This is an excerpt. For the Full Article on the FIDE World Cup Semi Final – 2011 please visit William’s site. Svidler was able to overcome Ponomariov in game 2 of regulation time with an excellent exchange sac early...
Black magic
SVIDLER WINS THE FIRST GAME AS BLACK Official website: http://chess.ugrasport.com September 16, Khanty-Mansiysk The final round matches started on September 16 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Russian grand-masters Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk compete for the World Cup victory and the main...
Déjà Vu 10 years later?
ALL THE SAME AND GRISCHUK It is strange but the decisive stage of this World Cup 2011 reminds semifinals of the FIDE World Championship 2001—2002. At that time the composition of semifinalists was as follows: Peter Svidler, Vassily Ivanchuk,...
20 and 22 move draw in World Cup semifinal
Tournament: World Cup 2011Round: 06-aWhite: Svidler, Peter Black: Ponomariov, RuslanDate: Mon Sep 12 2011Result: ½-½ 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3 Bb6...
I trusted my intuition
RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: I TRUSTED MY INTUITION The confrontation of the Azeri Vugar Gashimov vs Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine ended in a favor of the ex World Champion. After the first game which was drawn he outplayed his vis-à-vis...
Svidler and Ponomariov in the semifinal
SVIDLER AND PONOMARIOV ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL The second games of the World Cup Quarter-Finals were played on Saturday, September 10, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Yesterday Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) defeated Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), and three other games were drawn. Today Radjabov...
Chess Tutor William Update | FIDE World Cup Round 6
The 2011 FIDE World Chess Cup has been insane as always, with every player pushing harder for the win with every round. The Knockout format has become a trademark of this event, and deservedly so as this encourages highly...
Everything is super
RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: THE FIGHT GETS MORE DIFFICULT WITH EVERY ROUNDThe Ukrainian grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov outplayed his compatriot Zakhar Efimenko and qualified to the 4th Round. The chess players shared their impressions on the game with the journalists at the...
Nakamura loses, Kramnik leads Dortmund after 3 rounds
Crosstable after 3 rounds 1 Meier, G 2656 XX 0 0 ½ 0.5/3 2 Kramnik, V 2781 1 XX 1 ½ 2,5/3 3 Giri, A 2701 1 XX ½ 0 1,5/3 4 Nakamura, H 2770 ½ XX 0 ½...
FIDE President in Kiev
FIDE President in KievKirsan Ilyumzhinov attended the Ukrainian Chess Championship On 21 June FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made a working visit to Kiev. He attended the closing ceremony of the 80th anniversary Ukrainian Chess Championship. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov cordially congratulated...