Archive for Anatoly Karpov
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 17:35
Chess-news reports that 3-8 June there will be a strong rapid tournament in Kiev, Ukraine: the international festival "Sberbank Open". The main event is a 10-player rapid event with Anatoly Karpov, Sergey Karjakin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Arkady Naiditsch, Sergei Zhigalko, Pavel Eljanov, Anton Korobov and Alexander...
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...
Sunday, November 04, 2012 10:54
Beating Vassily Ivanchuk 4.5-3.5 in the final, Anatoly Karpov won the "Trophée Anatoly Karpov" in Cap d'Agde on Saturday. The 61 year old World Champion clinched the trophy named after himself when his opponent lost on time in the 6th blitz game. In the semi-finals on Friday the two players had eliminated Romain Edouard and Ju Wenjun.
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Friday, November 02, 2012 11:43
Vassily Ivanchuk, Anatoly Karpov, Ju Wenjun and Romain Edouard have qualified for the semi-finals of the "Trophée Anatoly Karpov" in Cap d'Agde. Ivanchuk and Karpov both finished on 11.5/14 in the preliminary round round robin tournament. Ju Wenjun finished third with 8.5 points and Edouard scored 7.5. Christian Bauer, Marie Sebag, Sophie Milliet...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 14:03
In yet another rapid event in France, Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov are sharing the lead in the preliminary phase of the Cap d'Agde "Trophée Anatoly Karpov". Both scored 6.5/8 in a field with Christian Bauer, Romain Edouard, Marie Sebag, Ju Wenjun, Sophie Milliet and Aleksandra Goryachkina. Six more rounds will be played on Tuesday,...
Friday, October 19, 2012 11:09
Last weekend a very special chess event was held at Kaiserbahnhof train station in Potsdam, Germany: nine teams consisting of railway employees, three youth players and one chess legend faced eachother. Especially Anatoly Karpov played an excellent tournament and led Russia to victory, ahead of Germany (with Robert Hübner on board one) and the...
Thursday, September 27, 2012 18:45
For the diehard chess fan there's good news: you don't have two do with just two top tournaments anymore. Besides London and Sao Paulo, there's a third strong event starting tomorrow : the 13th Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky, Russia. The pairings for the first round are Short-Rubslevsky, Jakovenko-Bologan, Onischuk-Wang Yue, Ponomariov-Bruzon and...
Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:43
Magnus and McShane, 60 Tomashevsky Seconds, Fix Yasser Seirawan's Wiki. Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #23 is out!
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Friday, June 29, 2012 17:44
Chess fans have the opportunity to play against Anatoly Karpov, or the entire Russian Team, online. Karpov will be playing one move per day during the Tour de France, where he'll be special guest on July 21st. The game starts when the Tour starts: on June 30th. You can also join a game against the Russian Team, which in fact already started.
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Friday, June 15, 2012 14:24
Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov defeated four-time U.S. Champion Yasser Seirawan in a match held from June 10-13 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. In the first three days of play, two classical and two rapid games were drawn, increasing the tension as the players headed into a 10-game blitz match held on June 13. This...
