Standings after 2 rounds 1. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 * . ½ . . . . . . 1 . . 1½ 2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 . * . . . . . . . ....
5 way tie for 1st at Dortmund with 1 to go
Standings with one round to go Rang Teilnehmer Titel TWZ Land Punkte Siege SoBerg 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan GM 2726 UKR 5.0 3 20.25 2. Naiditsch, Arkadij GM 2700 GER 5.0 2 16.75 3. Karjakin, Sergey GM 2779 RUS 5.0...
Interview with GM Peter Leko
Peter Leko speaks about his 4th round game with Viktor Laznicka, Hungary’s participation in the European Team Chess Championships and his comeback to tournament arena. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Tomashevsky within 1 pt of Morozevich with 1 to go
Tomashevsky has closed the gap to within 1 point of Morozevich going into the final round. It seems that Vitiugov was sick. Not sure if he forfeited the game or there will be a make up. Standings with one...
Breaking News! Leko eliminated!
Leko simply could not shake off the rust after a long layoff. After losing a game which he pressed hard to win yesterday, Leko tried again today with Black. Unfortunately, his position got so bad that he had to...
I was hoping for a draw
28/08/2011, 18:45 SAMUEL SHANKLAND: I DID NOT EXPECT THAT I COULD DEFEAT LEKO! http://chess.ugrasport.com The main sensation of the 1 day is the victory of the young American Grandmaster Sameul Shankland playing Black over one of the favorites of...
World Cup round 1 results – Wang Yue and Leko lost 1st game
Official website: http://ugrasport.fide.com Round 1. Game 1 1 0−1 Kaabi, Mejdi (TUN) 0−1 Karjakin, Sergey (RUS) 2 1−0 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 1−0 Steel, Henry Robert (RSA) 3 0−1 Ibrahim, Hatim (EGY) 0−1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 4 1−0 Ponomariov, Ruslan...
Chess Coach William Stewart | World Team Chess Championship – Round 4
By Chess Coach William Stewart Original article along with with interactive PGN’s on Round 4 of the World Team Chess Championship available on William’s site. Azerbaijan Beats Russia Convincingly Grischuk’s opening preparation was clearly insufficient as he emerged from...
Gelfand defeats Leko 4.5 – 3.5
Final results: LÉKÓ, Péter GM 2734 0 1/2 1/2 1 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 3,5 GELFAND, Boris GM 2739 1 1/2 1/2 0 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 4,5 Official website: http://www.lekogelfand.hu/eng/ Dear Visitor, The Lékó &… rapid chess game...
Gelfand takes a 1 point lead again
After a day off, Gelfand scores a win in game 5 to take the lead in the match by the score of 3.5 – 2.5 over Leko. The final 2 games will take place tomorrow. LÉKÓ, Péter GM 2734...