White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net
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...
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...
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...
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...
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!”...
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...
Daily Chess Improvement: Fun Chess Tactic!
Black to move. How should black proceed? r5k1/p1QN3p/P5pB/5p2/1P2nP2/3q3P/3n2PK/R2R4 b – – 0 1
Nisipeanu maintains German Championship lead after 5
Rank after Round 5 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 4,5 2448 16,5 2 13 Keymer Vincent GER 2411 2384 SK Gau-Algesheim 4,0...
GMs Van den Doel & Ernst share Dutch Championship lead after 2
Standings after 2 rounds Nr Naam Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score 1 Van den Doel, Erik 2572 – – – 1 – ½ – 1.5 2 Ernst, Sipke 2535 – – ½ – 1...