VASILY IVANCHUK (Ukraine), World Number Two and defending champion (Leon 2008 winner). MAGNUS CARLSEN (Norway), World Number Three at 17. ALEXANDER MOROZEVICH (Russia), World Number Four. And the new sensation: WANG YUE, the 21 years old Chinese grand master,...
XXII MAGISTRAL CIUDAD DE LEÓN
XXII MAGISTRAL CIUDAD DE LEÓN Fast, smart and broadcasted Live and special TV programmes for the best coverage from Sevilla-87 LEONTXO GARCÍA (Press Officer) The elegant Auditorium of Leon has been carefully inspected by the Castilla y Leon TV...
Ivanchuk defeats Anand to win Leon
Game 1: Anand 0-1 IvanchukGame 2: Ivanchuk 0-1 AnandGame 3: Anand 1/2 IvanchukGame 4: Ivanchuk 1-0 Anand Ivanchuk wins 2.5-1.5 GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Anand (2803) [E55]Leon Rapid Chess, 01.06.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0...
Anand strikes back
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Anand (2803) [B90]Leon Rapid Chess – Game 2, 01.06.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0–0 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Ng5 Bc4 13.f4...
Ivanchuk knocks out Anand in Game 1
GM Anand (2803) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B47]Rapid Chess – Game 1 Final, 01.06.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3...
Ivanchuk vs Anand in the final
Ivanchuk 1-0 ShirovShirov 0-1 IvanchukIvanchuk 1/2 ShirovShirov 1/2 Ivanchuk Final Score: Ivanchuk 3-1 Shirov Ivanchuk has advanced to the final match against Anand tomorrow! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk wins again
GM Shirov (2740) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B96]Advanced Chess Leon – Game 2, 31.05.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Qh3...
Ivanchuk wins game 1
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Shirov (2740) [B30]Advanced Chess Leon – Game 1, 31.05.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 Nf6 7.a3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bxc4 9.dxc4 0–0 10.b3 Nd4 11.Bb2 a6 12.a4 Qd7 13.Qd3...
Vallejo Pons 1-0 Anand in AC
GM Vallejo (2684) – GM Anand (2803) [B12]Leon Advanced Chess – Game 3, 30.05.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.0–0 h6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nb3 Nc8 9.a4 Be7 10.a5 0–0 11.Be3 a6 12.Ne1 f6 13.f4...
Anand wins in Advanced Chess
GM Anand (2803) – GM Vallejo (2684) [B13]Leon Advanced Chess – Game 2, 30.05.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Ne5 e6 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.c3 Bd6 8.f4 g6 9.Qf3 Nh5 10.g4 Ng7 11.Qh3 h5 12.Bd3 Kf8 13.Ndf3...