GM Arkadij Naiditsch Germany set for the European Team Championship German roster for the Open section of the European Team Chess Championship will be as follows: Arkadij Naiditsch, Daniel Fridman, Georg Meier, Jan Gustafsson and Rainer Buhmann. Captain is...
Gustafsson, Khenkin lead German Championship
Leaders after 4 rounds 1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2646 3½ 2. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2620 3½ 3. Fridman, Daniel g GER 2661 3 4. Stern, Rene m GER 2483 3 5. Buhmann, Rainer g GER 2579 2½...
Gustafsson wins Thai Open on tiebreaks
German Grandmaster Gustafsson Wins Thai Open Chess German Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson has won the 2011 Thai Chess Open in Pattaya after finishing in a three-way tie for first place and winning the title on a tiebreaker. Gustafsson, seeded third...
Photo Finish at Thai Chess Open
Top Seeds Headed for Photo Finish at Thai Chess Open The three top seeds at the 2011 Thai Chess Open in Pattaya are tied for the lead with just one round to play, setting the stage for an exciting...
Nepomniachtchi, Gustafsson share second
GM Nepomniachtchi (2634) – GM Gustafsson (2603) [C77]Dortmund – Final Round, 06.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 h6 9.c3 Be6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Be3 Bxb3 12.axb3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 0–0 14.0–0...
Ivanchuk scores! Gustafsson clear lead!
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Naiditsch (2624) [D37]Dortmund – Round 5, 04.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nxf6+...
Gustafsson wins in 18 moves to lead
Jan Gustafsson won in 18 moves with the Black pieces against Loek Van Wely to lead Dortmund with only 2 rounds to go! GM Van Wely (2677) – GM Gustafsson (2603) [D31]Dortmund, 04.07.2008 – Round 5 1.c4 e6 2.d4...
Gustafsson, Leko, Nepomniachtchi lead Dortmund
Nepomniachtchi (2634) – Van_Wely (2677) [B90]Dortmund 2008, 02.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Qe2 b4 15.Na4 Qc6 16.f5...
Jan and Peter lead Dortmund
Standings after 3 rounds:1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2603 22. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2 3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 1½4. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2624 1½5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2634 1½6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS...
Gustafsson leads Dortmund
Yes, Gustafsson, the lowest rated player at the Dortmund super-tournament, is the current leader. He scored the first victory in the event in 23 moves! GM Gustafsson (2603) – GM Naiditsch (2624) [D37]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4...