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Ivanchuk beats Carlsen 2-0 in first round Amber

March 13, 2010 by Editors · 18 Comments 

Amber round 1“The 40-year old Ukrainian has a reputation of being an unpredictable genius, capable of producing absolutely brlliant games, as well as amateur-like losses from time to time,” Magnus Carlsen wrote on his blog yesterday. Today, at the Amber tournament in Nice, he met with a Chuky in excellent shape, and lost 2-0. Read more

Efimenko and Jobava lead in Rijeka

March 13, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 3 Comments 

Efimenko and Jobava lead in RijekaZahar 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 

Palais de la MediterranéeTomorrow 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 

Four players on 4.5/5 in RijekaAfter 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 · 22 Comments 

Thirteen players on 3/3 in RijekaBesides 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 

Thirteen players on 3/3 in RijekaNaiditsch, 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

Grischuk replaces Morozevich at Amber

March 7, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 15 Comments 

Palais de la MéditerrannéeAlexander Morozevich has withdrawn from the Amber tournament, which starts in six days from now in Nice, France. The Russian is replaced by his compatriot Alexander Grischuk. To get you a bit in the mood already, today we present a video with footage from 2008 and 2009. Read more

European Individual starts today

March 6, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 Comments 

European ChToday the first round of the European Individual Men and Women’s Chess Championship will be played. In Rijeka (Croatia), Almasi, Bacrot and Movsesian are the top seeds. In the women’s section the favourites are Antoaneta Stefanova, Nadezhda Kosintseva and Anna Muzychuk. Read more

Bent Larsen turns 75

March 4, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 9 Comments 

Larsen 75Today is the 75th birthday of the legendary Bent Larsen, the strongest Danish grandmaster in history and together with Bobby Fischer the “Best of the West”, before this title went to Jan Timman. We’re congratulating with unique photos from the past and present. Read more

Four-way tie at Reykjavik Open

March 4, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 8 Comments 

Four-way tie in ReykjavikThe 2010 Reykjavik Open ended in a four-way tie between Abhijeet Gupta, Yuriy Kuzubov, Ivan Sokolov and Hannes Stefansson. The four grandmasters all ended on 7/9; Dutchman Sokolov had the best tiebreak. Read more

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