FLASH REPORT The result of both Candidates semi-finals matches in Kazan were on a knife edge and it took blitz games to finally split the players. But first Grischuk and Kramnik traded 4 draws in the rapid playoff, while Kamsky took the lead in ...
Also on day 4 of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan, Russia both games ended in a draw. Gata Kamsky was well prepared in another 4.Bg5 Grünfeld and quickly equalized against Boris Gelfand. On the other board Vladimir Kramnik pushed hard and came ...
Two more draws in the last semi-final games in Kazan ensured that both matches will go to tie-breaks on Monday. Kamsky improved on his opening play in game two, and soon equalised out of the Grunfeld leading to an early draw offer from Gelfand wh...
In Kazan, Russia yet again both games ended in a draw. On the third day of the FIDE Candidates semi-finals, Alexander Grischuk switched to 1.e4 but was held to a draw by Vladimir Kramnik in a Petroff. Gata Kamsky played the ambitious 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb...
The third games of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan produced one thrilling encounter that will live long in the memory, and one exemplary display of preparation from Kramnik. Kamsky managed to surprise Gelfand in the Najdorf with the rare 8.h3...
Also on the second day of the FIDE Candidates semi-finals in Kazan, Russia both games ended in a draw. Vladimir Kramnik won a pawn against Alexander Grischuk in a Symmetrical English, but with a good knight vs a bad bishop and an active rook Grisc...
The second day of the Candidates semi-finals in Kazan produced two extremely tense contests as the players battled for supremacy. Kramnik obtained a nice position against Grischuk from an English opening, achieving a dangerous passed d-pawn. How...
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While the whole chess world is following the developments in Kazan, obviously there's more in chess than the Candidates matches. Baadur Jobava finished first at the strong Bosna open, and Pentala Harikrishna won the Asian Individual on tie-break. ...
After two free days the FIDE Candidates matches resumed on Thursday in Kazan, Russia. Both Grischuk-Kramnik and Kamsky-Gelfand ended in draws. These semi-finals are also played over four classical games and, if needed, a tie-break on Monday.Genera...
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The semi-finals of the Candidates matches to determine the next challenger for Vishy Anand's world title got underway today in Kazan. One semi-final pits American Gata Kamsky against Boris Gelfand of Israel, the other is an all-Russian affair bet...
We started our magazine ChessVibes Openings in the first week of January, 2009 and quite often we are asked if it's possible to purchase back issues. Our answer: yes you can! You will receive a ZIP file with all PDFs and PGNs, and also one big PGN...
After a relatively dull war of attrition, the Kramnik – Radjabov match exploded into life in the tie-breaks, and particularly the incident-packed blitz games. The post-match press conference was unmissable, but was conducted in Russian. Here ...
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Favorite Levon Aronian was eliminated on Monday by Alexander Grischuk in the Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. The Armenian levelled the score after losing the first rapid tie-break game, but after a draw he lost the decisive 4th game. Vladimir...
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Grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium won the 8th edition of the Balagna Open in Corsica, France with 7.5 out of 9. He finished half a point ahead of Hicham Hamdouchi (France), Christian Bauer (France), Robin van Kampen (the Netherlands) and Tej...
There was high drama in Kazan today as the favourite for the event tumbled out, and another was quite possibly saved by a malfunctioning clock. Aronian started badly against Grischuk, losing the first rapid game with the white pieces but he hit b...
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Boris Gelfand and Gata Kamsky have reached the semi-finals of the FIDE Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. Gelfand drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov today to win his mini-match 2.5-1.5. Kamsky survived a lost position against Veselin Topalov to win...
It was a day of high drama on the final day of the Candidates Matches quarter-finals in Kazan. Mamedyarov and Topalov both needed to win their respective games to force tie-breaks, but Mamedyarov had the tougher task with the black pieces. The ...
On the third day of the Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia Boris Gelfand beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the black pieces in a 6.Bc4 Najdorf. The other three games ended in draws. General info The Candidates matches take place May 3-27 in Kazan, ...
The third day of the Candidates matches in Kazan produced plenty of exciting chess, and one truly amazing game between Mamedyarov and Gelfand. Gelfand forsook the Petroff for the Najdorf again and Mamedyarov went for the jugular on the kingside i...
