Yesterday ChessVibes had an interview with chess legend Vlastimil Hort, the Czechoslovakia-born player now living in Germany and former world champion candidate. He’s here in Dortmund to play a match against the no less legendary Heikki Westerinen from Finland,...
Kramnik leads Dortmund
Round 4 results: Kramnik 1-0 CarlsenAnand 1-0 NaiditschAlekseev ½-½ LekoGelfand ½-½ Mamedyarov Kramnik, V (2772) – Carlsen, M (2693) [E06]Dortmund GER (4), 27.06.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5...
Kramnik and Alekseev lead Dortmund
Round 3 (June 26, 2007) Carlsen, Magnus – Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2Gelfand, Boris – Anand, Viswanathan 1/2Leko, Peter – Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 Standings after 3 rounds:1-2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679, Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS...
Alekseev and Kramnik lead Dortmund
Round 2 results: Vishy Anand ½-½ Peter LekoArkadij Naiditsch ½-½ Magnus CarlsenEvgeny Alekseev 1-0 Shak. MamedyarovVladimir Kramnik 1-0 Boris Gelfand Round 3 matchups: Boris Gelfand – Vishy AnandShak. Mamedyarov – Vladimir KramnikMagnus Carlsen – Evgeny AlekseevPeter Leko – Arkadij...
Mamedyarov leads Dortmund
Round 1 results S. Mamedyarov 1-0 A. NaiditschV. Kramnik ½-½ V. AnandB. Gelfand ½-½ E. AlekseevM. Carlsen ½-½ P. Leko Mamedyarov, S (2757) – Naiditsch, A (2654) [C58]Dortmund, GER (1), 06.23.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5...
Anand – Kramnik in the opener of Dortmund
Anand-Kramnik face-off in Dortmund opener Dortmund (Germany), Jun 23: The Dortmund Super Grandmaster Chess tournament will begin with a bang today with the clash of the titans taking place in the first round. Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, the World...
Kramnik to miss Dortmund?
Our friends from ChessBase just reported that Kramnik has fallen ill and he may miss Dortmund. When asked about his participation in the Super-GM tournament in Dortmund Kramnik’s manager informed us that the situation was unclear. In his current...
Super Dortmund begins this weekend
Category 20 Grand Masters’ Tournament – Sparkassen Open World Class Players Compete for the Dortmund Chess Crown From 23rd June to 1st July 2007 chess will once again reign in the Dortmund theatre. At this year’s Sparkassen Chess Meeting...