Express Report by John Saunders Magnus Carlsen clinched first place and the 50,000 euros first prize in the 2010 London Chess Classic at Olympia on Wednesday with a consummate positional win against England’s Nigel Short. Theirs was the second...
Carlsen wins London Chess Classic
Anand already drew Kramnik. Howell has a slightly better position against McShane. Carlsen has a winning position against Short, who probably one of his worst tournaments of his life. If there is no surprise, Carlsen should earn at least...
The WWC Semifinal is set
There will be 3 Chinese and 1 Indian in the semifinal. Here are the matchups: Top drawRuan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 Bottom Draw Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 Prediction? Chess Daily...
London Chess Classic LIVE games (round 7)
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Women’s World Championship LIVE round 4 / playoff
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Russian chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
1 game for all the marbles
London chess classic final round Vishy Anand – Vladimir KramnikHikaru Nakamura – Michael AdamsDavid Howell – Luke McShaneMagnus Carlsen – Nigel Short Your prediction? 1 2 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2802 NOR 10 2776 1990 4 x black 2 1...
Koneru, Hou and Zhao are the 3 Semi-Finalists
Koneru, Hou and Zhao are the 3 Semi-FinalistsAfter the second game 3 participants of semi-final matches were determined. Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru will meet at the board in semi-final as it happened in Nalchik in 2008. Both of...
Svidler, Karjakin continue Russian Championship lead
Round 4 results Svidler, Peter – Karjakin, Sergey ½ Grischuk, Alexander – Kurnosov, Igor ½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Khismatullin, Denis 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Potkin, Vladimir ½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Malakhov, Vladimir ½...