Hello everyone, I am GM Kamil Miton and will comment for you two games of Tal Memorial today, Nepo – Aronian and Nakamura – Carlsen. I expect serious games and final sprints from the players, including openings worthy to...
Game of the day: Aronian wins, leads Tal Memorial
[Event “Tal Memorial 2011”][Round “8”][White “Aronian, Levon”][Black “Svidler, Peter”][Result “1-0”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3...
Game of the day: Kramnik 0-1 Nepomniachtchi
[Event “Tal Memorial 2011”][Site “Moscow”][Date “2011.11.16”][Round “1”][White “Kramnik, Vladimir”][Black “Nepomniachtchi, Ian”][Result “0-1”][PlyCount “104”] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 e4 9. Ne1...
Game of the day: Movsesian 0-1 Meier
Texas Tech Knight Raider GM Georg Meier defeated super GM Movsesian with Black to give Germany a 2-1 lead. This guarantees Germany a medal at the 2011 European Team Championship, perhaps gold if Gustafsson can hold against Sargissian. [Event...
Game of the day: Meier vs Eljanov
[Event “ETCC 2011”][Site “Greece”][Date “2011.11.06”][Round “4”][White “Meier, Georg”] Texas Tech Knight Raider[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”][Result “1-0”] 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0–0 Qe7 8.Bb2 Nd7 9.Nc3 f5 10.Ne2 0–0 11.h4 b6 12.Nf4 Bb7...
Game of the day: Meier vs Robson
[Event “SPICE Cup 2011”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2011.10.23”][Round “8”][White “Georg Meier”][Black “Ray Robson”][Result “1-0”][WhiteElo “2648”][BlackElo “2583”] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3...
Game of the day: Kosteniuk – Lahno
[Event “WGP Nalchik 2011”][Date “2011.10.21”][Round “11”][White “Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)”][Black “Lahno, Kateryna (UKR)”][Result “0-1”][PlyCount “112”] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9....
Magnus wins Bilbao with Blitz Playoff
[Event “Bilbao 2011”][Site “?”][Date “2011.10.11”][Round “12”][White “V. Ivanchuk (UKR)”][Black “M. Carlsen (NOR)”][Result “0-1”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Qe7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O...
Game of the day: Magnus vs Vallejo
[Event “Bilbao 2011”][Date “2011.10.08”][Round “8”][White “M. Carlsen (NOR)”][Black “F. Vallejo (ESP)”][Result “1-0”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6...
Game of the day: Ivanchuk – Nakamura
[Event “Bilbao 2011”][Date “2011.10.06”][Round “6”][White “V. Ivanchuk (UKR)”][Black “H. Nakamura (USA)”][Result “1-0”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6...