Chernyshov first on tiebreak in Moscow
February 8, 2010 by Peter Doggers · 6 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
8th and 9th round of the Bundesliga
February 5, 2010 by Editors · 7 Comments
The 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga and three matches from round 7 will take place from the 5th to the 7th of February 2010. We provide you with the pairings at the playing venues Munich, Mülheim, Berlin and Remagen. Some famous Wijk aan Zee and Gibraltar participants are joining for their Baden-Baden team… 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
Gusty wind blows through Gibraltar
February 3, 2010 by Editors · 10 Comments
Contrary to what we reported earlier, the Masters section of the Gibtelecom Festival runs 10 rounds, not 9. With two rounds to go, GM Jan ‘Gusty’ Gustafsson from Germany is in sole lead with 6.5/8. John Saunders reports. Read more
Stellwagen wins 2009 Yearbook Novelty of the Year Award
February 3, 2010 by Editors · 18 Comments
Daniel Stellwagen has been voted the winner of the 2009 Yearbook Novelty of the Year by readers of the New In Chess website. The Dutch grandmaster earned 350 Euros for his novelty 24…Qf3 in the King’s Indian against Loek van Wely at the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam in August 2009. 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
Carlsen wins 72nd Corus Chess Tournament
January 31, 2010 by Arne Moll · 91 Comments
Magnus Carlsen has won Corus 2010. In the last round he drew Fabiano Caruana and both Kramnik and Shirov also drew their games, the latter after accepting Dominguez’ offer in a winning position. Anish Giri won the B group and Li Chao took C. 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
