Image: Susan Polgar chess blog – image edited Anand and Gelfand – image: chessdom Anand – image: Anastasia Karlovich It’s again time for the FIDE World Chess Championship – this time Anand vs Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Follow the link of the official site to read more.The prize fund is 2.55 [...]
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Israel vs India – the G6 battle continues
Posted in Anand, Boris Gelfand, Chess, chess 2012, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Gelfand, Moscow chess 2012, Tretyakov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championship, tagged Anand vs Gelfand, Boris Gelfand, Chess, Chess at Tretyakov, chess games Anand vs Gelfand, Chess Grandmasters, Game 7 interactive, Game 7 results, Moscow chess, Tretyakov Gallery Chess, Viswanathan Anand, World chess Championship 2012, World nr 1 Chess player on 19/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Young Chess Grandmaster
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, tagged Baibhav Suri, Chess, chess grandmaster on 11/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Vaibhav Suri – image: chessdom Thank you to BiB for the link sent to me. It’s great if you have someone who likes to share some great news like this! This boy is only 15, this is a big WOW for him. Is it my imagination, or are there more and more younger players who [...]
Kramnik 3 – Aronian 3
Posted in Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, Zurich Chess, tagged Chess graphics, Chess in Zurich, chess moves, Kramnik, Kramnik vs Aronian, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Zurich Chess Challenge on 28/04/2012 | 1 Comment »
Images: Official site on this link. I’m glad about one thing: Aronian didn’t win. I was hoping that Kramnik would win, but a draw is good enough, for now. I’ve been looking at the openings of the games played by Kramnik and Aronian, as I missed their games and could only follow game 6 on [...]
London Chess Classic 2011
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, London Chess 2011, London Chess Classic 2011, tagged Anand London Chess 2011, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, London Chess Classic 2011, London Class 2011 on 03/12/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Images: londonchessclassic: l to r: David Howell, Luke McShane, Mickey Adams, Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Malcolm Pein Tournament Director, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura and Nigel Short. Hopefully I will be able to attend this year. My plan is to go next weekend. Will keep you posted with photos etc. and hope to shake [...]
Biel International Chess Festival 2011
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, tagged Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Biel International Chess Festival 2011, Chess Grandmasters, Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Yannick Pelletier on 09/07/2011 | Leave a Comment »
IT is time for the 2011 Biel Chess Festival! I would like to follow it this year for Italy’s national nr 1 player. I haven’t followed any Italian player before and Shirov is also one of my favourites. Click HERE to read more about the players, which is also the link of the Official site. [...]
5th Kings Tournament
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess tournaments, Chess World, Kings Tournament, tagged 5th Kings Tournament 2011, Bazna chess, Bazna chess results round 1, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Bazna, Chess in Medias, Chess in Romania 2011, chess tournaments, Hikaru Nakamura. chess, Kings Tournament, Kings Tournament 2011, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Magnus Carlsen, Results 5th Kings Chess Tournament, schedule 5th Kings Chess Tournament, Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov, Vassily Ivanchuk on 11/06/2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s time for another big tournament – starting on a very special day! If you’re not sure who these ‘Kings’ are, click the Official site-link here. I might not have time blogging their games, but will follow the results of the rounds. This tournament takes place in Medias, Romania from 11-22 June. Click HERE to [...]
León Chess 2011
Posted in Anand, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Leon Chess, Skaakmeesters, skaaknuus, tagged Anand, Anand vs Shirov results, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, Leon Chess 2011, Results Leon Chess, Shirov, Vishy Anand on 31/05/2011 | 4 Comments »
Please click HERE for the official website. Vishy Anand, current World Champion and seven times winner of the Magistral, comes back to Leon to face the strongest Spanish player, Alexei Shirov, on the 24th edition. This tournament is already a classic, one of the most prestigious in the chess calendar. Anand and Shirov will play [...]
I’m in
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, London Chess Classic, tagged Anand, chess in London, Kramnik, London Chess 2010, London Chess Classic 2010, Magnus Carlsen on 03/12/2010 | 28 Comments »
Here’s the evidence: Two adult tickets – 11th December 2010. Anand, the moment of truth…and yes, this will be my second too. Watch this space for the photos…[click the image for a larger view] Anand is my favourite and I do look forward to seeing him in action. Edit: Sadly, I couldn’t attend the event [...]
