After 4 rounds, there is no perfect score. 10 players are tied with 3.5 / 4. Here are the leaders of the 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival Masters (in red are the leading ladies at Gibraltar): Rank Name Flags Score...
Back in business
With a win today over Dominguez, Carlsen is back in a tie for the lead with Kramnik. Here are round 11 results: Group A J. Smeets – V. Anand ½-½ L. van Wely – S. Tiviakov 1-0 N. Short...
Back on the right track
After a few tough rounds, Robson is back on the right track today by beating GM Lie with the Black pieces. Unfortunately, group C leader Li Chao also won so it would be nearly impossible to make up 1.5...
All or nothing
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Wesley So was trailing Anish Giri by 1 point. They faced each other in round 11. A win by So with the White pieces would give him a share of...
Standing tall against the Rock
Leinier Dominguez, the best Cuban player since Capablanca, is an extremely solid player. He is a rock. He rarely loses and he also did not lose a single game in the first 10 rounds of Corus. But that changed...
Corus chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lady Killer in Gibraltar
GM Daniel Fridman, one of the top 3 GMs in Germany, defeated his own wife U.S. Women’s Champion IM Anna Zatonskih in round 2. Today, he handily beat GM Kosteniuk. That’s 2 for 2 for Daniel. [Event “8th Gibtelecom...
A LIVELY FIRST MASTERCLASS IS A GREAT SUCCESS
Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 Tues 26 Jan – Thurs 4 Feb 2010 PRESS RELEASE GENERAL 3 – 28.1.10 A LIVELY FIRST MASTERCLASS IS A GREAT SUCCESS Jovanka Houska the reigning Ladies British Chess Champion, and Tania Sachdev a...
2010 Clay fair to host student chess tournament
2010 Clay fair to host student chess tournamentJanuary 29, 2010 Special to Clay Today GREEN COVE SPRINGS — The 2010 Clay County Agricultural Fair will hold a competitive chess tournament that is open to all K-12 students. All area...
Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival
Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 Tues 26 Jan – Thurs 4 Feb 2010 PRESS RELEASE GENERAL 4 – 29.1.10 GIBRALTAR’S DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER SAYS, “GIBRALTAR IS A POWERFUL PLAYER IN THE WORLD OF CHESS” “Gibraltar is a powerful player...