Posted in Chess, Chess SaintLouis, Grand Chess Tour 2018, Magnus Carlsen, Sinquefield Cup, Sinquefield Cup 2018, tagged Chess, Chess Tournaments 2018, Grand Chess Tour 2018, Grandmasters 2018, Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Sinquefield Cup 2018 on 18/08/2018|
Posted in Chess, World Chess Championship 2016, tagged Chess, chess news, Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Championship 2016 on 12/03/2016|
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Posted in Chess, Chess Candidates 2016, Grandmaster Chess Games 2016, tagged Candidate 2016 Moscow, Candidates 2016, Chess, chess game 1, chess game 2, Chess Grandmasters, Fide World Chess Championship Final 2016, GM Anand, GM Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Moscow 2016 Chess Candidates, Moscow Chess 2016, Sergey Karjakin, World Chess Candidates Tournament on 08/03/2016|
Posted in Anand, Arnish Giri, Aronian, Caruana, Chess, Chess Cup Tournament St Louis 2015, Chess Grandmasters, Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Nakamura, Sinquefield Cup 2015, Topalov, Vachier Lagrave, Wesley So, tagged Anand, Arnish Giri, Aronian, Caruana, chess masters, Chess tournament St Louis, Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Nakamura, Sinquefield Cup, Topalov, Vachier Lagrave, Wesley So on 24/08/2015|
Nakamura seems lost: a quick Bf2 will be hard to deal with, his King on g5 is too weak. #SinquefieldCup @GrandChessTour
Source: Please click here to read the article on the site of ‘Business Insider.’
Round 7 – Aronian and Nakamura
The rest of the schedule:
| 30-Aug | Sunday | 1:00 PM | Round 7 | Chess Club |
| 31-Aug | Monday | 1:00 PM | Round 8 | Chess Club |
| 1-Sep | Tuesday | 1:00 PM | Round 9 | Chess Club |
| 2-Sep | Wednesday | 12:00 PM | Playoff |
Posted in Carlsen, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Norway, Chess in Tromso, Chess Olympiad 2014, Kenny Solomon, Kramnik, Kramnik vs Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, South African chess players, Topalov, Tromso 2014, Tromso Chess, tagged Cheparinov, Kenny Solomon, Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, round 5 Tromso 2014, South African chess, Topalov, Tromso 2014, Tromso Chess 2014 on 06/08/2014| 4 Comments »
Norwegian camera teams may have been swarming around Magnus Carlsen before his meeting with world number two Levon Aronian, but the serious chess spectators had eyes firmly fixed on the start of Kramnik-Topalov, where the feud that began in their acrimonious 2006 world title match has resulted in permanently frosty relations.
by GM Jonathan Tisdall
Some of the games played today round 5. On this link you can follow the live games or play through games already played in previous rounds.
Tromso round 5: Topalov vs Kramnik
Round 5: Kramnik vs Topalov 1-0
Round 5: Ivan Cheparinov vs Peter Svidler 1/2-1/2
Round 5: Aronian vs Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Round 5: Barileng Gaealafshwe vs Kenny Solomon 0-1
On this youtube.com/watch?v=-xABHJdf31o link you can see Kenny as South Africa’s Chess Grandmaster and it’s strange that Fide still has him as an IM on his profile here: ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14300192 Melissa Greeff is South Africa’s first Women Chess Grandmaster.
Chess art at Tromso
Posted in Chess Grandmasters, Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion, tagged Chess in Chennai, Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion on 23/11/2013| 5 Comments »
Posted in Anand, Carlsen, Chennai, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess results, Chess results Anand vs Carlsen game 2, Chess results Anand vs Magnus, Chess results game 1 Anand vs Carlsen, Fide World Championship Match, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, tagged Anand vs Carlsen 2013, Anand vs Carlsen game 3, Anand vs Carlsen schedule, Carlsen vs Anand 2013, Chennai 2013, Chennai chess 2013, Chess games Anand, Chess games Carlsen, Chess graphics, Chess results Anand vs Magnus Carlsen, Chess results Chennai 2013, Chess results game 1, Chess results game 2, Fide World Championship Match 2013, Game 1 Anand vs Carlsen, Game 3 results, Game 4 results, Game 6 Chess Game Anand vs Carlsen, Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand on 09/11/2013| 3 Comments »
Click HERE for the Official site.
Schedule
Game 1
Images: Official site: chennai2013.fide.com
Moves: game 1
1. Nf3 d
2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7
4. d4 c6
5. O-O Nf6
6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 Bf5
8. c4 Nbd7
9. Nc3 dxc4
10. bxc4 Nb6
11. c5 Nc4
12. Bc1 Nd5
13. Qb3 Na5
14. Qa3 Nc4
15. Qb3 Na5
16. Qa3 Nc4
#FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
The King vs The Crown Prince
Game 1 – Live
Anand vs Carlsen – Game 2 move 1-7
Anand vs Carlsen Game 2 move 8-14
Anand vs Carlsen Game 2 move 15-21
Anand vs Carlsen Game 2 Final position 1/2
Game 2 Live
Game 3 Photo: Official Site
Game 3: DRAW
Carlsen vs Anand 1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Bb4 Be6 14. Qc1 Bd5 15. a4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 c5 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Ng5 b5 28. e3 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 30. Re2 c4 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Be4 cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 34. Rad1 Bxb2 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7+ Be7 42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3 Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ ½-½
Game 3 move 29
Game 3 final position
Game 4: Anand vs Carlsen 1/2 Draw
Moves
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 Bxa2 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 22. f4 Kb7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 25. Nd3 h5 26. f5 Ne7 27. Nb5 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh4 29. Nf2 Nc6 30. Rc2 a5 31. Rc4 g6 32. Rdc1 Bd7 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Ne4 Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rf8 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxc7+ Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Rf3+ 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 Rdd3 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 47. Rc3 Re2+ 48. Rc2 Ree3 49. Ka2 g5 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8 Rge3 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54. R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2+ 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59. Ra8+ Kb7 60. Rag8 a4 61. Rxg4 axb3 62. R8g7 Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 ½-½
Game 4 move 33
Game 4 – Final position
Game 6 Anand vs Carlsen – move 28
Game 6 move 32 – I feel Anand could have made a better move with his pawn on d, which he ‘gave’ away.
Game 6 move 33 – game looks like a draw to me – Anand not sure what to do? Bet you they are going to draw this one!
Game 6 still going – move 41
Game 6 Final Move – Anand 0 – Magnus 1
Posted in Carlsen, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Norway, Magnus Carlsen, tagged Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Magnus Carlsen, Norway chess on 13/08/2013|
@TarjeiJS Tweeted this: ‘Article of the dn.no announcing his new sponsorship deal with Nordic Semiconductor’
The view from Tromso, as tweeted by Svensen: ‘The view from my room is acceptable!’ – he is also tweeting about the Tromso Chess World Cup tournament
Magnus and the article as translated by ‘google-translate’ The article can be read in the Norwegian language from the link at the bottom of the entry. To all those little 10 year old boys always saying, ‘ I want to be a footballer’ – what about: ‘I want to be a Magnus Carlsen’ [hehe]
Norwegian sponsors will use the world’s best chess player opener with large customers, writing Todays Market.
