Archive for Reports
Friday, June 14, 2013 18:37
Boris Gelfand, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Magnus Carlsen are tied for first place after two rounds at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. These three players won one game and drew one. Vladimir Kramnik is on 0/2 after losing to Hikaru Nakamura on Friday in a Fianchetto King's Indian. Gelfand defeated Fabiano Caruana in a theoretical Najdorf.
Caruana vs...
Friday, June 14, 2013 12:05
Wesley So won three tournaments in one long weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada where from June 6th-9th the Las Vegas International Chess Festival took place. The Philippine grandmaster won the National Open and also the US Game/10 and the Blitz Open tournament.
The annual chess festival at "The Strip" in Las Vegas was held June 6 to 9, 2013 at the ...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 19:13
Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won their first games at the Tal Memorial in Moscow, Russia. On Thursday, Mamedyarov defeated Hikaru Nakamura quickly with the black pieces from a Ragozin. Caruana slowly outplayed Vishy Anand, also with Black, in a Ruy Lopez and Carlsen beat Kramnik in a bishop ending, where the opening...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 17:20
In his traditional Cez Chess Trophy match, David Navara this year faces Hou Yifan. The first two games ended in draws. The festival started with a simul by Hou Yifan, there is an exhibition on chess themes in heraldry, a quiz by GM Vlastimil Hort, a lecture by GM Robert Cvek on chess improvement and a lecture on the history of blindfold chess.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:01
Boris Spassky, who left France last year and moved back to his native country Russia, no longer represents the French Chess Federation. The website of the Russian Chess Federation reports that Spassky "began representing Russia".
In 1977 Spassky emigrated to France, but retained Soviet citizenship and with it the right to play under the USSR flag...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:42
Hannes Stefansson won the Icelandic Championship on Saturday in Reykjavik. It was the 12th national title for the Icelandic grandmaster in his last 13 attempts. Stefansson beat Bjorn Thorfinnsson in a rapid tiebreak after both had finished on 8/10. This year the Icelandic Championship was part of the Icelandic Open, with which the Reykjavik Chess...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 21:05
Hikaru Nakamura won the blitz tournament which opened the 8th Tal Memorial super tournament in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday. The American grandmaster finished on an undefeated 7/9, half a point more than Vishy Anand. In ranking order of the blitz final standings, the players could choose their lot numbers and this led to the following first round...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:35
We should start by saying that it's a coincidence that, a day after we published our review of Viktor Moskalenko's latest book, the Ukrainian grandmaster appears on this site again. This time Moskalenko seems to be involved in a good old controversy. Onno van Keulen reports from Barcelona about a remarkable affair that has heated up the Catalan...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 18:56
Tigran Petrosian won the Grand Europe tournament in Albena, Bulgaria in most convincing style. The Armenian grandmaster finished on 8/9 and left behind Mircea-Emilian Parligras (Romania), Hrant Melkumyan (Armenia), Tamir Nabaty (Israel) and Vitaly Bernadskiy (Ukraine) who finished on 7/9. The tournament was held June 1st-9th, 2013. Tournament...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 18:40
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) and Sergey Volkov (Russia) tied for first place at the Ortisei Open in Val Gardena, Italy. Both grandmasters scored 7/9 and finished half a point ahead of GMs Igor Khenkin, Eric Hansen, Felix Levin, Gil Popilski and IM Aman Hambleton. The tournament took palce June 1st-9th. Tournament website
Final standings
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