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 3½ 4-7 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2690 3½ 8-10. Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2682 3 8-10. Jakovenko, Dmitry […]
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 to switch gears after Moro’s 4. Bg5. Carlsen emerged from the opening with a space advantage […]
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 him at 6.5/8 points, dominating this strong 6-GM round robin with an average FIDE rating of […]
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 that is afflicted by mental dementia or Alzheimer’s. Current treatment methods combine medication and behavioral approaches […]
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 to Sasi on Friday, has three points. Sasikiran and Wesley So have two each, Negi 1.5 […]
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 all geared up for the upcoming inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament in New Delhi beginning on […]
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 be a free day during which there will be a simul on 20 boards with Fabiano […]
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 by Evgeny Tomashevsky, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Anish Giri, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Parimarjan […]
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 their tie against Genf with a 5 -3 score (Swiss championship team matches are held over […]
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 Bc7 11.Bf4 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.0–0 b6 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Na4 […]