GM Svidler (2732) – GM Kamsky (2714) [C95]03.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 a5 16.a4...
World Cup Round 4
Round 4 pairings: Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 vs Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Svidler, Peter RUS 2732Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 vs Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 vs Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716Adams, Michael ENG 2729...
Who will advance? Round 4 matchups
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 vs Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Svidler, Peter RUS 2732 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 vs Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 vs Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716 Adams, Michael ENG 2729 vs...
Breaking news: Ivanchuk on the verge of being eliminated
After 2 draws in the classical games, Ivanchuk won game 3 in rapid and all he needed was a draw in game 4 to move on to round 4. But the former European champion Nisipeanu had other ideas. Nisipeanu...
More big names eliminated at the World Cup
Grischuk, Bacrot, Rublevsky and Inarkiev are out of the World Cup. Round 3 playoff results: Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 2694 3-1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 2695Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 2715 1.5-2.5 Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 2653Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 2676 1.5-2.5 Svidler, Peter (RUS)...
World Cup Update
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL)Adams, Michael (ENG)Kamsky, Gata (USA)Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)Wang, Yue (CHN)Shirov, Alexei (ESP)Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) have all advanced to round 4 of the World Cup. Here is the official website: http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp Chess...
Games from the World Cup
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Malakhov (2690) [B35]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Be8 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Kh8 16.Nd5...
WC round 3: Carlsen 1-0 Dominguez
GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Dominguez (2683) [B92]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Bg5 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxb3 13.cxb3 Nd4 14.b4 Rc8 15.0–0 0–0 16.Bg4...
I won’t be a pawn!
Kasparov’s toughest match: Trying to checkmate Putin By Matthew ChanceCNN MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Garry Kasparov has defeated the world’s greatest chess players and battled a supercomputer for supremacy. Now, he’s facing his toughest opponent, but trying to check...
Cheparinov, Adams, Kamsky, Jakovenko and Wang victorious
Only Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL), Adams, Michael (ENG), Kamsky, Gata (USA), Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS), and Wang, Yue (CHN) won today. All other games were drawn. Click here to view all the games. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar