In the fourth round at the US Championships, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih maintained their 100% records in the women's round robin event to stay joint leaders on 4/4. In the men's Swiss event, Sergey Kudrin defeated Varuzhan Akobian to t...
Bu defeats Topalov for first win Just when Veselin Topalov seemed to be catching Vassily Ivanchuk, he lost in the penultimate round to bottom placed Bu Xiangzhi (pictured) to leave the Ukranian genius leading by a point going into the final round....
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Who would have guessed that? Vassily Ivanchuk was very close to a loss against numer last Bu Xiangzhi, but just managed to draw. Topalov beat Cheparinov and is now half a point behind; Aronian is clearly not himself here and lost with White agains...
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (pictured) of the Boston Blitz has won an award for the best game of the US Chess League, for his win against IM Davorin Kuljsevic. Here are the judges comments followed by the game: FM Robby Adamson (2nd Place, 19 points): Th...
Leaders Gregory Kaidnanov and Sergey Kudrin drew their game in the 3rd round, allowing several of the closing pack to catch them on 2.5/3. The results in round 3: White Black 1 ...
In the rapid match between Vladimir Kramnik and David Navara (pictured) for the Cez Chess Trophy, Kramnik extended his lead to 3.5-0.5 by winning the third game and drawing the fourth. There is now a rest day before the remaining 4 games are playe...
Topalov wins again to stay in contention The amazing Veselin Topalov (artist's impression pictured!) convincingly won his 8th round game against his countryman and friend, Ivan Cheparinov to close the gap to former runaway leader Vassily Ivanc...
Lvov, Ukraine to host match After many delays, extended deadlines and negotiations behind the scenes, the date, venue and prize fund for the Gata Kamsky (pictured) - Veselin Topalov semi-final candidates match has finally been announced. The...
We present two new videos, from the 7th round of the M-Tel Masters: Ivanchuk-Topalov, including the thrilling timetrouble phase, and an interview with Paco Vallejo, second of Veselin Topalov.
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The eight-game rapid match is part of the ?Ñ?ÃEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008 and is organised by the Prague Chess Society. This year, the annual the event highlights the centennial anniversary of holding the first Prague International Chess Tournament.Venue...
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Even with just fifteen seconds for three moves, Ivanchuk managed to hold his rival Topalov to a draw today, virtually securing tournament victory.In a Semi-Slav, Ivanchuk avoided a sharp theoretical battle with 6.Bxf6 and 8.Rc1. A wise decision in...
World Championship contender, Vladimir Kramnik is taking on David Navara in an 8-game rapid match in Prague. The time control is 25 minutes per game plus a 5 second increment per move. Kramnik won the first two games of the match (see ...
After 2 round in Tulsa, Sergey Kudrin and Gregory Kaidanov (pictured) are joint leaders with 2/2 after beating Ivanov and Gurevich respectively. They are now paired against one another in the 3rd round of this 9-round Swiss event. The full ...
GM Erwin l'Ami, who recently finished shared second at the European Ch in Plovdiv, hasn't returned home yet. Here in Sofia he's the second of Ivan Cheparinov. A short interview with someone who works very hard...
Ivanchuk - Topalov ends in a draw Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured, with fans) survived severe time trouble for a second time to hold Veselin Topalov to a deserved draw in Round 7 in Sofia. Ivanchuk is a notorious time trouble addict and found him...
The first video is finished: we focus on Ivanchuk-Radjabov, including the press conference afterwards.
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
Ivanchuk's winning streak in Sofia came to an end today: Radjabov held him to a draw. Topalov defeated Aronian again and moved within a point of the leader. Cheparinov beat Bu with Black.It had to end somewhere. In a line of the Sveshnikov which w...
ChessVibes is in Sofia! Yesterday I arrived at the Bulgarian capital to cover the last five rounds of the M-Tel Masters. Will Ivanchuk consolidate, or is he still hungry? Will Topalov catch him? We'll wait and see!While the sixth round has started...
The Frank K Berry US Chess Championships are underway and produced a first round upset as reigning men's champion Alex Shabalov (pictured, left) lost to a former champion Alex Yermolinsky (pictured, right) by blundering after just 18 moves. ...
Ivanchuk finally held - Topalov narrows lead The inevitable finally happened in Sofia as Vassily Ivanchuk's hot streak of 5 consecutive victories came to an end as he was held to a draw by Teimour Radjabov. This allowed Veselin Topalov (...
