Round 3 results: Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Wang Yue ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus – Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan – Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2672 2 2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 2 3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2813 1½ 4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2740 1½ 5. Wang […]
Category XX Bazna Kings’ Tournament
A fter two editions dedicated to the glories of the years 80-90 and the third edition which has represented a very strong tournament of XX category, the Kings’ Tournament reaches now its top level (rating average 2742). This year’s edition is a part of the Grand Slam Circuit and is special first of all thanks […]
So scores 1st Corus win over Nisipeanu
Nisipeanu (2681) – So (2656) [A07]Corus B (6), 22.01.2010 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0–0 Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 0–0 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Be5 13.Bg2 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Rd1 e5 17.a4 Qxc3 18.Ba3 Rfe8 19.h4 Nc5 20.Rdc1 Qa5 21.Qc4 b6 22.Bb4 Qa6 23.Qxa6 Nxa6 […]
Judit advances to the 3rd round
[Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.11.26”][Round “2-3”][White “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”][Black “Polgar, Judit”][WhiteElo “2677”][BlackElo “2680”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 a5 10. a4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. […]
J. Polgar 1-0 Nisipeanu in game 4
[Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.11.26”][Round “2-4”][White “Polgar, Judit”][Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter”][WhiteElo “2680”][BlackElo “2677”] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. c4 O-O-O 15. […]
Nisipeanu wins France’s Chess Cup
Chess: Romanian Nisipeanu wins France’s Chess CupJune 29, 2009 Bucharest, June 29 /Agerpres/ Romania’s international grandmaster Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, currently Romania’s best chess player and a former European champion, a member of the French team Clichy Echecs 92, on Sunday won France’s Chess Cup, playing against Evry Grand Roque. Clichy Echecs 92 defeated 3:1 the […]
Gelfand scores 1st win in Bazna
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Nisipeanu (2675) [E97]Bazna (2), 15.06.2009 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.c5 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.f3 f4 16.a4 g5 17.Ba3 h5 18.a5 Ng6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Na4 g4 21.Nb6 Nxe4 22.fxe4 f3 23.Rf1 […]
Quality vs. Excitement
Beauty in Chess V: Planet Nisipeanu13 April 2009, 9.52 CET By Michael SchwerteckPublished by Chessvibes.com In his fifth column about beauty in chess, Michael Schwerteck was inspired by the attractive style of Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. In an interview with the German magazine Schach, the manager of the Bundesliga team Tegernsee, Horst Leckner, recently made […]
A fascinating game
GM Nisipeanu (2684) – GM_Shirov (2740) [B33]Foros – Round 9, 17.06.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 0–0 14.h4 Be6 15.Bh3 a4 16.Ncxb4 Nxb4 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxb4 Qb6 19.Qd2 Be7 20.a3 Rf3 21.Rf1 Raf8 22.0–0–0 Rb3 […]
Karjakin 1-0 Nisipeanu in Foros
GM Karjakin (2732) – GM Nisipeanu (2684) [B48]Foros, 09.06.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 h5 13.Kb1 Ba5 14.Nc1 b4 15.Na4 b3 16.Nc3 bxc2+ 17.Qxc2 Rb8 18.Nb3 Bb4 19.Rd3 d6 20.a3 Bxa3 21.bxa3 Be6 22.Na2 Qa5 23.Bc1 Qa4 […]