Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:40am.
The 11th European Individual Chess Championships in Rijeka, Croatia have ended with clear winner in both the men's and women's events.
In an exciting final round, 19 year-old Ian Nepomniachtchi (pictured) of Russia beat Vladimir Akopian to take t... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:28pm.
After losing badly on the first day of the Amber blindfold and rapid tournament in Nice, world #1 Magnus Carlsen (pictured) has stormed back to share the overall lead by recording three consecutive 2-0 wins.
Today's customer was underdog Jan Smee... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:18pm.
Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) beat his former compatriot Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 to take the sole lead in the overall standings at Amber.
Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen continued his recovery by recording another 2-0 victory, this time against Peter Svi... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:38pm.
You just can't keep the world's #1 rated player down. After losing 2-0 to Vassily Ivanchuk in round one at Amber, Magnus Carlsen hit back in round two against Lev Aronian to record his own 2-0 win.
That brings Carlsen back to an even score, and o... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:59am.
Multi-millionaire Kirsan Ilyumzhinov from Kalmykia has been president of FIDE since 1995, and although he has ploughed a lot of his own money into the game, commercial sponsors are few and far between.
Rightly or wrongly, FIDE has a reputation fo... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:35am.
Vassily Ivanchuk beat Magnus Carlsen 2-0 in their first round clash at the Amber tournament.
World #1 Carlsen now faces the tough task of trying to bounce back against last year's winner Lev Aronian in round 2. You can read Carlsen's reaction t... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:01am.
You may recall that a month ago we reported on filmmakers Katie and Nelson Dellamaggiore, who are raising funds to make a movie about the best junior high chess team in the US.
Well, they are looking for someone rated 2100-2400 to play the star o... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:43am.
When the world's top grandmasters get an invite to the annual Amber tournament in Nice, hardly anyone turns it down.
It's not hard to see why. The participants get to spend nearly 2 weeks in the beautiful south of France, playing a combination ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:39am.
After four rounds at the European Indivdual Chess Championships, just two players lead the men's event with perfect scores.
GM's Baadur Jobava of Georgia and and Zahar Efimenko of Ukraine (pictured) have a half point lead over a 15-strong chasing... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Mar 8, 2010 11:04am.
The 11th European Individual Chess Championships is well underway in Rijeka, Croatia, and if you haven't checked out the official website yet, you're missing a treat.
If you missed our preview of the event, you can find it here.
Besides the obli... Read more »
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Submitted by
IM dpruess on Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:56am.
Today I'd like to unveil what will be an extremely valuable training tool for those who choose to make use of it: Computer Workout.
What? You've seen it before? Tried it before? No way! This is a 90% "completely" new Computer Workout, redesigned ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Mar 4, 2010 7:24am.
The women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) has become a 'Champion For Peace', joining many other high-profile sportsmen and women to promote peace through sporting initiatives all around the world.
'Champions For Peace' is an... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Mar 3, 2010 12:11pm.
The 11th European Individual Chess Championships start soon in Rijeka, Croatia. This annual event was established in the year 2000 under the auspices of the European Chess Union.
The format of the event is an 11-round Swiss, with the first roun... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Mar 1, 2010 12:13pm.
Results from the recent Linares tournament were apparently too late for inclusion in the latest edition of the official bi-monthly FIDE rating list.
While it's perhaps understandable that FIDE needs to have a cut off point for the inclusion of th... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15pm.
To the uninitiated, watching a chess match must seem only marginally preferable to watching paint dry.
Unlike casual spectators at a tennis match or football game who can understand and enjoy the action at least at a basic level, following a ches... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:20am.
National chess leagues can easily be overlooked among the high profile supertournaments and other GM matches that grace our computer screens.
However, the German chess league, the Schachbundesliga, is among the most powerful in the world, featuri... Read more »
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Submitted by
MikeRoesell on Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:17pm.
Well I guess you know the outcome of the fourth and final regulation game. GM Judit Polgar won to even the score between the players at 2 as well as skunking Black for the match. Kaidanov was playing the Scheveningen Sicilian and as in the previou... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:03pm.
Spiderman star Tobey Maguire (pictured) could be set to take on the role of Bobby Fischer in a planned biopic of the controversial American chess genius.
Firstshowing.net reports that the project, called Pawn Sacrifice, is written by Steven Knigh... Read more »
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Submitted by
MikeRoesell on Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:34pm.
Round three of this Sicilian themed chess match and the score is White 3, Black 0. Will we see a break for the second player in tomorrows fourth and final game? Only the chess gods can tell.
Today's game found GM Judit Pol... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:12pm.
An enthralling last round at Linares 2010 saw Veselin Topalov (pictured) take the title with a last round victory against Boris Gelfand.
Topalov tried hard to create chances against Gelfand's Petroff defence, but the Israeli seemed to have good c... Read more »
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Submitted by
MikeRoesell on Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:33pm.
Overshadowed by the Linares Super-GM tournament GMs Judit Polgar(HUN) and Gregory Kaidanov(USA) have come to play a Sicilian themed match. In both rounds Black has taken a beating losing in both games.With the start of round one we find Judit Po... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:39pm.
The penultimate round of the Linares 2010 super-GM tournament saw a titanic struggle between the leader Veselin Topalov and his closest pursuer, Alexander Grischuk.
A dynamic and exciting game ended in victory for Grischuk, who therefore catches ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:33pm.
Alexander Grischuk (pictured) closed the gap to leader Veselin Topalov with a win against Vugar Gashimov in round eight at Linares.
Gashimov's brave use of the Benoni defence finally got him into trouble as Grischuk achieved a clear advantage ear... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:33pm.
It's a relative rarity to see a themed chess match between strong players, so they are always welcome, especially when one of the players is the great Judit Polgar.
Judit Polgar will play the strong American GM and popular coach Gregory Kaidanov ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:57pm.
Francisco Vallejo Pons had an excellent opportunity to record his first win in round 7 at the Linares 2010 tournament. Playing black against Lev Aronian (pictured), he gained a clear advantage but failed to put the game away.
Even as the draw w... Read more »
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