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Monday, May 13, 2013 20:29
Anything is possible at the Norway Chess tournament as tournament leader Sergey Karjakin lost his first game on Monday to Magnus Carlsen. In a Ruy Lopez, just before the time control the Russian grandmaster lost his way in the complications. Jon Ludvig Hammer won his first game against Wang Hao in a Sämisch King's Indian. With four rounds to go,...
Sunday, May 12, 2013 22:31
After the 4th round on Sunday Sergey Karjakin should be considered the main favorite for tournament victory in Norway, even though there are still five rounds to go. After the rest day the Russian grandmaster simply continued what he was doing before: winning. Karjakin defeated Levon Aronian with Black in 38 moves in a Queen's Indian, and is now 1...
Sunday, May 12, 2013 13:29
Also after seven rounds it is Alexander Moiseenko who tops the standings at the European Individual Championship in Legnica, Poland. The Ukrainian grandmaster collected 6 points. In the group with 5.5 points, just behind him, we find veteran GM Alexander Beliavsky as well as Francisco Vallejo Pons, who announced a break about half a year ago....
Sunday, May 12, 2013 0:39
In the last four rounds the standings at the Geneva Women's Grand Prix have changed considerably. After round 8, Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine), who was at the top after four days, has dropped to third place behind GM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) and IM Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia). Sunday is a rest day and after that the last three rounds will be played....
Friday, May 10, 2013 19:59
Sergey Karjakin also won his third game at the Norway Chess tournament in Sandnes. The Russian grandmaster defeated Wang Hao in a Rauzer Sicilian in which his bishop pair became stronger and stronger. World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored an excellent victory in a Sicilian Najdorf against Veselin Topalov while Teimour Radjabov won his first game...
Friday, May 10, 2013 19:19
Gata Kamsky and Irina are still leading the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship after six rounds of play. Kamsky won his game in round 4 as well, but then drew in round 5 and 6 and is half a point ahead of Alexander Onischuk and Alejandro Ramirez. Krush kept her perfect score until round 5 only then was held to a draw.
The women's...
Friday, May 10, 2013 0:31
Sergey Karjakin took an early lead at the Norway Chess tournament in Sandnes. The Russian grandmaster won his second game in a row against Jon Ludvig Hammer on Thursday. In the same round Wang Hao recovered and beat Peter Svidler, while Levon Aronian defeated Hikaru Nakamura. The big game Carlsen-Anand as well as Topalov-Radjabov ended in a draw....
Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:15
Alexander Moiseenko is the only player left with a perfect score at the European Individual Championship in Legnica, Poland. The Ukrainian grandmaster won his first four games and is half a point ahead of a group of twelve players who are on 3.5/4. After 11 rounds, the 23 best players will qualify for the World Cup in Tromsø, Norway this summer....
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 20:37
The first round of the Norway Chess tournament, held in Sandnes, saw three decisive games. Sergey Karjakin surprised Teimour Radjabov with an off-beat Sicilian and won with a nice little combination at move 26. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Wang Hao in a Petroff where the Chinese GM didn't seem to have his day. In a Grünfeld, Peter Svidler was playing...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 16:43
Igor Kurnosov won the strong Nakhchivan Open which took place from 21st April to 1st May in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Chelyabinsk grandmaster scored 6.5 points out of 9 and edged out Alexander Shimanova Alexander (Russia) and Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan) on tiebreak. Shimanov came second. Half a point behind the three was a group of five players...
