Chernyshov first on tiebreak in Moscow
February 8, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 11 Comments
42-year-old Konstantin Chernyshov won the strong Moscow Open with 7 out of 9. The Russian GM finished shared first with another 40+ grandmaster, Evgeny Bareev, and both Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev also ended on 7 points. Chernishov had the best tiebreak: most wins. Read more
Grand Slam dates announced; Masters Final in Shanghai and Bilbao
February 7, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 16 Comments
This year’s Grand Slam Masters Final will be split into two parts. One will be held in Shanghai, China (just before the Olympiad) and one in Bilbao, Spain (just after). This was announced last week in Wijk aan Zee, were the board of the Grand Slam had a meeting to discuss matters. All dates for the coming year were announced. Read more
Adams beats Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in play-off final to clinch first in Gibraltar (UPDATE)
February 4, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 5 Comments
Michael Adams defeated Francisco Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the play-off final that decided the 2010 Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. Adams was almost knocked out by Gustafsson in the semis when he lost the first game, but the Englishman came back to level the score and win the Armaggeddon game as well. In the final he was clearly too strong for Vallejo. Update with games. Read more
Monkey business in Gibraltar
February 2, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 21 Comments
The Masters section of the Gibtelecom festival enters an exciting final phase, as no less than 11 players are on shared 1st place with 5.5 points out of 7 games. Meanwhile, some famous names decided to climb the Rock and meet its famous residents. Read more
Round 12 Corus Press Conference
January 31, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 Comments
Beating the Petroff is never easy, but Vishy Anand certainly made it look easy in his game against Vladimir Kramnik. It was clearly the World Champ’s best game of the tournament, which he showed to the journalists afterwards. Enjoy! Read more
Carlsen in sole lead as Kramnik loses to Anand
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 17 Comments
A quick draw with Peter Leko was enough for Magnus Carlsen to grab sole lead in Wijk aan Zee today, as Vladimir Kramnik went down against Viswanathan Anand. “Here I’m basically spoiling other people’s tournaments,” the Indian said after the game in which he had managed to win against the Petroff Defence. Read more
Meanwhile, chess rocks in Gibraltar too
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · Leave a Comment
Although the Corus tournament always dominates the chess news in the last two weeks of January, for one event we have to make an exception. The 8th Gibtelecom International Chess Festival in Gibraltar is on its way and in fact already four rounds have been played. Yet again the field of players is a very nice mixture, including many top female players. Read more
Round 11 Corus Press Conference
January 30, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments
It took him longer than expected, but world number 1 Magnus Carlsen finally reached the top of the standings in Wijk aan Zee, with two rounds to go. His opponent Leinier Dominguez didn’t play that badly, but blundered in timetrouble, as Carlsen explains. Enjoy! Read more
Carlsen beats Dominguez, joins lead with Kramnik
January 29, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 31 Comments
Magnus Carlsen defeated Leinier Dominguez in round 11 of the Corus Chess Tournament to join Vladimir Kramnik in the lead. The Russian drew with Black against Alexei Shirov. In the only other decisive game of the day, Loek van Wely beat Sergei Tiviakov after 88 moves. Read more
Round 10 Corus Press Conference
January 28, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 18 Comments
It wasn’t the most convincing victory of his career, but still Vishy Anand was reasonably happy with it, after nine consecutive draws in Wijk aan Zee. The World Champion explains his victory against tournament leader Alexei Shirov. Enjoy! Read more
