After nearly taking over the world #1 ranking last year with a rating close to 2800, Ivanchuk has been a freefall of late. His rating dropped over 50 points and was in danger of going under 2700. But he has regained his magic touch at the Bazna tournament in Romania. Here is his latest 24-move […]
Bazna resumes
Standings after 5 rounds: 1-2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 3½ 1-2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 3½ 3-4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 2½ 3-4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 2½ 5-6. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 1½ 5-6. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2675 1½ Official website: http://www.turneulregilor.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bazna King’s Tournament at midway
Here are the standings at the Bazna King’s Tournament in Romania after 5 rounds: 1-2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 3½ 1-2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 3½ 3-4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 2½ 3-4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 2½ 5-6. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 1½ 5-6. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2675 […]
Oldies but goodie
In the age where kids earn their grandmaster titles at 13-14, two of the oldest players in the Bazna tournament, Ivanchuk and Gelfand, prove that they can still play chess. They share the lead at the top of the leaderboard. Round 5 results: Radjabov, Teimour – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ Shirov, Alexei – Gelfand, Boris 0-1 […]
2nd straight round with all draws
Round 4 results: GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2675 1/2 GM Shirov Alexei 2745 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2746 1/2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2756 GM Gelfand Boris 2733 1/2 GM Kamsky Gata 2720 Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 2½ 2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 2½ 3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 2½ […]
3 way tie for lead in Bazna
Round 3 results: Ivanchuk, Vassily – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour – Shirov, Alexei ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds: 1-3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 2 1-3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 2 1-3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 2 4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 1½ 5. Kamsky, […]
Gelfand scores 1st win in Bazna
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Nisipeanu (2675) [E97]Bazna (2), 15.06.2009 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.c5 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.f3 f4 16.a4 g5 17.Ba3 h5 18.a5 Ng6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Na4 g4 21.Nb6 Nxe4 22.fxe4 f3 23.Rf1 […]
The roller coaster ride
After finishing first at Mtel ahead of Topalov and Carlsen, Shirov finished dead last at Poikovsky Karpov without recording a single win. He is back to the Mtel form by beating the super solid Kamsky in the opener of Bazna. GM Kamsky (2720) – GM Shirov (2745) [A14]Bazna (1), 14.06.20091.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 […]
Bazna “KINGS TOURNAMENT”
Bazna “KINGS TOURNAMENT” in RomaniaSunday, June 14, 2009 – Thursday, June 25, 2009 Players: Radjabov (AZE, 2756)Ivanchuk (UKR, 2746)Shirov (ESP, 2745)Gelfand (ISR, 2733)Kamsky (USA, 2720)Nisipeanu (ROU, 2675) Official website: http://www.turneulregilor.com/Modules/PageTournamentsList.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Short officially wins King’s Tournament
Mecking collapsed at the end and lost back to back games to fall out of contention. Here are the standings with one round to go except Nigel who completed all his games. 1. Short, Nigel g ENG 2660 7 2. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2523 53. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2537 5 4. Suba, Mihai […]