Standings after 8 rounds: Group A 1. A. Shirov 6 2. M. CarlsenV. Kramnik 5½ 4. H. Nakamura 5 5. S. KarjakinL. DominguezP. LekoV. Ivanchuk 4½ 9. V. Anand 4 10. F. Caruana 3½ 11. S. TiviakovN. Short 2½...
Kramnik making a big move
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Round 8 results: Group A V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk ½-½ A. Shirov – M. Carlsen ½-½ V. Kramnik – H. Nakamura 1-0 S. Karjakin – N. Short 1-0 L....
Nakamura suffers 1st defeat against Kramnik
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Kramnik, V (2788) – Nakamura, H (2708) [A88]Corus A (8), 24.01.2010 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Nf3 d6 7.0–0 c6 8.Rb1 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.bxc3...
Shirov 1/2 Carlsen
Shirov (2723) – Carlsen (2810) [B33]Corus A (8), 24.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.0–0 0–0 15.Qh5 Rb8...
World Championship Update
Aruna Anand to inspect Sofia for the 2010 WCCAnand’s wife arrives 8th of February Report by chessdom.com Aruna Anand, the wife of Viswanathan Anand and manager of the World Champion, will visit Sofia on the 8th of February. The...
Match of Giants
Ties that bindBy ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 4:04 AM, January 24, 2010Posted: 11:55 PM, January 23, 2010 IN a game dominated by masters in their teens and early 20s, the September years of 78-year-old Viktor Korchnoi are a shock. But...
Back to back
Wesley So secures back-to-back wins in Corus chess tourneyabs-cbnNEWS.com 01/24/2010 7:47 PM MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored back-to-back wins after beating Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman in the 72nd Corus International Chess Championship Group B at...
Practical chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Can the leaders rebound in round 8?
Corus round 8 pairings: Group A V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk A. Shirov – M. Carlsen V. Kramnik – H. Nakamura S. Karjakin – N. Short L. Dominguez – L. van Wely P. Leko – J. Smeets F. Caruana...
4th Get Smart! Play Chess!
Here is the link to 68 pictures from the 4th Get Smart! Play Chess! Winter Scholastic Chess Championship at the Lubbock Science Spectrum. The event drew 101 players from Lubbock, San Angelo, Amarillo, and Midland, etc. Big thanks to...