Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr149978.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Vladimir Onischuk convincing winner of Pacific Meridian Rapid
The Pacific Meridian (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) rapid tournament was held on 18-20th July at the student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok, Russia. The event was 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10”. The results are valid for the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia. Grandmaster Vladimir Onischuk started furiously with eight straight wins before routinely drawing […]
Chicago, Chicago
Picture by Betsy Dynako As I mentioned a few days ago, I was in Chicago last Friday for a major Chess Education conference with Karpov, Onischuk, Shulman and Zatonskih. Unfortunately, Anna Zatonskih had to cancel at the last minute due to her baby and Karpov had visa problems. GMs Onischuk and Shulman did a fantastic […]
Karpov Simul in Barrington, IL
If you are in the area, come to support this wonderful event! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WC round 3: Onischuk 0-1 Shirov
GM Onischuk (2674) – GM Shirov (2739) [D31]01.12.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 0–0 14.0–0 Nbd7 15.Re1 Ne4 16.Qc2 f5 17.c5 Qc7 18.Bb5 Bd5 19.Qe2 Ndf6 20.h3 g5 21.Ne5 g4 22.hxg4 fxg4 23.Nd3 Qg7 24.Nf4 […]
Kamsky, Onischuk advance to 3rd round
GM Kamsky (2714) – GM Avrukh (2641) [A46]28.11.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 bxc4 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Ba6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 g6 10.Bxc4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Bg7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Bf4 Na6 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Rad1 Nc2 16.Be5 Nd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Nd7 19.Rdd1 Rc8 20.b3 Nb6 21.Nb5 Nxc4 22.bxc4 Rxc4 23.Qb3 Rh4 24.Nxa7 […]
WC – Onischuk 1-0 Nikolic
Position after 24.Bb6 GM Onischuk (2674) – GM Nikolic (2657) [D20]27.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 0–0 8.0–0 Nc6 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.a3 Be7 15.Rc1 Bf6 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.Qe4 g5 19.h4 Rae8 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Bxd4 22.Nf3 Nf6 […]
International School of Chess Champions
International School of Chess ChampionsJanuary 12 – 13, 2008DoubleTree Hotel, Oak Brook, IL World Chess Champion GM Anatoly Karpov2006-07 U.S. Champion GM Alexander Onischuk2006 U.S. Open Champion GM Yury Shulman2006-07 U.S. Women’s Champion WGM Anna Zatonskih Saturday, January 12 9:00 – 10:00 am Registration 10:00 – 10:30 am Opening ceremony 10:30 – 11:30 am Plenary […]
Carlsen won marathon playoff
After 9 grueling rounds, GM Onischuk and GM Carlsen tied for first. A playoff was held and the first 2 games were drawn. The players had to go to another two games and they were also drawn. Magnus finally won the Armageddon game in spite of a valiant effort by Alex. Congratulations to both for […]