Archive for Rapid chess
Saturday, May 29, 2010 17:31
Dmitry Jakovenko and Sergey Karjakin today play the final of the ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa, Ukraine. Friday Karjakin eliminated Shirov and Grischuk, while Jakovenko was too strong for Eljanov and Gurevich. Update: After four draws in the rapids, and two in the blitz, Karjakin won the Armageddon game.
The 4th ACP World Rapid Cup takes place...
Friday, May 28, 2010 18:10
Vassily Ivanchuk was eliminated by Mikhail Gurevich on the first day of the 4th ACP World Rapid Cup. This year the annual rapid knockout tournament has Bacrot, Drozdovskij, Eljanov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Gurevich, Inarkiev, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Moiseenko, Motylev, Movsesian, Naiditsch, Shirov and Tregubov.
The 4th ACP World Rapid Cup...
Sunday, May 02, 2010 19:49
Vladimir Kramnik won the President's Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday. The former World Champion edged out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Gata Kamsky on tiebreak.
Kramnik vs Polgar at the President's Cup | Photo © Azerbaijan Chess Federation
The President's Cup took place April 29-May 1 in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was a single round robin with eight...
Friday, April 30, 2010 1:00
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started with two wins today at the President's Cup in Baku. The rapid tournament in memory of Azerbaijan's great leader Haydar Aliyev also has Azeri's Teimour Radjabov, Rauf Mamedov and Gadir Guseinov, and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Gata Kamsky (USA), Emil Sutovsky (Israel) and Judit Polgar (Hungary).
Last year's President's...
Monday, April 26, 2010 22:57
Judit Polgar defeated David Navara 6-2 in the 2010 Cez Chess Trophy rapid match. On Friday she won games four and five, and then lost the sixth. On Saturday she won once more, and drew the last game. Games 4-8 with brief annotations.
This year the Cez Chess Trophy, the traditional rapid match in Prague, was played between Judit Polgar from...
Friday, April 23, 2010 21:25
On the first playing day of the 2010 Cez Chess Trophy, Judit Polgar took a clear lead in her rapid match with David Navara. After a draw in the first game she won both the second and third game. The match takes place in Prague and consists of eight games.
This year the Cez Chess Trophy, the traditional rapid match in Prague, is played between the...
Monday, December 21, 2009 18:59
After a very successful World Cup tournament, Vladimir Malakhov managed to keep his top form this weekend. The 29-year-old physicist from Russia won the European Rapid Championship with 11.5/13, beating big favourites such as Gashimov, Ivanchuk and Shirov. Update: games added.
The 9th European Rapid Championship took place December 19 & 20 in...
Friday, December 18, 2009 21:20
And you thought you had seen the last chess moves of 2009 from the top players. Well, no, there's one more gig with 2700 players before the year ends: the 9th European Rapid Championship, the upcoming weekend, with Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov among its participants. We have an interview with top seed Vugar Gashimov, by GM Bartlomiej Macieja...
Thursday, December 03, 2009 4:08
After Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Svidler, today five more players qualified for the World Cup's quarter-finals: Gashimov, Gelfand, Jakovenko, Malakhov and Ponomariov. Pairings for tomorrow's 6th round: Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Gelfand-Jakovenko, Ponomariov-Gashimov and Svidler-Malakhov.
The FIDE World Chess Cup takes place November 20th-December 15th...
Monday, November 30, 2009 19:55
Favourites Gelfand, Gashimov, Svidler and Grischuk all reached the World Cup's 4th round yesterday, winning their minimatches in the tiebreaks. The story of the day was the forfeit of Li Chao and Wang Yue in their second rapid game. They arrived too late at the board, having a smoke in between games.
The FIDE World Chess Cup takes place November...
