Archive for Grand Prix
Friday, May 24, 2013 20:07
The third round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki was marked by another dramatic time trouble loss for Vassily Ivanchuk, similar to the many examples at the London Candidates tournament in March. In a completely winning position, with less than a minute on the clock the Ukrainian couldn't find his way in the complications and even lost, on...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 20:58
After two rounds there is a five-way tie for first place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki. On Thursday Alexander Morozevich defeated Peter Svider, who missed a tactic in a complicated, Spanish Four Knights middlegame. Fabiano Caruana defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in classical positional style, using a nice exchange sacrifice. After 6.5 hours of...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 20:06
The 4th FIDE Grand Prix tournament started today in Thessaloniki, Greece. The participants are Etienne Bacrot, Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Alexander Morozevich, Hikaru Nakamura, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Svidler and Veselin Topalov. In the first round Svidler defeated...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 19:53
Bela Khotenashvili scored an upset victory at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Geneva. In what was the tournament of her life (at least until now!) the International Master from Georgia finished clear first, with 8.0/11, a 2681 performance and her final GM norm. Half a point behind came Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia), while Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) and...
Sunday, May 12, 2013 0:39
In the last four rounds the standings at the Geneva Women's Grand Prix have changed considerably. After round 8, Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine), who was at the top after four days, has dropped to third place behind GM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) and IM Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia). Sunday is a rest day and after that the last three rounds will be played....
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 16:07
The first stage of the FIDE Women Grand Prix series 2013-2014 is currently under way in Geneva, Switzerland. Kateryna Lagno tops the standings after four rounds with two wins and two draws. In round 3 Hou Yifan surprisingly lost to WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs while World Champion Anna Ushenina failed to checkmate with bishop and knight in round 4....
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 9:56
Veselin Topalov finished the Grand Prix in Zug in style, beating Sergey Karjakin with the white pieces in 41 moves. The Bulgarian grandmaster not only won the tournament with a 1.5 point margin, but also went up to number 4 in the live rating list. The other games all ended in draws.
Report & photos by Anastasiya Karlovich
In the 11th round...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:40
In the top encounter of the Zug Grand Prix's penultimate round, Veselin Topalov defended his lead in the best way possible: he defeated runner-up Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces. With one round to go the Bulgarian grandmaster is now a full point ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, who beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in just 22 moves. Alexander Morozevich...
Monday, April 29, 2013 16:02
Veselin Topalov maintained his lead in the 9th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug. On Sunday the Bulgarian grandmaster drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Ruslan Ponomariov could have caught him in first place, but the Ukrainian GM lost to Teimour Radjabov, who finally won a game. Fabiano Caruana defeated Gata Kamsky with Black and is now half a...
Sunday, April 28, 2013 16:56
The next Women's Grand Prix is going to take place 2-16 May in Geneva, Switzerland. The players are Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Zhao Xue, Nana Dzagnidze, Kateryna Lagno, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Antoaneta Stefanova, Viktorija Cmilyte, Harika Dronavalli, Ju Wenjun, Bela Khotenashvili, Alexander Kosteniuk, Anna Ushenina, Elina Danielian,...
