Can you find where Kamsky went wrong? GM Kamsky (2725) – GM Stellwagen (2612) [B47]Corus A (7), 24.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rd7 16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 e5 19.Be3 […]
The fine line between winning and losing
In chess, you can maintain an advantage throughout almost the whole game and one mistake can immediately turn the tide. In this game, GM Stellwagen outplayed GM Vachier Lagrave during most of the game. Unfortunately for him, a mistake on move 41 gave his opponent an immediate win. Stellwagen, D (2616) – Vachier Lagrave, M […]
Stellwagen, Beliavsky lead Paks
Marx György Memorial in Paks, Hungary All games were drawn in the 2nd round. Round 2 results: Berkes-Stellwagen ½-½Beliavsky-Vachier-Lagrave ½-½Sargissian-Acs ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds: 1-2. Beliavsky, Stellwagen 1½3-4. Vachier-Lagrave, Berkes 15-6. Acs, Sargissian ½ Official website: www.ase.hu/marxgy– Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A three man chess race at Sigeman
The 2008 Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament is currently taking place right now and it is a three-man race. GMs Daniel Stellwagen and Tiger Hillarp Persson are leading with 4.5 out of 5, followed by GM Lars Bo Hansen with 4 points, while all others are far behind. Here are the full standings: 1-2. GM […]
Stellwagen, Hillarp Persson lead Sigeman
The 2008 Sigeman Tournament is taking place from April 22-30, 2008. Standings after 4 rounds: 1-2. GM Daniel Stellwagen, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 3.53. GM Lars Bo Hansen 3.04. GM Ralf Åkesson 2.55-7. GM Jan Timman, GM Kjetil Lie, GM Evgenij Agrest 1.58-10. GM Vasilios Kotronias, GM Lajos Portisch, Axel Smith 1.0 Official website: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/ […]
Smeets wins Dutch Championship
GM Smeets defeated tournament leader GM Stellwagen in the final round to capture the 2008 Dutch Championship. Final Standings: 1. GM Smeets (2578) 7½2-3. GMs Stellwagen (2621), Reinderman (2526) 74-5. GMs Ernst (2559), L’Ami (2600) 6½6-7. GMs Nijboer (2558), Tiviakov (2634) 68. GM Visser (2477) 5½, etc. Official website: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2008/ Chess Daily News from Susan […]
Young stars lead Dutch Championship
With 3 rounds to go, GMs Daniël Stellwagen (2621) and Jan Smeets (2578) are tied for first at the 2008 Dutch Championship with the score of 5.5 points in 8 games. GMs Erwin L’Ami (2600), Spike Ernst (2559) and Dimitri Reinderman (2526) are half a point behind with 5 points. Here is the official website: […]
Tiviakov defeated Stellwagen to win Dutch Championship
2007 Dutch Championship Final Standings: 1-2. Stellwagen and Tiviakov 7½3-4. I. Sokolov and Nijboer 6½5-6. Smeets and L’Ami 6.07. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2483 5.08. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2489 4.09. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2412 3.510. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2423 3.011. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2428 2.512. Dambacher, Martijn m NED […]