Standings after 7 rounds 1-3. Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2705 4 1-3. Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2772 4 1-3. Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2712 4 4-7. Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2701 3½ 4-7 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2669 3½ 4-7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2703...
Chess Coach Chess Update | Biel Chess Festival 2011 – Round 3 Analysis
By Chess Coach William Stewart. Original article with interactive PGN’s available on William’s site. Magnus Carlsen Maintains Top Position Carlsen has 2.5/3 points after today’s fighting draw the ever-dangerous Alexander Morozevich. Carlsen attempted to play a Grunfeld, however had...
Fabiano Caruana dominates at AAIGM – Round 8
By Chess Coach NM William Stewart Original article on AAIGM Round 8 available on William’s site. Fabiano Caruana is cruising through the AAIGM Chess Tournament (2011) that is currently being held in New Delhi, India. Caruana’s win today puts...
Can Chess Help People with Alzheimers Disease? Maybe So!
By Chess Coach William Stewart Original article on using chess to help people with Alzheimer’s disease available on Will’s site. 1.26.2011: 79 yr-old Korchnoi Beats 18 yr-old Caruana (FIDE 2720) Nearly everyone has a close family member or friend...
AAI Grandmaster Chess Tournament
AAI Grandmaster Chess TournamentRound four photos, courtesy of Delhi Chess Association After four rounds, Caruana remained as the only unbeaten player. He leads the six-player field with 3.5 points, while Laznicka, who bounced back from his third round loss...
Hou Yifan to participate in India
Artwork by the talented Mike Magnan Hou Yifan ready for AAI Grandmasters chessDouble round robin from 21st June to 2nd July 2011 in New Delhi New Delhi, June 6: The reigning women’s world champion Hou Yifan of China is...
Caruana top seed at Italian Championship
12 Italian players are going to contest the 70th Italian Championship 2010. 11 rounds from 23 November to 4 December in Siena. Games start every day s at 15 p.m. except for the last round (11). 29th November will...
Biel Chess Festival 2010
Biel Chess Festival 2010 Biel Young Grandmaster Super Tournament Ten young Grandmasters will be the stars of the 43rd edition of the Biel Chess Festival. The list is headed by last year’s winner Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and he is joined...
Successful Swiss Team debut for Caruana
Caruana makes his debut in Swiss team championshipSuccesful debut for Caruana in the Swiss team Championship (SMM). The Italian international played his first game for Winterthur alongside veteran GM Artur Jussupow, beating GM Renet to help his team win...
Double Dutch Treat
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Smeets, J (2657) – Caruana, F (2675) [B41]Corus A (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 0–0 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2...