT Acropolis 2009 concluded, so the first four leaders kept their positions. The...
Hungarian chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Leko, Ivanchuk, Kasimdzhanov lead Grand Prix
Standings after 9 rounds: Rank Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2703 UKR * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½...
Iceland: 10 little-known facts
Iceland: 10 little-known facts Iceland is well known as the land of fire and ice because of its strong volcanic activity and abundance of glaciers. Here are 10 lesser know facts about the island. Published: 1:00PM BST 18 Aug...
Jermuk Grand Prix round 9
Round 9 results: 5 GM Kamsky Gata 2717 1/2 GM Leko Peter 2756 14 6 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2672 1-0 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2678 4 7 GM Gelfand Boris 2755 1/2 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2714 3 8 GM Eljanov...
Kasimdzhanov surges to the top
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2672) – Cheparinov, Ivan (2678) [D45]Jermuk Grand Prix (9), 18.08.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bd3...
French Championship
Round 7 results: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Sokolov, Andrei ½ Cornette, Matthieu – Edouard, Romain 1-0 Degraeve, Jean-Marc – Fressinet, Laurent ½ Hamdouchi, Hicham – Feller, Sebastien ½ Maze, Sebastien – Cossin, Sebastien 0-1 Le Roux, Jean-Pierre – Tkachiev, Vladislav...
Changes in the LIVE rating list
Rank Name Rating Change 01 Topalov 2813,0 0 02 Anand 2788,0 0 03 Carlsen 2772,4 +0,4 04 Kramnik 2771,6 +12,6 05 Leko 2768,9 +12,9 06 Aronian 2767,2 -0,8 07 Radjabov 2756,6 +0,6 08 Jakovenko 2755,0 -5 09 Morozevich 2750,0...