Bad start for the World Champ; Grischuk wins FiNet Chess960 Open

He probably never had a worse start at the Chess Classic. On the first day of the GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship, World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost his first two games and now has to worry about qualifying for the final. Earlier on Friday, Alexander Grischuk emerged as the winner of the FiNet Chess960 Open. Read more

Nakamura Chess960 World Champion – UPDATE: video added!

There’s just no stoppin’ him. U.S Champ and Donostia winner Hikaru Nakamura last night defeated Levon Aronian three times in a row to clinch the Chess960 “World title” in the most convincing manner. Movsesian won the match for third place against Bologan 2.5-1.5. Video added. Read more

Aronian and Nakamura qualify for Chess960 Wch final

Especially Nakamura was determined to do better on the 2nd day, and decided to spend more time in the difficult Chess960 opening phase. This approach brought the American three wins, and qualification for today’s final, where he will meet Aronian, who also ended on 4/6. Read more

Strong start for Aronian at Mainz Chess(960) Classic

Levon Aronian scored 3 out of 3 against Bologan, Movsesian and Nakamura during the first day of the Rapid Chess960 World Championship, part of the Mainz Chess Classic. At the moment of writing they’re playing their second stage of preliminaries. Read more

Sponsor Mainz Chess Classic: “Short term commitments are not what we are looking for”

From July 27th to August 3rd the German city of Mainz will be the epicentre of rapid chess and Chess960 again. The organizers of the Mainz Chess Classic provided an interview with one of the sponsors, Wolfgang Kögler, CEO of the ORDIX AG, about parallels between chess and business, commitment, service and a high class product.
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Grischuk wins 3rd ICC Mainz qualifier

Top seed Alexander Grischuk of Russia was in majestic form on Sunday as he easily won the Mainz Chess Classic Chess960 online title hosted on ICC. Besides 750 Euros and accommodation and breakfast at the Hilton Mainz Hotel, Grischuk won an automatic seat in two tournaments at the Mainz Chess Classic. Read more

The Mainz Attraction III

The Internet Chess Club, in conjunction with Chess Tigers, organizers of the ever-popular annual Mainz Chess Classic in Germany, are again offering ICC members a unique chance to play in a free online qualifier to win 700 Euro, accommodation and breakfast at the Hilton Mainz Hotel by the banks of the Rhine, just one block from the picturesque Old Town. Read more

Hans-Walter, please invite Mr Larsen next year!

Last week the legendary Bent Larsen played in his first tournament since 2004. Avoiding theory in every game, the famous Dane only played very exotic openings and scored… 0 out of 9. We urge Hans-Walter Schmitt to invite Larsen for his Chess960 tournament in Mainz next year. Read more

Kosteniuk wins FiNet Chess960 Rapid World Championship

There is one big disadvantage of Sochi: I cannot visit the Mainz Chess Classic this year. Fortunately, this great tournament also provides a great media service, and helped by many press releases, here’s the first report, on the FiNet Chess960 Rapid World Championship, won by Alexandra Kosteniuk. Read more

[lang_nl]Nakamura wint ICC’s trip naar Mainz [/lang_nl][lang_en]Nakamura wins ICC’s trip to Mainz [/lang_en]

[lang_nl]De als tweede geplaatste Amerikaanse GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) bewees gisteren weer eens zijn klasse als een van de allerbeste snelschakers op ICC door de Mainz Chess Classic online Chess960-titel te winnen.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Second seed GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) of the USA reasserted his authority as one of the top dogs on ICC on Sunday by winning the Mainz Chess Classic online Chess960 title.[/lang_en] Read more

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