DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 260308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R9: Aronian is going to win this one
After he beat Morozevich 2-0 today, Aronian is almost sure of winning Amber 2008. Carlsen lost 1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? to Kramnik, and Anand also went down, against Ivanchuk.Morozevich seems to have lost his blindfold touch. Yesterday he was in big trouble ag...
Almasi leads in H?ɬ©viz
After six rounds, the Hungarian Zoltan Almasi leads in his own country. In the small town of H?ɬ©viz, Hungary a strong round roubin is being held.From 18 till 28 March, a six-player double round-robin is held in H?ɬ©viz, Hungary, 200 km south-we...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 250308
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Akobian clear first in Australia
2008 O2C Doeberl Cup (Canberra, Australia)Final Standings:1. GM Akobian (USA, 2599) 7.5 points in 9 games2-8. GM Zhang Zhong (CHN, 2617), GM Ganguly (IND, 2579), GM Jones (ENG, 2562), GM Gagunashvili (GEO, 2553), GM Antic (YUG...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 240308
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R8: Aronian & Carlsen score again
Only twice a 2-0 score was seen at this Amber tournament so far, and both times it was Magnus Carlsen who did it. Today Mamedyarov was his victim. Aronian is clear favorite now, after beating Anand 1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? today.Two of today's blindfold games w...
Adams enters Grand Prix
Adams enters Grand Prix: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/13/result080313.xml
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 230308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R7: Aronian increases lead
The top match Aronian-Topalov was won by the Armenian, who thus increased his lead to a full point again at the Amber tournament. Kramnik was held 1-1 by (former?) second Van Wely and Carlsen did the same against Anand.In their blindfold game, Top...
R6: day of draws
And suddenly the Amber tournament saw a bit of a boring day. From a total of twelve games, no less than ten ended in a draw. In the blindfold session, Anand beat Karjakin with Black and Morozevich defeated Van Wely, also with Black.We have to admi...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 220308
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R5: Aronian leads by a point
What a tournament so far, this Amber 2008, wow. Round 5 saw Morozevich crushing Anand, Carlsen doing the same to Gelfand (both blindfold!), Kramnik defeating Topalov with a queen sacrifice (1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?)... Another great round.Morozevich-Anand was ...
Hou Yifan wins Atat?ɬºrk International
Only three weeks ago Hou Yifan turned fourteen, and today she won the first Atat?ɬºrk International.We left the tournament after six rounds, when Ekaterina Atalik was leading with 5 out of 6. In round 7, Pia Cramling won the crucial game against ...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 210308
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The Nimzo-Indian for amateurs
The Nimzo-Indian has arguably the best reputation of all defences against 1.d4. Why is this? Basically because of the logic and simplicity of the NI formation. Black's first three moves adhere to the classic opening principles: development, con...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 200308
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Participants Dortmund made public
Yesterday, the participants of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 (Dortmund) have been made public. This year Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Naiditsch, Gustafsson, Nepomniachtchi and Van Wely will play in the German super tournament.From June...
R4: Leko beats Anand (update)
In a slightly chaotic fourth round of the Amber tournament, the most notable result was Anand-Leko ?Ǭ?-1?Ǭ?. Van Wely won again, this time against Gelfand, after irregularities in both their blindfold and rapid games.In their blindfold game, Gel...
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 190308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
DagpuzzelDaily puzzle 180308
What do you play with White? The solution will be published tomorrow. Yesterday's solution:
R3: Anand grabs sole lead
Two draws against Topalov were enough for Anand to grab sole lead in the combined standings of Amber 2008, since Aronian and Ivanchuk lost their mini matches 1?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? against Gelfand and Van Wely respectively.Although Topalov tried it for a long...
Atalik leads in Istanbul
A special tournament is taking place in Istanbul, Turkey: strong women only. Female players >2460 Elo (or over 2400 and having a GM title) were eligible to play. After six rounds, local favorite IM Ekaterina Atalik is leading with 5/6.The ?Ѭ??Ö??...