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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 17:21
Last Saturday we posted news about FIDE trying to introduce player licences. It seemed that with such a licence, it would be necessary for every player who wishes to participate in a FIDE rated event to first register with their national federation and send their passport number, which can lead to all kinds of problems. We have now received FIDE's...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:55
The Reykjavik Open started on Tuesday with a brief but special opening ceremony, because for the first time the Prime Minister spoke to the participants. In the first round almost all stronger players beat their opponents, but there were some exceptions. And, what about a successful Muzio Gambit? How romantic is that?
The first move for Anish Giri...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:00
Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the 2nd Vladimir Petrov Memorial, another strong rapid event which took place this weekend in Jurmala, Latvia. The Polish grandmaster edged out Vladimir Malakhov of Russia on tie-break after both players finished on 10.5/14. Third came Vassily Ivanchuk with half a point less. The Ukrainian dramatically lost in the last round...
Monday, February 18, 2013 20:52
On Tuesday, at 16:30 local time (17:30 CET), the 28th Reykjavik Open starts in the capital of Iceland. Last weekend, as a warm-up, a rapid match between China and Iceland was played. The guests won expectedly: the score was 47.5-24.5.
The 28th Reykjavik Open runs 19-27 February, again at the magnificent 28.000 m² Harpa concert hall. At the moment...
Monday, February 18, 2013 12:17
Sergey Karjakin won the 2013 Aeroflot Open, the super strong rapid chess event that was spread out over several days and saw its dramatic conclusion on Sunday. Karjakin beat Alexander Grischuk in the Armageddon game of the final, winning on time in a lost position.
Aeroflot's top 4 with the national coach: Sergey Karjakin, Yuri Dokhoian, Ian...
Sunday, February 17, 2013 20:07
On Sunday Vishy Anand finished sole first at the Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. The World Champion won a good game with Black against Arkadij Naiditsch (although he did criticize his move 24....a5) while Fabiano Caruana probably missed a win against Daniel Fridman (65...f4!?) and had to settle for a draw after seven hours of play. Adams-...
Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:46
Dragan Solak won the 2013 Turkish Championship. The tournament, an 11-round Swiss, was held 1-9 February in Antalya, Turkey and the top seed finished first with 9.5/11. Baris Esen edged out Alexander Ipatov on tie-break after both finished second with 9 points. Solak is originally from Serbia but changed federations in 2011 after he married a...
Saturday, February 16, 2013 22:52
In a wild penultimate round with three decisive games, Vishy Anand caught Fabiano Caruana in first place at the Grenke Chess Classic. The World Champion beat Daniel Fridman with White in a Petroff, while Caruana lost with White against Mickey Adams in a Closed Catalan. Georg Meier won against Arkadij Naiditsch in a Bogo-Indian and moved to shared...
Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:56
Due to the Tata Steel chess tournament the news escaped our attention at first, but now it's definitely on our radar: the introduction of "player licences" by FIDE. At the end of January this was announced by the World Chess Federation, and it was subsequently criticized by many national federations. Earlier this week, in a very brief email...
Friday, February 15, 2013 20:25
Fabiano Caruana is leading by a full point at the Grenke Chess Classic after eight rounds of play in Baden-Baden. The Italian ("half-American, a quarter Italian and a quarter Houdini" – commentator Lawrence Trent) survived a lethal attack on his king and even beat Arkadij Naiditsch, who continues to be part of the only decisive game of the round....
