Round 4 results in Biel: Onischuk, Alexander – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Bacrot, Etienne 1-0Pelletier, Yannick – Alekseev, Evgeny 0-1 Standings after 4 rounds: 1-2. Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2708 31-2. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2775 3 3-4. Dominguez...
Alekseev wins, catches Carlsen
Photo by Europe Echecs GM Pelletier (2569) – GM Alekseev (2708) [D38]24.07.2008 / Round 4 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 b6 11.e3 0–0 12.Be2 Nd7...
Carlsen, Alekseev lead Biel
Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 1½ 29262. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 1½ 28313. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2708 1 26194. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 1 26995. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691...
Biel leaders drew
GM Alekseev (2708) – GM Carlsen (2775) [E15]21.07.2008 / Biel – Round 2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6...
The winners face each other
Alex Onischuk, currently tied for 3rd. He will face Bacrot today. Biel – Round 2 Alekseev, Evgeny – Carlsen, MagnusBacrot, Etienne – Onischuk, AlexanderPelletier, Yannick – Dominguez Perez, Leinier Standings after 1 round: 1-2. Carlsen, Alekseev 1.03-4. Dominguez, Onischuk...
Volokitin 1-0 Alekseev
Final position GM Volokitin (2684) – GM Alekseev (2711) [C67]Foros – Final round, 19.06.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Ne4 Ke8 12.Re1 h6 13.Bd2...
Carlsen 1/2 Alekseev
Final position GM Carlsen (2765) – GM Alekseev (2711) [E17]Foros – Round 6, 13.06.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5...
Another exciting round for Carlsen
Round 6 matchups: Carlsen, Magnus – Alekseev, EvgenyIvanchuk, Vassily – Volokitin, AndreiShirov, Alexei – Karjakin, SergeySvidler, Peter – Jakovenko, DmitryEljanov, Pavel – Nisipeanu, Liviu-DieterVan Wely, Loek – Onischuk, Alexander Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Game of the day
Final position GM Svidler (2746) – GM Alekseev (2711) [C65]12.04.2008Russian Team Championship 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.0–0 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.d5 Ne7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Be3 h6 12.Ne1 f5 13.f3 g5 14.Nd3...
Karjakin eliminated Alekseev to face Shirov
GM Karjakin (2694) – GM Alekseev (2716) [B90]08.12.2007Rapid Playoff – Game 2 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 0–0 11.0–0–0 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.g5 Nh5 14.f4...