Only if you follow Baku-Chess…you will know what this is all about…. 😉
Icheri Sheher – an old inner city of Baku
Image:Baku2008.Fide.com
See more Baku-photos on THIS LINK …which is also about round 5 and the games that were played.
Posted in Chess, skaak, tagged Adams, Bacrot, Baku 2008, Baku city, Baku images, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Gashimov, Grischuk, Inarkiev, Kamsky, Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, Svidler, Wang on 05/05/2008| 4 Comments »
Only if you follow Baku-Chess…you will know what this is all about…. 😉
Icheri Sheher – an old inner city of Baku
Image:Baku2008.Fide.com
See more Baku-photos on THIS LINK …which is also about round 5 and the games that were played.
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, Peter 1 Inarkiev,Ernesto 0
Navara, David 1 Cheparinov, Ivan 0
Adams, Michael 1/2 Gashimov, Vugar 1/2
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 Radjabov, Teimour 1/2
Carlsen, Magnus 1 Bacrot,Etienne 0
Wang, Yue 1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2
Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Kerjakin, Sergey 1/2
Final ranking…
1 Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 8
2 Wang Yue 2689 CHN 8
3 Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 8
4 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 71/2
5 Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 7½
6 Adams Michael 2729 ENG 6½
7 Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 6½
8 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 6
9 Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 6
10 Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 6
11 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 5½
12 Navara David 2672 CZE 5½
13 Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 5
14 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 5
Game between Wang and Mamedyrov…move 29….round 13
This image is from the game between Bacrot and Carlsen…after move 34
Wang against Mamedyarov move…47
End position…Navara and Cheparinov
End position: Grischuk and Radjabov
Results …round 12 played yesterday:
On this image you can see what the game board looked like between Carlsen and Adams in round 12. Click on images for a larger view.
Inarkiev playing white against Wang.
Kamsky playing against Svidler
Final position of the game between Kamsky and Svidler
Gashimov against Grischuk…move 17
Gashimov against Grischuk…final position on the board
Radjabov against Navara…move 19
Final position of the board between Radjabov and Navara
Mamedyarov against Bacrot move 49
All images from players: Baku2008-Fide Official site
…wow…I can’t make up my mind with all of these men…why do they all look so the same today!
….I was sure there was a fairy…just there!
Gata… I told you he didn’t touch that pawn…it was the pawn on H2…
…but sir…he touched it again! where are you now!….
…if you’re in the top position, this is how you pick up a piece…just watch..and you’ll win!
…..wow…they are sooooooo beautiful!
…eeny meeny miny moe!…..
Standings…after round 12
Wang Yue 2689 CHN 7½
Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 7½
Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 7
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 7
Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 7
Adams Michael 2729 ENG 6
Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5½
Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 5½
Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 5½
Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 5½
Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 5
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 5
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 5
Navara David 2672 CZE 4½
Pairings for round 13, the final round.
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 |
Enjoy the video about round 13, the final round.
ENJOY! this movie about round 12…also to be seen on the Baku2008-Fide site.
On this image you can see the three winners in this tournament.
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 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 the current round’s games.
All images from the Official Fide-Baku-Chess-site.
Pairings for round 5
Baku…city…wall