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Thursday, February 14, 2013 14:46
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wants to launch a "chess party". The head of FIDE and former President of Kalmykia wants the party to be an international movement and plans to invite the United Russia Party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and even the opposition to join. This was reported by several Russian media.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov talking to Anatoly...
Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:35
Wednesday was the second day of the Aeroflot chess festival in Moscow, when the last five rounds of the big Swiss rapid tournament were held. The 32 qualifiers for the rapid knockout final are known (among them Gata Kamsky and Le Quang Liem), and one of the seeded players they might face is none other than Anatoly Karpov.
All photos by Eteri...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 20:05
Arkadij Naiditsch is on fire in Baden-Baden. The German number one has been showing fascinating chess so far, and in round 6 it was no different: he beat Daniel Fridman with Black with a wonderful attack on the king. Anand-Adams finished in a draw and so did Meier-Caruana, but there the German missed a win (the tricky 30.Qf4). Caruana kept his...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 16:33
We've had the Tata Steel tournament, the Gibraltar Masters and currently the Grenke Chess Classic is under way. The first half of 2013 will see quite a lot of big events, and we figured it might be a good idea to put the major ones in a table, as we've done before. (We added the major ones for the second half of 2013 as well.) It should be helpful...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 19:20
For eleven years in row the Aeroflot Open has been a super strong chess festival in Moscow dedicated to classical chess. This year, when sponsor Aeroflot Airlines celebrates its 90th birthday, the tournament had an extreme makeover: it's all about rapid chess and blitz now.
The playing hall during the first day
The Russian Chess Federation has...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 17:45
Alexander Fier won the 34th Georgi Tringov Memorial quite convincingly. The Brazilin grandmaster finished with almost a perfect score: 8.5/9. He only drew his game with GM Bartlomiej Heberla, who finished clear second with 7.5 points. One of the players to finish on 7/9 was Ivan Cheparinov.
Tringov Memorial 2013 | Final standings (top 50)
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 13:52
The top group of the Moscow Open chess festival was won by Boris Savchenko. In the final round the Russian grandmaster kept his head cool in a highly complex with his compatriot Pavel Ponkratov, where both sides made mistakes while playing for a win. Savchenko emerged as the winner and became the only player to finish on 7.5 points, half a point...
Monday, February 11, 2013 19:16
Vishy Anand won his first game at the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden-Baden: in round 5 the World Champion refuted an over-optimistic piece sacrifice by Arkadij Naiditsch. At half-time the World Champion is now half a point behind Fabiano Caruana, who drew with Daniel Fridman. Georg Meier and Michael Adams also split the point. Tuesday is a rest day...
Sunday, February 10, 2013 20:22
For the 4th consecutive day only 1 out of 3 games ended decisively in Baden-Baden. On Sunday Arkadij Naiditsch beat his compatriot Georg Meier in a sideline of the Slav Defence. Fridman-Anand and Adams-Caruana were two highly interesting draws.
The playing hall in Baden-Baden: one of the halls of the House of Culture
Naiditsch bounces straight...
Saturday, February 09, 2013 20:16
Fabiano Caruana is in sole lead again at the GRENKE Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. In the third round, the Italian played an original set-up in the English Attack against Arkadij Naiditsch and the game became quite sharp. In timetrouble Naiditsch made a tactical error. The games Meier-Anand and Adams-Fridman ended in draws.
Fabiano Caruana leads...
