Final score Blindfold 1. Grischuk 8 2. Carlsen 6½ Ivanchuk 6½ Kramnik 6½5. Gelfand 6 6. Gashimov 5½ Karjakin 5½ Svidler 5½9. Aronian 5 10. Ponomariov 4½11. Smeets 4 12. Dominguez 2½ Rapid 1. Carlsen 8 Ivanchuk 8 3....
Amber final round results
Photo by Fred Lucas Amber Final Round Results: Thursday 25 March Round XI 12.30 Blind Gashimov-Svidler ½-½ Dominguez-Aronian 0-1 Ponomariov-Smeets ½-½ 14.00 Blind Gelfand-Ivanchuk ½-½ Kramnik-Karjakin 1-0 Grischuk-Carlsen 1-0 15.45 Rapid Svidler-Gashimov ½-½ Aronian-Dominguez ½-½ Smeets-Ponomariov 0-1 17.15 Rapid...
Ivachuk, Carlsen win final game to win Amber
Clutch performance by both Ivanchuk and Carlsen in the final game. They were tied for 1st going into the final round with Kramnik (1/2 point behind) and Grischuk (1 point behind) at the heels. Both Ivanchuk and Carlsen scored...
Denying Brilliance
Breaking RanksWorld’s Best Chess Players Deny BrillianceBy Benjamin F. Carlson on March 25, 2010 11:16am Like math and music, chess is one of the those pursuits everyone typically associates with genius and high IQs. Everyone, that is, except two...
Costly queen hanging
Grischuk (2756) – Carlsen (2813) [E70]Amber Blind (11), 25.03.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 0–0 6.Qd2 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Qe8 9.Nge2 Nh5 10.f3 f5 11.0–0–0 Nc5 12.Bc2 Bd7 13.Rde1 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 b5...
2010 Lubbock Open
The competition is expected to be very strong this year TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYSusan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE)The Susan Polgar Foundation and the Knight Raiders present 3rd Annual Lubbock Open Chess Championship Saturday, March 27, 2010A 4 Round...
Press release of Turkish Chess Federation
FIDE Elections 2010 FIDE elections are upon us once again and our current President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is once again being challenged, this time by former World Champion Anatoly Karpov, who declared his candidacy on 13 March 2010 in a...
Bilek chess tactic
GM Istvan Bilek 1932-2010 Grandmaster Istvan Bilek passed away on 21 March 2010. A three time Hungarian Champion, Bilek played on the Hungarian team in nine Chess Olympiads and played in Interzonals in 1962 and 1964. He scored many...
Liem and Son to compete in national championship
Top seeds to join in tough battle at chess tourney11:09′ 25/03/2010 (GMT+7) Top chess players Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Le Quang Liem would compete in the National Premier Chess Championship next week, the Viet Nam Chess Federation said....