Final standings Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime gm France 2811 1 0 1 ½ 2½ Svidler, Peter gm Russia 2759 0 1 0 ½ 1½
Chess Tutor William Stewart | More Updates From Round 4
This is an excerpt of the full article on FIDE World Chess Cup – Round 4, which is available on William’s site. Grischuk defeats Potkin and moves on… After losing game 1 of round 4 of against fellow Russian...
Black success
[Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.11.30”][Round “4-1”][White “Shirov, Alexei”][Black “Svidler, Peter”][Result “0-1”][WhiteElo “2719”][WhiteCountry “ESP”][BlackElo “2754”][BlackCountry “RUS”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6...
Leko 1/2 Svidler
Leko, P (2752) – Svidler, P (2754) [B42]Tal Memorial (6), 11.11.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 Bf6 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.N1d2 d5 10.0–0 Nge7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Bf1 0–0 13.c3 N7c6 14.Nd4 Bh4...
Kramnik wins again – Kramnik 1-0 Svidler
Kramnik is back. His play in this tournament so far has been superb. He seems to be very confident and not afraid to take risk. Kramnik, V (2772) – Svidler, P (2754) [D85]Tal Memorial (4), 08.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...
Anand scores 1st win at Tal Memorial
Anand, V (2788) – Svidler, P (2754) [D85]Tal Memorial (3), 07.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0–0 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Qe3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Be6...
Svidler 1/2 Ivanchuk
Svidler, P (2754) – Ivanchuk, V (2739) [C65]Tal Memorial (2), 06.11.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.d4 Nc6 9.Qg4 h5 10.Qxg7 Bxd4 11.Qg3 a6 12.Bc4 h4 13.Qf4 d6 14.Bd5 Be5...
Games from Tal Memorial
Aronian, Levon (2786) – Svidler, Peter (2754) [D80]Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Qb1 b6 10.Be2 c5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.dxc5 Qe8 14.c6...
Final Aker Chess Challenge results
Gold medal match: Svidler, Peter – Gold g RUS 2723 ½ 1 Total: 1½ Carlsen, Magnus – Silver g NOR 2776 ½ 0 Total: ½ Bronze medal match: Nakamura, Hikaru – Bronze g USA 2699 1 ½ Total: 1½...
Carlsen wins Aker Chess Challenge blitz playoff
GM Nakamura (2699) – GM Carlsen (2776) [D15]04.01.2009, Aker Chess Challenge Blitz playoff 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5 10.Ng5 Bb7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg4 Bd5 13.h4 h6...