Standings after 8 rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2689 BUL *** 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5 2 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2700 RUS 0...
Cheparinov leads Black Sea Countries

Current standings No. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. Rk. TB1 TB2 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2648 ROU *** ½ 1 0 ½ 2.0 4 1 2.75 2 GM Jobava Baadur 2734 GEO ½ ***...
WKU offers full scholarship to HS winner

Fourth Annual WKU Open Chess Tournament Set for This WeekendBy Dan Modlin A Chess Grandmaster from Russia will deliver a lecture on “The Correlations between the Thinking Processes of Chess and Science” as part of this year’s WKU Open...
The physics of chess

The physics of chessGM Vladimir Malakhov impressed at the recent FIDE World Cup and got to the semi finals. BY Malcolm PeinPublished: 8:00AM GMT 24 Dec 2009 He may be a physicist by profession but he is clearly taking...
Who knows what would happened at the end

Vladimir MALAKHOV: “IF RUSLAN DID NOT OFFER A DRAW, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE END” After the equal score after the second game of the semi finals, Ruslan Ponomariov and Vladimir Malakhov will continue fighting for the...
Gelfand – Ponomariov in the World Cup final

After losing the first playoff game, Ponomariov scored 3 straight wins to earn a spot in the 2009 World Cup final against Boris Gelfand. [Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.12.08”][Round “66”][White “Malakhov, Vladimir”][Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”][Result “0-1”][WhiteElo “2706”][WhiteCountry “RUS”][BlackElo “2739”][BlackCountry “UKR”]...
Ponomariov wins again

After losing the first rapid playoff game, Ponomariov has won back to back games to take the lead. He needs to draw game 4 with Black to advance to the final against Gelfand. [Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.12.08”][Round “65”][White...
Clutch win by Ponomariov

GM Ponomariov just scored a clutch win with the Black pieces to even up the rapid playoff against Malakhov. [Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.12.08”][Round “64”][White “Malakhov, Vladimir”][Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”][Result “0-1”][WhiteElo “2706”][WhiteCountry “RUS”][BlackElo “2739”][BlackCountry “UKR”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4...
Malakhov did it again

Once again, GM Malakhov jumps out to an early lead in the rapid playoff by winning the first game with the Black pieces. His rapid playoff record in this World Cup is outstanding. He needs 1.5 points in the...
Experience over Youth in game 1

Boris Gelfand, the oldest player left in the field, just defeated Sergey Karjakin, the youngest player remaining, with the Black pieces in game 1 of the World Cup semifinal. [Event “World Cup 2009”][Date “2009.12.06”][Round “61”][White “Karjakin, Sergey”][Black “Gelfand, Boris”][Result...