Archive for Reports
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 14:31
Guildford 1 won the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) on Monday finishing on 13 points out of 7 matches. The team, which had e.g. Laurent Fressinet, Nigel Short, Romain Edouard, Gawain Jones, Matthew Sadler, Robin van Kampen and Antoaneta Stefanova playing this year, scored one match point more than Wood Green Hilsmark 1 (with e.g. Vassily Ivanchuk...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 21:07
The Norway Chess tournament, Norway's first ever super tournament, took off on Tuesday night with an exciting blitz event designed as both a warm-up for the main event and a way to produce the pairing numbers for the players. The winner of this blitz was Sergey Karjakin, who chose pairing number 5 to start and finish his main tournament with White...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 16:07
The first stage of the FIDE Women Grand Prix series 2013-2014 is currently under way in Geneva, Switzerland. Kateryna Lagno tops the standings after four rounds with two wins and two draws. In round 3 Hou Yifan surprisingly lost to WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs while World Champion Anna Ushenina failed to checkmate with bishop and knight in round 4....
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:45
In a press release posted on its website, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to criticsm and speculations concerning their decision to grant the World Championship match to Chennai. "FIDE has acted with full transparency during the whole process, trying its best to secure the match and standing by its obligations and reputation."
Baku...
Monday, May 06, 2013 17:22
Pune Attackers with GM M.R.Lalith Babu, GM Elect Akshayraj Kore, WGM Padmini Rout, WGM Swati Ghate, IM Himanshu Sharma and Amardeep Bartakke 2200 and captained by IM D.V.Prasad, won the inaugural edition of the Maharashtra Chess League 2013. In a well contested Finals, they defeated Jalgaon Battlers 3.5 – 2.5. The crucial wins for Pune came from...
Monday, May 06, 2013 15:16
In a statement which we have just received from his manager, Magnus Carlsen says he is "deeply disappointed and surprised" by FIDE's decision to grant the World Championship match to Chennai. The Norwegian, who will challenge reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India in November, doesn't seem to be planning to protest. "My team and I will...
Monday, May 06, 2013 11:27
Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush are the only players who started their U.S. Championships with a perfect score: 3/3. Kamsky defeated Alexander Shabalov, Kayden Troff and Larry Christiansen while Krush won against Alena Kats, Iryna Zenyuk and Anna Zatonskih.
The 2013 U.S. Championship and 2013 U.S. Women’s Championship are being held simultaneously May...
Sunday, May 05, 2013 23:08
On the first day of the Presidential Board meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan the World Chess Federation officially granted the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen to Chennai, India. This was tweeted by several FIDE officials on Sunday, and later confirmed by a press release by the All Indian Chess Federation.
After the...
Sunday, May 05, 2013 21:51
Zoltan Almasi won the Capablanca Memorial Elite group on Wednesday with a score of 6.5/10. The 37 year old Hungarian grandmaster finished half a point ahead of Cubans Leinier Dominguez and Yuniesky Quesada, who had a very successful tournament.
Photos by Maria del Carmen Ramon for Columna Deportiva
Was it fate or just a coincidence? Alexander...
Saturday, May 04, 2013 20:22
Wang Yue won the Chinese Championship last week with a score of 7.5/11. The 26-year-old grandmaster from Taiyuan, who was the first Chinese grandmaster to reach 2700 in February 2007, finished 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field. In the women's section the title went to Ding Yixin.
He has been somewhat forgotten, being surpassed by a number...
