April 30th, 2013 Boris Gelfand leads the Alekhine Memorial with only one round to go The penultimate, 8th round of the Alekhine Memorial was played in St. Petersburg on April 30th. The young St. Petersburg grandmaster Nikita Vitiugov celebrated his...
MVL loses, Gelfand leads Alekhine Memorial
Round 8 results Anand, Viswanathan – Svidler, Peter ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 Vitiugov, Nikita Fressinet, Laurent – Aronian, Levon ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Ding, Liren – Adams, Michael ½-½ Standings after 8 rounds1. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2739 5 2. Adams,...
Gelfand wins and shares the lead with Vachier-Lagrave at Alekhine Memorial
The second leg of the Alekhine Memorial continues at the Russian State Museum in Saint Petersburg. The seventh round saw two decisive results, Vishwanathan Anand defeated Laurent Fressinet with the white pieces, and his challenger Boris Gelfand did the...
Gelfand, MVL, Aronian, and Adams lead Alekhine Memorial
Standings after 4 rounds 1-4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2739 * . . 1 ½ . . . ½ ½ 2½ 1-4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2722 . * . . ½ 1 ½ ½ . . 2½ 1-4....
Gefand beats Adams, moves up in the standings
Round 3 results Winawer Anand, Viswanathan – Aronian, Levon ½-½Gelfand, Boris – Adams, Michael 1-0 Ding, Liren – Fressinet, Laurent ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Svidler, Peter – Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian suffers 1st defeat, Ivanchuk scores 1st win, Gelfand wins again
Round 9 results GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 ½ – ½ GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 GM Svidler Peter 2747 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 1 – 0 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 1 –...
Candidates Tournament Order Set: Aronian vs Carlsen in round 1
Drawing of lots order 1. Levon Aronian 2. Boris Gelfand 3. Vassily Ivanchuk 4. Peter Svidler 5. Vladimir Kramnik 6. Alexander Grischuk 7. Teimour Radjabov 8. Magnus CarlsenRound 1 Aronian – CarlsenGelfand – RadjabovIvanchuk – Grischuk Svidler – Kramnik Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
All games drawn in Zurich again in spite of fighting chess
Round 3 resultsViswanathan Anand – Boris Gelfand: ½ : ½Fabiano Caruana – Vladimir Kramnik: ½ : ½ Standings after 3 rounds # Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 Pts 1 Kramnik, Vladimir 2810 *** ½ ½ ½ 1½ 2...
All games drawn in Zurich so far
Even though there has been plenty of fighting chess, all games so far are drawn in Zurich. Round 2 results Kramnik, Vladimir – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Gelfand, Boris – Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds Kramnik, Anand, Caruana,...
Two fighting draws in Zurich’s first round
The Zurich Chess Challenge 2013 has begun in Switzerland. The four invited players proved they came with a lot of fighting spirit, looking for a full point during the whole game, and signing draws only when it was absolutely...