Elite 8 Matchups: Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670 vs Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 The winner of the Kamsky vs Ponomariov match will face the winner of the Cheparinov vs Carlsen match in...
Cheparinov to the final 8 by upsetting Wang
Final position GM Wang, Yue (2703) – GM Cheparinov (2670) [E87]04.12.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.0–0–0 a6 10.Kb1 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.Bc2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Ba6...
WC round 3: Cheparinov 1-0 Mamedyarov
Final positionGM Cheparinov (2670) – GM Mamedyarov (2752) [D38]30.11.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.f3 Bf8...
Bulgarian’s newest 2700+ GM
Linex Magic Champions of SpainThe magic is again with Ivan Cheparinov MERIDA – LINEX – MAGIC 2.5:3.5 GM Dimitry Jakovenko (Merida) – GM Alexei Shirov (Linex) 1/2-1/2GM Michael Adams (Linex) – GM Evgeny Alekseev (Merida) 1/2-1/2GM Artyom Timofeev (Merida)...
Cheparinov wins Sigeman with 1 round to go
With one round to go, GM Ivan Cheparinov has won the Sigeman event! He defeated the young Indian GM Negi while his main rival GM Hillarp Person lost to GM Timman! Round 8 results: GM Tiger Hillarp Persson –...
Cheparinov continues to lead Sigeman
Picture courtesy of official website GM Cheparinov continues to lead Sigeman by 1/2 point. In the mean time, Timman made a mini surge with 2 consecutive wins. Here are the results of round 7: GM Parimarjan Negi – GM...
Fierced battles at Sigeman! All results decisive!
All 5 games at the Sigeman have decisive results. Round 6 GM Tiger Hillarp Persson – GM Erwin l’Ami 1 – 0GM Emanuel Berg – GM Parimarjan Negi 1 – 0IM Emil Hermansson – GM Jonny Hector 0 –...
Cheparinov leads Sigeman
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2007Round 5 results: IM Emil Hermansson – IM Pontus Carlsson ½ – ½GM Jonny Hector – GM Ivan Cheparinov 0 – 1GM Vassilios Kotronias – GM Tiger Hillarp Persson ½ – ½GM Erwin l’Ami...
Photos from Dresden
Here is a picture of the legendary GM Oleg Romanishin versus the young star GM Cheparinov, Topalov’s second. This was taken during the 2007 European Championship. Many more pictures can be viewed at www.chessvibes.com. Special thanks to Peter Doggers...