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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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Sep 7, 2009 10:19am.
When you're already the fourth highest rated chess player in the world, it must be hard to find coaches who can really stretch you...
Magnus Carlsen has solved that problem by the remarkable coup of landing the former world champion, and arguably... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Sep 6, 2009 2:34pm.
With only four combatants in the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, there are just two games per round to entertain us. Fortunately, all the players have reputations for dynamic play, so we should have enough action to keep us happy.
The Karjakin v S... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Sep 5, 2009 5:51am.
The Spanish city of Bilbao is set to play host once again to the Grand Slam Final Masters from 6-12 September.
The tournament pits the winners of major tournaments during 2009 against one another.
Despite the withdrawal of Veselin Topalov, and t... Read more »
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Submitted by
Phobetor on Fri Sep 4, 2009 5:59am.
In the third round of the 4th Kolkata Open in India, French GM Vladislav Tkachiev (2669) turned up drunk for his game and dozed off after just 11 moves, losing the round on technical grounds, domestic media reported on Friday.
Tkachiev arrived fo... Read more »
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Submitted by
strani on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:28am.
Very exciting stuff to come from Saint Louis as The Chess Club and Scholastic Center released the following press release regarding the upcoming US Women's Chess Championship!
I for one am really excited about the upcoming tournament. Being an OT... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Sep 1, 2009 1:14am.
Do not adjust your set...it's not three months since the last list was published, but today marks the start of FIDE's new bi-monthly rating lists.
Since the advent of the unofficial live rating list for players over 2700 Elo, there has been pre... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:58am.
At the NH Tournament in the Netherlands, the 'Experience' team beat the 'Rising Stars' by a score of 27.5-22.5 in an entertaining contest.
The stronger line-up for this year's 'Experience' team finally saw them end a run of three consecutive def... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:31am.
US Chess prodigy IM Ray Robson earned his second GM norm at the recent 23rd North American FIDE Invitational.
The 14 year-old Robson from Florida won the event with a score of 7/9. His exciting round 7 game against Benjamin Finegold is shown b... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:58am.
If your chess club were celebrating it's 200th anniversary, how would you celebrate?
Zurich Chess Club - the oldest chess club in the world - chose to invite a few friends to give simuls and then play in a rapid competition. Who were the friend... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:34am.
What is the difference between a sport and a game? And what qualifies a sport to be an Olympic sport? Is it all just a question of semantics? Or perhaps money?
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (pictured), the president of FIDE, has been courting the Olympi... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:09pm.
I come to chess.com for chess, not politics. I am a political activist, but I confine my political activities to the streets and to the huge progressive blog dailyKos. So it was somewhat surprising what I found that the blog was going to hold its ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:17pm.
An exciting last round in the Jermuk Grand Prix saw Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) win with the black pieces to finish the undefeated sole winner on 8.5/13.
A great result for the popular Ukrainian, who re-enters the world's top 10 after a recent po... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:16am.
The 2009 NH 'Rising Stars v Experience' Tournament in the Netherlands runs from 21-30 August. This event will pit a team of young talents against a team of more experienced players.
It's an interesting idea for a team tournament, but last year ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:11pm.
Shocking and sad news from a recent tournament in Greece, where local amateur player Nikolaos Karapanos played a brilliant game against Israeli IM Dan Zoler in the first round, but collapsed and died following a time scramble at the end.
By remar... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:28pm.
The British Team have defeated the Netherlands at the Howard Staunton Memorial tournament in London. Or perhaps one could say that Nigel "Nosher" Short (pictured) defeated the Dutch team since he scored a remarkable 8/10, achieving a performance... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:36am.
Peter Leko (pictured) leads the Jermuk Grand Prix after seven rounds with a score of 5/7. This powerful event has been enormously entertaining with lots of great games and decisive results.
A selection of some of the most entertaining games is ... Read more »
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Submitted by
erik on Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:14pm.
Play Chess on Your Google Homepage!Launch of Chess.com gadget on iGoogle Leveraging OpenSocial
As of August 12th, users of the iGoogle homepage can now play chess with their friends with a new chess gadget. Chess.com is one of the first companie... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:43am.
After three rounds at the Jermuk Grand Prix in Armenia, there is a three-way tie at the top between Lev Aronian, Ivan Cheparinov and Peter Leko (pictured) on 2/3.
The Bulgarian Cheparinov won against Jakovenko in the first round in a Four Knights... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 9, 2009 11:33am.
14 year-old US International Master Ray Robson (pictured) from Florida has earned his first Grandmaster norm by tying for first place in the Arctic Chess Challenge in Norway.
Congratulations to Ray - only 2 more to go for the GM title!
GM Monika... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 9, 2009 10:41am.
Veselin Topalov (pictured) has pulled out of the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao. The apparent reason is a financial one, although the prize fund has not yet been confirmed. It seems the harsher financial climate this year may shoulder some of the ... Read more »
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