Radjabov, T – Topalov, V [E08]Corus 2007, 28.01.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 (We are still in theories so far. Black now has 3 main...
The Final Showdown at Corus
Round 13 – Sunday the 28th T. Radjabov (8) – V. Topalov (8)L. Aronian (7.5) – S. Tiviakov (5) P. Svidler (7) – S. Karjakin (5.5)V. Kramnik (7) – L. van Wely (5)V. Anand (7) – D. Navara (6)...
Rook and Pawn vs. Rook
White to move. Do you know how to win this endgame as White? Play it out against your computer or a friend and see if you can do it. Try to do your best to hold from the Black...
Mr. Kasparov in the news
The original caricature was done by the very talented artist Ismael Roldan THE WEEKEND INTERVIEWThe Other RussiaThe man who would checkmate Vladimir Putin.BY MELANIE KIRKPATRICKSaturday, January 27, 2007 12:01 a.m. NEW YORK–As the longtime world chess champion, Garry Kasparov...
Saturday Open Forum
It is Saturday Open Forum! Sorry it is a little late because my blog was down for nearly a day due to upgrades. What would you like to talk about? Corus? Cheating allegations against Topalov by the German news...
The Pursuit of Happiness and Oscar Nominee Will Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness I had a chance to see this movie by Will Smith (Mr. Chess Lover) and his son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith today. I did not know what to expect as Will Smith is not really...
Complete games of Corus round 12
Topalov, V (2783) – Kramnik, V (2766) [D37]Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4...
The toiletgate affairs refuse to die as more accusations coming
With one round left to go, the toiletgate affairs just won’t go away. Now new allegations against Topalov are coming from a German source. This was just published by ChessBase (www.chessbase.com): “For over a year rumours have persisted that...
Big day in Corus
Painting by my sister Sofia With just two rounds to go, the importance of each game magnifies by ten fold. Coming to round 12, Topalov lead a just 1/2 point with 3 players lurking closed behind: Group A after...
The big drama!
Current standings with 2 rounds to go: Group A1. V. Topalov 7½2-4. L. Aronian, P. Svidler, T. Radjabov 75-6. V. Anand, V. Kramnik 6½7. R. Ponomariov 5½8-9. S. Karjakin, D. Navara 510-11. S. Tiviakov, A. Motylev 4½12. L. van...