On Saturday puts Magnus Carlsen heading to Chennai in India to prepare for the World Cup tournament pending against Viswanathan Anand in November.
On Monday techno now Nordic Semiconductor Carlsen fifth main, next to the law firm Simonsen, brokerage Arctic, newspaper VG house and software company Parallels.
Will he win the World Cup waiting nine million kroner in prize money. In addition, there are about six million in sponsorship revenue and miscellaneous other income.
Thankful
After the DN understand the young chess player will stand to gain a gross turnover of between 15 and 20 million years.The money goes through the company Magnus Chess, which since 2007 has had a total turnover of 27 million. The profit before tax amounts to 15 million dollars, and Carlsen had at the end of 2012, built up a solid equity of nearly 12 million.
‘ I am very grateful that I can live on something I think is so fun. Beyond that I’m not thinking so much about it’, says Magnus Carlsen about their financial chess moves.
Please click here to read the original article.
Posted in Anand, Carlsen, Chennai, Chess, Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Championship, tagged Anand vs Carlsen in Chennai 2013, Anand vs Carlsen in Chennai November 2013, Anand vs Magnus Carlsen in Chennai 2013, Carlsen vs Anand 2013, Carlsen vs Anand in Chennai, Chennai, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Chennai, Chess in Chennai November 2013, Chess in India, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championship 2013 on 05/05/2013|
New Delhi: Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against world number one Magnus Carlsen in his home city as FIDE today chose Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match.
Even as it has been reported that Carlsen was not keen to play in Chennai and instead preferred Paris as the venue, the FIDE Presidential Board confirmed Chennai as the venue during a meeting at Baku, Azerbaijan today.
The match between the Indian and his Norwegian opponent will be played from November 6 to 26.
“The agreement was signed today at Baku by Bharat Singh, Hony Secretary All India Chess Federation and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,” a press released stated.
Anand had defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel to retain his title in 2012. Source: Zeenews.india
Farewell Farewell
A variation on the Cento – used Shakespeare-lines about Chess
There stands the castle!
My day’s delight is past
great shouts within
and all cry
A horse! A horse!
I have a horse and
a wandering knight.
My skipping king
ambles up and down
A wandering knight?
The knight is here
… a mean knight
The hour is almost past
Farewell Farewell
It’s hilarious – Carlsen’s coach?
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|
Kramnik overtakes Carlsen in the
lead after dramatic 12th round FIDE Candidates. Follow the link to read the complete report on round 12.
Round 13
Round 13
Round 14
Round 14
Round 14 – Final moves
Posted in Chess, London Chess Classic, London Chess Classic 2012, tagged Anand, British Chess players, chess poetry, Gawain Jones, Hikaru Nakamura, Jason Kouchak, Judit Polgar, Levon Aronian, London Chess classic 2012, Luke McShane, Magnus Carlsen, Malcolm Pein, Mickey Adams, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik on 01/12/2012| 10 Comments »
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Images: Official site of London Classic/Ray Morris-Hill
Players left to r: Luke McShane, Hikaru Nakamura, Mickey Adams, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Malcolm Pein Tournament Director, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar, Levon Aronian and Gawain Jones
Jason Kouchak – during the Opening Ceremony of the London Classic 2012
Jason Kouchak is a widely-acclaimed concert pianist who plays popular music and jazz as well as classical music. Jason was born in France and studied piano at the Royal College of Music in London, and at Edinburgh University. He has performed in major concert halls in London, Paris, St Petersburg and other venues in Europe and Asia. He has recorded five albums, including his own compositions, and appeared on BBC TV and the Japanese NHK channel. He has made regular guest appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and recorded and performed with Julian Lloyd-Webber. Jason’s tastes and talents underline the long-established link between chess and music. He is a committed and enthusiastic competition chess player, and played in the 2011 London Classic Open and 2009 Gibraltar tournaments as well as in other domestic chess competitions. Visit his site: Jasonkouchak.com
Anand Images: raymorris-hill.smugmug
It’s the London Chess Classic – again! It started today and I hope to attend it next Saturday, as my favourite – Anand is playing. The link of the official site is on the side bar – with the logo of the London Classic. Today’s games started with a small opening ceremony. There were a couple of musicians to entertain the group of spectators in the auditorium. Chess is free at the classics for children! On this LINK you can read my entry about the classics in 2009. You can see my photos of the 2009 event. For the 2011 classics I had tickets, but unfortunately fell ill and couldn’t go. How sad.
This is a ‘cento‘ which I wrote a little while ago, by using Shakespeare lines. A ‘cento’ is a poem written by using lines or passages of other authors in a new form or order. I used different plays of Shakespeare where he quoted something about the game of chess.
A Game of Chess
Sweet lord, you play me false
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle
and I would call it fair play
How fares the king?
His hour is almost past
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
And I have horse – will follow where the game makes way.
I have his horse!
Give me another horse!
So, the good horse is mine.
My day’s delight is past, my horse is gone.
The rascal hath removed my horse.
Are the knights ready to begin their triumph?
A wandering knight?
I am undone! The knight is here!
Great shouts within all cry ‘the mean knight!’
Great is the humour of this dreadful knight.
I dare thereupon pawn
My life I never held but as a pawn
I have not pawn’d to you my majesty?
I pawn’d thee none!
I’ll send some bishop to entreat
The bishop will be overborne by thee
Wat says my bully rook?
There stands my castle!
His queen, it was his queen!
Queen of queens, how far dost thou excel?
Come hither, come! Come, come, and take a queen
Sir your queen must overboard!
Will take your queen
Farewell sweet queen!
I’ll move the king.
The skipping king, he ambles up and down
This may gall him for some check
No mates for you!
We’ll draw!
My lord, your son drew my master
Where’s the master? Play the men!
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
Enjoy a some classical music – Haydn’s symphony nr 101 in D – the clock part 3- one of many favourites and Villar Rides. Unfortunately, not the whole track, but at least 3/4 of the track.
Another to enjoy
Villa Rides
Posted in Carlsen, Chess, Magnus Carlsen, tagged Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Pulpit Rock on 25/11/2012| 3 Comments »
Magnus Carlsen playing chess on Pulpit Rock – in Norway
and…I think I can ‘read’ a little bit of the Norwegian language. There’s a tournament next year, Magnus is going to take part in a Super Tournament and then there’s…a school tournament..and a celebrity tournament……
Enjoy the song by a Norwegian singer.
Turneringene
Superturneringen blir stil 7. til 18. mai 2013.
En unik vri planlegges med varierte historiske spillesteder for å trekke maksimal oppmerksomhet fra hele regionen.Stavangerregionen bruker arrangement som virkemiddel for å markedsføre regionen.Det arbeides allerde med mulighet for repeterende turneringer til regionen.
Turneringen vil inneholde:
Superturnering med flest mulig av de topp 10 rankede spillerne
Skoleturnering med hundrevis av barn
Kjendisturnering med et utvalg kjendiser som skal vise sine sjakkferdigheter
Posted in Chess in Mexico, chess players, tagged Chess in Mexico 2012, Lazaro Bruzon, Magnus Carlsen on 24/11/2012|
Magnus Carlsen plays chess in Mexico – what a beautiful image on the background.
Magnus Carlsen (L) of Norway and Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba compete during the semifinal of chess, in the framework of the Second Great International Chess Festival UNAM 2012, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Nov. 23, 2012. (Xinhua/Rodrigo Oropeza)
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-11/24/c_131996510_5.htm
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess Oscar, Magnus Carlsen, tagged Chess, chess cake, Chess Grandmasters, chess oscar, Magnus Carlsen, Shahriyar Mammadyarov on 02/11/2012| 1 Comment »
This year, the voting results of the annual contest of the “64” became known later than usual. In the 10 th issue of the reports that the owner of the honorary prize was Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian was the first chess player, who won the trophy three times in a row. The gap between him and the runner-up -Gelfand was very significant. The remaining places in the top ten was as follows: 3. Aronian 4. Svidler 5. Kramnik 6. Grischuk 7.Ivanchuk 8. Anand 9. Morozevich 10. Nakamura.
Resource: HERE – a Russian Chess website.
Chess Wedding cake of Shahriyar Mammadyarov. See more photos on this link of him and the wedding.
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 go to their games – live.
Round 1
Click HERE to play through the games of round 1.
You can also the results HERE on the site of chessbase follow. There are links to play through the games played too. [All links in this post will open in a new window.]
The schedule of the tournament is the following:
– 11th of June 15:30 1st Round
– 12th of June 15:30 2nd Round
– 13th of June 15:30 3rd Round
– 14th of June 15:30 4th Round
– 15th of June 15:30 5th Round
– 16th of June Free day
– 17th of June 15:30 6th Round
– 18st of June 15:30 7th Round
– 19nd of June 15:30 8th Round
– 20th of June 15:30 9th Round
– 21st of June 13:30 10th Round
– 22nd of June Free day
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 due to illness!
Viswanathan Anand became the undisputed world chess champion in 2007 and has since defended the title twice in matches with Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 and Veselin Topalov in 2010. In an age when more and more players are playing professional chess, with infinitely more sophisticated training resources and information available to them, his achievement in defending the top spot from all comers is as impressive as any of the successes of his championship predecessors.
Vishy, as he is affectionately known to colleagues and fans, is a hero in his native India, putting him on a par with the nation’s top cricketers. From Tamil Nadu, he was taught the game by his mother when he was six and made rapid progress. His intuitive sight of the board and super-fast speed on the move marked him out as a future champion from his mid-teens. He became national champion in 1985, world junior champion in 1987 and a grandmaster in 1988.
Anand joined the chess super-elite in the early 1990s and he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the PCA World Championship of 1995. Against all the odds he took the lead in the match in the ninth game but eventually ran out the loser by 7½-10½. Vishy pursued the FIDE version of the title and had a near miss in 1999 against Anatoly Karpov despite some unfortunate tournament scheduling which required him to play the final match immediately after a gruelling qualification event. In 2000 he won the FIDE version of the title in Tehran and held it until 2002.
Following the reunification of the chess world championship in 2006, Anand won a world championship match-tournament in 2007 ahead of the reigning world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Though the latter graciously ceded all claim on the title to his rival, many purists amongst pundits and fans longed to see the championship decided under traditional matchplay rules. Their wish was granted in 2008 when Anand and Kramnik played a match in Bonn. The Indian made no mistake, defeating his Russian opponent fair and square, and thus becoming only the second world champion ever to have won the world title in both tournament and match formats. Anand duly defended his title in a match in 2010 against world number two Veselin Topalov, on his opponent’s home ground in Bulgaria. His next challenge is due in 2012, when it is hoped that the match will be played in London.
Some past world champions have become known to the general public for their off-board eccentricities and personal rivalries but not so Viswanathan Anand. Throughout his career he has shown himself to be the perfect Indian gentleman who dispels attempts to provoke or upset him with a disarming smile. Indeed, one of the major difficulties facing his rivals is that he is simply impossible to dislike! For example, when preparing for his 2010 world title match, his behind-the-scenes assistants included the previous champion Vladimir Kramnik, whom Anand had defeated two years earlier, and Magnus Carlsen. With the charm of Capablanca, the industriousness of Botvinnik and the natural talent of Kasparov, Anand will be a hard man to beat in London in 2010. He lives in Spain with his wife Aruna, who is also his manager.
Please click HERE for the Official site and to read about the other players.
The Players:
Chess is Free for Children at the London Classic 2010 [Read on the link of the Official site more about it – on their homepage]
Posted in Anand, Carlsen, Chess, General, Grandmaster chess, Kramnik, London Chess Classic, tagged Anand, Carlsen, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Kramnik, London Chess Classic 2010, London-chess, Magnus Carlsen on 18/09/2010| 5 Comments »
London Chess Classic 2 – Date: 8-15 December at Olympia. I attended the London Classic I last year in December and will definitely not miss this one too as Anand [my favourite] will be playing!You can read my entry about the 2009 Classic HERE on the 12th December 2009.
Image: londonchessclassic
Heading the line-up is the world chess champion, Viswanathan Anand from India; the teenage sensation who currently outranks him on the world chess rating list, Magnus Carlsen from Norway; and Anand’s immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik from Russia.
Vishy Anand is the one addition to the field that contested the first London Chess Classic in December 2009. Though undisputed world champion, Anand is currently not the highest rated player in the world, but he recently wrested back third place from Kramnik, so is considered the man most likely to stop Carlsen making it two London triumphs in a row. Anand has recently stated that his ambition is to regain his number one status, so it sounds like he already has plans for his clash with the prodigiously talented Norwegian in London.
Kramnik and Anand
London Chess Classic 2010 lineup
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2826
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2800
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2780
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2733
Adams, Michael ENG 2728
Short, Nigel D ENG 2690
McShane, Luke J ENG 2657
Howell, David W L ENG 2616
Click here for entry forms – to take part in the tournamnet [yes, you can play there too] and here for tickets.
Posted in General, tagged Art, books, Chess, General, Magnus Carlsen, Someone's Daughter on 28/12/2009| 2 Comments »
If you have ADHD – you will find it hard to look at this image, but it might be a good exercise for you to find all the hidden images in this image! If you look at my old blogger-blog you will see some of the hidden images are from the banner-image….click on this image for a larger view and to appreciate what is in the image…original image: courtenaysfineart….and if you go to FaceBook…search for Someone’s Daughter – and read all about it!!
Read all about it! Read all about it…Magnus Carlsen…
Norwegian 19-year-old crowned world chess champ
Click on this link and it will open in a new window Magnus Carlsen
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|
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 to increase their iconic status. The colour in this image was possibly completed at one of Warhol’s colouring parties, hosted at the fashionable Serendipity 3 café after it opened in 1954. He would encourage his friends – some of whom would have helped him create the original illustrations – to colour the works with an inventiveness that adds to their whimsical nature. This process looks forward to the production methods of Warhol’s legendary studio, the Factory, in the 1960s.
Art of Warhol here. The link will open in a new window.
| David Howell | ENG | 2613 |
The 8th Player in this tournament is David Howell
Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament.
London Chess Centre is proud to announce a world-class chess tournament to be held in London in December, 2009. The event will be an elite eight-player all-play-all in the most prestigious tournament in the capital since former world champion Anatoly Karpov won the Phillips and Drew Masters in 1984.
