Archive for Reports
Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:36
Sergey Karjakin won the Norway Chess tournament on Saturday. The Russian grandmaster was the only player to finish on 6/9 after a draw with Veselin Topalov in the final round. Magnus Carlsen drew his black game with Levon Aronian quickly to end on shared second place with Hikaru Nakamura, who beat Jon Ludvig Hammer. Just like in Wijk aan Zee this...
Friday, May 17, 2013 21:55
In a dramatic penultimate round Sergey Karjakin kept his half point lead despite losing his game to Peter Svidler because Magnus Carlsen also lost, to Wang Hao. There were two more decisive games: Vishy Anand defeated Jon Ludvig Hammer and Hikaru Nakamura beat Teimour Radjabov.
This report starts on Thursday the 16th, the rest day, when two of the...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 22:48
Despite a loss in the final round to Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Moiseenko won the European Championship in Legnica, Poland. The Ukrainian grandmaster was leading for most of the tournament and eventually scored 8/11, edging out nine other grandmasters on tiebreak. Among them was 59-year-old chess legend Alexander Beliavsky, who thus qualified...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 20:13
Sergey Karjakin kept his half point lead at the Norway Chess tournament on Wednesday. The tournament leader defeated Hikarua Nakamura and his main rival Magnus Carlsen also won, against Jon Ludvig Hammer. Teimour Radjabov again wasn't a shadow of the player he used to be and lost without a real fight to Vishy Anand. Thursday is a rest day.
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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...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:34
Rafael Leitao and Alexander Fier qualified for the World Cup in Tromsø, Norway. The two Brazilian grandmasters finished first and second respectively at the Zonal Championship 2.4 which took place April 27 - May 3, 2013 at the Hotel Tropical, Ponta Negra Manaus in Brazil. Leitao won the event on tiebreak after both players finished on 7.5/9.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 21:48
Sergey Karjakin recovered well from his first loss yesterday by holding a difficult position with black against Vishy Anand. The Russian grandmaster is still leading but Magnus Carlsen is now half a point behind him after grinding down Teimour Radjabov in an ending. Something went terribly wrong for Jon Ludvig Hammer, who lost to Levon Aronian in...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 16:34
Earlier today FIDE published a proposal of one of its Vice Presidents, Ms. Beatriz Marinello, regarding a dress code for FIDE events. At the recent Presidential Board meeting in Baku, it was decided that this proposal would be published online so that federations could comment on it. We decided to publish it here as well, because FIDE might also...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:02
Gata Kamsky won his 4th U.S. Championship title on Monday after beating Alejandro Ramirez in a nerve-racking rapid playoff. The two grandmasters had finished shared first with 6.5 points in the 9-round Swiss. Irina Krush didn't need a playoff; she finished on a splendid 8/9, half a point more than Anna Zatonskih. We pick up the tournament where we...
Monday, May 13, 2013 20:29
Anything is possible at the Norway Chess tournament as tournament leader Sergey Karjakin lost his first game on Monday to Magnus Carlsen. In a Ruy Lopez, just before the time control the Russian grandmaster lost his way in the complications. Jon Ludvig Hammer won his first game against Wang Hao in a Sämisch King's Indian. With four rounds to go,...
