Alberto David wins 18th Kavala Open

August 13, 2009 by Robert Ris · Comments Off 

After a 10-day break from competitive chess, I rejoined the group of chess lovers who are playing as many as possible Greek Opens. The real addicts continued their tour in Paleohora (ultimate south of Crete) before travelling to far in the north located Kavala, where from 1-8 August its 18th Open was being held. Read more

Three-way tie at Ikaros Chess Festival

July 28, 2009 by Robert Ris · Comments Off 

From July 11th to 18th the Ikaros Chess Festival was organized for the 32nd time and as always it attracted a lot of foreign players who intended to combine vacation with their hobby. IM Robert Ris reports on Greek sun, chess and hospitality.
Read more

Nalchik R12: Leko joins Aronian in the lead

April 29, 2009 by Robert Ris · 2 Comments 

While Aronian got luckily away with a draw, Leko punished Kasimdzhanov for his bad performance. In the last round, starting two hours earlier today, Aronian and Leko will fight out in a direct confrontation who will be the winner of the 4th Grand Prix in Nalchik. Video added. Read more

Nalchik R8: Black is hot

April 24, 2009 by Robert Ris · 10 Comments 

The Grand Prix in Nalchik keeps on producing exciting chess. In the eighth round Black was in perfect shape by winning two games, while the remaining games ended in draw. Beyond dispute, man of the day was Boris Gelfand, who came up already on move nine with an surprising novelty and outplayed Rustam Kasimdzhanov in only 28 moves! Video added. Read more

Nalchik R3: Karjakin beats Aronian, Grischuk takes over lead

April 18, 2009 by Robert Ris · 3 Comments 

After a marvellous start of 2/2 Levon Aronian was held by Sergey Karjakin, who announced earlier this week that he will play for Russia in the near future. Main reason is the less reward for the big results the Ukrainian team achieved in last few years, for example winning the 2004 Olympiad. (Video added!) Read more

Peralta, Naiditsch and Bachmann tie for first in Deizisau

April 17, 2009 by Robert Ris · 13 Comments 

Concentrating on important tournaments during Easter, let’s move from the U.S. back to Europe, where from April 9 to 13 another strong tournament took place. The central location within Europe of Deizisau (Stuttgart area) attracted a lot of people from all over the world. Read more

Sadvakasov wins 11th Foxwoods Open

April 16, 2009 by Robert Ris · 2 Comments 

It shouldn’t have been a problem for any chess player to find a tournament during Easter. In almost every continent there was a tournament that was broadcasted worldwide. Special attention deserved the Foxwoods Open, held 8-12 April in Connecticut (USA), according to our editor IM Robert Ris, who reports. Read more