Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bilbao Grand Slam begins
Mayor Iñaki Azkuna Urreta about to make the first move Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The chase to #1
Standings after the first round: Players will get 3 points for winning a match, 1 point for drawing and 0 points for losing. Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Magnus Carlsen 1 1 0 0 – 3 points Viswanathan...
Anand hung on against Ivanchuk
Position after 52…Rb4 GM Anand (2798) – GM Ivanchuk (2781) [C89]02.09.2008 – Bilbao Grand Slam – Round 1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5...
K vs. K in Bilbao, no appeal committee needed
Radjabov, T (2744) – Topalov, V (2777) [C45]Grand Slam Final, Bilbao (1), 02.09.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 a5 9.c4 Nb6 10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Be2 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Be6...
LIVE action from Bilbao
Exciting stuff in Bilbao. The LIVE broadcast can be seen here: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/en_retransmision.asp with games and video feed. I am not sure if the audio is working or not. Our friends at www.chessdom.com (live commentary) and www.chessvibes.com (live video) also...
Bilbao LIVE commentary
My onsite Bilbao LIVE commentary with the great chess commentator Leontxo Garcia will be broadcast at www.bilbaofinalmasters.com as well as on the PlayChess server. The games will begin at 5 PM Bilbao time. Enjoy! Chess Daily News from Susan...
Breakfast for champions
I went down to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast around 10am (breakfast available until 10:30am) this morning. All the participating GMs came in after me. The only one who did not show up was Magnus. His father had...
Chess Trivia and tidbits from Bilbao
Do you know this Grandmaster? He is in Bilbao as Aronian’s second. I asked him how he feels about the tournament site being about a 15-20 minute walk from the hotel. He said that he actually prefers it this...