GM Carlsen (2775) – GM Anand (2798) [E06]03.08.2008 / Rapid – Mainz 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nbd5 14.Nxd5...
Anand takes game 1 against Carlsen
GM Anand (2798) – GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]03.08.2008 / Rapid – Mainz 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.g4...
Aronian wins Amber with 2 games to spare
Round 10 Blindfold Ivanchuk-Mamedyarov 0-1Van Wely-Topalov 1/2-1/2Gelfand-Anand 0-1Karjakin-Morozevich 1/2-1/2Aronian-Kramnik 1/2-1/2Carlsen-Leko 1/2-1/2 Round 10 Rapid Mamedyarov-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2Topalov-Van Wely 1-0Anand-Gelfand 0-1Morozevich-Karjakin 1-0Kramnik-Aronian 1/2-1/2Leko-Carlsen 1/2-1/2 Combined scores after 10 rounds 1. Aronian 13½ 2-5. Carlsen 11Kramnik 11Leko 11Topalov 11 6-8. Anand 10Ivanchuk...
Aronian extends lead with victory over Anand
Round 8 Blindfold Results: Aronian-Anand 1-0Carlsen-Mamedyarov 1-0Karjakin-Topalov 1/2-1/2Van Wely-Leko 0-1Gelfand-Morozevich 1/2-1/2Ivanchuk-Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Official website: http://www.amberchess2008.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian leads Anand by 1 point
After 7 rounds, Aronian still maintains a full point lead over Anand. In the battle of the young phenoms, Karjakin is trailing Carlsen by a full point. Round 8 will be tomorrow then the players will have their last...
Aronian leads, Anand 1/2 point behind
Standings after 6 rounds:1. Aronian 7½ 2. Anand 7 3-7. Carlsen 6½Ivanchuk 6½Kramnik 6½Leko 6½Topalov 6½ 8-9. Karjakin 5½Morozevich 5½ 10. Mamedyarov 5 11-12. Gelfand 4½Van Wely 4½ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand defeats Aronian to win Rapid event
Anand Remains Supreme in MainzAnand Wins GrenkeLeasing Rapid Chess World Championship in Close Match 19.08.2007 – Sunday, immediately after the end of the Ordix Open, with 762 participants the world’s biggest rapid chess tournament, the Chess Classic Mainz finished...
1992 Women’s World Rapid Championship
Another item being displayed at my father’s home Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov wins Cañada de Calatrava Rapid on tie-break
Here are the top finishers by order of tie-breaks at the Villa de Cañada de Calatrava Super Rapid Tournament: 1 GM Shirov Alexei 2699 ESP 7½2 GM Fridman Daniel 2635 LAT 7½3 GM Sokolov Ivan 2655 NED 7½4 GM...
Shirov, Gelfand, Friedman, Polgar lead
The “Villa de Canada de Calatrava” super rapid tournament is taking place from April 6-8, 2007. This is a game /25 event. GMs Shirov, Gelfand, Fridman and my sister Judit are leading with 5.5 points in 6 rounds. Right...