GM Adams (2734) – GM Shirov (2699) [C78]FIDE candidates Matches Elista, Kalmykia Russia, 29.05.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 0-0 12.Bg5 exd4 13.cxd4...
Judit Polgar – E. Bareev
We’re all rooting for Judit! Judit Polgar – E. Bareev (game 3) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 (immediate change from game 1 where she played 3.Nx3)3…cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxd4 8.Qxd4 Nxd4 9.O-O-O e5 10.f4...
Candidates match standings
Match score after 2 games: Aronian 1.5 – .5 Carlsen Leko 1.5 – .5 Gurevich Ponomariov 1 – 1 Rublevsky Gelfand 1 – 1 Kasimdzhanov Kamsky 1.5 – .5 Bacrot Grischuk 1.5 – .5 Malakhov Polgar .5 – 1.5...
Complete games of round 2
Gurevich, M (2635) – Leko, P (2738) [E32] 0-1WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (2), 28.05.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3...
Round 2 games from Elista
GM Kasimjanov – GM Gelfand [E15]28.05.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Na6 12.0-0 h6 13.Bf4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd3 Qe7 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.e4...
Game 2 of the candidates’ matches in Elista
Round 1 – Game 2 1 Aronian Levon (ARM) – Carlsen Magnus (NOR)2 Gurevich Mikhail (TUR) – Leko Peter (HUN)3 Rublevsky Sergei (RUS) – Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)4 Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB) – Gelfand Boris (ISR)5 Bacrot Etienne (FRA) – Kamsky...
The psychology of match play
Some people think that chess is chess and if a player is good, he or she would do well in any format, whether if it is Swiss, round robin or match play. In my opinion, it is not the...
Candidates’ matches results
Carlsen, Magnus – Aronian, Levon 0-1Grischuk, Alexander – Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0Leko, Peter – Gurevich, Mikhail 1/2Ponomariov, Ruslan – Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2Gelfand, Boris – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2Ponomariov, Ruslan – Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2Kamsky, Gata – Bacrot, Etienne 1/2Adams, Michael – Shirov,...
Candidates’ matches LIVE update and games
GM Kamsky (2705) – GM Bacrot (2709) [D15] 1/2FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.b4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 a5 10.bxa5 Bg7 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne2...
Judit Polgar vs. E. Bareev
Judit Polgar – E. Bareev [B19] (Game 1) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Be3 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.0–0–0 0–0–0 14.Ne4 Ngf6 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4...