GM Alekseev (2716) – GM Karjakin (2694) [C78]08.12.2007Rapid Playoff – Game 1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.d3 0–0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.h3...
World Cup Elite 8 Matchups
Elite 8 Matchups: Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670 vs Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 The winner of the Kamsky vs Ponomariov match will face the winner of the Cheparinov vs Carlsen match in...
Alekseev through to the next round
Final position GM Bareev (2653) – GM Alekseev (2716) [A64]05.12.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0–0 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Nce4 Ndf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Nb6...
Alekseev learned hard lesson from Kramnik
Photo courtesy of GM Robert Fontaine and Europe Echecs GM Kramnik (2785) – GM Alekseev (2716) [E00]16.11.2007Tal Memorial Round 6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.e4 Nxe4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bg2 Nd6 9.Be3 b4 10.Bxc5...
Kramnik and Alekseev lead Dortmund
Round 3 (June 26, 2007) Carlsen, Magnus – Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2Gelfand, Boris – Anand, Viswanathan 1/2Leko, Peter – Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 Standings after 3 rounds:1-2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679, Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS...
Alekseev and Kramnik lead Dortmund
Round 2 results: Vishy Anand ½-½ Peter LekoArkadij Naiditsch ½-½ Magnus CarlsenEvgeny Alekseev 1-0 Shak. MamedyarovVladimir Kramnik 1-0 Boris Gelfand Round 3 matchups: Boris Gelfand – Vishy AnandShak. Mamedyarov – Vladimir KramnikMagnus Carlsen – Evgeny AlekseevPeter Leko – Arkadij...
Alekseev wins Aeroflot
The talented young GM Evgeny Alekseev won clear first at the Aeroflot Open with the score of 7 out 9 by beating GM Sargissian in the final round while Tomashevsky and Jakovenko drew. GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 6.0 RUS 2624...