The 121st New Zealand Chess Congress was held on 2-12th January at the Alexandra Function Centre, Green Lane, in Auckland. The Congress consisted of New Zealand Rapid Championship (2-3 Jan), New Zealand Lightning Championship (3rd Jan), 121st New Zealand...
Wang earns final IM norm
FM Philip Xiao Wang completed IM norms in the 16th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm round robin tournament on February 22nd to 26th 2012. This tournament is the 16th in its series...
Wang knocks off co-leader Radjabov
Round 9 results:Wang Yue – Radjabov, Teimour 1-0Ivanchuk, Vassily – Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½Grischuk, Alexander – Kamsky, Gata ½-½Karjakin, Sergey – Gashimov, Vugar ½-½Aronian, Levon – Svidler, Peter ½-½Navara, David – Gelfand, Boris ½-½Al-Modiahki, Mohamad – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Standings...
WC round 3: Wang 1-0 Bu
Final position GM Wang (2703) – GM Bu, Xiangzhi (2692) [D12]30.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.0–0–0 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Ne4 Nbd7...