Pinoy IM beats American GM in US Chess tiltabs-cbnNEWS.com 05/13/2009 7:22 PM Filipino international master (IM) Enrico Sevillano scored another win in the ongoing 2009 US Chess Championship by beating grandmaster (GM) Alexander Shabalov of the US in the fifth round at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in Missouri, USA. Marlon […]
GM Kritz wins New England Masters
GM Kritz of Germany won the 2007 New England Masters with the score of 7 out of 9. GM Shabalov and IM Ippolito shared 2nd with 6.5 points. IM Ippolito also won the top under 2400 prize while young Ray Robson got 2nd under 2400. Here are some of the top finishers: 1. GM Kritz, […]
The two Alex still on top in Stillwater
Alex Onischuk drew Sergei Kudrin and Boris Gulko drew Alex Shabalov. Therefore, both Shabalov and Onischuk still remain in a tie for first at the 2007 Frank K. Berry US Championship going into the final round tomorrow. Kudrin is still in at least a tie for third. Kaidanov defeated Ivanov to pull into a tie […]
A magnificent performance by Shabalov so far
Standings after 5 rounds: 1 GM ALEXANDER SHABALOV 2671 5.02 GM ILDAR IBRAGIMOV 2680 3.53 GM HIKARU NAKAMURA 2738 3.54 GM JAAN EHLVEST 2683 3.55 GM ALEXANDER ONISCHUK 2712 3.56 GM JULIO BECERRA 2608 3.57 GM YURY SHULMAN 2667 3.5 8 GM GREGORY KAIDANOV 2686 39 GM ALEX YERMOLINSKY 2588 310 GM MELIKSET KHACHIYAN 2550 […]
Shabalov perfect at 5-0!
Round 5 May 18, 2007 [Section GM – Board 1] Shabalov, Alexander vs Kaidanov, Gregory 1-0[Section GM – Board 2] Onischuk, Alexander vs Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2-1/2 [Section GM – Board 3] Nakamura, Hikaru vs Yermolinsky, Alex 1-0[Section GM – Board 4] Ibragimov, Ildar vs Gurevich, Dmitry 1-0[Section GM – Board 5] Shulman, Yury vs Sevillano, […]
Shabalov and Ehlvest lead Foxwoods
Foxwoods Round 7 results: Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name 1 ½ GM Alexander Shabalov (5½) ½ GM Gata Kamsky (5)2 0 GM Alexander Stripunsky (5) 1 GM Jaan Ehlvest (5)3 ½ GM Yury Shulman (5) ½ GM Ildar Ibragimov (5)4 1 IM Jesse Kraai (4½) 0 GM Hikaru Nakamura (4½)5 1 […]
Foxwoods Open Update
After 6 rounds, GM Shabalov is in clear first with 5.5 points in 6 games. He defeated both GM Nakamura (2755) and GM Izoria (2722) with the Black pieces! Here are some of the leaders:1 GM Alexander Shabalov 2656 5½2-6 GM Gata Kamsky 2752 52-6 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2675 52-6 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2675 52-6 […]
Nakamura – Shabalov
Nakamura, Hikaru 2755Shabalov, Alexander 2656Foxwoods Open 2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 Qe7 9.h4 dxc4 10.e4 e5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bxc4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Nf4 15.Be3 h5 16.O-O-O g6 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.Qd2 Nxe2 19.Ndxe2 Be5 20.f4 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bc7 23.Qd4 Rf8 24.Rge1 Bb6 […]
Ehlvest, Shabalov and Stripunsky won Millennium
Grandmasters Jaan Ehlvest, Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Stripunsky tied for first in this year’s Millennium Festival, which was played on March 2-5 in Virginia Beach. They scored four points in five games in the open section. Congratulations to all three winners! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kids taking on Grandmaster
Artwork by the talented Mike Magnan Students take on three-time U.S. chess championBy Kevin KelleyWestlakePublished Feb. 14, 2007 Members of the chess club at Westside Christian Academy had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play one of the greatest chess players in the world Friday. Chess grandmaster Alex Shabalov, who was the U.S. chess champion in 1993, […]