Ten to the power of 120
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess players, tagged Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Kasparov on 19/11/2010 | 4 Comments »
Israel destroys Iran
Posted in Alik Gershon, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, tagged Alik Gershon, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Israeli Chess Grandmasters on 27/10/2010 | 2 Comments »
Israeli chess grandmaster Alik Gershon broke the Guinness World Record in Tel Aviv early Friday morning for simultaneous games played, a title previously held by an Iranian chess player. The thirty-year-old played 527 concurrent games, winning 87% of them. Please click HERE to read the complete article. Gershon won 454 games, lost 11 and [...]
Plovdiv 2010
Posted in Chess, chess champions, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Plovdiv chess 2010, tagged Chess in Bulgaria 2010, chess tournaments 2010, Michael Adams, Plovdiv Chess 2010, Shirov on 19/10/2010 | Leave a Comment »
GM Alexei Shirov and Michael Adams – photo:ECC2010Chessdom The European Club Cup 2010 is now on in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Some of my old favourite players are playing. Although time is little to follow the tournament, I will make an effort over the coming weekend to check out more of the games. Shirov is an old time [...]
The pawns are the soul of chess
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess history, chess masters, Chess pdf, Chessworld, General, tagged Chess, Chess history, chess quotes, Chessworld, Philidor on 01/08/2010 | 11 Comments »
Image: Wikimedia – Philidor I’ve read a lot about Philidor the last couple of days as he was – as a chess player – also a great composer of his time. [Of course, if you don't know it, it was Philidor who said...'The pawns are the soul of chess.'] I’ve thought to create an entry about [...]
Anand vs Topalov 2
Posted in Anand, Chess, chess champions, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, chess players, Chess results, chess tournaments, Topalov, tagged algebraic chess, Anand vs Topalov, Anand vs Topalov game 10, Bulgarian chess players, Chess 2010 in Sofia, Chess graphics, chess tournaments, Final game 12 Anand vs Topalov results, Game 11 Anand vs Topalov results, Game 8 results, Game 9 results, results game 7 Anand vs Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championships Sofia 2010 on 03/05/2010 | 13 Comments »
Image: Official site Anand vs Topalov ..the battle continues! Anand is my favourite…go Anand! See my other entries HERE and HERE where you can see chess graphics of their other games, especially on the first link. See the Official Website’s link to the sidebar of my blog…top right. GAME 7: 3rd May 2010 Anand vs Topalov [...]
Anand vs Topalov
Posted in Anand, chess champions, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, General, Topalov, tagged Anand and Topalov news, Anand vs Topalov, Anand vs Topalov game 6 results, Bulgarian news, chess games, chess games pgn files, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, Chess in Bulgaria, Chess in Sofia, chess news, chess results move by move, Game 2 results, Game 5 moves results Anand vs Topalov, results game 4 Anand vs Topalov 2010, results round 1 Sofia chess, round 2 results, Topalov, Topalov vs Anand, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championships 2010 on 24/04/2010 | 11 Comments »
Anand…my favourite – image: Official site Schedule See the image/link to the Official site on my blog’s sidebar [top right]. The link will open in a new window. Round 1: Topalov vs Anand - move 19 [click on images for a larger view] Round 1 move 23 Move 25 Round 1 move 29 – [...]
At the Classics
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, tagged Carlsen, Chess, Chess at the Olympia centre, Chess Grandmasters, chess of the London 8, David Howell, Denise Frick, Kramnik, London Chess 2009, London Chess Classic, London Chess Classic round 4, McShane, Michael Adams, Nigel Short on 13/12/2009 | 3 Comments »
Results: Round 4 – Saturday 12th December On the way to the Olympia Centre – where the London Chess Classic is being held Black bird in a tree Hammersmith-area – traffic and weather The players… Kramnik looked away shyly when I winked at him [hehe] and Nigel suddenly said to Michael Adams…you know what, she’s [...]
Opus 8 at the Classics
Posted in Central London, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, tagged Chess at Olympia, chess results round 3, David Howell, Denise Frick, London Chess Classic 2009, London-chess, Magnus Carlesen on 10/12/2009 | 2 Comments »
Magnus Carlsen from Norway - is he the Mozart of Chess? The Big Eight and…this is my ticket for Saturday! Click HERE for the Official site. The link will open in a new window. Standings after round 3 Enjoy the Music of Mozart – Piano Concerto no 20 in D Minor Pairings for round 4 – Saturday 12th [...]
South Africa’s Woman Chess Grandmaster!
Posted in African Chess, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, South Africa, South African chess, Woman Grandmaster, tagged Chess Woman Grandmaster, Female Chess players South Africa, Melissa Greeff, skaak, Suid-Afrika skaak, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers on 30/08/2009 | 21 Comments »
FIDE has recognised the achievements of Melissa Greeff [15] by indicating that she will be awarded the prestigious title of International Woman Grandmaster.CONGRATULATIONS Melissa!! You do us PROUD! Baie Geluk, Melissa, ons het hiervoor gewag, ons het eintlik geweet jy’s reeds ‘n Grandmaster, ons het slegs vir die aankondiging gewag! We already knew you were [...]
First Saturday
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, General, tagged Budapest Chess, Chess, Chess games of Melissa Greeff, Chess in Hungary, Chess titles, chess tournaments, First Saturday tournament, Grandmasters, Hongarye, Jenine Ellappen, Melissa Greeff, Natalia Pogonina, women and chess, Women Chess Grandmasters, Yelena Dembo on 07/07/2009 | 6 Comments »
Two of South Africa’s young chess players are now taking part in the First Saturday Chess tournament -in Budapest - to gain the title of Fide Master. Players have to gain norms to qualify for titles. Both Melissa and Jenine have already the title of Woman International Master. Melissa plays in Tournament A and Jenine in Tournament B. GM Peter Leko – one [...]
London Chess Classic 2009
Posted in art, Chess, chess art, Chess Grandmasters, General, Lewis Chessmen, tagged Andy Warhol, art, Chess, chess art, Chess Grandmasters in London, Chess in London 2009, chess news, David Howell, Hikaru Nakamura, Hua Ni, Lewis Chessmen, London Chess 2009, London Chess Classic 2009, London-chess, Luke McShane, Magnus Carlsen, map details of Olympia conference centre, Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Olympia Conference centre London, The Chess Player by Andy Warhol, Vladimir Kramnik, wonkie cartoon on 16/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please click on the image for a larger view The Chess Player- 1954: Andy Warhol This early drawing has a surreal quality created by the larger-than-life chess pieces and study of a face, surrounding the young man playing chess. In his later work Warhol would continue to play with scale, enlarging objects and people [...]
Corus Chess 2009 Live
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, tagged Carlsen, Chess, Chess games interactively, Chess in Holland, Corus 2009, Corus chess 2009, Corus Chess 2009 Schedule, Corus Final Results, Corus Group A round 2 results, Corus Live Chess 2009, Corus round 12, Corus round 12 results, Final results Corus 2009, ivanchuk, Live Chess Games Corus 2009, Magnus Carlsen, Radjabov, Round 1 Carlsen vs Radjabov, Sergey, Sergey Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee, Winner of Corus 2009 on 17/01/2009 | 1 Comment »
For the Official site of Corus, please click here. For Live Games, click on the Corus-logo on the side bar of my blog or click here. If you click on the images, you will get a larger view. All images are from the Official site and all links will open in a new window. At [...]
Chess, poetry art and music
Posted in art, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, classical music, Dresden games 2008, gedigte, Grandmaster chess games, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, music, music MP3 files, Poetry, skaak, tagged audio files, Boris Gelfand, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess art, chess games, classical music, David Howell round 9 Dresden, David Navara, Dean Baker, Dresden round 6, Dresden round 7, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, gedigte, Gelfand, Grandmaster chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games of chess grandmasters, ivanchuk, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, music audio files, music MP3 files, musiek, Nigel Short, Peter Svidler, poems, Poetry, Samuel Bak, Shirov, Topalov, Yelena Dembo on 28/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ve started recently reading Dean’s poetry blog and glad that I’ve discovered his blog. This poem in this post, is today’s entry on his blog and I’ve really enjoyed it and thought to share it with you. If you’re a lover [...]
Dresden-Chess Olympiad 2008
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess players of South Africa, South African chess players, tagged Anzel Solomons, Boris Gelfand, Carmen de Jager, Cheparinov, Chess, Chess Grandmasters playable games, Chess in Germany, Chess Olympiad 2008, Chess Olympiad round 7 results, Daniel Cawdery, Dresden Chess, Dresden round 8, Dresden schedule, Ettienne Bacrot round 7 Dresden, Gata Kamsky, Germany chess 2008, Henry Steel, Interactive chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games Dresden 2008, ivanchuk, Ivanchuk round 6 Dresden, Jenine Ellappen, Johannes Mabusela, Kenny Solomon, Kramnik round 6 Dresden, Magnus Carlsen, Melissa Greeff, Monique Sischy, Olympiad Chess 2008 in Dresden, Peter Leko, playable games Dresden, Radjabov, Schedule Dresden, South African chess players, Topalov, Watu Kobese, Yelena Dembo on 20/11/2008 | 1 Comment »
Chess Games of Round 8: South African chess players as well as: Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Ivan Cheparinov, Topalov, Radjabov, Yelena Dembo and a few more GrandMaster-games to play through on my blogger-blog, please click on the link here and it will open in a new window. http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/dresden-olympiad-2008.html Click on the logo and you will be [...]
Ready Steady Go!
Posted in brain, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, First Female Chess Grandmaster, logical mind, My Brilliant Brain, slogan, Susan Polgar, tagged brain, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, First Female Chess Grandmaster, logical mind, My Brilliant Brain, slogan, Susan Polgar on 21/06/2008 | 11 Comments »
I was tagged by Wipneus to write about my “slogan” in life…well, firstly I want to apologise, as this entry will be in Afrikaans…basically, I’m saying that I’m a “ready-steady-go”-person…as you can see from this picture…and that I believe to do what is expected from you, when it’s expected and also, try to do more [...]
Chess Giants 2008 also now the Karen Asrian Memorial
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Gabriel Sargissian, Giants Chess Yerevan, Grandmasters Chess, Karen Asrian Memorial, Levon Aronian, Levon Aronian winner of Asrian Memorial 2008, live chess games, Michael Adams, Opera House Chess, Opera House Yerevan, Peter Leko, tagged Alexander Morozevich, Armenia, Armenian Chess 2008, Boris Gelfand, Bu Xiangzhi, Chess Giants, Chess Giants 2008 winner, Chess Giants Tournament 2008, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Armenia 2008, Chess in Yerevan, chess tournament, Chess Yerevan, Gabriel Sargissian, Giants Chess, Giants Chess Yerevan, Karen Asrian, Karen Asrian Memorial, Levon Aronian, Levon Aronian winner of Asrian Memorial 2008, live chess games Giants Chess, live games, Michael Adams, Opera House Chess, Peter Leko, Vladimir Akopian, winner of Chess Giants 2008, Yerevan, Yerevan Chess, Yerevan Chess 2008 on 10/06/2008 | 8 Comments »
Congratulations Levon Aronian, Winner of the Asrian Memorial, 2008. 1st place: Levon Aronian 8.5 points 2nd place: Peter Leko 8 points 3rd place: Alexander Morozevich 7.5 points 4th place: Boris Gelfand 7.5 points Live games link HERE … For the results on the tournament, follow the link to the official site or on the second [...]
Aerosvit 2008 International Chess Tournament
Posted in Carlsen, Chess Grandmasters, Dmitry Jakovenko, Eljanov, First human in Space, Foros Chess 2008, Ivanchuck, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Magnus Carlsen, Pavel Eljanov, Shirov, space, Svidler, Vassily Ivanchuk, tagged Aerosvit 2008, Aerosvit Chess, Aerosvit Chess 2008, Aerosvit Chess International, Aerosvit Chess International 2008, Aerosvit Chess International Tournament 2008, Aerosvit Chess Results, Aerosvit Chess results round 8, Aerosvit interactive games 2008, Aerosvit round 2 games interactive, Aerosvit round 3 results, Alexander Onischuk, Alexei Shirov, Andrei Volokitin, Balaklava, Chess, Chess 2008, chess games, Chess in Ukraine Foros, Chess International Tournaments 2008, chess movies, Chess Results Aerosvit 2008, Chess Tournament Aerosvit, Chess Tournaments 2008, Chessmaster games, Church on Rock Foros, Cosmonaut, Crimea Chess, Crimea Chess 2008, Crimea map, Dmitry Jakovenko, Eljanov, Evgeny Alekseev, First man in Space, Foros 2008, Foros Chess, Foros Chess 2008, Foros Crimea 2008, Foros map, Foros round 6 results, game of the day movie, interactive chess games, Ivanchuck, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Loek van Wely, Magnus Carlsen, Magnus Carlsen winner of 2008 Aerosvit, Pavel Eljanov, Peter Svidler, results round 10, results round 11, Results round 8 Aerosvit Chess, results round 9, Sergey Karjakin, Shirov, space, Svidler, Ukrainian Chess, Ukrainian Chess 2008, Vassily Ivanchuk, Yalta, Yalta Crimea, Yuri Gagarin on 08/06/2008 | 7 Comments »
Magnus Carlsen winner with a total of 8 and Ivanchuk in 2nd place with a total of 7 games. Image: http://ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/foto_e.htm The final standings: 1 Carlsen 2765 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2 Ivanchuk 2740 0 [...]
M-Tel Masters Chess 2008
Posted in Aronian, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Ivanchuck, MTel Chess, MTel Chess 2008, Mtel Chess Masters, MTel round 2, MTel round 3, MTel round 5, MTel round 5 results, MTel-2008, MTel-Masters, Radjabov, skaak, Sofia Chess, Sofia chess round 5, Topalov, tagged Aronian, Bulgaria, Bulgaria Chess, Cheparinov, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess Mtel, chess videos, ivanchuk, MTel 2008 round 5, MTel Chess, MTel Chess 2008, Mtel Chess live, MTel Chess round 2, MTel Chess round 2 results, MTel Chess round 3, Mtel live, MTel live chess, MTel round 2, MTel round 3, MTel round 4, MTel round 5, MTel round 5 results, MTel-Masters, MTel-Masters 2008, Radjabov, Results round 4, Sofia, Sofia Chess, Sofia chess round 5 2008, Topalov, Xiangzhi on 07/05/2008 | 10 Comments »
Results round 5: Please click HERE to play through the games of round 5….and it seems to me that…Ivanchuk is on his way to fame! The results in round 5: Veselin Topalov 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi Levon Aronian 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk Ivan Cheparinov ½-½ Teimour Radjabov Click on THIS LINK to play through a few games [...]
Baku Chess rounds 12 and 13
Posted in Baku chess round 12, Baku Chess round 13, Carlsen, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Kamsky, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, skaak, Svidler, tagged Adams, Bacrot, Baku chess round 12, Baku Chess round 13, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, Chess in Baku, chess video round 12, chess video round 13, chess videos, Chess Videos Baku, Gashimov, Grischuk, Kamsky, Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, skaak, Svidler, Wang on 04/05/2008 | 2 Comments »
Today…round 13 – the final round! – was played in Baku, Azerbainjan. The first images in this post is about round 13, please slide down for round 12-results. More images of round 13 can bee seen on the official Baku2008.fide.com-site. Tadaa! and here are the results of round 13… Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Svidler, [...]
Baku Chess round 11
Posted in Baku chess round 11, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, Gata Kamsky, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, skaak, tagged Alexander Grischuk, Azerbaijan, Baku chess 2008, Baku chess round 11, chess games, Chess Grandmaster images, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, Chess video round 11 Baku, chess videos, Gata Kamsky, Inarkiev, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Navara, Peter Svidler, Yue Wang on 03/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Grischuk Gata Kamsky against Ivan Cheparinov Peter Svidler against Yue Wang Gashimov against Navara Inarkiev against Bacrot Chess players in Baku, Azerbaijan are now busy playing round 11, follow their games live on the “live” link on my blog. By looking at the images of the players, they all look very [...]
Baku Chess round 10
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Ernesto Inarkiev, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, Grischuck, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, skaak, tagged Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess Baku, Chess Baku round 10, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Chess Videos Baku, David Navara, Grischuck, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Navara, Peter Svidler, Radjabov, skaak, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue on 02/05/2008 | 6 Comments »
In Baku, Azerbaijan, it was a rainy day today….In this image you can see Radjabov sharing his umbrella. In Round 10, Carlsen and Navara drew their game and Grischuck and Mamedyarov. Ivan Cheparinov-(Bulgaria) won his game against Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Follow THIS LINK to watch some press conferences about different players. Other results: Gata Kamsky 1/2 Wang Yue [...]
Baku Chess rounds 7 and 8
Posted in Baku chess round 7, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Etienne Bacrot, General, Michael Adams, skaak, tagged Baku Chess Games interactively, Baku chess round 7, Baku chess round 8, Baku chess round 9 - 13, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Baku, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, Grandmasters, Inarkiev, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Navara, Round 9 - 13, Sergey, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov on 28/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Image: chess.com Pairings for round 9-13 at the bottom of this post. Results for round 8: All games were draws, except Inarkiev and Navara and Sergey against Mamedyarov…Inarkiev 1 Navara 0; Mamedyarov 1 Sergey 0 Slide down to see the results for round 7. All the games played so far in this tournament, can also [...]
Chess Grandmasters play football!
