Artwork by Mike Magnan Analysis By Chess Coach William Stewart US Team Has Fighting 2-2 Draw with Armenia Gata Kamsky pulled off an accurate 80 move grind to beat the #3 rated player in the world Levon Aronian. As...
5th King’s Tournament – Round 6
By Chess Coach William Stewart (FIDE 2234, USCF, 2256) Original article on the 5th Kings Chess Tournament, Round 6, available here Sergey Karjakin – 2776 – Russia Sergey Karjakin caught up to Magnus Carlsen today by winning against Nisipeanu...
Bazna 2011: 5th Kings Tournament – Round 3 Updates
By Chess Teacher NM William Stewart Ivanchuk showed immense respect to Carlsen on Board 1 by playing a very safe line in the Ruy Lopez which led to a fairly lifeless draw on move 33. They currently share the...
Fabiano Caruana Wins Ruy Lopez Rapid
Fabiano Caruana Wins Ruy Lopez RapidAll games were required to start with the Ruy Lopez opening Following the Ruy Lopez Masters round robin, which was won by Bulgaria’s Ivan Cheparinov, the 4th Ruy Lopez International Festival concluded Saturday after...
Cheparinov wins Ruy Lopez, performs 2900+
Final round results: Cheparinov, Ivan – Cramling, Pia 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano – Salgado, Ivan 1-0 Malakhov, Vladimir – Cori, Deysi 1-0 Perez, Manuel – Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ Final standings 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2640 6 2902 2-3. Caruana,...
Cheparinov leads Ruy Lopez by 1 point
Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2640 5 2. Salgado, Ivan g ESP 2606 4 3-5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2675 3½ 3-5. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2677 3½ 3-5. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2722 3½...
Cheparinov leads 4th Ruy Lopez Masters
Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2640 4 2. Salgado, Ivan g ESP 2606 3½ 3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2675 3 4. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2677 3 5. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2722 3...
4 way tie for the lead at 4th Ruy Lopez Masters
Round 3 results: Cheparinov, Ivan – Perez Candelario, Manuel 1-0 Salgado Lopez, Ivan – Cramling, Pia 1-0 Malakhov, Vladimir – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Cori T., Deysi – Sargissian, Gabriel 0-1 Standings after 3 rounds: 1-4. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA...
Ruy Lopez International Festival
Ruy Lopez International Festival – Round TwoDeisy Cori and Vladimir Malakhov victorious with Black pieces The fourth edition of the Ruy Lopez International Festival is taking place on 11-19th June in Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Spain. Numerous events...
All games decisive at Ruy Lopez Festival
Official website: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/ Round 1 results: Sargissian, Gabriel – Cramling, Pia 1-0 Cheparinov, Ivan – Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0 Salgado Lopez, Ivan – Perez Candelario, Manuel 1-0 Cori T., Deysi – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Standings after 1: 1-4. Sargissian, Gabriel...