Veselin Topalov top rated at Linares 2010A lineup of winners awaits him at Torneo de LinaresReport by Chessdom.com Veselin Topalov, who avoided meeting Anand during Corus, will be the top rated player of Linares 2010. For the first half...
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Who is the player of the year in 2009? Carlsen Anand Aronian Kramnik Topalov Gelfand Gashimov pollcode.com free polls Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk 1-0 Gelfand
Ivanchuk, V (2739) – Gelfand, B (2758) [D11]Tal Memorial (7), 12.11.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.0–0 0–0 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bd3 cxd5 14.exd5 h6...
Gelfand scores 1st win
Gelfand, B (2758) – Aronian, L (2786) [D47]Tal Memorial (6), 11.11.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.0–0 h6...
Leko 1/2 Gelfand
Leko, P (2752) – Gelfand, B (2758) [C42]Tal Memorial (2), 06.11.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5...
Games from Tal Memorial
Aronian, Levon (2786) – Svidler, Peter (2754) [D80]Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Qb1 b6 10.Be2 c5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.dxc5 Qe8 14.c6...
Biel about to begin
Here is some excellent information by TWIC: Name NAT Elo points W Rank Age Past results Boris Gelfand ISR 2755 No 9 41 Winner in Biel in 1993 (Interzonal Tournament), 2005 Alexander Morozevich RUS 2751 No 10 32 Winner...
2nd straight round with all draws
Round 4 results: GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2675 1/2 GM Shirov Alexei 2745 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2746 1/2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2756 GM Gelfand Boris 2733 1/2 GM Kamsky Gata 2720 Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR...
3 way tie for lead in Bazna
Round 3 results: Ivanchuk, Vassily – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour – Shirov, Alexei ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Kamsky, Gata ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds: 1-3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 2 1-3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 2...
Karpov, Ponomariov and Gelfand to play in Odessa
Karpov, Ponomariov and Gelfand to play in Odessaby GM Mikhail Golubev The 4th PIVDENNY BANK CHESS CUP will take place in Odessa, Ukraine from 30 May – 2 June 2008. The prize fund is USD 35,000. As usual, some...