Archive for Rapid chess
Monday, December 19, 2011 11:46
At the World Mind Games in Beijing, China Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France won the blitz event while Zoltan Almasi of Hungary finished first in the blindfold tournament. World Champion Hou Yifan of China won both the blitz and the blindfold women's tournaments.
A group photo with all the winners in Beijing | All photos © FIDE for the official...
Monday, December 12, 2011 12:34
At the Sport Accord World Mind Games, which currently take place in Beijing, China Wang Hao won the rapid tournament in the men's section and Alexandra Kosteniuk in the women's section. The chess part of the World Mind Games continues after the weekend with blitz and blindfold tournaments.
Wang Hao receives the first prize with Vugar Gashimov (...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 15:06
The first official FIDE rapid and blitz rating lists will be published on July 1st, 2012. The World Chess Federation plans to publish new lists every month. For the first list, rapid and blitz tournaments can be rated per January 1st, 2012. All this was published last Wednesday at the FIDE website. We might as well copy the full text here:
The...
Monday, October 31, 2011 16:51
Vishy Anand won the Corsica Masters Knockout on Monday in Ajaccio, Corsica. The World Champion beat 2010 winner Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan 2-0 in the final. In the semifinal Anand had a narrow escape against Krishnan Sasikiran, who had earlier won the 9-round Swiss.
Event
Corsica Masters 2011 | Masters: PGN | Knockout: PGN via TWIC
Dates...
Friday, October 21, 2011 16:45
Here's our second and final report on the train tournament that was held between October 14 and 18 in five different countries. 64 chess players travelled from Prague to Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Krakow and back to Prague. In the mornings they played a rapid tournament of 15 rounds and in the afternoons and evenings they transformed into...
Sunday, October 16, 2011 16:01
Playing chess in a train that goes from Prague to Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Krakow and back to Prague - it is arguably the most unique ever, and currently under way. ChessVibes hopped on the train to join this wonderful experience and see five beautiful cities.
It's actually strange that this was never done before, isn't it? A real chess...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 18:31
ROUNDS 3-4
Kings steamroll Queens to widen gap
What a difference a day makes! Only one day after their strong showing, the Queens had a ‘very bad day at the office.’ A near perfect 4.5 – 0.5 result in the chess960 round, combined with a 3.5 -1.5 score in the rapids added 6 full points to Kings’ lead, for a total of a mountainous 10-point advantage...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:10
After yesterday’s domination by the Kings, the ladies came to today’s matches ready for revenge. If the men thought that every day would be a rout, then after the chess960 round there was a definite ‘uh oh’ feeling setting on them. Initially, it looked as if the confidence at the Kings’ camp was justified, when both Nakamura and Finegold won...
Monday, September 12, 2011 11:05
On Sunday the first Kings vs. Queens tournament started in St. Louis, USA. It's a Scheveningen-paired tournament with a men's team (GM Hikaru Nakamura, IM Marc Arnold, GM Ben Finegold, IM Jacek Stopa and Kevin Cao) against a women's team (GM Kateryna Lahnno, IM Anna Zatonskih, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, IM Irinia Krush and IM Martha Fierro) playing...
Sunday, September 04, 2011 0:35
Vishy Anand and Viktorija Cmilyte are the winners of the Botvinnik Memorial rapid tournament in Moscow, Russia. World Champion Anand finished on 4.5/6, one and a half points ahead of Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian. Magnus Carlsen, who lost all three games on the second day, finished last. The duo Anand/Koneru won the mixed blitz event ahead of...
