Kramnik, V (2772) – Anand, V (2788) [D85]Tal Memorial (2), 06.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0–0 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.0–0 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5...
Wild stuff between Carlsen and Kramnik
Final position after 58.Ke6 Carlsen, Magnus (2801) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2772) [E32]Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.cxd5 Ne4 8.Qc2 exd5 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.e3 Re8 11.Nf3 g5 12.Bg3...
Magnus top seed at Tal Memorial
The 2009 Tal Memorial will take place November 4-19, 2009 in Moscow, Russia. This is the strongest tournament of the year. Here are the confirmed players: Tal Memorial Moscow (Moscow, Russia) Name T Nat Elo Anand, Viswanathan g IND...
A collection over the years
Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, Tal, Botvinnik, Spassky, Smyslov, Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Khalifman. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Champions in action in Zurich
World Champions’ Simuls in Zurich Photos by georg kradolfer – Source: http://www.kradolfer.info/sgz2009/index.html Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik wins super Zurich Champions, Anand second
Rg. SNr Name Elo FED Pkte SB 1 6 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2759 RUS 5 16,25 2 1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2788 IND 4½ 14,25 3 8 GM Topalov Veselin 2813 BUL 4 13,00 4 7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan...
Kramnik sets Guinness world record
Russian chess grandmaster Kramnik sets Guinness world recordToday, 03:13 PM Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik has set a Guinness world record for winning the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund for the ninth time, Russian website NewsRu.com reports. Kramnik won...
Dortmund final results and standings
Final round results: Kramnik, Vladimir – Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 Leko, Peter – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus – Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ Final standings: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 6½ 2-4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 5½ 2-4. Carlsen,...
Kramnik wins Dortmund by a full point
Kramnik, V – Naiditsch, A [D37]Dortmund GER (10), 12.07.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.0–0 a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5...
Kramnik leads by 1/2 down the stretch
With just one round to go, Kramnik is leading Leko, Carlsen, and Jakovenko by just 1/2 point. Anything can happen! Here are the standings going into the final round: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 5½ 2. Carlsen, Magnus...