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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 0:39
Peter Leko (Hungary) was eliminated by Sam Shankland (USA) at the World Cup in Kanty-Mansiysk on Monday, after their second game ended in a draw. Wang Yue (CHN) is also out after the first round; he lost 0.5-1.5 to Alexandr Fier (BRA). Anton Filippov won both games against the higher rated Sergei Zhigalko.
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The 2011 FIDE World Cup is...
Monday, August 29, 2011 16:49
In the biggest upset of the first day at the 2011 FIDE World Cup, Peter Leko of Hungary lost to American grandmaster Sam Shankland. Leko, a former World Championship contender, needs to win the second game with Black to stay in the competition.
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The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-September 20 in...
Sunday, August 28, 2011 1:47
Today the 2011 FIDE World Cup was officially opened by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Tomorrow the first round is scheduled at 15:00 local time (11:00 CET). 128 participants from all over the world will fight in a knock-out that will last more than three weeks and should deliver three participants for the next Candidates tournament/matches, as...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:23
The name of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was mentioned in worldwide mainstream media on Tuesday, and again it was related to Muammar Gaddafi. According to Russian press agency Interfax, the FIDE President spoke on the phone with the Libyan dictator, who said he was still in Tripoli.
Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi playing chess on June 12th, 2011
Like many, on...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 21:33
"Ilyumzhinov has been poisoning the roots of chess since he took office, a steady campaign to trivialize the game and its players," writes Garry Kasparov, in his latest column for New in Chess Magazine. The 13th World Champion is more critical than ever towards the FIDE President.
For the last few years, Garry Kasparov has been writing a column...
Monday, August 08, 2011 23:17
Several chess media published a FIDE press release earlier today with the news that the 2012 World Championship Match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand has been awarded to Moscow. We were about to go live as well, when we received an intriguing follow-up email: "FIDE will issue a new Press Release in the next few hours. Please refrain from...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 19:10
On August 28th the first round of the FIDE World Cup is scheduled. Recenty FIDE published the list of participants and the first round pairings, which were soon 'updated'. However, the pairings and pairings tree currently published on the official website cannot be mutually correct. And why wasn't Anish Giri invited?
Recenty FIDE published the...
Friday, July 22, 2011 1:37
Former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzanov from Uzbekistan has sent an open letter to the World Chess Federation with quite a revolutionary idea: to abolish the draw in chess altogether. "This way the expectations of the crowd will never be deceived. There will always be a winner, there will always be blood. (...) It will be good for our sport...
Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:53
After Moscow FIDE has now also received a bid from Chennai to host the Anand-Gelfand World Championship Match next year. This was announced yesterday afternoon in Chennai by the FIDE President and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State Mme J. Jayalalithaa. Chennai is planning to spend 200 million rupees (approximately $4.5 million).
By winning...
Friday, July 01, 2011 8:47
On the new FIDE ratings list of July 1st, 2011 Magnus Carlsen holds the number 1 position. Thanks to his victory at the Kings' Tournament in Romania, the Norwegian passed World Champion Vishy Anand (India) again. Sergey Karjakin from Russia is now the world's 4th player while Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) is on 7th place.
Finishing on 6.5/10 at the...
