Nepomniachtchi and Cmilyte lead in Rijeka
March 16, 2010 by Peter Doggers · Leave a Comment
With two rounds to go, Ian Nepomniachtchi is in sole lead at the European Individual Championship. The Russian GM scored 7.5/9. In the women’s section Viktorija Cmilyte leads with the same score. Read more
Ivanchuk in sole lead after three rounds in Nice
March 15, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 7 Comments
After beating Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5, Vasily Ivanchuk leads the combined standings of the Amber tournament with a score of 4.5/6. Magnus Carlsen again won 2-0, this time against Peter Svidler, who resigned in a probably drawn position in the blindfold game. Read more
Future presidents!?
March 15, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 8 Comments
Amber R2: Carlsen bounces back, beats Aronian 2-0
March 14, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 Comments
Magnus Carlsen today recovered completely from his bad start in Nice. The Norwegian defeated Levon Aronian, the winner in 2008 and 2009, in both the blindfold and the rapid game. Ukrainians Ivanchuk and Ponomariov lead the combined standings after two rounds. Read more
Video interview with Anatoly Karpov on FIDE President candidacy
March 14, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 2 Comments
“I feel like I can make some changes, and chess needs changes.” Yesterday Anatoly Karpov officially announced his FIDE President candidacy in Rijeka, where the European Championship is currently taking place. Europe-Echecs published a video interview with the 12th World Champion and shared it with us. Read more
Efimenko and Jobava lead in Rijeka
March 13, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 4 Comments
Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) and Baadur Jobava (Georgia) are sharing the lead at the European Individual Championship after seven rounds of play. The two are both on 6 out of 7. Read more
Who will win Amber? – second preview video
March 12, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 22 Comments
Tomorrow the first round of the 2010 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will be played, and we have a second preview video to get you warmed up. The world’s number one, Magnus Carlsen, is there. Vladimir Kramnik, who won many times, is there. Levon Aronian, who won the last two editions, is there. Who do you think will win? Read more
Spectacular chess in Rijeka – 4 on 4.5/5
March 11, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 Comments
After five rounds of play, Zahar Efimenko, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Artyom Timofeev and Baadur Jobava are sharing the lead at the European Individual Championship in Rijeka. The four grandmasters scored 4.5 points and are chased by 23 GMs who are on 4/5. Read more
Danailov running for ECU President; players protest against zero-tolerance rule
March 10, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 26 Comments
Besides round reports, currently the website of the European Championship in Rijeka has two interesting news items. It’s reported that Silvio Danailov is running for President of the European Chess Union, and that 110 participants have protested against the zero-tolerance rule. Read more
Thirteen players on 3/3 in Rijeka
March 9, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 1 Comment
Naiditsch, Vallejo, Jobava, Pelletier, Timofeev, Martinovic, Skoberne, Krasenkow, Inarkiev, Nisipeanu, Efimenko, Maiorov and Nepomniachtchi are the names of the thirteen players who are still on 100% in Rijeka. Three rounds at the European Individual Championship have been played. Read more
