After a few tough rounds, Robson is back on the right track today by beating GM Lie with the Black pieces. Unfortunately, group C leader Li Chao also won so it would be nearly impossible to make up 1.5...
Final Aker Chess Challenge results
Gold medal match: Svidler, Peter – Gold g RUS 2723 ½ 1 Total: 1½ Carlsen, Magnus – Silver g NOR 2776 ½ 0 Total: ½ Bronze medal match: Nakamura, Hikaru – Bronze g USA 2699 1 ½ Total: 1½...
Svidler wins to qualify for Blitz playoff
Svidler defeated Lie in the final round to share first place with Carlsen and Nakamura. They now have to play a blitz RR to determine who will go to the Gold medal round. GM Svidler (2723) – GM Lie...
Nakamura back on track in Norway
GM Nakamura (2699) – GM Lie (2539) [A36]Aker Chess Challenge, 02.01.2009 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.b4 cxb4 7.axb4 Nxb4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Rb1 Nf6 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.0–0 a6 13.Ba1 Rb8 14.d3 Nd4...
Carlsen, Svidler early leaders at Aker
GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Lie (2539) [B38]Aker Chess Challenge, 02.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5...
Kaidanov, Lie lead Gausdal
Norwegian GM Lie won the last 2 games to catch up with GM Kaidanov for the lead with 3 rounds to go. Here are the leaders after 6 rounds: 1-2 Kaidanov, Gregory USA 2596 gm 4.5Lie, Kjetil A NOR...
GM Lie leads Tromsø, Carlsen ties for 3rd
After 8 rounds, GM Lie of Norway maintains his lead with the score of 7 points. Here are some of the leaders: Rank Title Name Rating Points Performance 1 GM Kjetil A. Lie 2536 7.0 2761 2 GM Alexander...