Final crosstable No Joueur-Player T Fide Fed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tot 1 Étienne Bacrot G 2721 France X 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 2 Sergei Tiviakov G 2674 Hollande 0 X 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ […]
Chess for Charity final update
Shira Chess Challenge for Charity: Postscript First of all – THANK YOU SO MUCH – to: GM Susan Polgar for her encouragement in undertaking this “quest” and the publicity she provided to us at the Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information blog. Chessdom.com, for giving us front-page publicity on its website the day before […]
Grischuk wins again with excellent endgame technique
Grischuk, A (2733) – Shirov, A (2730) [D47]Bilbao Grand Slam Final (2), 07.09.2009 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.0–0 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Be7 14.Re1 0–0 15.Qg4 Re8 16.Bb5 Kh8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Bc6 Qc7 19.Rac1 Nxe5 20.Bxb7 Nxg4 21.Rxc7 Nxc7 […]
The secret collaboration between Kasparov and Carlsen
Back in 2007, Magnus’ Dad wrote the following on his blog: Magnus has also been fortunate enough to spend two training session with Garry Kasparov himself, and Garry and his team have been very supportive of Magnus. These sessions were of unique importance not only because of the extremely high quality Garry brings to the […]
La plus prestigieuse compétition pour jeunes filles
Soixante qualifiées représentant 44 états américains avaient rendez-vous à la Texas Tech University de Lubbock, le 25 juillet, pour participer à la plus prestigieuse compétition pour jeunes filles organisée aux États-Unis : le tournoi “Susan Polgar National Invita tional for Girls”. Les bénévoles – que je voudrais citer, Dr. Hal Karlsson, Dr. Rich Rice, Peggy […]
Labor Day Chess Tactic
White to move and win. No computer lines please. 3n2k1/3N2n1/5P2/4N3/8/8/8/6K1 w – – 0 3
Wild stuff in Bilbao
Round 2: Grischuk, Alexander – Shirov, AlexeiAronian, Levon – Karjakin, Sergey Official website: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2009/en_index.asp [Event “Bilbao Grand Slam Final”][White “Aronian, L.”][Black “Karjakin, S.”][Result “1-0”][ECO “E55”][WhiteElo “2773”][BlackElo “2722”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. […]
4 teams within striking distance of Poland
Crosstable after 6 rounds: Rk. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2 1 Poland * 2 2½ ½ 2½ 3 2½ 9 13,0 2 Ukraine 2 * 3 1 2 2 3½ 7 13,5 China One 1 * 2 3 3½ 1 3 7 13,5 Georgia 3 * 1½ […]
Leaders falter in China
After a string of poor rounds, including a loss to China B team, the US came up big today against China A. Irina, Rusa, and Alisa won, giving the US a 3-1 match victory. In the mean time, it looks like Georgia is losing to Russia and Poland is losing to Armenia. The standings will […]