Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Jul 5, 2008 3:59pm.
Leko defeats Gustafsson to take sole lead The lead changed hands yet again today in Dortmund as a novelty by Gustafsson, 16.Qb3, in the Queen's Indian did not prove a worthwhile move. Leko (pictured) took advantage of the resulting doubl... Read more »
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SonofPearl on Fri Jul 4, 2008 11:27am.
Lowest ranked player leads at Dormund! A short tournament like Dortmund can throw up surprises, as it has done in previous years, and after round 5 the sole leader of the 2008 event is Jan Gustafsson (pictured), Elo 2603 from Germany. Befor... Read more »
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Submitted by
homegun on Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:49am.
The Brunei-Muara District Executive Chess Championship 2008 Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 62nd Birthday Celebration and the Brunei Chess Federation (BCF) yesterday announced that the first ever... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:45pm.
The Philadelphia International event was held from June 26-30, 2008 at the Philadelphia Center City Sheraton. The event had 5 GM participants and many more titled players to make it a very competitive field. GM Parimarjan Negi won the event with a... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Jul 2, 2008 2:18pm.
Nepomniachtchi wins to join leaders Just an express report today. The only decisive game was Nepomniachtchi's (pictured) win against Van Wely to join Leko and Gustafsson in the joint lead on 2.5/4. Tomorrow is another rest day. Rou... Read more »
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Submitted by
Waldemar on Tue Jul 1, 2008 4:24pm.
Hi all, For those of you interested: http://www.chessedelic.com/2008/07/01/chess-news-16-naiditsch-kramnik-dortmund-2008/ ...explains how Naiditsch won in great style from Kramnik! Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:03pm.
Shock result as Naiditsch beats Kramnik Only one decisive result in the 3rd round - but a real shocker as Arkadij Naiditsch (pictured) beat Vladimir Kramnik in fantastic style! Despite Kramnik choosing the super-solid Petroff defence, Naidit... Read more »
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Submitted by
Waldemar on Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:43am.
Hi all, This week Chessedelic.com wil be covering several games from the Dortmund 2008 Chess Tournament with in-depth chess technical video analysis. You can find the videos here: http://www.chessedelic.com/tag/dortmund-2008/ Enjoy! Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:13pm.
Three wins in the second round Now that's more like it After a disappointing first round of safety-first play, the 2008 Dortmund tournament sparked spectacularly into life in the second round. Kramnik opened his account by defeati... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:05pm.
All games drawn in a cagey first round It is sometimes said that in round-robin tournaments, it is more important not to lose in the first round than it is to actually win. In a relatively short tournament like Dortmund this is especially tr... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:27am.
The annual Dortmund tournament starts today, 28 June, as previewed recently here. Dortmund will be the last serious test for Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) before his world title shot against Vishy Anand in October. Dortmund has been a very hap... Read more »
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Submitted by
Waldemar on Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:39am.
From 3 until 7 july British IGM Nigel Short will play a rapid chess match against IGM Sergey Karjakin from the Ukraine. The match will take place in Kiev at the Academic Puppet Theatre. The games will be broadcast live. It will be interestin... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:39am.
The lack of a regular and predictable structure for top level chess is no doubt a factor in putting off many potential commercial sponsors to the game. The organisers of some of the most famous tournaments have been negotiating for two years... Read more »
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Submitted by
Waldemar on Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:56am.
The soon to begin Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is said to host a crown group and two open tournaments. But although there is no mention of it on the official site, rumour has it that there will be a second closed group with ten titled players... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:26am.
The annual supertournament in Dortmund will start on the 28th June and run until the 6th July. The confirmed field includes World Championship contender Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) and the seemingly omnipresent Vassily Ivanchuk. The full lin... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:46pm.
The 2008 US Cadet event was held from June 14-18, 2008 in Lindsborg Kansas had many of the top youth players throughout the United States. In a bit of a surprise finish Conrad Holt rated 2109 won the event with an impressive score of 5/6! Now lets... Read more »
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Submitted by
homegun on Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:04am.
THE Davao Chadric Builders finished a strong joint 3rd to 7th place in the tough 1st Vicente L. Pimentel Sr. Memorial Inter-Province Chess Team Championship, which ended Thursday in Tandag, Surigo del Sur. Davao Chadric, bannered by National Mast... Read more »
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Submitted by
homegun on Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:32am.
FREMONT Alisha Chawla isn't much for dolls, but she loves the children's book, "A Little Princess," and adores the queen. How fitting for Fremont's 7-year-old little princess of chess, the highest-rated female player for... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:54pm.
Magnus the boy genius wins by a full point On 30th November 2008, Magnus Carlsen will turn 18 years of age and I guess that then we will have to stop calling him a boy genius, and simply call him a genius instead. His performance at the Aero... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:10pm.
Ivanchuk wins to move into shared second place If you were told that a game between two Grandmasters ended in 21 moves, you could be forgiven for expecting it to be another dull draw, but today Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) busted poor Loek Van Wely... Read more »
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Submitted by
homegun on Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:18am.
DANANG, Vietnam — Kyle Emmanuel Ochoa and Prince Mark Aquino won gold medals in the 9th ASEAN Age Group Chess Championships after ruling the rapid event to cap the Filipinos' impressive showing at the Danang Hotel. Ochoa, in just his fir... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:59pm.
Eljanov wins to move into second place Pavel Eljanov (pictured) from Ukraine moved into sole second place on 5.5/9 ahead of his compatriots Ivanchuk and Karjakin by defeating yet another Ukranian Andrei Volokitin. The home country for the Ae... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:11pm.
Carlsen retains 2-point lead Another round, another win by Magnus Carlsen. Oh no, hang on a minute, he only drew today! Well done to Alexander Onischuk who held the tournament leader to a draw with the Black pieces. There were still 3... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:27am.
The Yerevan rapid play tournament in Armenia ended appropriately today with a winner from the host country. The penultimate round saw Peter Leko lose and Lev Aronian (pictured) win to swap places at the top of leaderboard and that was... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:00am.
The Norwegian Boy Wonder does it again After a rest day on Saturday at the Aerosvit tournament in the resort of Foros in the Crimea, Magnus Carlsen (pictured) started the second half of the tournament with no let up in his form. Playing Black agai... Read more »
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