Movsesian move boosts Armenia FIDE ratingChess 10.01.11 11:25By Suren MusayelyanArmeniaNow Deputy Editor A top Armenian grandmaster’s decision to join his nation’s federation has dramatically improved the standing of Armenia in the January 2011 rating list published by FIDE. Sergei...
International Chess Championship of Slovakia

International Chess Championship of SlovakiaExhibition events with Hikaru Nakamura and Sergei Movsesian International Chess Festival under the patronage of Dr. Miroslav Číž will take place from 10th July to 18th July 2010 in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. The organisers are...
Cup of the Mayor of the City of good wine

Cup of the Mayor of the City of good wineDavid Navara and Sergei Movsesian top seededReport by Chessdom The “Cup of the Mayor of the City of good wine” will take place on Saturday, 5th June, in Hustopeče in...
Ivanchuk loses to Movsesian

GM Ivanchuk (2779) – GM Movsesian (2751) [B80]Corus A (7), 24.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Be2 Be7 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.a4 0–0 11.0–0 Rd8 12.Kh1 Nb4 13.Bf3 e5 14.Qe2 Bc6...
Movsesian wins, Morozevich loses again

GM Movsesian (2751) – GM Morozevich (2771) [B19]Corus A (6), 23.01.2009 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.0–0–0 Be7 13.Rhe1 0–0 14.Qe2 a5...
Corus: Carlsen vs Movsesian

Position after 30…Re8 GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Movsesian (2751) [D11]Corus A (3), 19.01.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Nbd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.g5 Ng8 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bd2...
Movsesian 1-0 Adams

GM Movsesian (2751) – GM Adams (2712) [C50]Corus A (2), 18.01.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Na3 Qe7 11.c3 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rd8 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6...
Topalov wins Nanjing, draws final game

GM Topalov (2791) – GM Movsesian (2731) [D15]Nanjing, China, 21.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8 9.Be2 e6 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.a3 0–0 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.b4 a5 15.Nb5...
Movsesian 1/2 Ivanchuk in Nanjing

GM Movesian (2732) – GM Ivanchuk (2786) [B51]Nanjing 2008, China, 20.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 Be7 9.0–0–0 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.g4 Nxg4 13.Rhg1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 g6...
Movsesian 0-1 Svidler in Nanjing

GM Movsesian (2732) – GM Svidler (2727) [B12]18.12.2008, Nanjing, China 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 h6 6.0–0 Ne7 7.b3 c5 8.Ba3 Nec6 9.dxc5 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Na4 Nd7 12.b4 0–0 13.Re1 Qc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Qd2...