GM Dominguez so far has not lost a game. He is a very solid player. Magnus became the first player in this tournament to break through and score a full point. He now joins Shirov on top of the leader board, 1/2 point ahead of Topalov with 3 rounds to go. GM Carlsen (2770) – […]
Absolute war on board
There’s absolute war on the chess board between Topalov and Shirov in round 7 of the Mtel Masters today. Both players are gunning for the other King. Both are fearless players. Both are playing to win. Who will be the last to stand after this heavy weight bout? At the end, they were forced to […]
Catch the leader
Round 7 matchups: Topalov, V – Shirov, ACarlsen, M – Dominguez, LWang, Y – Ivanchuk, V Official website: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fire at Mtel
Round 6 results:Topalov, V 1/2 Carlsen, MShirov, A 1-0 Ivanchuk, VDominguez, L 1/2 Wang, Y Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Shirov 4.02-3. Carlsen, Topalov 3.54-5. Wang, Dominguez 3.06. Ivanchuk 1.0 Official website: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov leads Mtel with win over Ivanchuk
Shirov’s spectacular results continue while Ivanchuk’s woes linger on. Today, Shirov defeated Ivanchuk to obtain the sole lead at the 2009 Mtel Masters. GM Shirov (2745) – GM Ivanchuk (2746) [C80]Mtel 2009 (6), 19.05.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.Re1 Nc5 11.c3 […]
Topalov 1/2 Carlsen
GM Topalov (2812) – GM Carlsen (2770) [D56]Mtel 2009 (6), 19.05.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.0–0 e5 14.Bb3 Rd8 15.Re1 exd4 16.exd4 Qd6 17.Rd3 Nf8 18.d5 Bf5 19.Rd2 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Qf6 21.Qd4 Be6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 […]
The leaders face each other in Sofia
Round 6 matchups: Topalov, V – Carlsen, MShirov, A – Ivanchuk, VDominguez, L – Wang, Y Standings after 5 rounds: 1-3. Carlsen, Shirov, Topalov 3.04-5. Wang, Dominguez 2.56. Ivanchuk 1.0 Official website: http://www.mtelmasters09.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Mtel Masters Junior
Kiprian Berbatov won the chain M-Tel Masters Junior (Sofia, 17 May, 2009) Kiprian Berbatov won the chain of chess tournaments for children M-Tel Masters Junior. He won 5 out of 5 games in the final tournament today. In the competition took part the best 6 chess players in Bulgaria aged up to 14 – Kiprian […]
Unique grand prize at Mtel
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