Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:54pm.
Gata Kamsky (pictured) recovered from his drubbing at the hands of Vassily Ivanchuk in the opening round to overcome Alexei Shirov in round 2.
With the Grunfeld back in the repair shop, Kamsky opted for the Slav with 4...a6. An ill-advised... Read more »
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benws on Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:25pm.
The final round of the 2008 Staunton Memorial was pretty much unexciting as Michael Adams drew with his opponent Loek Van Wely in just 15 moves to take his second straight Staunton Memorial by half a point.
Quiet draws also ensued in the g... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:59pm.
The Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway, recently ended with GM Igor Kurnosov winning with a score of 7.5/9.
This tournament is surely one of the most northerly tournaments in the world, and spectating this yea... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:02am.
There were three exciting and decisive games in the first round of the Tal Memorial in Moscow. One of the first round matches pitted Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) and Alexei Shirov against one another. This pair have 'history' and their ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:40am.
The 2008 Stare Mesto FIDE Open Tournament took place on August 8-16, 2008 in Stare Mesto, Czech Republic. The tournament was held at the Stare Mesto Sports and Cultural Center and was organized by the Stare Mesto Chess Club.
FM Marian J... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:02am.
Before the Chess Olympiad in Dresden in November, there is an equivalent 'Youth' event taking place in Mersin, Turkey from 16-25 August. The World Youth Chess Olympiad is a national team championship for players aged under 16 and the format ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:33am.
In a crowded chess tournament schedule, it isn't easy for an event to stand out from all the others. The NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam has an interesting twist; it's a team event featuring an 'Experience' team of mature players, and a 'Ri... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:35pm.
There have been so many chess events taking place lately that it might have been easy to overlook an unremarkable tournament in Argentina, the Copa Mercusor, except for one small thing - one small pocket PC sized thing.
The winner of the categor... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:09am.
The Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow will run from 18-28 August and features an incredibly strong field, including Vladimir Kramnik in his last serious outing before taking on Vishy Anand for the World Championship.
Every single player participati... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:39pm.
The 2008 World Junior Championships were held from August 2-16, 2008 in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the boys side GM Abhijeet Gupta from India won the World Junior Championship title in dramatic fashion with a victory over another top contender in the f... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:59pm.
After a quiet penultimate round, which produced only one decisive game (which didn't affect the leaders), there was great excitement in a dramatic final round as Lev Aronian won against Alexander Grischuk to hold onto his half-point lead and emerg... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:53pm.
It can hardly have escaped anyone's attention that a terrible armed conflict has flared up in the South Ossetia region of Georgia. The violence has claimed many lives and the whole region is in turmoil.
Anyone travelling near the area woul... Read more »
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Submitted by
natrix on Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:16am.
Want to see some EXCITING (that is, NOT BORING) grandmaster games? Check out live coverage of the Acropolis 2008 tournament in Athens, Greece >>Here<< (Tournament continues until Sunday, August 17, 2008)I've been following Chess.... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:01pm.
Round 11 was another exciting round at the Sochi Grand Prix with Lev Aronian (pictured) benefitting from a blunder by Boris Gelfand to win their game and take the sole lead on 7/11 with just 2 rounds of this closely fought contest to go.
Dmitry ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:19am.
The 2008 Najdorf Memorial took place in Warsaw, Poland from August 2-10, 2008. This was a category XV event with an average rating of 2608. GM Sasikiran won clear first with a score of 6.5/9 a full point ahead of second place and going throughout ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:35pm.
The Race Hots Up With 3 Rounds To Go
Round 9 was a relatively quiet affair which produced only one decisive game with Wang Yue of China (pictured) beating Teimour Radjabov to swap places with him as joint leader with Ivan Cheparinov.
Round 10 ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:25pm.
The British Chess Championships 2008 was held recently in Liverpool and ended in victory for Stuart Conquest, with Jovanka Houska taking the women's title (both pictured).
Conquest had to win a playoff with rival Keith Arkell after they finished... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Aug 9, 2008 12:26am.
The Berlin Defense to the Ruy Lopez is known as the Berlin Wall for a good reason. Many great players have struggled to breach this solid barricade, not least of which was Garry Kasparov who tried and failed 4 times whilst losing his World C... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:38am.
A quick update on events in the second Grand Prix in Sochi where Ivan Cheparinov and Teimour Radjabov are joint leaders after 7 rounds, with Vugar Gashimov and Lev Aronian only half a point behind.
The results in round 6:
Cheparinov, Iva... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 5, 2008 12:45pm.
The great 19th Century English chess player Howard Staunton (pictured) is probably best remembered today for giving his name to the basic standardised design of chess pieces - and less auspiciously for scrupulously avoiding a match with the great ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Tue Aug 5, 2008 11:46am.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) is currently the second highest ranked French player at 2681 Elo, just 10 points behind Etienne Bacrot. There have been so many high-quality chess events taking place recently that Maxime's win at the 6th Gy... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 4, 2008 11:43am.
Cheparinov Slips To Lose Sole Lead
There were two decisive games in round 4 at the Sochi FIDE Grand Prix. Raise a cheer for Mohamad Al-Modiakhi who beat David Navara to get back to a level score. The other loser was Teimour Radjabov ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Aug 4, 2008 10:37am.
Anand Comfortably Beats Carlsen
The keenly anticipated final of the 'Rapid World Championship' in Mainz turned out to be a clear victory for the more experienced Vishy Anand (pictured) over his fast improving rival, Magnus Carlsen.
The Indian ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 3, 2008 11:39am.
The Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova (pictured) has won the North Urals Cup in Krasnoturinsk. She won three games against Marie Sebag, Humpy Koneru and Natalija Pogonina and only lost one - to Pia Cramling.
The event was the strongest all-wom... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Aug 3, 2008 4:49am.
The showpiece event of the Chess Classic Mainz Festival, the Rapid World Championship between Vishy Anand (pictured), Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar reaches it's finale today.
The results from the first 2 days of the group... Read more »
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