Iturrizaga wins Dos Hermanas 2012 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga won the 2012 edition of the strong tournament Dos Hermanas. Iturrizaga finished with 8,0/9, ahead of GM Ibrahim Khamrakulov 7,5/9. Third place is for IM José Ibarra 7,0/9, who finished with the same points, but better tiebreak than GM James Plaskett, GM Josep López, GM Miguel Illescas, […]
Dos Hermanas March Madness
March Madness at Dos Hermanas After a dramatic week of 12 qualifiers hosted exclusively at www.chessclub.com, the ICC version of “March Madness” and the science of bracketology now comes into play as the world’s strongest online blitz tournament, Dos Hermanas, reaches the decisive 32-player knockout finals. Click here for brackets for Dos Hermanas 32-player final. […]
Ciudad de Dos Hermanas
Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Now in its tenth consecutive year, the annual “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas” 2009, the biggest and best online blitz tournament is set to be hosted March 13th to 21st yet again on the Internet Chess Club. The cash prize fund amounts to EUR 7,600 (about $9,600), with Euro 2,000 (roughly $2,500) […]
Topalov wins Dos Hermanas
Final position GM Topalov (2767) – GM Vallejo (2684) [C65]20.04.2008 – Game 1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Bc5 5.c3 0–0 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Qd3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 g5 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxg5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Kg7 14.a4 a5 15.Nc4 Qc8 16.Nxb6 cxb6 17.f4 Nxe4 18.d5 Nc5 19.Qg3 Ne4 20.Bf6+ Kxf6 21.fxe5+ Ke7 […]
Judit wins final game of the match
Final position GM Polgar, J (2709) – GM Topalov (2767) [C88]19.04.2008 – Game 4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.d4 Qc7 13.d5 Bd7 14.b3 c4 15.b4 Nb7 16.Rb1 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Ra2 19.Nf1 Rea8 20.h3 Nd8 21.g4 […]
Topalov draws to clinch match
Final position Judit had chances in all three games. Unfortunately, she was not able to convert her chances. But she fought hard in all 3 games. GM Topalov (2767) – GM Polgar,J (2709) [E16]19.04.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.0–0 0–0 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qc2 Na6 10.Nc3 d5 11.a3 […]
Topalov – Polgar at Dos Hermanas
GM Topalov (2767) – GM Polgar, J (2709) [E21]19.04.2008 – Game 1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 0–0 5.Bg5 d5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.cxd5 g5 9.Bg3 Nxd5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.h4 g4 13.Ne5 f5 14.Bc4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 b5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.0–0 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Bb7 19.f3 Rac8 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.fxg4 Rxc3 22.bxc3 […]
Topalov – J. Polgar at Dos Hermanas
Today, Spanish GM Vallejo Pons defeated GM Shirov to earn a spot in the final. Tomorrow, GM Topalov will face my sister Judit in a 4-game match. The winner will then face Vallejo Pons for the Dos Hermanas title. What is your prediction? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Big upset at Dos Hermanas
Spanish GM Vallejo Pons defeated GM Shirov by the score of 3-1. The first games was drawn. Vallejo Pons won the next two and drew the last. Here is game #2 GM Shirov (2740) – GM Vallejo (2684) [B12]18.04.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6 […]
Dos Hermanas with Topalov, Shirov and Judit
Topalov, Shirov, Judit and Vallejo Pons will take part in rapid match play in Dos Hermanas on April 17-21, 2008. The time control will be 20 minutes + 10 second increment. The drawing of lots will determine the matchups and it will take place at 8 PM (local time) on April 17. Here is the […]