The final tournament “Rapid Grand Prix of Russia 2012″ was played on 22-24th December in Kirov. The final was a knock-out event with 16 participants who scored most points in the Grand Prix rapid events throughout the year. Famous Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev, who became the European Rapid champion last weekend, added another title by winning […]
Dreev wins European Blitz on tiebreaks
Russian Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2012 that was held on 15-16th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. 753 players from the European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) competed in the 11-round Swiss event with the time control G-15′+10”. Eventually four players shared the first […]
Dreev wins Cento on tiebreaks
Alexey Dreev Wins Cento Open5-13th February 2011 at the Grand Hotel Bologna in Pieve di Cento The 1st Cento Open concluded today with the trophies being awarded at the central stage of the European Carnival and in front of thousands of cheering visitors. The top three games finished in draws, and thus three players shared […]
Dreev stopped Almasi’s streak
After a spectacular 4-0 start, GM Almasi’s streak was halted by GM Dreev. In spite of the loss, he is still tied for first with GM Ni Hua. Round 5 results: Dreev, Alexey Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 Gustafsson, Jan Ni Hua ½-½ Leon Hoyos, Manuel Shytaj, Luca 1-0 Ronchetti, Niccolo Marin, Mihail ½-½ Cebalo, Miso Landa, […]
Dreev wins Barcelona
Final crosstable: SNo. Nombre FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 1 Gulko Boris F USA * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 5 2 Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 0 * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 2½ 3 Hernandez Carmenates Holden CUB 1 ½ […]
Leaders draw at Aeroflot
Final position GM Rodshtein (2614) – GM Dreev (2633) [D43]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0–0–0 Nb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Kb1 0–0–0 14.Ka1 Ne8 15.Nd2 Nd6 16.Na4 Qf6 17.Rhf1 Bf5 18.Bxf5+ Qxf5 19.Qxf5+ Nxf5 20.Nc5 h5 21.g3 Nd6 22.Kb1 Rde8 […]
Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Dreev
Final position GM Nepomniachtchi – GM Dreev [B57]16.02.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 f5 11.e5 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bg7 15.Qa4+ Kf7 16.exd6 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 exd6 18.0–0 Rhe8 19.Rad1 d5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Rd7+ Re7 22.Rfd1 Rae8 23.Qxa7 Qg4 24.Qe3 […]
Svidler back on winning track
Final position GM Svidler – GM Dreev [B63]19.12.2007Russian Championship 2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0–0–0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0–0 10.f3 a6 11.h4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.g4 Nd7 15.Be2 Rc6 16.a3 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Qxg5 18.Rh5 Qf4 19.Rdh1 Nf6 20.R5h3 Rfc8 21.Bd3 h6 22.Ne2 Qd2 23.e5 […]
Ponomariov, Dreev and Topalov tie for 1st
http://www.chessdom.com/ report Ponomariov wins Villarrobledo 2007 Ruslan Ponomariov won the Villarrobledo 2007 on tie break over Dreev and Topalov. Ivanchuk is 4th with 7.0. Great expectations were put on the 6th round game between Cheparinov and Topalov, however it finished in a fast draw. Later on Cheparinov could grab some victories, but lost his last […]
Irina Krush crushed super GM Dreev in Gausdal
Irina Krush crushed super GM Dreev to stay on top of Gausdal with GM Krasenkow and ahead of Magnus Carlsen! GM Dreev (2633) – IM Krush (2478) [D23]Gausdal Classics Gausdal, Norway, 19.04.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Nc3 Nd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Qd1 Bg4 8.d5 Ne5 9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bg3 e5 11.dxe6 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 […]