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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:57
On Sunday Clichy-Echecs-92 won the "Top 12" of the French League in Haguenau, France. It was a most convincing 12th national title for Clichy, who won all their eleven matches. The strongest players in Haguenau were Etienne Bacrot, Dmitry Jakovenko, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Arkadij Naiditsch, Radek Wojtaszek, David Navara, Laurent Fressinet, Loek...
Monday, June 10, 2013 22:54
Robert Markus won the Bosna Open with a score of 6/9. The Serbian grandmaster finished shared first with Aleksandar Kovacevic (Serbia) and Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia & Hercegovina) but had the best tiebreak. The tournament was held for the 43rd time from June 1st-8th in the Hotel Saraj in Sarajevo. Tournament website.
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Monday, June 10, 2013 19:05
Le Quang Liem won the FIDE World Blitz Championship on Monday in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Vietnamese grandmaster scored 20.5/30 which was half a point more than title holder Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia). Another Vietnamese player, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, also did very well, finishing...
Monday, June 10, 2013 7:58
Anish Giri won his match against Vassily Ivanchuk, the 26th Ciudad de León, in a weekend that must have felt like a roller coaster ride, especially for Ivanchuk. After losing the classical games 0.5-1.5 and the rapid games 0.5-3.5, the Ukrainian even hinted at quitting chess at Saturday's press conference. Luckily for him and his fans, he managed...
Sunday, June 09, 2013 15:22
Levan Pantsulaia won the 6th "Mayor's Cup" International Open Chess Tournament Mumbai 2013. The Georgian grandmaster edged out his compatriot GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan after both finished on 8.5/11. The tournament was held May 29th-June 6th, 2013 in the indoor stadium of the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai...
Saturday, June 08, 2013 19:43
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the FIDE World Rapid Championship on Saturday in Khanty-Mansiysk. The grandmaster from Azerbaijan scored 11.5/15, after winning all five games on the final day. He finished half a point ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi, the Russian grandmaster who was enjoying a two-point leader after ten rounds but only scored 2/5 on Saturday...
Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:12
Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru), Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez (Cuba), Diego Flores (Argentina), Jorge & Deysi Cori (Peru), Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba) and Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela) have all qualified for the World Cup, in August in Tromsø, Norway. Granda qualified a year ago by winning the American Continental Championship, a result he repeated last month...
Saturday, June 08, 2013 1:58
Sergey Karjakin won the Sberbank rapid tournament in Kiev, Ukraine on Friday. The Russian grandmaster finished strongly with 2.5/3 and surpassed Veselin Topalov, who lost to Pavel Eljanov in the eighth round. Anatoly Karpov finished in 9th place with 3/9.
Photo Yury Kolomytseva, more here
The Sberbank International Chess Festival finished on...
Saturday, June 08, 2013 1:53
Anish Giri has taken an early lead in his multi-format match against Vassily Ivanchuk in León, Spain. The first game ended in a draw, while the second was won by the Dutch grandmaster after his opponent blundered a full piece. On Saturday four rapid games will be played, and on Sunday ten blitz games.
By Leontxo García
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Friday, June 07, 2013 10:27
At the Sberbank rapid tournament in Kiev, Veselin Topalov started with 3/3 and still leads after the second day of play. The Bulgarian grandmaster is the only player on 4.5/6, and is followed by Peter Leko, Sergey Zhigalko and Sergey Karjakin.
Photo Yury Kolomytseva, more here
On the second day of the Sberbank International Chess Festival in Kiev...
