Experts divided over cheating allegation against TopalovLeonard BardenMonday January 29, 2007The Guardian A new cheating allegation against Veselin Topalov was made at the weekend just as the world No1-ranked grandmaster started his grudge game against the world champion, Vladimir...
FIDE said NO MATCH unless Kramnik wants it
FIDE Press Release on Topalov-Kramnik MatchPRESS RELEASE, 28 January 2007 The FIDE Presidential Board, meeting 27-28 January 2007 in Antalya, Turkey, issued the following statement : FIDE received a bank guarantee dated January 19th 2007, on behalf of GM...
Which one will have the best career?
Which of these players will have the most spectacular chess career? Choices: * Teimour Radjabov* Magnus Carlsen* Sergei Karjakin* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov* Levon Aronian* David Navara* Other Click http://poll.pollcode.com/u0u9 to vote. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is Federer the best ever?
Federer just won his 10th Tennis Grand Slam title by defeating Gonzalez in straight sets at the 2007 Australian Open. He is only 4 shy of the all time record by Pete Sampras which is 14. Roger still has...
Eljanov won group B and stunning last round results in group C
Final Standings – Group B1. P. Eljanov 92-5. G. Sargissian, Bu Xiangzhi, M. Vachier-Lagrave, D. Jakovenko 86. E. L’Ami 7½7-8. V. Bologan, D. Stellwagen 79. J. Smeets 610. F. Nijboer 5½11-12. S. Atalik, J. Werle 4½13-14. T. Kosintseva, V....
A final look back at 2007 Corus
There is no tie-break at Corus. Therefore, 3 players tie for 1st in group A. 1-3. Topalov, Aronian and Radjabov 8.5 (+4)4. Kramnik 8 (+3) 5. Anand 7.5 (+2) 6. Svidler 7 (+1) 7-8. Navara, Karjakin 6.5 (=) 9....
Kramnik wins in impressive fashion to capture 4th in Corus
Kramnik’s effort to win this tournament fell 1/2 point short as he finished in clear fourth behind a 3-way tie for first between Topalov, Aronian and Radjabov. However, he played an impressive last game to defeat VanWely. Kramnik is...
Toilet war in 13 acts
Picture and full story on chessbase.com Bulgarian journalist Zhivko Ginchec just came out with 20,000 copies of the book about the Elista match between Kramnik and Topalov. The title of the book is “Toilet War”. In the mean time,...
Corus Final Round LIVE Blogging
Radjabov, T – Topalov, V [E08]Corus 2007, 28.01.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 (We are still in theories so far. Black now has 3 main...
Mr. Kasparov in the news
The original caricature was done by the very talented artist Ismael Roldan THE WEEKEND INTERVIEWThe Other RussiaThe man who would checkmate Vladimir Putin.BY MELANIE KIRKPATRICKSaturday, January 27, 2007 12:01 a.m. NEW YORK–As the longtime world chess champion, Garry Kasparov...