Archive for Reports
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:15
Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand, the two contestants in last year's World Championship match, were the two winners in round 7 of the Alekhine Memorial. Anand defeated Laurent Fressinet from a Scotch Opening that was not so clear for a long time, but just before the time control the Frenchman got into trouble. Gelfand won against Ding Liren...
Monday, April 29, 2013 16:02
Veselin Topalov maintained his lead in the 9th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug. On Sunday the Bulgarian grandmaster drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Ruslan Ponomariov could have caught him in first place, but the Ukrainian GM lost to Teimour Radjabov, who finally won a game. Fabiano Caruana defeated Gata Kamsky with Black and is now half a...
Monday, April 29, 2013 14:55
In the sixth round of the Alekhine Memorial all five games ended in draws, and so Maxime Vachier-Lagrave remains in sole first place. On Friday the players, organizers and some journalists flew to Russia and on Saturday they enjoyed a rest day. Three more rounds will be played in St Petersburg.
The day after the fifth round in Paris everyone had...
Monday, April 29, 2013 12:57
Last Wednesday Magnus Carlsen appeared at Charlie Rose's show for a lengthy interview. Rose is an an acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist who won an Emmy and and has been praised as “one of America's premier interviewers”.
The show is simply called Charlie Rose, and airs Monday through Friday on over 200 PBS affiliates throughout the...
Monday, April 29, 2013 11:06
While our hosting provider's crew was doing its best to get the site back up again, we decided to spend our time wisely, on something we're good at: making chess videos. During the Alekhine Memorial in Paris (the 2nd half is currently under way in St Petersburg) we asked several top players about the 4th World Chess Champion who is remembered by...
Sunday, April 28, 2013 22:38
After a downage of almost two days, and one of the most unpleasants weekends we've ever had, were finally back up. So what happened? Well, our hosting provider's fire alarm went off on Friday night, and the sprinklers in the data centre then damaged many hard drives, including ours. We can't give much more explanation than that. We haven't...
Sunday, April 28, 2013 16:56
The next Women's Grand Prix is going to take place 2-16 May in Geneva, Switzerland. The players are Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Zhao Xue, Nana Dzagnidze, Kateryna Lagno, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Antoaneta Stefanova, Viktorija Cmilyte, Harika Dronavalli, Ju Wenjun, Bela Khotenashvili, Alexander Kosteniuk, Anna Ushenina, Elina Danielian,...
Saturday, April 27, 2013 15:19
Whilst the weather in Switzerland is still relatively cold, things were heating up over the chess boards in Zug! After round 8 former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov became the sole leader of the tournament. He defeated Russian player Alexander Morozevich, who lost his second game in a row after a good start of the tournament. All other games...
Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:18
The 45th Italian Team Championship is currently under way in Bratto. It's a 7-round Swiss played from April 26th till May 1st. The women's section plays only 6 rounds. Strong players such as Gawain Jones, Vadem Pacal, Mihail Marin and Kiril Georgiev are active in Bratto.
Friday, April 26, 2013 22:42
Between June 5 and 11, 2013 the World Rapid & Blitz Championships will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The prize money for each World Championship is 200,000 US Dollars. For the first time in the history of the events, they are open to all players nominated by their Federations or else with ratings over 2500. More at FIDE.
