The National Championship clinching game between GM Diamant and GM Holt. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Linares 2012 canceled
Linares 2012 canceled The chess fans remain for yet another year without the Chess Wimbledon – Linares. The 2012 edition of the tournament has been officially canceled for second year in a roll. The idea of sharing the venue...
Topalov wins
Vesselin Topalov wins in SpainThu, Feb 25 2010 10:54 CETby Nick Iliev Bulgarian chess grand master and contender for the world chess championship Vesselin Topalov won the super-tournament in the Spanish town of Linares, beating Boris Gelfand of Israel...
Topalov wins Linares, Aronian wins 1st game
Final round 10 results: Veselin Topalov 1-0 Boris GelfandLevon Aronian 1-0 Vugar GashimovFrancisco Vallejo 1/2 Alexander Grischuk Final standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 6½ 2858 2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2736 6 2834 3. Aronian, Levon g...
Topalov wins Linares
After losing to Grischuk in round 9, Topalov came back to win the final game against Boris Gelfand. Grischuk only managed to draw Vallejo Pons. Therefore, Topalov wins 2010 Linares by 1/2 point. Topalov,V (2805) – Gelfand,B (2761) [C42]Linares...
1 final game for the title
Grischuk defeated Topalov in round 9 to catch him in the standings. Now there is just one final game left for the 2010 Linares title. Final round 10 pairings: Veselin Topalov – Boris GelfandLevon Aronian – Vugar GashimovFrancisco Vallejo...
Grischuk wins, ties for the lead
Grischuk (2736) – Topalov (2805) [E15]Linares (9), 23.02.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0–0 8.Rc1 Ba3 9.Rc2 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg2 d5 13.0–0 dxc4 14.bxc4 Rad8 15.Rd2 Bb4 16.Qb3...
Linares round 9 update
Round 9 results: Alexander Grischuk – Veselin TopalovVugar Gashimov 1/2 Francisco VallejoBoris Gelfand 1/2 Levon Aronian Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
1 point lead with 2 to go
With the win against Gashimov in round 8, Grischuk has pulled within 1 point of Topalov with 2 rounds to go. Grischuk will also have White against Topalov in round 9. Round 9 pairings (Tuesday): Alexander Grischuk – Veselin...
Grischuk 1-0 Gashimov
Grischuk (2736) – Gashimov (2759) [A62]Linares (8), 21.02.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0–0 9.0–0 Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Qb3 Nh5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nd2 h6 15.Be3 Bf5 16.Nc4...