Levon Aronyan to participate in nominative tournamentSunday, November 1, 2009 Moscow will hold traditional annual chess Tournament dedicated to Grand Master Mikhail Tal on November 4-18. Ten Grand Masters will participate in tournament including Armenian GM Levon Aronyan. Here...
Souvenir from the World Series
One of my many souvenirs from the game 2 of the 2009 World Series. It is a very beautiful stadium, a must see if you are in the NY area. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Junior Top Board Matchups
Round 10 top board pairings: (bold = SPICE Cup participants) Br. Nr. Name Elo Pkt. Ergebnis Pkt. Name Elo Nr. 1 7 GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo 2605 7 7½ GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718 1 2 10 GM OLSZEWSKI Michal 2544...
Anand 1.5 – 0.5 Karpov
GM Anand (2788) – GM Karpov (2619) [D31]31.10.2009 – Rapid match (game 1) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 0–0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.0–0 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rab1 a5...
FIDE November 2009 Rating List
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2810 10 1975 2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2801 10 1990 3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 0 1969 4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2784 6 1982...
Saturday Open Forum
Azerbaijan won the European Team Championship with a new team captain FIDE VP and GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Top seed Vachier-Lagrave and Bulgarian GM Zhigalko are leading the World Junior Championship after 9 rounds. Ray Robson is currently tied for...
Women’s Top 20
Women’s Top 20 Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2680 6 1976 2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2595 0 1987 3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2588 30 1994 4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO...
Sahaj Grover becomes India’s youngest IM
Sahaj Grover becomes India’s youngest International MasterPTI 31 October 2009, 01:54pm IST LE TOUQUET (France): Former under-10 world champion Sahaj Grover became India’s youngest International Master, winning the final round game against the higher-rated Nicolas Clery to finish fifth...