Efimenko, Zahar – Short, NigelMatch in Mukachevo, Ukraine (game 4), 2009.09.24 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Nxb3 11.Nxb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 a5 14.Qc2 Qd7...
Sofia officially bids for match
Sofia bids to host Topalov-Anand chess crown match in April 2010Fri, Sep 25 2009 11:50 CETby Petar Kostadinov Bulgaria has officially applied to host the 2010 match for the world chess crown between Bulgarian grandmaster Vesselin Topalov and world...
New match, same result
Kasparov beats Karpov in rerun of 1984 chess clashFri Sep 25, 2009 5:05am EDT MADRID (Reuters Life!) – Russian chess legend Gary Kasparov has won a re-match of his classic 1984 world championship contest with compatriot Anatoly Karpov, ending...
Late night chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2009/2010 Schedule
Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2009/2010 ScheduleTuesday, 22 September 2009 12:40 FIDE announces that the arranged dates of the other four tournaments for the Women’s FIDE Grand-Prix 2009/2010 are as follows. Please download Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2009/2010 Schedule in...
World Junior – Urgent Message
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond their control the Argentina Chess Federation will host the World Junior Chess Championships in the city of Puerto Madryn and not Mar del Plata from 21 October (arrival) to 4 November 2009 (departure). FIDE...
Sutovsky maintains lead with 2 to go
Round 7 results: Sutovsky, Emil – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne – Stefanova, Antoaneta ½-½ Sargissian, Gabriel – Timman, Jan ½-½ Socko, Bartosz – Michiels, Bart 1-0 Howell, David – Sasikiran, Krishnan ½-½ Standings after 7 rounds: 1. Sutovsky,...
Round 6 update (norm update)
Photo by MonRoi.com Photos from round 6 (30 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound6 B group 1. IM Finegold 5.0 (needs 1/3 for GM norm and title)2-3. GM Bhat, GM Perelshteyn 4.04. Robson 3.5 (needs 2.5/3 for GM norm and title)5. IM Antal...
Kasparov dominates
Rapid results: (3-1 Kasparov) Karpov, Anatoly – Kasparov, Garry 0-1 Kasparov, Garry – Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 Karpov, Anatoly – Kasparov, Garry 1-0 Kasparov, Garry – Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 Blitz results: (6-2 Kasparov) Kasparov, Garry – Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 Karpov,...