GM Anand (2798) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]01.08.2008 / Mainz Rapid 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Nc4...
Category 29 RR tournament!
Chess960 computer chess world championship: The strongest chess tournament everWritten by content team23 July 2008 This is the first time we’ll have a Fide-category 29 tournament, in other words, the strongest tournament in the history of chess! For the...
Nakamura wins online Chess960
Second seed GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) of the USA reasserted his authority as one of the top dogs on ICC on Sunday by winning the Mainz Chess Classic online Chess960 title. After winning the first qualifier, Nakamura beat with...
Mainz Qualifiers
All of last week, qualifiers were held on ICC for the coveted spots in the 16-player KO Mainz Chess Classic online Chess960 finals, to be staged Sunday, June 22, starting at 15:00 EDT. Four players won through from each...
ICC and Mainz Chess Classic
The Mainz Attraction II ICC is pleased to announce we’re collaborating again with Chess Tigers, organizers of the popular annual Mainz Chess Classic in Germany, for a 2nd Chess960 Internet Qualifier for the FiNet and Ordix opens. And we’re...
The Rybka Chess960 report
A photo report about the Chess960 World Computer Chess Championship has been published by Felix Kling (pictures by Harald Fietz). In this picture, Rybka was facing Shredder with Kamsky looking on. Rybka defeated Shredder 2.5 – 0.5 in the...
Aronian – Anand (Mainz)
Final position after 68…Kd3 After the first 3 games in the final were drawn, Anand won the final game with the Black pieces to win the Rapid Championship in Mainz. Aronian, L (2750) – Anand, V (2792) [E05]Classic Rapid...
Anand defeats Aronian to win Rapid event
Anand Remains Supreme in MainzAnand Wins GrenkeLeasing Rapid Chess World Championship in Close Match 19.08.2007 – Sunday, immediately after the end of the Ordix Open, with 762 participants the world’s biggest rapid chess tournament, the Chess Classic Mainz finished...
More video from Mainz
More videos from Mainz: http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1150&lp_lang_view=en http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1151&lp_lang_view=en (Interview with super GM David Navara after he won the Ordix Open) Video courtesy of Peter Doggers, Editor-in-chief, http://www.chessvibes.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand to face Aronian in Rapid Final
Anand scored 4/6, followed by Aronian with 3.5, Kasimdzhanov with 2.5 and Bacrot with 2.0. The top 2 will face each other in the final match. Here is the matchup between Anand and Aronian in the preliminary round: Anand,...