Many photos are available here thanks to our friends at chessdom. Round 1 results: Aronian 0-1 TopalovCheparinov 1-0 BuRadjabov 0-1 Ivanchuk Round 2 matchups: Veselin Topalov – Vassily IvanchukLevon Aronian – Ivan CheparinovBu Xiangzhi – Teimour Radjabov Official website:...
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The unpredictable IvanchukCan you create a clever caption? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Inside the glass playing area
This has become a popular trend in Europe. The fans can watch the matches but it is nearly impossible for the players to see out because of the lighting situation and noises would not be a problem. Chess Daily...
Cheparinov knocks out Bu
GM Cheparinov (2695) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2708) [B90]Mtel – Round 1, 08.05.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0–0 10.0–0–0 a5 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nbd7 13.Qf2 Rfc8...
Stunning loss for Radjabov
GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [E15]Mtel – Round 1 08.05.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 Re8 14.Bh3...
A spectacular start for Topalov
Click here to replay the game. GM Aronian (2763) – GM Topalov (2767) [E00]08.05.2008 (Mtel – Round 1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bc3 0–0 9.0–0 d5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.cxd5...
51,000+ Euros bonus to the winning Bulgarian
Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in M-Tel Masters 2008 with BGN 100 000 if he is Bulgarian (Sofia, 8 May 2008) Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in the fourth edition of the international super chess...
Gross Errors?
This is the ACTUAL headline AND picture usedWorld Gross Masters Gather for Chest Tournament in Sofia 2737.3 is the average ELO coefficient of the 6 participants of the 4th chest tournament ‘Mtel Masters’, which starts in Sofia. The Bulgarian...
MTel underway
This is the position after move 20.Rac1 in the Aronian – Topalov game at MTel. Radjabov – IvanchukCheparinov – BuAronian – Topalov Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar