Experience-Rising Stars 27½-22½, Smeets to Amber (last video now up!)
August 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 13 Comments
Round 10 video now uploaded. In Round 10 of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team secured overall victory with a 3½-1½ defeat of the Rising Stars. The final standings after ten rounds are 27½-22½ in favour of the Experience team. The wins on the final day were scored by Peter Svidler who defeated Hikaru Nakamura in a flashy attack, and the top-scorer of the Experience team, Peter Heine Nielsen, who outplayed Hou Yifan.
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Ivanchuk re-enters top 10 on new FIDE rating list
August 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 12 Comments
Following its new policy of publishing six instead of four rating lists a year, FIDE already made available the September rating list today. The top 10 didn’t change much; Jakovenko is out but after a great summer Vassily Ivanchuk is back in; the Ukrainian climbed from spot 30th all the way up to 8th place.
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Bacrot & Kovalyov lead in Montreal
August 31, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 12 Comments
After four rounds GMs Etienne Bacrot and Anton Kovalyov are leading the Montreal International with 3 points. The two are half a point ahead of GMs Mark Bluvshtein and Alexander Onischuk in a strong, 12-player round-robin. Read more
‘Experience’ go into final round leading 24-21
August 30, 2009 by Peter Doggers · Comments Off
In Round 9 of the NH Chess Tournament the Rising Stars posted a 3-2 win over the Experience team. Still, with a three-point lead and only one more round to go the Experience team is very close to overall victory. Tomorrow the last round will start at 12.00 o’clock local time. Read more
Russia beats China 130.5-119.5 in traditional match
August 30, 2009 by Peter Doggers · Comments Off
In their annual match, Russia beat China 130.5-119.5 this year. On home ground, Dagomys (Sochi), the Russians were the strongest over 5 classical games, 10 rapid games and 10 blitz games. Read more
‘Experience’ continue to dominate Rising Stars: 22-18
August 29, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 15 Comments
After a 2.5-2.5 tie in round 8, the Experience team maintained their lead over the Rising Stars at the NH Chess Tournament. The overall score with two rounds to go is 22-18. For the Experience team Alexander Beliavsky scored a win over out-of-form Hikaru Nakamura. For the Rising Stars Daniel Stellwagen defeated Ljubomir Ljubojevic in the longest game so far. Read more
Weekly Endgame Study (133)
August 29, 2009 by Yochanan Afek · 2 Comments
Every week (not last week; our apologies) we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! Read more
‘Experience’ increase lead to 19½-15½
August 28, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 8 Comments
In round 7 of the NH Chess Tournament the Experience team increased their lead over the Rising Stars to 19½-15½ thanks to wins by Alexander Beliavsky and Peter Heine Nielsen. Beliavsky punished Fabiano Caruana, who went badly astray in the opening, while Nielsen inflicted the first loss of Jan Smeets. Read more
New In Chess 2009/6: normal or outstanding?
August 28, 2009 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
When looking at the new issue of New In Chess (2009/6), it occurred to me that maybe we are taking too much for granted.
I mean: this issue has exclusive on-the-spot grandmaster tournament reports from San Sebastián, Philadelphia, Biel (Switzerland), Dortmund, Dieren (Holland) and Sao Paulo.
You can expect that from us, but maybe it isn’t normal. We have contributions by more than twenty top GMs from more than ten different countries. Maybe that’s extraordinary.
Among those are Kramnik, Aronian, Leko, Svidler, Morozevich, Nakamura, Ponomariov and the world youngest GM: Anesh Giri.
And just because you know New In Chess, it may not surprise you that Maxime Vachier-Lagrave comments on his game against Morozevich, probably the most entertaining game of the year so far. So be it.
And we’re not talking about the exclusive and revealing interview Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam had with Nakamura; or Rowson on the illusion of talent. What we’re trying to say is: this new issue is, as usual, outstanding.
Who already qualified for the World Cup?
August 28, 2009 by Peter Doggers · 12 Comments
This week FIDE published an almost complete list of qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup, scheduled for November 20-December 15 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia. The winner cashes USD 120,000 and will qualify for the Candidates stage of the World Championship cycle 2009-2011. Read more