Since then, despite London hosting three world title contests, there has not been a tournament in which England’s leading players could lock horns with the world’s best on home soil. The December 09 tournament will be the first in a series of events designed to reinvigorate UK chess and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities.
The tournament will be FIDE Category 19 with an average FIDE rating of 2700 and a minimum prize fund of €100,000. The eight players will comprise of three English and five world-class Grandmasters from abroad. Included in the prize fund will be a €10,000 Brilliant Game award along with separate prizes for each victory with the White and Black pieces. Matches will be covered live online where fans will be able to vote for Game of the Day.
The tournament has applied for membership of the prestigious annual Grand Slam of Chess which culminates in Bilbao and boasts a €400,000 prize fund.
The games will be under Classical Chess time control; 40 moves in two hours, 20 in the subsequent hour then an additional 15 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds a move until the end of the game. The tournament will further benefit from the use of Sofia Rules which disallow early draws. Players will receive three points for a win and one for a draw.
Source:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#london09
Click on the image for a larger view for the Olympia Conference Centre at spot marked as A.
Contact Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre:
Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404 (London)
New London tournament to be in the Olympia Conference Centre.
I am delighted to announce that the London Chess Classic 2009 will be staged at one of London’s most prestigious venues; the Olympia Conference Centre. Olympia will provide excellent facilities including a 400 seat soundproof auditorium, two commentary rooms and multimedia presentation. There will be ample space for Open, weekend and Speed Chess tournaments plus junior training which will run alongside the main event from December 8th-15th inclusive.
The London Chess Classic 2009 will be the highest level tournament in London for 25 years and will be the first in a series of events designed to increase enthusiasm for chess in the UK and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities. It is also our objective to bring the world championship to London in the Olympic year 2012.
England’s four leading Grandmasters; Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell will be pitched against a world class field that includes a former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and 18 year old Magnus Carlsen ranked world number three and widely seen a future holder of the world crown. One of China’s finest players; Ni Hua and the US Champion Hikaru Nakamura, complete the field.
Spectators will be treated to live commentary on the games from Grandmasters and will be able to play tournament or informal games all day. Ticket information will be available in September. For those who cannot attend there be will live coverage and commentary on the games on the internet.
Contact Malcolm Pein (IM) Director London Chess Centre:
Chess Centre: 020 7388 2404. E-Mail: info@chess.co.uk.
Maybe, just maybe, I’ll get a chance to meet some of the Grandmasters in London – if I’m lucky! Meanwhile, the Scots want their Chessmen back!
THE BRITISH Museum has put a set of elaborately carved chess figures at the heart of a new gallery despite demands that they be returned to Scotland.
The 82 Lewis Chessmen, which are between 800 and 900 years old and made from walrus and whale ivory, were seen in a Harry Potter film and inspired the children’s TV series Noggin The Nog.
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, wants them repatriated to Edinburgh to be reunited with the rest of the set discovered on the Outer Hebrides in the early 19th century.
Just as the Greek government wants the Elgin Marbles in London to be returned to Athens, Mr Salmond claims it is “unacceptable” for the British Museum to have 82 of the figures while the other 11 are in the National Museum of Scotland.
Read the entire article here.
…and from South Africa: -click on the image for a clear view
Cartoon: wonkie.com
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 the bottom of this post you can play through the games of some players in Group A.
Corus Schedule: Grand Masters Group A rounds 1 to 6
To see the schedule for the other rounds, please click here for rounds 7-13.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Carlsen vs Radjabov. Carlsen played white in round 1 against Radjabov. The game will open in a new window.
Corus Group A Round 1 results
On the link here, the site of Chess.com, you can play through the games of Aronian,L (2750) vs. Wang Yue (2739); Kamsky,G (2725) vs. Adams,Mi (2712); Van Wely,L (2625) vs. Dominguez Perez,L (2717); Stellwagen,D (2612) vs. Movsesian,S (2751); Carlsen,M (2776) vs. Radjabov,T (2761); Karjakin,Sergey (2706) vs. Morozevich,A (2771) and Ivanchuk,V (2779) vs. Smeets,J (2601). All the games from Round 1, Corus Group A. The link will open in a new window.
Corus Group A Round 2 results
For the games of round 2 please click on this link to play through the games. Please click on the image for a larger view of the results of round 2.
Carlsen round 12..end position and move list.
Sergey – Corus round 12 – final position and move list
Play through games on this link played in round 12 and view the standings after round 12 too.
Sergey Karjakin, winner of Corus 2009
Corus Final Results…please click on the image for a larger view – image: chess.com
Sergey Karjakin, round 13 final position and move list
Carlsen Corus Round 13 final position and move list
To play through the games and see more results…click on the next link which will open in a new window.
http://www.chess.com/news/karjakin-wins-corus-flash-report-4516
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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 of poetry, make sure to visit his blog, if you don’t, you will regret it! If you don’t like poetry, then you still should visit his blog and you will immediately fall in love with his poems! I have a present for you today too, let’s call it an early Christmas present if you like, a composition by Jim Brickman. Finally, for my chess-lovers (and those who think they might become chess-lovers!) I’ve got a few games here (do check back as I have about ten more to blog in this entry!) played a few days ago in the Dresden Olympiad. This post is almost as good as “wine women and song!”:) All links will open in a new window.
Remember me to the world
And all the beautiful girls
I never kissed; if there’s one regret
That is it: that I left any lovelies’
Lips unblessed, her heart repressed
Remember me to the wind, which
Blows wherever it goes; still, or not
Any feeling does not cost, but what you
Do with it: recall I am that
Innocent, awake to only wonder told
Remember me to the sun; the heat,
The blaze, worries public or hidden,
I have had them all, unbidden: most
Of all when you see that woman or girl,
Remember me, my dear, to the blessed world
©Dean J. Baker
To read more wonderful poetry, please click HERE to read on Dean Baker’s blog! Chess=love+poetry+music+art=chess!
Read more about Dean on his biography-link on his blog!
Over 500 poems and prose poems published since 1972 in over 130 literary publications in Canada, the USA, England, Australia, New Zealand, etc., such as Descant, Carleton Literary Review, Poetry WLU, The Prairie Journal, Freelance, Nexus, Bitterroot, Oxalis, Bogg, Aileron, RE:AL, Art Times, Pegasus, Impetus, On The Bus, and many others. More have been published in newspapers, magazines, online and in anthologies, recorded and paper.
Music: Jim Brickman: Dream comes true
Please click HERE to play through the game of Nyback from Finland vs Carlsen played in round 6, Dresden 2008.
Carlsen
Please click HERE to play through the game of Dominguez from Cuba vs Gata Kamsky in round 6, Dresden 2008.
This game of Etienne Bacrot was played in round 7 against Sasikiran from India.
Click HERE to play through the game of Boris Gelfand from Israel vs Elexei Shirov of Spain in round 7.
Please click HERE to play through the game of one of my favourite players, Ivanchuk vs Wang of China.
Ivanchuk
Click HERE to play through Kamsky’s game played in round 7 against Peter Leko.
Play through the game of Michael Adams against Radjabov played in round 7, Dresden.
Please click HERE to play through the game of Yelena Dembo, from Greece, played in round 7 at the Olympiad.
Yelena Dembo
Please click HERE to play through the game of Cheparinov in round 8, Dresden.
To play through a game of Topalov played in round 8, click on the link!
Please click HERE to play through the game of David Howell from England played in round 9.
image: Greekchess.com..David Navara
Please click here to play through the game of David Navara played in round 9.
To play through the game of NIGEL SHORT, played in round 9, click on the link!
Image: chessbase..Nigel Short
Please click HERE to play through the game of Peter Svidler played in round 9 at the Dresden Olympiad in Germany.
Samuel Bak Chess Art. See my “chess humour”- page for more chess art from Samuel and his link.
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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 taken to the Official site and the “live” link will take you straight away to the live-games! Both links will open in a new page.
Please click HERE to see more results of games played in round 1 and round 2. The link will open in a new window. Please click HERE to see lots of South African Chess player-pics and to see the results of rounds 3-6. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to play through games of round 5, where South Africa played Luxembourg.
On this link…see their games of round 6 and you can play through their games interactively. Also, the games of Kramnik and Ivanchuk (my favourite) of round 6 can be found on this link. The page will open in a new link.
http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/south-africa-dresden-and-round-6.html
Schedule: Dresden
From L-R: Anzel Solomons, Melissa Greeff, Jenine Ellappin, Carmen de Jager, Monique Sischy
LtoR: Watu Kobese, Kenny Solomon, Henry Steel, Daniel Cawdery, Johannes Mabusela
Dresden Olympiad 2008 Round 7
Ladies team against Guatemala and the mens team against the Faroe Islands
Results: See the chess graphics
Dresden round 7: Anzel Solomons move 14…0-1
Dresden round 7: Melissa Greeff move 12…1-0
Dresden round 7 Carmen de Jager move 18..1-0
Dresden round 7 Monique Sischy move 7…0-1
Dresden round 7 Watu Kobese move 11…1-0
Dresden round 7 Kenny Solomon move 18…1-0
Dresden round 7 Daniel Cawdery move 14…1/2
Dresden round 7 Johannes Mabusela move 17…0-1
Round 8: South Africa vs Cyprus: Mens team
Round 8: South Africa vs Bosnia Herzegovina: Ladies team
Dresden round 8 Watu Kobese…1-0
Dresden round 8 Kenny Solomon…0-1
Dresden round 8 Henry Steel…1-0
Dresden round 8 Johannes Mabusela…1/2
Dresden round 8 Anzel Solomons …0-1
Dresden round 8 Melissa Greeff move 19
Dresden round 8 Melissa Greeff…0-1
Dresden round 8 Jenine Ellappen …0-1
Dresden round 8 Monique Sischy…1-0
Results: rounds 5-9 South African ladies’ team…Round 9 was played today, Saturday 22nd November. Click on the image for a clear view.
Results: rounds 5-9 South African men’s team. Round 9 was played today, 22nd November. Click on the image for a clear view.
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Please click HERE to play through the games of round 9. The games will open in a new separate window as all other links in this post too.
All images and info: from the Official site where you can also follow the games live!
On this link you can follow the the results of all the rounds.
On THIS LINK you can play through the games of round 1 and on THIS LINK you can play through the games of round 2…and click here for round 3 all rounds’ games on chess.com’s site.
Topalov…winner of the Final Chess Masters
Final score…Click on the image for a larger view…source: Chessbase
Round 10…the final round
Pairings and results round 10 Saturday 13th September 2008–the final!
TOPALOV Veselin vs IVANCHUK Vassily–1-0
CARLSEN Magnus vs ANAND Viswanathan–1/2
ARONIAN Levon vs RADJABOV Teimour–0-1
Carlsen vs Anand round 10 move 11
Carlsen vs Anand round 10 move 22
Carlsen vs Anand round 10 final position
Topalov vs Ivanchuk round 10 move 11
Topalov vs Ivanchuk round 10 move 21
Topalov vs Ivanchuk round 10 move 32
Topalov vs Ivanchuk round 10 move 42..move 43: Re6 end position
Aronian vs Radjabov round 10 move 11
Aronian vs Radjabov round 10 move 22
Aronian vs Radjabov round 10 move 33
Aronian vs Radjabov round 10 move 42
Aronian vs Radjabov round 10 final position
Standings after round 9
round 9
Pairings and results: round 9 Friday 12th September 2008
IVANCHUK Vassily vs ARONIAN Levon–1/2
RADJABOV Teimour vs CARLSEN Magnus –1/2
ANAND Viswanathan vs TOPALOV Veselin–1/2
Bilbao round 9 Anand vs Topalov move 10
Anand vs Topalov round 9 move 24
Anand vs Topalov round 9 move 34
Anand vs Topalov round 9 final position
Bilbao round 9 Radjabov vs Carlsen move 7
Radjabov vs Carlsen round 9 move 17
Radjabov vs Carlsen round 9 move 36
Radjabov vs Carlsen round 9 move 49
Radjabov vs Carlsen round 9 final position
Bilbao round 9 Ivanchuk vs Aronian move 11
Ivanchuk vs Aronian round 9 move 24
Ivanchuk vs Aronian round 9 move 42
Ivanchuk vs Aronian round 9 move 51, please ignore the 1/2
Ivanchuk vs Aronian round 9 final position
Standings after round 8 click on image for a larger view
Pairings and results: round 8 Wednesday 10th September 2008
IVANCHUK Vassily vs RADJABOV Teimour–1-0
ANAND Viswanathan vs ARONIAN Levon –1-0
TOPALOV Veselin vs CARLSEN Magnus–1-0
Round 8..Carlsen left…Topalov
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 11
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 16
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 21
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 26
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 34
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 move 42
Topalov vs Carlsen round 8 end position
Round 8..Radjabov …Ivanchuk
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov round 8 move 6
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov round 8 move 13
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov round 8 move 20
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov round 8 move 44
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov round 8 end position
Round 8..Anand left…Aronian
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 13
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 20
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 27
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 39
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 49
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 58
Anand vs Aronian round 8 move 66
Anand vs Aronian round 8 end position
Standings as 9 Sept – from the Official site…click on image for a larger view
Pairings and results: round 7 Tuesday 9th September 2008
CARLSEN Magnus vs IVANCHUK Vassily –0-1
ARONIAN Levon vs TOPALOV Veselin–1-0
RADJABOV Teimour vs ANAND Viswanathan–1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 7 and on THIS LINK you can play through the games of round 6.
Standings…after 6 games…from the Official site..click for larger view
Pairings and results: round 6 Monday 8th September
IVANCHUK Vassily vs ANAND Viswanathan –1/2
TOPALOV Veselin vs RADJABOV Teimour –1/2
CARLSEN Magnus vs ARONIAN Levon–1-0
Round 6
Pairings and results: round 5: 6th Sept 2008
IVANCHUK Vassily vs TOPALOV Veselin –1/2
ANAND Viswanathan vs CARLSEN Magnus –1/2
RADJABOV Teimour vs ARONIAN Levon–1/2
Standings after round 4
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 4.
