I’m like a high-flying gypsy: French GMHe is as talented and surely more colourful than Shane Warne or George BestBy Archiman BhaduriPosted On Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at 02:19:06 PM Kolkata: He is as talented and surely more colourful...
Bringing it out of its boring confines
Tkachiev not one to adhere to stereotypesAtreyo Mukhopadhyay, Hindustan TimesKolkata, September 06, 2009First Published: 23:28 IST(6/9/2009)Last Updated: 23:35 IST(6/9/2009) Most of those following the Kolkata Open chess competition will inevitably remember Vladislav Tkachiev for the ‘doze-after-overdose’ act. Even otherwise,...
someone discovers how to make chess fun
At last, someone discovers how to make chess funBy Mike PoundSeptember 04, 2009 11:49 pm I also have never learned to like chess. Sure, I’ve tried to play chess a few times, but I guess I wasn’t sharp enough...
Drunk GM apologises for his behaviour
Drunk GM apologises for his behaviourPTI 5 September 2009, 02:58am IST KOLKATA: Fourth-seed Vladislav Tkachiev on Friday tendered an apology for playing in an inebriated state in the 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess tournament at the Alekhine Chess Club....
Chess maverick has caused a stir
September 4, 2009Maverick chess master Vladislav Tkachiev falls asleep at the boardPhilippe Naughton A Russian-born chess maverick has caused a stir by falling asleep at the board after reportedly turning up drunk at a grandmasters’ tournament in India. Vladislav...
A very unusual forfeit in Kolkata
Drunk chess star dozes off, concedes match at Kolkata Open Posted: Friday , Sep 04, 2009 at 0432 hrs Kolkata In an unusual incident at the ongoing Kolkata Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Thursday, a top-rated French player had...
Tkachiev wins 2009 French Championship
Final round results: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 Cornette, Matthieu – Le Roux, Jean-Pierre ½ Hamdouchi, Hicham – Tkachiev, Vladislav ½ Edouard, Romain – Cossin, Sebastien 1-0 Sokolov, Andrei – Feller, Sebastien 1-0 Maze, Sebastien – Degraeve, Jean-Marc...
Tkachiev dominates French Championship
GM Tkachiev has won 4 straight games to lead the 2009 French Championship by a full point with just one game to go. Here are the results of round 10: Tkachiev, Vladislav – Edouard, Romain 1-0 Fressinet, Laurent –...
French Championship
Round 7 results: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Sokolov, Andrei ½ Cornette, Matthieu – Edouard, Romain 1-0 Degraeve, Jean-Marc – Fressinet, Laurent ½ Hamdouchi, Hicham – Feller, Sebastien ½ Maze, Sebastien – Cossin, Sebastien 0-1 Le Roux, Jean-Pierre – Tkachiev, Vladislav...
Tkachiev 1-0 Carlsen in Moscow
Tkachiev – Carlsen [B22]Tal Memorial Blitz, 29.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.0–0 Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.a4 Qd7 11.a5 Nd5 12.d4 e6 13.a6 b5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc6 16.Re1 Rd8...