Morozevich and Jakovenko talking about the OlympiadPsychological barrier and heavy schedulePosted by Chessdom Alexander Morozevich assures that the atmosphere inside the Russian team was good, but they simply couldn’t overcome the psychological barrier. “I do not like to write...
The dynamic duo
Krush, I (2452) – Kosteniuk, A (2525) [E55]38th Olympiad, Dresden (8), 21.11.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.0–0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.e4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.f3...
Indian women held Russia to a tie
Round 3 on 2008/11/15 at 15:00 Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 11 India (IND) Rtg 2 : 2 1.1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2525 – IM Harika Dronavalli 2462 1 – 0 1.2 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2513 – IM...
Olympiad round 2 begins
Poland vs Russia – On board 1 Miton vs Kramnik! Over 90 pictures from Olympiad day 2 here: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2OlympiadRound2# Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kasparov’s move
Grandmaster makes a move on the KremlinSeptember 30, 2008 Garry Kasparov’s greatest opponent is Russian political apathy, says viv groskop When 5,000 Russians gathered in St Petersburg at the weekend to protest against Putin’s presidency, one of the leaders...
A Gorbachev return?
Mikhail Gorbachev returns to politicsSeptember 30, 2008 In a move that will delight many old Cold War warriors, but more importantly critics of Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured) is to return to Russian politics. The author of Glasnost and...
China – Russia
China – Russia personal and match score: Rank – Name – Title – Country – Rating – Score – Performance 1 Wang Hao g CHN 2691 3.5 28442 Wang Yue g CHN 2704 3.0 27673 Li Chao g CHN...
China leads Russia 26-24
Round 4 (September 21, 2008) Wang Hao – Svidler, Peter ½-½Wang Yue – Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0Alekseev, Evgeny – Ni Hua 1-0Bu Xiangzhi – Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0Jakovenko, Dmitry – Li Chao 0-1 Pogonina, Natalija – Zhao Xue ½-½Ruan Lufei –...
China 10-10 Russia
The 5th China vs Russia Chess Match is taking place from September 18-27, 2008 in Ningpo, China. Match 1 Wang Hao – Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Ni Hua ½-½Li Chao – Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0Wang Yue – Inarkiev, Ernesto...
The road to the final 8
Round 3 matchups (bold = higher rated player): Upper bracket Matveeva (2412) vs. Ushenina (2476)T. Konsintseva (2511) vs. Kosteniuk (2510)Stefanova (2550) vs. Gaponenko (2468)Cramling (2544) vs. Ruan (2499) Lower bracket Koneru (2622) vs. Hoang Thanh (2487)Shen Yang (2445) vs....