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 Championship and Major Open (4-12 Jan). IM Puchen Wang won the Championship, and Rapid, and also […]
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 and was held in Suite C1002 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, […]
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 after 9 rounds: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 5½2. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 5½3. […]
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 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qc2 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc5 20.h4 0–0 21.Be2 f5 22.h5 Nf6 […]