Results: round 4 – 5th Sept 2008
ARONIAN Levon IVANCHUK Vassily –1-0
CARLSEN Magnus RADJABOV Teimour–1-0
TOPALOV Veselin ANAND Viswanathan–1-0
Image: chess.com
The organisers are certainly making original efforts to make chess more accessible to spectators by placing the players in an “Aquarium” i.e. a giant, soundproofed glass box. This innovation was first seen earlier this year at the M-Tel Tournament, but in Bilbao the “Aquarium” will be situated outside in The Plaza Nueva in Bilbao.
Round 1
Round 3…Carlsen vs Topalov..image:chess.com
Round 5 …6th Sept
Bilbao will receive from September 2 to September 13, the strongest tournament of the History of the Chess. A tournament of the category XXII with Elo’s average of the participants of 2775,63. Further more, for the first time ever an event of such characteristics will take place in the street, in the Plaza Nueva, right in the centre of Bilbao’s Old Town.
The six players participating are currently among the world’s top ten chess players headed by world’s champion and number one Viswanathan Anand. Along with him, Magnus Carlsen (number two), Vasili Ivanchuk (number three), Véselin Topálov (number six), Teimur Radyábov (number seven) and Levon Aronián (world’s number ten currently) will compete in Bilbao. No tournament had managed so far to gather such a high Elo’s average level (scoring system to order players’ ranking).
For the first time in a world’s elite tournament and surrounded by a strong international controversy, the Final Masters is going to apply the football scoring system, earning three points per game won and one point per draw, though players will not be allowed to agree a draw being the competition’s referee who will determine it.
The Final Masters has the official recognition of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and it will be played in a double round league during ten days (plus a two-day break). The total prize money amounts to €400,000, sum only exceeded by World Chess Championships: €150,000 for the first classified, €70,000 for the second one, €60,000 for the third one, €50,000 for the fourth one, €40,000 for the fifth one and €30,000 for the sixth one.
Another great novelty in this tournament will be the playing place: the street, allowing a lot of people to follow the games live and directly. A huge soundproofed and air-conditioned glazed case is under construction to this purpose and it will be placed in the Plaza Nueva in Bilbao under a marquee which will also accommodate The Agora for analysis and comments, a space located by the glass case where the audience will also be able to enjoy comments from Chess Grandmasters among whom we can name Boris Spassky and Susan Polgar.
Pleae click HERE for the Official site.
Standings after round 3..click on the image for a larger view
Pairings and results: round 3 — 4th Sept 2008
RADJABOV Teimour vs IVANCHUK Vassily–1/2
ARONIAN Levon vs ANAND Viswanathan –1/2
CARLSEN Magnus vs TOPALOV Veselin–0-1
Rounds 3-10…Pairings…source:chessbase
Anand
I couldn’t care less about my mental power or whatever it is said about me in the chess encyclopaedias in a hundred years time”. Viswanathan Anand is no doubt one of the greatest genius in chess history in the last fifteen centuries. But his easy-going character makes him the complete opposite of Fischer, Kárpov and Kaspárov. World champion and number one at the age of 38, he lives in Collado Mediano (Madrid), the rapid of Madras wants to polish even more his record in Bilbao at a month from the struggle for the crown with Russian Vladímir Krámnik.
“Although it is my second world title, this one is more valuable because in 2000 chess was suffering from a schism and there were two champions. Now I am the only one. The dream has come true” he explained in Mexico City on 1st October 2007, before calling his parents who live in Chennai (former Madras) and his “Spanish father”, Mauricio Perea.
Carlsen
The ‘Mozart of Chess’
His second places at the Wijk aan Zee Corus (Holland) 2008 and at the Ciudad de Linares 2008, where he repeated his 2007 achievement, are a sign that this 17 years old Norwegian is already mature for even greater achievements. Magnus Carlsen recommends parents of child prodigies: “to give them support but without putting pressure on them. My father taught me to play chess when I was 5, but I wasn’t interested at the time and he left me alone”. At the age of 2 he already solved difficult jigsaws; at 5 he remembered the capitals, flags, areas and inhabitants of every country.
At 8, Magnus felt jealous one of his sisters played chess and that is where a career only comparable in precociousness with the ones of the sacred manes began. At 13 Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world; and today, at the age of 17, he is among the world’s top five players in the rankings. He sleeps up to eleven hours, is a passionate fan of the Real Madrid and Spain is the country he knows best. When he is not travelling he attends a special school for sports talents. He has his particular opinion about money: “I don’t really know what to do with it”. I spend much less than I earn”.
Ivanchuk
An adorable absent-minded wise man
His sensational victory in the Mtel Masters, Sofia 2008 gave him the right to be in the Bilbao Final Masters. But even without this feat, Vassili Ivanchuk deserves a place among the top-class chess players: at almost 40, he is the oldest luminary though he is nevertheless at the peak of his career. Chess lover to the core, tireless worker of encyclopaedic knowledge he is a genius absent-minded wise man of whom everybody – even his most bitter rivals- speaks very fondly.
“My secret is I don’t know how I managed to win those five first games one after the other. I certainly did have a little bit of what it is called the luck of the champions. But the key is I wasn’t aware of what I was achieving; otherwise I would have never managed to do it. I believe I am at the best of my career. I don’t feel a bit old to stay in the elite; particularly if I compare myself to Víktor Korchnói, who is at his 77 years old still in the front line!”. So modestly explained Ivanchuk his win in Sofia –undefeated, with eight of ten possible points-, one of the best results in chess history.
Topalov
An exemplary fighter on his way up
He defeated Kasparov in what was to be his last game (Linares 2005) and he is a clear symbol of the differences between the current chess elite and the times of the Ogre of Baku.Natural, modest and very friendly, a fighter and well disciplined about his everyday training, and tries to keep a good image. That’s Veselin Topalov, the 33 year-old Bulgarian from Salamanca world chess champion in 2005 and currently number four in the chess rankings, with the clear aim to take up again the crown in 2009.
“I will never forget what happened to me when I was 8 years old in Ruse, my native city. After defeating me, one of the best players of the area gave me a row, he pulled my ears and almost hit me because I had played too fast, without thinking. A year later I played with him again in the same tournament, and I won, he remembers about his childhood in Bulgaria.
Topalov admits that it is impossible to be among the world’s top ten chess players without innate talents: “If we put it into round numbers, 60% of my success is due to the effort and 40% to the talent”.
Radjabov
The kid that knocked out Kasparov
Even though chess is along with music and mathematics the activity that more child prodigies produces, very few have impressed so much as Teimur Radyabov. At 12, when he became European Champion U-18, he already showed a strategic depth and good manners not expected from someone of his age. At 14 he became grandmaster. At 15 he defeated Kasparov with the black pieces in Linares. Today he is 21 and has settled among the elite, though everything shows that he’s still got a long way to go, as he will most probably demonstrate in Bilbao.
One has to go back as far as the legendary Bobby Fischer in the 60’s to find feats as resounding as when Radyabov defeated Kasparov in 2003. Also born in Baku, he had never lost with white pieces to a human rival in the classical game since May 1996. Bearing in mind that both of them were born in Baku and were Guéidar Alíyev’s protégées (President of the Azerbaijan KGB when Kasparov was young and of the Azerbaijani Government when Radyábov was a child) one can better understand Kaspárov’s angry outburst that night: he did not shake hands with the winner and had a very late dinner, thumping his fist on the table while having chicken.
Aronian
An easy-going winner
He could be the boy from the shop around the corner, jet he is a great chess luminary: he is only 25 years old but has already won the World Cup and the Linares and Wijk aan Zee (twice) tournaments. That naturalness, his universal style and belonging to a country where chess is the national passion, as well as a balanced nervous system configure the 25 year-old Armenian Levon Aronian as a very solid value.
“I’m not prepared to compete with the big ones. The only advantage I have over those beasts is my total ignorance and fresh thinking”, Aronian said at Christmas 2005, a few days after having won the World Cup in Siberia and some days just before his debut in the Wijk aan Zee Corus Tournament (Holland), where he shared the 7th place of 14 participantespants. Just a month later he triumphed in Linares, the chess Wimbledon, so surprisingly as convincingly.
Images from different rounds from the Official site.
About.com…classic chess…64 great chess games ever played…follow this link
http://chess.about.com/library/pal4/zbstches/blzbstix.htm
LIVE ratings!
Round 6
Image: zeenews.com
Fifth draw for Anand in Chess Grand Slam
Bilbao, Sept 09: India’s Viswanathan Anand continued to search for his first win of the Chess Grand Slam Final being staged here, as he played yet another draw in the sixth round.
The world champion, who is back by Tech giant NIIT, Monday drew with Vassily Ivanchuk in 32 moves and took his total to 2.5 points on the traditional points system.
But here in Bilbao with draws fetching one point and wins three, Anand has five, while the leader is young Magnus Carlsen with 11 points from three wins and two draws and one loss.
The Ivanchuk-Anand game was a staid draw coming out from a Slav Defence, with Ivanchuk making a token effort to gain advantage and Anand thwarting this effectively for a 32-move draw.
Anand’s game has been somewhat subdued leading to the feeling that the world champion is not revealing any of his major preparations that he may have made for the world title match against Vladimir Kramnik next month.
Veselin Topalov, who beat Anand in the fifth round, and has 10 points with two wins and four draws, follows Carlsen. Lev Aronian, the only player with two losses, is third with six points, and Anand, Teimour Radjabov and Ivanchuk have five points each.
The tournament is a six-player double round robin event, one of the strongest in the history of the game.
The scoring system in this tournament is different and experimental. Players get three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for losing a game. For rating purposes the traditional 1-½-0 system will be used.
The prize fund for the event is 400,000 Euros, with the winner receiving 150,000 Euros, the second place 70,000 Euros, and so on, with the sixth player getting 30,000 Euros. The sums are unprecedented for an event like this. Only world championships have exceeded the amount.
The Topalov-Radjabov clash was more volatile, with the Bulgarian GM looking set to chalk up another victory in Bilbao. But after massive trade-offs after the time control Black had solved all his problems and in fact undertook some tentative attempts to play for a win. The draw came with a repetition at move 73.
Carlsen continued his great run with a solid win over Aronian. He sacrificed a pawn, which was part of theory, but then young Carlsen played a novelty which involves a second sacrifice on move 15. It loosely resembled the Gelfand-Kramnik game in Mexico City 2007, but that ended in a draw.
The novelty led to Carlsen forcing Aronian’s king to be stuck in the middle. Carlsen got one pawn back and then launched a blistering attack. He wrapped up the game in 32 moves.
In the seventh round, Anand will have black pieces against Radjabov, while Carlsen clashes with Ivanchuk and Aronian meets Topalov.
Scores after six rounds: Carlsen (11 points); 2. Topalov (10 points); Aronian (6 points); Anand, Radjabov and Ivanchuk (5 points each).
IANS
Source: http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=467774&sid=SPO&ssid=93
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Grandmaster Tournament 2008
This post will be kept updated as the tournament goes.
The 41th Biel International Chess Festival will take place from July 19th to August 1st 2008.
The six grandmasters will start their tournament on Sunday 20th July, 14.00 local time (12 pm GMT).
Please click HERE for the Official site where you can find a link to LIVE CHESS too.
Biel is the only town in Switzerland in which French and German are both spoken on an equal basis. The street signs, for example, are written in both languages, and Biel has the open-minded mentality that comes from the mixture of two languages.
Alekseev wins Biel!
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 10 and you can view the tie-break results here too.
Final Standings
1. GM Leinier Dominguez -CUB, 2708- 6.5
GM Evgeny Alekseev -RUS, 2708-6.5
3. GM Magnus Carlsen -NOR, 2775- 6.0
4. GM Etienne Bacrot -FRA, 2691- 5.5
5. GM Alexander Onischuk -USA, 2670-4.0
6. GM Yannick Pelletier -SUI, 2569- 1.5
10th round (July 31st) the final! :Pairings and results:
Evgeny Alekseev –Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Magnus Carlsen –Alexander Onischuk — 1/2
Etienne Bacrot –Leinier Dominguez– 1-0
Alekseev vs Pelletier round 10 move 19
Bacrot vs Dominguez round 10 move 25
Carlsen vs Onischuk round 10 move 27
Biel International Chess…round 10…Bacrot vs Dominguez
Round 9: Dominguez vs Carlsen
Standings after round 9
1.GM Leinier Dominguez–CUB, 2708– 6.5
2.GM Magnus Carlsen –NOR, 2775– 5.5
2.GM Evgeny Alekseev –RUS, 2708– 5.5
4.GM Etienne Bacrot –FRA, 2691– 4.5
5.GM Alexander Onischuk –USA, 2670– 3.5
6.GM Yannick Pelletier –SUI, 2569– 1.5
Dominguez vs Carlsen round 9 move 48
Dominguez vs Carlsen round 9 final position
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 9.
Biel International Chess …9th round (July 30th) pairings and results
Alexander Onischuk – Evgeny Alekseev–0 -1
Leinier Dominguez – Magnus Carlsen–1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Etienne Bacrot– 1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 8.
Image: Official site: Round 8: Alekseev vs Dominguez
Biel International Chess: 8th round (July 29th): Pairings and results
Evgeny Alekseev – Leinier Dominguez — 0 – 1 (oh dear!! He’s leading again and what about Carlsen!!)
Etienne Bacrot – Magnus Carlsen — 1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Alexander Onischuk — 1/2
Alekseev vs Dominguez round 8 move 16
Bacrot vs Carlsen round 8 move 24
Pelletier vs Onischuk round 8 move 12
Image: Official site…Carlsen vs Alekseev round 7
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 7.
Biel International Chess : 7th round parings and results: 28th July
Magnus Carlsen – Evgeny Alekseev — 0-1
Leinier Dominguez – Yannick Pelletier –1-0
Alexander Onischuk – Etienne Bacrot — 0-1
Carlsen vs Alekseev round 7 move 13
Dominguez vs Pelletier round 7 move 16
Onischuk vs Bacrot round 7 move 16
Image: Official site…round 6: Onischuk vs Dominguez
Biel International Chess…round 6 pairings and results
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 6.
Alexander Onischuk – Leinier Dominguez — 0-1
Yannick Pelletier – Magnus Carlsen — 0-1
Etienne Bacrot – Evgeny Alekseev — 1-0
Image: Official site…Carlsen vs Dominguez…round 5
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 5.
Biel International Chess round 5 pairings and results.
Evgeny Alekseev – Alexander Onischuk — 1/2
Magnus Carlsen – Leinier Dominguez –1/2
Etienne Bacrot – Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Please click HERE to play through an annotated game of Carlsen and Pelletier by GM Cebalo.
Image: Official site — Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Onischuk — round 4
Biel International chess….round 4…pairings and results….
Yannick Pelletier – Evgeny Alekseev = 0-1
Alexander Onischuk – Magnus Carlsen = 1/2
Leinier Dominguez – Etienne Bacrot = 1-0
Dominguez vs Bacrot round 4 move 25
Onischuk vs Carlsen round 4 move 25
Onischuk vs Carlsen round 4 final position
Pelletier vs Alekseev round 4 move 14
Pelletier vs Alekseev round 4 final position
Tomorrow, 23rd July, is a day of rest.
Image: Official site…Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3
Round 3 : Biel International Chess –22.07.2008…pairings and results
Leinier Dominguez – Evgeny Alekseev — 1/2
Magnus Carlsen – Etienne Bacrot — 1-0
Alexander Onischuk – Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 3.
Carlsen vs Bacrot round 3 move 16
Carlsen vs Bacrot round 3 final position
Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3 move 14
Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3 final position
Onischuk vs Pelletier round 3 move 4
Onischuk vs Pelletier round 3 final position
Standings after round 2:
Pairings rounds 4-9..27th July is a no-chess-day!
Image: Official site…Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2
Round 2: Results –21-07-2008
Evgeny Alekseev – Magnus Carlsen 1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Leinier Dominguez 1/2
Etienne Bacrot – Alexander Onischuk 1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 2.
Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2 move 18
Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2 final position
Bacrot vs Onischuk round 2 move 16
Bacrot vs Onischuk round 2 final position
Pelletier vs Dominguez round 2 move 16
Pelletier vs Dominguez round 2 final position
First round Results
Evgeny Alekseev – Etienne Bacrot = 1-0
Magnus Carlsen – Yannick Pelletier= 1-0
Leinier Dominguez – Alexander Onischuk = 1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 1.
Alekseev vs Bacrot round 1 final position
Carlsen vs Pelletier round 1 final position
Dominguez vs Onischuk round 1 final position
Left to right: Dominguez, Bacrot, Onischuk, Pelletier, Alekseev, Carlsen.
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Magnus Carlsen, Norway
Leinier Dominguez, Cuba
Evgeny Alekseev, Russia
Etienne Bacrot, France
Alexander Onischuk, United States
Yannick Pelletier, Switzerland
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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.
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In Foros, you will get this monument about Yuri Gagarin, the first man in Space!
Click HERE to read more about him.
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|
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 serious! On the game-images you can see what the chess boards looked like up to the particular move that can also be seen on the image. Please click on the games-images for a larger view. All other images are from the Official site.
Results of finished games…
Karjakin 1/2 Radjabov1/2
Adams 1/2 Mamedjarov 1/2
Grischuk 1/2 Carlsen 1/2
Cheparinov 1/2 Kamsky 1/2
Inarkiev 1 Bacrot 0
Yue Wang 1 Peter Svidler 0
Vugar Gashimov 1/2 David Navara 1/2
On these images you can see players on their way and getting examined by security…seems like Svidler was in a good, relaxing mood and even smiled friendly at the camera!…..
This photo has nothing to do with Baku Chess…a photo I want to share…Svidler and Anand… I think Svidler might be my “next” favourite player – I have a few and can’t make up my mind though, but I do enjoy his friendly personality that reflects from many photos. On this photo he’s sharing a “joke” with Anand…wonder if he was trying to advise Anand on how to be the best…if you look at his finger…lol!
Pairings for rounds 12 and 13:
| Round 12 on 04/05/08 at 15:00 | ||||
| Kamsky Gata – Svidler Peter | ||||
| Inarkiev Ernesto – Yue Wang | ||||
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – Bacrot Etienne | ||||
| Carlsen Magnus – Adams Michael | ||||
| Gashimov Vugar – Grischuk Alexander | ||||
| Radjabov Teimour – Navara David | ||||
| Cheparinov Ivan – Karjakin Sergey | ||||
| Round 13 on 05/05/08 at 14:00 | ||||
| Karjakin Sergey – Kamsky Gata | ||||
| Navara David – Cheparinov Ivan | ||||
| Grischuk Alexander – Radjabov Teimour | ||||
| Adams Michael – Gashimov Vugar | ||||
| Bacrot Etienne – Carlsen Magnus | ||||
| Yue Wang – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||||
| Svidler Peter – Inarkiev Ernesto | ||||
After round 11:
1 Wang Yue 2689 CHN 7
2 Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 7
3 Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 6½
4 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 6
5 Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 6
6 Adams Michael 2729 ENG 6
7 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5½
8 Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 5½
9 Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 5
10 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 5
11 Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 5
12 Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 4½
13 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 4½
14 Navara David 2672 CZE 3½
Enjoy this video-report about round 11 from the Official Fide-Baku site
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 1/2
Gashimov Vugar 1/2 Karjakin Sergey 1/2
Inarkiev Ernesto 1/2 Michael Adams 1/2
Svidler Peter 1/2 Bacrot Etienne 1/2
Follow the “live” link on the side bar of my blog to follow the games live.
Please follow THIS LINK to see more photos taken today in round 10.
…..is that an expression of a blunder?
| Round 11 on 03/05/08 at 15:00 | ||||
| Cheparinov Ivan – Kamsky Gata | ||||
| Karjakin Sergey – Radjabov Teimour | ||||
| Navara David – Gashimov Vugar | ||||
| Grischuk Alexander – Carlsen Magnus | ||||
| Adams Michael – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||||
| Bacrot Etienne – Inarkiev Ernesto | ||||
| Yue Wang – Svidler Peter | ||||
This video is from the Official website of Fide-Baku-2008
Posted in General, tagged Adams, Baku, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Grand Prix Chess 2008, Grandmaster chess, Grandmasters, Grischuk, Kamsky, Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen, Navara, Radjabov on 22/04/2008|
The first move is officially made at the board of Magnus Carlsen (White) against Wang Yue (Black). Standing from left to right: Geoffrey Borg (CEO Global Chess), Elisabeta Polihroniade (Deputy Chief Arbiter), Azad Rahimov (Minister for Youth and Sport, Azerbaijan), Elman Rustamov (Chairman, President of Azerbaijan Chess Federation), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Technical Adviser).
Baku 2008 has started, and with it the first FIDE Grand Prix Series.
Please click HERE for the Official website in Baku. There are videos to see and games in PGN Files.
Standings in the first 7 positions so far:
Kamsky, Radjabov, Adams, Grischuk, Karjakin, Navara, Carlsen
On THIS LINK link you can see results and pairings.
Posted in Art, Chess, tagged Art, Carlsen, chess art, chess dragon art, chess fun, chess openings, Dragon Chess Opening, dragon playing chess, Magnus Carlsen on 30/06/2007| 1 Comment »
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I’ve played around a little bit in Fireworks and made some little changes to the original picture. The original pic’s link is on the image
See on this link more about the Dragon-opening in chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation
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