Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Oct 4, 2009 8:21am.
The second half of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing has already brought something new to the event - someone other than Magnus Carlsen won a game!
For a long time it looked as if that person would be Dmitry Jakovenko, but despite defendin... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Oct 3, 2009 2:13am.
The resolutely opaque FIDE bidding process to host the planned Anand versus Topalov world championship match some time in 2010 has so far failed to attract a bid backed by real, honest, check our Swiss bank account if you don't believe us, MONEY. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Oct 2, 2009 12:11pm.
The first half of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing is now completed, and it's getting increasingly difficult to find original superlatives to describe the truly remarkable performance of Magnus Carlsen.
In a complicated middlegame struggle,... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Oct 1, 2009 10:17am.
Are we witnessing the metamorphosis of Magnus Carlsen from a powerful young GM with world title aspirations into Garry Kasparov 2.0?
The influence of the former world champion has been self-evident in Carlsen's choice of openings so far in Nanji... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:45pm.
All games were drawn in round 3 of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, China.
The influence of Garry Kasparov was felt once again today, as Magnus Carlsen chose the Gruenfeld Defence against Wang Yue (pictured).
It proved to be a good decisi... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:41am.
Magnus Carlsen (pictured) took a firm grip on the 2nd Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing with a win in the second round against Veselin Topalov to extend his early lead.
In another totally convincing victory, Carlsen accepted a pawn sacrifice fro... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:19pm.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Peter Leko in fine style to take an early lead after the first round of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, China.
Whatever other benefits Carlsen achieves from working with Kasparov, access to the great man's legendar... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:19am.
The Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky (pictured) has won the InventiChess round-robin tournament in Antwerp with an impressive score of 7/9.
Etienne Bacrot of France and Krishnan Sasikiran from India were his closest challengers on 5.5/9.
Sutovsky raced ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:13am.
England's evergreen #1 ranked player, 44 year-old Nigel Short (pictured) has won his match against Ukrainian talent Zahar Efimenko in Mukachevo.
Efimenko upset Short in fine style to win with the black pieces in the first game, but Short struck b... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:32am.
Now that Kasparov and Karpov have finished blessing us all with some nostalgia and light entertainment in the name of charity (corrected blitz game scores now available here), the chess world's attention turns to serious matters once more.
The 2n... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:45am.
So, Garry Kasparov won the rapid games 3-1 in his match against Anatoly Karpov. Today (24th Sept) sees them move on to the 8 scheduled blitz games.
Sadly, but not surprisingly, the official site has been suffering under the weight of Internet t... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:37pm.
Garry Kasparov has taken an early lead with two convincing wins against his old adversary, Anatoly Karpov in their rapid/blitz match in Valencia.
The official site held up pretty well under the strain, with the moves being broadcast without many ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:15pm.
You may have heard that former World Chess Champions, and living legends, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov are playing a rapid/blitz match for charity in Valencia, Spain.
Several anxious members (well, two anyway!) have asked when today's game i... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:46am.
The Swedish TV show "Skavlan" has broadcast an interview with Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen (in English), which is currently available to replay online here. The segment with Kasparov and Carlsen starts at around 43:40 and lasts about 10 mi... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:14am.
A nine-player round GM robin tournament is underway in Antwerp, Belgium. The InventiChess competition takes place from 18-26 September and features an intriguing line-up including top seed Etienne Bacrot, veteran Jan Timman, and top women's play... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:25am.
Universal Event Promotion (UEP), perhaps best known in the chess world for their promotion of the 2008 World Championship between Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand, are organising a match between English #1 Nigel Short (pictured - Elo 2706), and Uk... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:07am.
Fans of Chessbase software will no doubt be pleased to hear that the release of the latest version of their flagship playing program Fritz, is due in October.
So what is new in Fritz 12? Well, the menu layout has been completely re-designed f... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:51am.
For many years the reputation of China as a chess playing nation has grown almost as fast as the country's economy. Although China has it's own version of the royal game - Xiangqi (a.k.a. Chinese Chess), it has made great strides in the traditio... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:31am.
Both games were drawn in the sixth and final round in the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, confirming Lev Aronian as the tournament winner.
After losing in the first round, Aronian then won four games in a row to put himself in an unassailable positio... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:40am.
As previously reported, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov have agreed to play a rapid/blitz match in Valencia, Spain from 21-24 September. There is now an English language website for the event here.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of their ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:45pm.
Yet another win by Lev Aronian (pictured) in the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao has sealed victory for the popular Armenian with one round to spare.
His victim in round five was Alexei Shirov, who is now fated to trail in last of the four competitors... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:18pm.
In round four of the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, Lev Aronian (pictured) won for the third time in a row to take the overall lead.
Aronian beat early leader Alexander Grischuk in an exciting game, where an early bishop sacrifice (10. Bxb5) was fol... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 8, 2009 2:08pm.
The exciting chess continued in round 3 of the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, with both games ending in decisive results.
Aronian used the Marshall Gambit to great effect against Shirov to earn a short win in just 29 moves. In the final position... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 8, 2009 10:41am.
The 10th Montreal International ended yesterday with Germany's top ranked player Arkadij Naiditsch (pictured) emerging as the winner.
The 23 year-old Naiditsch won the 12-player round-robin tournament with a score of 7.5/11. Going into the last... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Sep 7, 2009 10:44pm.
On day two of the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, Alexander Grischuk (pictured) extended his lead with a win over Alexei Shirov.
The Russian showed good technique in the endgame, making his outside passed pawn and bishop v knight advantage count.
Le... Read more »
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