According to Chess Today, 5 players tied for 1st at Foxwoods. Final Standings: 1-5. GMs Shabalov, Shulman (wins playoff), Becerra, A. Ivanov and IM Hess (GM Norm) 7/9, etc. One annoying feature of many American tournaments is that the...
Kraai: The Newest American GM
IM Jesse Kraai has earned his 3rd and final GM norm this weekend at the Foxwoods Open. En route to his GM performance, he defeated GM Nakamura and GM Shabalov. His current FIDE rating is 2477. However, he should...
Kamsky, Ibragimov, Stripunsky, Izoria tied for 1st in Foxwoods
There are no final results on the official Foxwoods website yet. However, according to my calculations, GMs Kamsky, Ibragimov, Stripunsky and Izoria tied for first with 7 points in 9 games. Here are some of the games from the...
Exciting game from Foxwoods Round 8
Important games from Foxwoods round 8: [White “Ehlvest, Jaan 2675”][Black “Ibragimov, Ildar 2675”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qb8 12.d5 Bxc3 13.Bxc3...
Exciting Games
Kraai, Jesse 2561Nakamura, Hikaru 2755Source “MonRoi“Foxwoods Round 7 1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Kh8 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rad1 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Bd7 12.a3 Rae8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Bb3 g5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5...
Shabalov and Ehlvest lead Foxwoods
Foxwoods Round 7 results: Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name 1 ½ GM Alexander Shabalov (5½) ½ GM Gata Kamsky (5)2 0 GM Alexander Stripunsky (5) 1 GM Jaan Ehlvest (5)3 ½ GM Yury Shulman (5)...
Foxwoods Open Update
After 6 rounds, GM Shabalov is in clear first with 5.5 points in 6 games. He defeated both GM Nakamura (2755) and GM Izoria (2722) with the Black pieces! Here are some of the leaders:1 GM Alexander Shabalov 2656...
Actions from Foxwoods
Top games from Foxwoods are broadcast by MonRoi. Click here to view LIVE Games or here for more info. Ehlvest, Jaan 2675Kamsky, Gata 2752Foxwoods 2007 – Round 6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 1/2-1/2 Chess...
Robson and Hess shine in Foxwoods
After 5 rounds, GMs Kamsky, Ehlvest and Shabalov are tied for 1st with 4.5 points. However, the 2 biggest stories so far are the performances of Robert Hess and 12 year old Ray Robson. Hess defeated GM Alexander Ivanov...
Nakamura – Shabalov
Nakamura, Hikaru 2755Shabalov, Alexander 2656Foxwoods Open 2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 Qe7 9.h4 dxc4 10.e4 e5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bxc4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Nf4 15.Be3 h5 16.O-O-O g6...