The chair of Topalov was sold for BGN 10 000 (Sofia, 13 May 2008) The chair on which the 19th World Champion Veselin Topalov is sitting during the games of the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters 2008 was sold...
A historic performance by Ivanchuk, 5-0
GM Aronian (2763) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [D12]Mtel – Round 5, 12.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.b3 e5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qa5+ 13.Nc3 Qxc3+ 14.Bd2...
Topalov defeated Bu
GM Topalov (2767) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [D19]Mtel – Round 5, 12.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0–0 0–0 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Na2 Be7 13.f3 Nf6...
Cheparinov 1/2 Radjabov
GM Cheparinov (2695) – GM Radjabov (2751) [E97]Mtel – Round 5, 12.05.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6...
Ivanchuks leads by 1.5 after just 4 rounds
Standings after 4 rounds: 1 Ivanchuk Vassily 2740 UKR 4,02 Topalov Veselin 2767 BUL 2,53 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 1,54 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 1,55 Aronian Levon 2763 ARM 1,56 Bu Xiangzhi 2708 CHN 1,0 Round 5 pairings: Topalov,...
Mtel and Spassky
Boris Spassky will award the winner in the children’s tournament M-Tel Masters Junior (Sofia, 12 May 2008) The 10th chess World Champion Boris Spassky will award the winner in the children’s chess tournament M-Tel Мasters Junior on 17 May...
Ivanchuk overpowers again, 4-0!
Ivanchuk wins again to improve his score to 4-0 and an astronomical performance! Can he finally dominate a super elite event as he has done so often in lesser events? GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Cheparinov (2695) [E98]Mtel –...
Bu 1/2 Aronian
GM Bu Xiangzhi (2708) – GM Aronian (2763) [D11]Mtel – Round 4, 11.05.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nd2 0–0 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qh4 13.Rd1 Nf6...
Radjabov 1/2 Topalov
Photo provided by our friends at Chessdom GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Topalov (2767) [E10]Mtel – Round 4, 11.05.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a3 Be7 8.Qa4 a6 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qd3 Bb7...
Perfection in Sofia
Standings after 3 rounds: 1 Ivanchuk Vassily 2740 UKR 3,0 / 3 2 Topalov Veselin 2767 BUL 2,0 3 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 1,5 4 Aronian Levon 2763 ARM 1,05 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 1,0 6 Bu Xiangzhi 2708...