Archive for Reports
Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:36
According to DGT, their clock did not malfunction during the Aeroflot blitz final in February. The strange behavior of the clock in the Nepomniachtchi-Svidler game was a rather the result of a manual clock setting by an arbiter who preferred to keep the option of two flags falling.
The final moments of the Nepomniachtchi-Svidler game, with the...
Friday, March 01, 2013 18:48
As FIDE informs, the Presidential Board has approved the following recommendations by the World Chess Championship & Olympiad Commission:
1. Minimum Prize Fund (net to the players before local taxes) for all Continental Championships which are part of the World Championship Cycle, starting from 2014:
Europe: 150,000 EUR (75,000 EUR for women)...
Friday, March 01, 2013 18:12
Fabiano Caruana won the Zurich Chess Challenge on Saturday, finishing a full point ahead of World Champion Vishy Anand. The Italian won his last round game against Boris Gelfand, who might have been able to draw a few moves before the end if he had taken with the h-pawn on g4. Vishy Anand finished on 50% as he beat Vladimir Kramnik in the last...
Friday, March 01, 2013 14:58
The March 1st rating list has been published by FIDE and at the top there are not many big changes. Vishy Anand won 4 points thanks to his win in Baden-Baden, where Fabiano Caruana gained 3 points to climb back to the 11th place.
Bigger changes can be found lower in the list. For example, Wesley So, who finished shared first in the Reyjavik Open,...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 21:10
Fabiano Caruana maintained his half point lead at the Zurich Chess Challenge as both games in the fifth round ended in draws. Anand and Gelfand played a Catalan and on move 20 the Israeli sacrificed an exchange for two pawns. After the queens were traded all that was left was a positional draw. Vladimir Kramnik played a Réti or 'Reverse Benoni'...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 13:03
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Wesley So (Philippines) and Bassem Amin (Egypt) tied for first place at the Reykjavik Open. All three GMs scored 8/10 and Eljanov got slightly more prize money (based on the Hort system) thanks to a better tie-break. Here's a report of the last three rounds.
Round 8
In round 8 the top four boards all ended in draws. Yu...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 23:42
Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader after four rounds at the Zurich Chess Challenge. On Wednesday the Italian beat World Champion Viswanathan Anand with Black from an Archangelsk Ruy Lopez. Boris Gelfand and Vladimir Kramnik drew a Catalan in 46 moves.
Fabiano Caruana scores the first full point | Photos by Georg Kardolfer
The spell is broken! Both...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 18:38
Today Wei Yi became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world. The 13-year-old IM from China has secured his third GM norm at the Reykjavik Open, and because his rating is already over 2500 he can apply for the title.
The youngest GM on the planet: Wei Yi (China)
No less than twelve players from China are competing in the Reykjavik Open,...
Monday, February 25, 2013 20:58
Yet again both games of the Zurich Chess Challenge ended in draws in Monday's third round, but don't let the results deceive you: the fights between the players are getting tougher and tougher! Boris Gelfand played the Najdorf against Vishy Anand and sacrificed a central pawn in the opening. With 19.Qxh5 the Indian could have gained an advantage;...
Monday, February 25, 2013 13:51
Pavel Eljanov, Grzegorz Gajewski and Wesley So are tied for first place at the Reykjavik Open with three more rounds to go. Here's our report of rounds 6 and 7.
Harpa, the playing hall in Reykjavik, as seen from the sea | Photo Arne Moll
"There was a man of the North, Ingólfr, who is truly said to be the first leave it for Iceland, in the time...
