Round 3 results Name G1 G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SD Tot Round 3 Match 01 Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 0 ½ 0.5 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 1 ½ 1.5 Round 3 Match 02 Vallejo Pons Francisco...
Kramnik joins Nakamura at the top of Norway Chess after beating Anand in round 2
Round 2 results Anand, Viswanathan Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Giri, Anish Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru Aronian, Levon ½-½ So, Wesley Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds 1 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2808 N...
Karpov and Kramnik on street signs in Paris
The streets in the Paris suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine will have the names of former World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik. The city council adopted the proposal of Mayor Manuel Aeschlimann, a long time chess fan. “Russian players have...
Battle of the Sexes concluded!
Rk. SNo Name sex RtgI TB1 1 1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2778 5,5 2 2 GM Hou Yifan w 2645 2,5 Pairings/Results Round 1 on 2016/11/28 at 15.00 Bo. No. FED Rtg Name Result Name FED Rtg No. 1...
Great start for Carlsen, Kramnik & Giri at Norway Chess
Round 1 results GM Kramnik, Vladimir vs GM Grandelius, Nils [1-0] GM Carlsen, Magnus vs GM Harikrishna, P [1-0] GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs GM Li, Chao [1/2-1/2] GM Giri, Anish vs GM Eljanov, Pavel [1-0] GM Aronian, Levon vs...
Carlsen OUT, Kramnik & MVL IN Grand Chess Tour
The Grand Chess Tour announced today that the world’s top-ten ranked players will compete in the 2016 Tour. Nine of the top-ten will compete in all four tournaments: Rapid and Blitz in Paris and Brussels-Leuven, the Sinquefield Cup and...
Siberia, led by Kramnik’s 3100+ performance, wins European Club Cup
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds Rk. SNo Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 1 2 SIBERIA (RUS) 7 6 1 0 13 246,0 28,5 2 1 SOCAR (AZE) 7 5 1 1 11 239,0...
Kramnik joins Nisipeanu at the top of Dortmund
Round 4 results GM Nepomniachtchi, Ianvs GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter [1/2-1/2] GM Meier, Georg vs GM Kramnik, Vladimir [0-1] GM Hou, Yifan vs GM So, Wesley [1/2-1/2] GM Caruana, Fabiano vsGM Naiditsch, Arkadij [1-0] Standings after 4 rounds 1. Nisipeanu,...
Kramnik and FIDE President met with IOC President Thomas Bach in Lausanne
Today in Lausanne, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with IOC President Thomas Bach at Château de Vidy. The issues of bilateral cooperation have been discussed, as well as the introduction of chess into the programme of Winter Olympic...