Unique bronze sculpture for the winner of M-Tel Masters 2009 (Sofia, 19 May, 2009) A unique bronze sculpture named “Pieta” will be the special prize for the winner in the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters 2009. The award will be handed to him at the official closing ceremony of the tournament on 23 May. The […]
Mr. Chuky
Ivanchuk, who doesn’t have a very good tournament so far. On the other hand, he was quite a scene on the soccer field. Photos provided by the Mtel organizers Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov seeks revenge in round 6
After losing to Carlsen in the opening round, Topalov made a huge surge to tie for the lead at the half way mark. He is notorious for big comebacks in the second half of big events. Here is his chance to revenge his opening round loss to Carlsen. In the mean time, Shirov hopes to […]
Dominguez is the MVP
Football drama – Chess United won on penalties against PFC Levski Berbatov scores again against Levski, Carlsen and Dominguez score 2 goals each, the Cuba player chosen for best player of the match (Sofia, 18 May, 2009) Chess United and Levski created a real football drama at the Georgi Asparuhov stadium. The team of the […]
A new profession for striker Carlsen
Photo provided by the organizers Chess: Monday is a day off in M-Tel Masters17 May 2009 22:55 FOCUS News AgencySofia Monday is a day off in M-Tel Masters chess tournament, which is held in Sofia, Focus News Agency informs. On Tuesday, May 19th, the games in the sixth round will take place. Bulgarian GM Veselin […]
Create your own caption
Can you create a clever (but clean) caption?(I would like to thank the Mtel organizers and their media team for sending us information and photos daily!) Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The decisive game of the day in Sofia
GM Ivanchuk (2746) – GM Topalov (2812) [B99]Mtel Masters (5), 17.05.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qh3 Nc5 12.Rhe1 Rg8 13.Bh4 g5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Bg3 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qb6 18.Bc4 g4 19.Qh6 fxe6 20.Bh4 Bf8 21.Qd2 Qc6 22.Bd3 b5 […]
Topalov on a roll
Mtel round 5: Shirov, A 1/2 Dominguez, LIvanchuk, V 0-1 Topalov, VWang, Y 1/2 Carlsen, M Source: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/en/results.html Standings after 4: 1-3. Carlsen, Shirov, Topalov 3.04-5. Wang, Dominguez 2.56. Ivanchuk 1.0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Mtel Masters round 5 update
[Event “Mtel 2009”][Date “2009.05.17”][Round “5”][White “GM Wang Yue”][Black “GM Carlsen”][Result “1/2-1/2”][ECO “D82”][WhiteElo “2738”][BlackElo “2770”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Bc7 Bd7 14. Nd4 […]
Mtel round 5
Mtel round 5: Shirov, A – Dominguez, LIvanchuk, V – Topalov, VWang, Y – Carlsen, M Source: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/en/results.html Standings after 4: 1-2. Carlsen, Shirov 2.53-5. Topalov, Wang, Dominguez 2.06. Ivanchuk 1.0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar