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...
Ponomariov, Karjakin, Kramnik lead Dortmund
Standings after 5 rounds 1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 * ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 . . . 3½ 2894 2. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2779 ½ * ½ ½ . . . 1 . 1 3½...
4-way tie for the lead at Dortmund
Round 2 results Ponomariov, Ruslan – Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Fridman, Daniel – Leko, Peter ½ Naiditsch, Arkadij – Meier, Georg ½ Gustafsson, Jan – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Bartel, Mateusz – Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Standings after 2 rounds 1-4. Kramnik,...
Ponomariov: I wonder whether there is any logic on the part of the organizers
It’s a FIDE world Hello, everyone! It’s been long since I last wrote on my ChessVibes blog. For those who don’t follow my chess news on www.twitter.com/Ponomariov or on my Facebook page www.facebook.com/Ruslan.Ponomariov, I want to assure you that...
10th year anniversary of SuperMariov!
Dear Friends! We just wanted to remind you about one special anniversary. Ten years ago Ukrainian GM Ruslan Ponomariov became the FIDE World Chess Champion! It happened in Moscow on 23rd of January 2002. In the final match Ruslan...
Ponomariov top seed at Saratov Governor’s Cup
The field by rating order 1 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2758 2 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2737 3 Leko, Peter HUN 2728 4 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2726 5 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2726 6 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2713 7 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS...
Online Chess Coach William Update | 2011 FIDE World Cup FINALS Video
Full article on the World Chess Cup – Finals available on William’s site with interactive board and further analysis Ivanchuk’s play seemed risky in the opening, as he quickly snatched a pawn with 11. …Qxc3+!? however he was able...
I decided not to deviate from the recipe of success
SVIDLER IS KERZHAKOV IN CHESS The second games of the final matches were played at the World Cup on Saturday September 17 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The battle between Russian grandmasters Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk turned out not to be...
Fighter at the chess board
RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: MERRY FELLOW IN LIFE AND FIGHTER AT THE CHESS BOARD Official website: http://chess.ugrasport.com Ruslan Ponomariov is maybe the most successful chess player in the entire history of Chess Cups despite the fact that he never became the...
Ivanchuk scores, Svidler holds
Final. Match for the 1st place Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5 Final. Match for the 3rd place Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) ½ 1 1.5 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ 0 0.5 Official website: http://chess.ugrasport.com Chess...