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Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:49
Viktor Laznicka (Czech Republic) and Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) qualified for the final of the San Sebastian-Donostia Chess Festival's A group. Laznicka defeated Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) while Volokitin was too strong for Leinier Dominguez Perez (Cuba).
The semi-finals in action | All photos © David Llada and Anastasiya Karlovich
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:42
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Arkadij Naiditsch and Vachier-Lagrave were the strongest names that didn't manage to reach the 4th round of the San Sebastian-Donostia Chess Festival's A group. They continue playing in the B group, while Vugar Gashimov and Ruslan Ponomariov are still the favourites to win the first prize of 20,000 Euro and an electric...
Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:35
All players rated above 2700 have survived the second round of the San Sebastian knock-out tournament. Other strong GMs were condemned to continue in the B tournament, such as Konstantin Landa, Loek van Wely and Ivan Cheparinov.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov eliminated Fabien Libiszewski in round 2 | All photos © David Llada and Anastasiya Karlovich...
Friday, December 30, 2011 11:26
The San Sebastian tournament is well on its way, with its unique format: players facing each other with two boards and two sets of pieces at the same time. One of the participants is GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who found the time to return to his blog at ChessVibes and posted not one but two new posts!
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, watching (and playing...
