Black to move. Is this a win or draw? How should black proceed?
14 players tie for the lead at Reykjavik Open after 6
Rank after round 6 (top 150) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr234895.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 17 GM Can Emre TUR 2578 5,0 0,0 5,0 3 14,0 2572 6 5 4,96 0,04 10 0,4 2 29 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran IND 2494 5,0 0,0 5,0 3 […]
GM Kapnisis leads 1st Heraklion “Fischer Memorial” by a full point
Ranking crosstable after round 8 Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6,5 0,0 3 20,75 0,0 2 IM Theodorou Nikolas GRE ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 […]
Mamedyarov regains Gashimov Memorial lead after 3
Round 3 results Eljanov, Pavel – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey – Adams, Michael 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour – Harikrishna, P. ½-½ So, Wesley – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ Topalov, Veselin – Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds 1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar gm AZE 2772 * . . 1 . ½ 1 . . . 2½ 3058 […]
Sutovsky leads Karpov Poikovsky after 5
Round 5 results Anton Guijarro, David – Zhigalko, Sergei ½-½ Dubov, Daniil – Najer, Evgeniy ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Korobov, Anton ½-½ Rodshtein, Maxim – Inarkiev, Ernesto 0-1 Sutovsky, Emil – Bologan, Viktor 1-0 Standings after 5 rounds 1. Sutovsky, Emil gm ISR 2650 * ½ 1 1 ½ . . . . 1 4 […]
GM Jumabayev wins Kazakh Championship by a full point
Final ranking crosstable after 11 rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2614 KAZ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9,0 43,25 0,0 7 2 GM Ismagambetov Anuar 2545 KAZ ½ […]
Aronian wins again, leads GRENKE by 1.5 pt over Carlsen & Caruana
Round 6 results Aronian, Levon – Hou, Yifan 1-0 Bluebaum, Matthias – Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Meier, Georg ½-½ Standings after 6 rounds 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2774 * ½ . 1 1 1 ½ 1 5 2980 2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2838 ½ * […]
Daily Chess Improvement: Winning Chess Tactic!
White to move. Can White get out of trouble? How should white proceed? 5nk1/2p5/1p3R2/2b1NNp1/p3Pp2/2P2P2/6r1/3K4 w – – 0 1