Naiditsch on his wins against Van Wely & Kramnik
After Gustafsson, Naiditsch also defeated Van Wely in a short game. He tells us what happened, and also reveals that his killing novelty against Kramnik was discovered only... the night before!
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Leko leads after beating Gustafsson
With a round to go, Leko has excellent chances to win his third Dortmund title. Today he beat Gustafsson and took over the lead from his opponent. Van Wely lost another short game, this time against Naiditsch. Update with video.Here are the games ...
Leko takes the lead in Dortmund
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...
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"Gusti" grabs sole lead in Dortmund - update with video
Surprise, surprise! Last seeded, Jan "Gusti" Gustafsson grabbed sole lead today in Dortmund by beating Van Wely with Black in just 18 moves. Video interview added. Ivanchuk beat Naiditsch and Mamedyarov-Kramnik and Leko-Nepomniachtchi were drawn.F...
Back in Dortmund
ChessVibes is back in Dortmund. Due to some delay I arrived just ten minutes before the start of round five; just in time to start the camera(s).Just like last year, I'll be covering the Sparkassen Chess Meeting from Dortmund, Germany. I've alread...
Dortmund Round 5
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...
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GM Negi Wins 2008 Philadelphia International
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...
Football score system is nonsense
Last week in Romania a tournament was held where a total of three points could be won with one game. Also at the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao, a victory will yield three points. Does this footballization of chess make make any sense? I don't think s...
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What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Nepomniachtchi joins leaders
Today Ian Nepomniachtchi has joined tournament leaders Leko and Gustafsson. He beat Van Wely in a well-prepared Najdorf. Again, three games ended in a draw - but all of them exciting this time. Update: commentary.(Please note that his is the last ...
Dortmund Round 4
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...
Smeets and Stellwagen in Corus A
The organizers of the 71st Corus Chess Tournament have invited the young Dutch GMs Daniel Stellwagen and Jan Smeets for the Grandmaster Group A in 2009. The other players who have yet confirmed their participation are Aronian, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, K...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 020708
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
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Kramnik loses to Naiditsch
Dortmund will see a pretty exciting fight for first place this year, because Vladimir Kramnik went down with Black today, against Arkadij Naiditsch. The other three games ended in a draw. Update: Naiditsch-Kramnik with commentary.A big surprise in...
Video: Naiditsch beats Kramnik!
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!
Dortmund Round 3
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...
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Fridman wins Dutch Lightning Title
Germany's strongest grandmaster Daniel Fridman is not a bad blitz lightning player either. Last week he won the Open Dutch Lightning Championships and lots of spectacular videos were recorded.The 6th Open Dutch Lightning Chess Championship was he...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 010708
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution: