Kramnik overtakes Carlsen in the
lead after dramatic 12th round FIDE Candidates. Follow the link to read the complete report on round 12.
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The Candidates Chess 2013
Posted in Aronian, Chess, Chess Candidates London 2013, Chess Grandmasters, Gelfand, Grandmasters Chess, Grischuck, Ivanchuck, Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Radjabov, Svidler, tagged Aronian, Chess London Candidates 2013, Gelfand, Grischuk, Ivanchuck, Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Radjabov, Svidler, The Candidates Chess games 2013 on 30/03/2013|
Dresden Games
Posted in Chess, chess games, Dresden Chess, skaak, South African chess players, tagged Carmen de Jager, Chess games interactive, chess games round 6 Dresden 2008, Chess games round 8 Dresden 2008, Chess Grandmaster games Dresden 2008, Chess Olympiad 2008, Chess Olympiad round 9, Dresden Final Results 2008, Ivanchuck, Kamsky round 11, Kenny Solomon, Melissa Greeff, SA Chess, skaak, South African chess players at Dresden 2008, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, Watu Kobese on 21/11/2008| 2 Comments »
If you click on the logo, you will get taken to the official site of Dresden and the “Live” image will take you straight to the “live”-games-link. On this link you can play through games played in round 8. Players from the SA team and also GM’s like Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexei Shirov, Topalov, Yelena Dembo, Nigel Short, Peter Leko, etc. The link will open in a new window. You can now play through two games, I will add more soon when I’ve got more time!
Please click HERE to play through the game of Kamsky and Ivanchuck and a few other players in round 11, the final round on chess.com. The link will open in a new window.
http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/dresden-olympiad-2008.html
On this next link you can play through games of round 6. The SA-team games plus games of Kramnik and Ivanchuk. The link will also open in a new window.
http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/south-africa-dresden-and-round-6.html
See more chess graphics and results of the SA-team on this link which will open in a new window.
https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/dresden-chess-olympiad-2008/
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga..Watu Kobese’s opponent in round 9
More games to play through will be added soon, also games of about 15 GM’s. So, keep watching this space!
Statistics of Eduardo
Statistics of Watu
Watu Kobese..image: chessaol
Melissa Greeff Image: chessaol.wordpress.com
Melissa: Statistics…Melissa has a personal score of 6.5 so far at the Olympiad, a score not many other females could equal in this tournament. Well done to Melissa!
Results of the ladies after round 10…you can see Melissa having 7 out of 9…she didn’t play in round 5.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Melissa Greeff in round 9 played on the 22nd November at the Chess Olympiad 2008. Links in this post will all open in new windows.
Please click HERE to play through Watu Kobese’s game played in round 9.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Kenny Solomon played in round 9.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Carmen de Jager in round 9.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Anzel Solomons played in round 9.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Daniel Cawdery played in round 9 vs Jose Sequera Paolini of Venezuela.
Melissa Greeff round 10 move 27
Dresden round 10 Melissa Greeff end position…1/2
Round 10 move list: Melissa Greeff, see the last move with the chess graphics
Dresden round 10: Results of the ladies – SA vs Scotland
Image: chessaol.wordpress.com
Kenny’s game – 1/2
Dresden round 10: Results of the men’s team
Dresden round 11: Results of the SA Ladies against UAE…3-1..well done ladies!
SA ladies on the left..image: chessaol.wordpress.com
Dresden round 11 Results of the SA men against IPCA (International Chess Organisation for Physically Disabled)…3-1..well done boys!
SA men on the right..image: chessaol.wordpress.com
The Gaprindashvili Cup – click on the image for a clear view, or follow this link: The link will open in a new window.
Dresden top 10 Africa countries…South Africa is second in the Africa-group image: chessforall.co.za
Dresden: Top 20 countries: Gaprindashvilicup
Dresden rankings: SA ranked in position no 58
Dresden final standings: Top 20 countries after round 11 – click on the image for a clear view. South Africa is in position 56.
Dresden Top 10 Women: Image: chess.com
Countries represented at Dresden
Please click HERE to play through the game of Cheparinov in round 9.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Radjabov in round 9.
more games of the masters to follow a bit later!
Radjabov: Image: Official site of Dresden
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 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
3 | Karjakin | 2732 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6 |
4 | Eljanov | 2687 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 |
5 | Volokitin | 2684 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5½ |
6 | Jakovenko | 2711 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
7 | Shirov | 2740 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
8 | Alekseev | 2711 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5 |
9 | Svidler | 2746 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 |
10 | Nisipeanu | 2684 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 5 |
11 | Van Wely | 2677 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 4 |
12 | Onischuk | 2664 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 3½ |
Standings after round 7…source: Chessgames
Please click Chessgames here to follow the results of games and to play through games played on any particular day!
If you click on the link of CHESSCLUB you can watch the “game of the day” on a movie!
Round 11 : Final round…results
Svidler, Peter ½ – ½ Van Wely, Loek
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel
Karjakin, Sergey ½ – ½ Carlsen, Magnus
Volokitin, Andrei 1 – 0 Alekseev, Evgeny
Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ – ½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Onischuk, Alexander 0 – 1 Shirov, Alexei
Carlsen still leading!
Round 10 : Results
Van Wely, Loek 0 – 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Eljanov, Pavel ½ – ½ Karjakin, Sergey
Carlsen, Magnus ½ – ½ Volokitin, Andrei
Alekseev, Evgeny ½ – ½ Jakovenko, Dmitry
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½ – ½ Onischuk, Alexander
Shirov, Alexei 1 – 0 Svidler, Peter
Round 9 results:
Karjakin, Sergey ½ – ½ Van Wely, Loek
Volokitin, Andrei 0 – 1 Eljanov, Pavel
Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ – ½ Carlsen, Magnus
Onischuk, Alexander ½ – ½ Alekseev, Evgeny
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1 – 0 Shirov, Alexei
Ivanchuk, Vassily ½ – ½ Svidler, Peter
Results: Round 8
Van Wely, Loek 1 – 0 Volokitin, Andrei
Eljanov, Pavel ½ – ½ Jakovenko, Dmitry
Carlsen, Magnus ½ – ½ Onischuk, Alexander
Alekseev, Evgeny 1 – 0 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Svidler, Peter ½ – ½ Karjakin, Sergey
Shirov, Alexei 0 – 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Round 7 results:
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1 – 0 Van Wely, Loek
Onischuk, Alexander 0 – 1 Eljanov, Pavel
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0 – 1 Carlsen, Magnus
Alekseev, Evgeny ½ – ½ Shirov, Alexei
Volokitin, Andrei ½ – ½ Svidler, Peter
Karjakin, Sergey ½ – ½ Ivanchuk, Vassily
Please click HERE to play through games of round 7.
Magical Magnus conjures win over Shirov
Round 5 at Foros and yet another elite Grandmaster crumbles in the face of Magnus Carlsen’s relentless pressure. Alexei Shirov is a formidable player and has himself come close to the World Championship crown, but today he became Carlsen’s latest victim.
Shirov answered 1.d4 with the Slav defence and Magnus chose the popular ‘Moscow’ variation in reply. A balanced opening developed into an even middlegame, but as in previous games, Magnus kept creating tricky problems for his opponent to solve and soon Shirov fell into time trouble as he sought to find the best answers.
It was on the 61st move that Shirov finally cracked, allowing Magnus to catch his King in a mating net.
Elsewhere on another exciting day, the closest challenger to Magnus failed to keep up the pace as Sergey Karjakin lost with the Black pieces against Andrei Volokitin. The other decisive games saw Nisipeanu put Van Wely to the sword in a Najdorf Sicilian and Svidler employed his favourite Grunfeld defence to good effect against Onischuk.
Vassily Ivanchuk fought hard against Dmitry Jakovenko, but an extra pawn in a Knight ending was not enough and the game ended all-square after 72 moves.
Magnus Carlsen now leads by a clear 1.5 points with a very impressive score of 4.5/5. If the world rankings were published today then Carlsen would be ranked second in the world, with only World Champion Vishy Anand ahead of him.
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 5…played on the 12th June.
Source of article….about round 5: http://www.chess.com
Round 6 results!
Van Wely, Loek ½ – ½ Onischuk, Alexander
Eljanov, Pavel ½ – ½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Carlsen, Magnus ½ – ½ Alekseev, Evgeny
Svidler, Peter ½ – ½ Jakovenko, Dmitry
Ivanchuk, Vassily ½ – ½ Volokitin, Andrei
Shirov, Alexei ½ – ½ Karjakin, Sergey
Ukrainian Chess Federation
International Chess Tournament from 7-20 June 2008
Please click
HERE to play through the games of round 1 and on THIS LINK you can see the results of rounds 2 and 3.
On THIS LINK you can play through games played in round 2.
Results Round 3
Carlsen, Magnus 1 – 0 Van Wely, Loek
Eljanov, Pavel 1 – 0 Shirov, Alexei
Alekseev, Evgeny 1 – 0 Svidler, Peter
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½ – ½ Ivanchuk, Vassily
Onischuk, Alexander ½ – ½ Karjakin, Sergey
Jakovenko, Dmitry 1 – 0 Volokitin, Andrei
Standings …Round 4
Van Wely, Loek vs Alekseev, Evgeny
Eljanov, Pavel vs Carlsen, Magnus
Svidler, Peter vs Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Onischuk, Alexander
Karjakin, Sergey vs Jakovenko, Dmitry
Shirov, Alexei vs Volokitin, Andrei
Day of Rest…Balaklava…
~Day of Rest…Balaklava…Images: Official site of Aerosvit
Magnus Carlsen, Norway, 2765
Peter Svidler, Russia, 2746
Vasiliy Ivanchuk, Ukraine, 2740
Alexei Shirov, Spain, 2740
Sergey Karjakin, Ukraine, 2732
Dmitry Jakovenko, Russia, 2711
Evgeny Alekseev, Russia, 2711
Pavel Eljanov, Ukraine, 2687
See 4 more players’ photos HERE with more information on all players.The list of participants:
1. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2765
2. Svidler, Peter RUS 2746
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2740
4. Shirov, Alexei ESP 2740
5. Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2732
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2711
7. Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2711
8. Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2687
9. Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2684
10. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2684
11. Van Wely, Loek NED 2676
12. Onischuk, Alexander USA 2664
June 8th, 2008, Round 1, Time 15:00…ALL rounds start at 15:00 —every day!
June 9th, Round 2
June 10th, Round 3
June 11th, Round 4
June 12th, Round 5
June 13th, Round 6
June 14th, REST DAY
June 15th, Round 7
June 16th, Round 8
June 17th, Round 9
June 18th, Round 10
June 19th, Round 11
Round 2 Magnus Carlsen
Foros, Crimea is the settlement in the Ukraine where this tournament is taking place…
The region is also known as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and lies on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The population is two million inhabitants, the capital is the city of Simferopol.
Foros, where the AeroSvit tournament is held, is a small village situated about 40 km from Yalta, in the southern part of Crimea. The climate conditions are gorgeous. Foros is the place were the dacha (summer-house) of the President of Ukraine is situated. The Russian writer Maxim Gorkiy lived and worked for some time in Foros. Today Ukrainian politicians and businessmen own summer houses there. Students spend their summers in Foros. There is the orthodox Foros Church and a beautiful national park. What is also good in Foros – you spell the name of the village exactly the way you pronounce it – F-o-r-o-s.
Source: chessbase
Last 2 Images: chessbase
In Foros, you will get this monument about Yuri Gagarin, the first man in Space!
Click HERE to read more about him.