Top seeded Grandmasters Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) and Sergey Volkov (Russia) concluded the second Ortisei Open on the top of the crosstable with 7,0/9 points. The 2nd Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 was held on 1-9th June in Ortisei, Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy. Five players shared the third place with 6,5 points, including the talented […]
Nisipeanu and Volkov leading in Ortisei
The second Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 is taking place on 1-9th June in Ortisei, Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy. In the 6th round top seeded GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu was held to a draw by GM Eric Hansen, while GM Sergey Volkov won his game to catch the Romanian on the shared first place with […]
Topalov vs Caruana in round 1
Round 1 pairingsGM Topalov Veselin 2769 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2786GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2763 – GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2668 Official website: http://www.turneulregilor.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
King’s Chess Tournament 2012 with new dates and new format
The The King’s Chess Tournament will eventually take place from 7th to 14th November at the National Library in Bucharest. The event will be a 4 player double round robin, starring the revelation of Bilbao GM Fabiano Caruana, the ex World Champion GM Veselin Topalov, the Capablanca 2012 champion GM Vassily Ivanchuk, and the local […]
Cheparinov leads Black Sea Countries
Current standings No. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. Rk. TB1 TB2 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2648 ROU *** ½ 1 0 ½ 2.0 4 1 2.75 2 GM Jobava Baadur 2734 GEO ½ *** 0 0 ½ 1.0 6 0 2.25 3 GM Atalik Suat 2603 TUR 0 *** ½ […]
Nisipeanu, Gajewski, and Spraggett top seeds at Sants 2012
XIV Open Internacional de Sants 2012 is taking place 17-26 August in Spain. A total of 626 players participate in the two groups, among which 131 titled participants. Top seeded are Grandmasters Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Grzegorz Gajewski, and Kevin Spraggett. More information about the participants here After two rounds a total of 55 players continue […]
Nisipeanu confirmed as player for Kings Tournament 2012
Nisipeanu confirmed as player for Kings Tournament 2012 Bazna Kings 2012 will be one of the strongest round robin tournaments of the year. With Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, and Karjakin the top players of the event will have ELO average of 2790! To them will join the local star, European Champion, and World Championship semi-finalist […]
Bazna 2011 – 5th Kings Chess Tournament – Final Round analysis
By William Stewart of OnlineChessLessons.NET Original article on 5th Kings Chess Tournament – Final Round available on William’s site The final round of 5th Kings was absolutely fantastic with Carlsen giving Karjakin a good run for his money. In the end Carlsen took the prize (just barely) after being slightly ahead on tie-breaker points. Carlsen […]
Bazna 2011 – 5th Kings Tournament – 9th Round
By Chess Coach William Stewart (FIDE 2234, USCF 2256) Original article on Bazna 2011 – 5th Kings Chess Tournament – Round 9 Round 9 of the 5th Kings Chess Tournament was quite exciting with many interesting wins. Round 8 wasn’t too exciting as every game was drawn. Round 9 was a different story. Karjakin destroys […]
5th King’s Tournament: Round 5
By Chess Tutor William Stewart of OnlineChessLessons.net Original article on the 5th Kings Tournament 2011 – 5th Round available on Will’s website. Round 5 of the 5th Kings Bonza Tournament was full or more excitement with Carlsen continuing his solid dominance of the tournament, as well as an interesting game by Nakamura & Radjabov that […]