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess movies, Sergey Karjakin, skaak, tagged Baku 2008, Baku chess, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess Grandmasters play football, chess movies, Sergey Karjakin, Sergey Karjakin interview, skaak on 27/04/2008 | 3 Comments »
Chess players in Baku had a free day yesterday! See how they spent their day…playing football…watch the second movie to see the players in action! Images: Fide.com Sergey Karjakin, from Ukraine, (Ukrainian: Сергій Карякін; born January 12, 1990 in Simferopol) is a top chess player. At the age of twelve years and seven months [...]
Baku Chess round 5
Posted in Baku chess round 5, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, General, History, History of Baku, skaak, tagged 25 dirtiest cities in the world, Baku, Baku chess, Baku city, Baku city history, Baku dirty city, Baku images, Baku round 5 chess video, Baku round 5 results, Chess, chess Baku, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, chess tournaments, Fide chess, History, History of Baku on 25/04/2008 | 8 Comments »
Round 5 can be called “The (K)nights..or is it..the day of the draws”…Click on the images for a larger view… on the second image…. Radjabov’s attention was caught by…. I wonder…by what! hehehe On this next image you can see the end position of Kamsky and Carlsen’s game… on the side bar of the blog..you [...]
Baku Chess round 4
Posted in Baku chess round 4, Carlsen, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, chess tournaments, General, Kamsky, Radjabov, Svidler, tagged Adams, Baku chess round 4 results, Baku chess round 5, Baku city wall, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, Fide chess, Grandmaster chess, Grandmasters, Grischuk, interactive chess games, Kamsky, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, round 5 pairings, Svidler, Wang on 24/04/2008 | 3 Comments »
Click on the images to see a larger view. These are results from round 4, the Chess Grand Prix tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. If you click HERE you will find a games-link and you can play through the games played in the previous rounds…on the side bar of my blog, you will find a link to [...]
Judith Polgar and Peter Svidler
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Judith Polgar, Peter Svidler, tagged Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess players, Corus 2005 round 1, Judith Polgar, Peter Svidler on 18/03/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judith Polgar was born in Hungary on 23 July 1976. Her childhood consisted of an extensive chess education from her father and her sisters, and she began to compete internationally as early as 1984. In 1991 she became an International Grandmaster by winning the “men’s” Hungarian championship. At fifteen years and five months of age, she [...]
Linares Round 8
Posted in Aronian, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, ivanchuk, Leko, Linares chess 2008, Morelia-Linares, Shirov, Topalov, tagged Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Chess, chess games, Grandmasters, ivanchuk, Leko, Linares chess 2008, Linares round 8, Mexico chess 2008, Morelia-Linares, Radjabov, Shirov, Spain chess 2008, Topalov on 29/02/2008 | 3 Comments »
Official site here….The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess. It is one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess [...]
Anand, Polgar, van Wely e.a. in Corus rounds 12 and 13
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Corus Chess, Kramnik, skaak, tagged Anand, Anand Chess games, Aronian, Bacrot, Chess, chess games, Corus chess round 12 and round 13, Holland, Kramnik, Kramnik chess games, Kramnik vs Anand games, Magnus Carlsen, Polgar, Radjabov, Short, skaak, Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee on 27/01/2008 | 6 Comments »
Today was the end of the Corus Tournament played in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. The standings in GrandMaster Group A after round 13 is as follows: 1. L. Aronian M. Carlsen 8 3. T. Radjabov V. Anand 7½ 5. V. Ivanchuk P. Leko 7 7. V. Kramnik M. Adams 6½ 9. S. Mamedyarov J. Polgar V. [...]
Alexandra Kosteniuk – Chess Grandmaster
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess movies, chess news, tagged Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk images, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess models, chess movies, chess news, Kosteniuk, Kosteniuk Blitz, World Woman Chess Champion 2008 on 26/12/2007 | 2 Comments »
Alexandra News Article about Alexandra: 11th January 2009…the link will open in a new window. http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/847451.html Winner of the World Women Chess Championship 2008 On this link- on my blog - you can follow her games of round 5 and round 6…against Yifan of China and see more pics of her too. http://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/alexandra-kosteniuk-winner-of-nalchik/ To be honest, [...]
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In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
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Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
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The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
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Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
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Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
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Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
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Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
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The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
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If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Chess Queen Alexandra
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Click on the images for a larger view. Please click HERE to play through chess games of Alexandra. The link will open in a new window. 10 January 2009: News article about Alexandra…the link will open in a new window. http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/847451.html On this link on my blog, http://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/alexandra-kosteniuk-winner-of-nalchik/ you can follow the games played in the World [...]
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