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Nisipeanu maintains 1/2 point lead after 6 at German Championship
Rank after Round 6 http://chess-results.com/tnr263382.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI RtgN Club/City TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2683 2666 USV TU Dresden 5,0 2471 23,5 2 6 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2573 2573 DJK Aufwärts Aachen 4,5 2454 22,0 3 13 Keymer Vincent GER 2411 2384 SK Gau-Algesheim 4,5 2452 21,0 […]
GMs Ovsejevitsch & Mirzoev lead Šachový festival České Budějovice after 7 rounds
Ranking crosstable after round 7 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Ovsejevitsch Sergei 2601 UKR * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4,5 4,5 15,25 0,0 2 GM Mirzoev Azer 2541 AZE ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 […]
3 share Dutch Championship lead after 3
Round 3 results Ernst, Sipke Bok, Benjamin ½-½ Van Foreest, Jorden L’Ami, Erwin 1-0 Van Wely, Loek Burg, Twan ½-½ Van den Doel, Erik Sokolov, Ivan ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds # Name Pts SB 1 Ernst, Sipke 2 3 Van den Doel, Erik 2 2.5 Van Foreest, Jorden 2 1.5 4 Sokolov, Ivan 1.5 […]
GCT Leuven day 1 results
Round 3 Anand, Viswanathan Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus So, Wesley 0-1 Giri, Anish Aronian, Levon 1-0 Jobava, Baadur Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ Round 2 Aronian, Levon Jobava, Baadur 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 Nepomniachtchi, Ian Giri, Anish 1-0 So, Wesley Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Round […]
Cheating a girl in chess!
Shameful to see a grown man trying to cheat a girl by purposely promoting the pawn to a wrong square and lying about it! I had this quote a long time ago: “I have never beaten a healthy man!” because many men simply cannot handle losing to a female, especially a girl. Bobby Fischer used […]
IM Martirosyan & GM Kotanjian lead Asrian Memorial with 1 round to go
Rank after Round 8 (top 40) http://chess-results.com/tnr267358.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 18 IM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2516 6,5 38,0 41,0 5 8 6,5 4,05 2,45 10 24,5 2 19 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2486 6,5 35,5 39,5 4 8 6,5 […]