Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Feb 8, 2012 12:47pm.
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh was born in Kaluga, Russia on 8 February 1922. He became a Grandmaster in 1952, competed in the legendary 1953 Zurich Candidates tournament, and won the USSR Chess Championship in 1954.
In a long and successful chess ca... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:02pm.
NEWSFLASH
Details are emerging of a new Super-tournament which will be added to the chess calendar next year in Stavanger, Norway.
The inaugural tournament will be called Norway Chess 2013, and the #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen will naturally be ta... Read more »
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Submitted by
IM dpruess on Tue Feb 7, 2012 8:21am.
I am thrilled to announce the lineups for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Chess.com Death-Matches! Each match will be a three hour marathon of speed chess, testing the combatants' chess abilities, quick thinking, determination, preparation, and endurance, b... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:39am.
Top seed Ivan Cheparinov (pictured) won the 34th Bulgarian Open Championships on superior tie-breaks after finishing level with three others on a score of 7½/9 points.
While many of his closest rivals took quick draws in the final round Cheparin... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Feb 5, 2012 1:52pm.
The 11th Aeroflot Open will take place from 6-17 February 2012 in the Hotel Cosmos, Moscow.
The Aeroflot Open has grown into one of the biggest and strongest Open tournaments in the world, and once again in 2012 the winner will earn an invitati... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Feb 5, 2012 10:04am.
Yaroslav Zherebukh from Ukraine has won the round-robin event for young masters at the RSSU Chess Cup in Moscow.
After a slow start the 18 year-old Zherebukh (pictured) won six games in a row to claim victory with a 7/9 score.
Maxim Matlakov of ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Feb 4, 2012 4:01am.
The International RSSU Chess Cup in Moscow (previewed here) ends on Sunday after a busy week, featuring many different competitions.
The impressive chess festival has two separate round-robin competitions for 10 young men and women players, and a... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Feb 2, 2012 10:42am.
There was a dramatic tiebreak playoff at the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, after Hou Yifan drew her final round game with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and was caught on 8/10 points by England's Nigel Short, who beat Krishnan Sasikiran.
Short won th... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Wed Feb 1, 2012 2:02pm.
Hou Yifan is poised to create history by becoming the first female winner of the Gibraltar International. She told me that her win over Polgar hadn't sunk in as anything special and she wasn't thinking about the enormous cash rewards first place... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Feb 1, 2012 11:05am.
FLASH REPORT
The women's world champion Hou Yifan is having an amazing tournament in the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Masters.
She had already beaten three 2700+ players (Zoltan Almasi, Judit Polgar and Le Quang Liem) to be the joint leader ... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Wed Feb 1, 2012 9:22am.
Mickey Adams remains the favorite, but there are many contenders, including Hou Yifan who is having a fantastic tournament.
The top results from round eight:
1
3
GM
Adams Michael
2724
6
½ - ½
5½
GM
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2747
2
2
15
GM
Shor... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:49am.
The results of the top games in round seven:
1
2
GM
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2747
5
½ - ½
5
GM
Negi Parimarjan
2641
22
2
3
GM
Adams Michael
2724
5
1 - 0
5
GM
Howell David W L
2603
27
3
11
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
2700
5
½ - ½
5
GM
Gopal G N
... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:35am.
January has been an excellent month for fans of top-quality chess, and with the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Masters in full swing the excitement isn't over yet!
After six completed rounds the big English guns of Nigel Short and Mickey Adams claim ... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:19am.
The big result of round 6 was to set up the historic encounter between Hou Yifan and Judit Polgar in round 7.
1
35
GM
Gopal G N
2566
4½
½ - ½
4½
GM
Adams Michael
2724
3
2
41
GM
Dzagnidze Nana
2535
4½
½ - ½
4½
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
27... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:46am.
Official Website Final Report
An anti-climactic repetition of moves in what was hoped would be the crowning duel of the final round in one of the most combative chess events in recent years, earned Armenia’s Levon Aronian an unshared 10,000-... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:22am.
FLASH REPORT
The world's #2 ranked player Lev Aronian has won the 2012 Tata Steel tournament after a quick draw in the final round with close rival Teimour Radjabov.
Aronian finishes with a score of 9/13 - 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses (to Magnus... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:10am.
At the midway point the leaderboard has shrunk, though there are many players on 4/5. The rain has departed and the view of the Mediterranean Sea in the sunshine is spectacular.
There are special events every evening. Judit Polgar and Mickey Ada... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:34pm.
Official Website Round 12 Report
Armenian GM Levon Aronian is certain of netting at least a fair share of the 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Chess Tournament.
A victory with black over World Title Challeng... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:54am.
There were a few more draws on the top boards today in Gibraltar.
1
25
GM
Hou Yifan
2605
3
½ - ½
3
GM
Adams Michael
2724
3
2
30
GM
Brunello Sabino
2581
3
½ - ½
3
GM
Short Nigel D
2677
15
3
5
GM
Le Quang Liem
2714
2½
1 - 0
3
GM
Felgaer ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:25pm.
Official Website Round 11 Report
The 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A at the 74th annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament was up for grabs again after an exciting eleventh round played havoc with the standings on Friday.
Tournament lead... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:08am.
Nigel Short crushed Mamedyarov to remain atop the super field in Gibraltar. He allowed no counterplay in applying the Spanish Inquisition.
Hou Yifan continued her perfect run, smashing Almasi. Adams sacrificed a pawn for pressure and prevailed a... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:03am.
A quick report as the games were posted late. Make sure you check out the live GM commentary from 3pm local time.
4
GM
Jussupow Artur
2569
½ - ½
GM
Svidler Peter
2749
1
2
GM
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2747
1 - 0
GM
Nabaty Tamir
2... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:05pm.
PRESS RELEASE
On Thursday January 19th, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the newly elected Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) President GM Emil Sutovsky.
The meeting took place after preliminary talks between GM E. Sutovsky, FI... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:56am.
The International RSSU Chess Cup, featuring the Moscow Open 2012 will run from 28 January - 5 February.
The chess festival has eight different events, including two round-robin competitions for 10 young men and women players.
There are also two... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:35pm.
Official Website Round 10 Report
Armenian GM Levon Aronian seemed well on his way to win the 10,000-euro first prize in Grandmaster Group A of the 74th annual Tata Steel Tournament at Wijk-aan-Zee on Wednesday.
With just three more rounds to go ... Read more »
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