So stuns Ukrainian superstar Manila Standard Today Friday, November 27, 2009 WESLEY So escaped near-defeat to eliminate Ukrainian superstar Vassily Ivanchuk in the second game of their two-game mini match and advanced into the third round of the World Cup Wednesday night at Khanty-Mansyisk. So drew with Ivanchuk, recognized by chess experts as one of the most artistic players in the game, in 46 moves...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG.COM (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Here's one more video for you, of my game from the last World Blitz Chess Championship, in which I drew 12th Men's World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov. The game was hard-fought all the way to the end. Alexandra Kosteniuk 12th Women's World Chess Champion www.chessblog.com
The Corsica Masters Bastia October 25-31 40,000 € in prizes - 9 rounds of 1h30 + 30s (FIDE rated) Big class prizes and many special prizes. Thus 55 players will be rewarded. Never seen at the international level ! Top seed Ivan Sokolov (BHR, 2657) won the tournament along with Vladimir Malaniuk (2586, UKR) and Hicham Hamdouchi (2590, FRA). In the last game, he had a big chance to win the tournament...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG.COM (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Hello everybody! In May 2009 I had a chance to visit the island of Corsica and met the main inspirer of the "chess fever" on the island - Leo Battesti. I also played a rapid match against Sophie Milliet. I had a wonderful time in Corsica you can read about this visit here , you can also go and see my photo memories of this trip here . On October 31st and November 2nd another big chess match...
For immediate release November 7th 2009 London Chess Classic The London Chess Classic is delighted to announce that Viktor Korchnoi, one of the all time greats of world chess has agreed to be the tournament’s Guest of Honour. Korchnoi still plays high level chess at the age of 78 and recently played on board one for Switzerland at the European Team Championship. Korchnoi fought two world title...
Ajaccio (France): World Champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 here. The Indian, who was leading the series 1.5-0.5 ...
Ajaccio: World champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 here.
Part of this year’s Corsican Circuit was a rapid match of four games, held in both Bastia (games 1 and 2) and Ajaccio (games 3 and 4), between Viswanathan Anand and Anatoly Karpov. Anand won the match 3.5-0.5 on the same day that the 2nd Kasparov-Karpov rapid match, scheduled for December in Paris, was cancelled. Photo [...]
Vishy Anand / Anatoly Karpov (day 2) The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand, will face a Chess legend, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov, several times World Champion. At Bastia October 31th, and then at Ajaccio November 2nd, the players will play two return matches at the time control of 15'+3" by move. Exceptionally for players of such a high level, their games will be commented without the aid...
Bastia: World champion Viswanathan Anand took an early lead, winning the first game of the rapid match against former world champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia here.
Bastia (France): World champion Viswanathan Anand took an early lead by winning the first game of the rapid match against former World champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in 46 moves here on Sunday. Anand played it safe and got an easy ...
Anand takes early lead against Karpov PTI 1 November 2009, 07:39pm IST BASTIA (France): World Champion Viswanathan Anand took an early lead by winning the first game of the rapid match against former world champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia. Anand played it safe and got an easy draw with black pieces in the second game to lead the four-game match 1.5-0.5. The remaining two games of the match will be...
Anand wins all in a simul, Karpov with a draw Anand - Karpov starts in France, games and info Note: for live coverege click here The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand , will face the ex World Champion, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match in France. The event will take place in two different cities. The players will start at Bastia on October 31th and later continue in Ajaccio on November...
Russians' rivalry turns one-sided Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:28 AM By SHELBY LYMAN The recent 12-game fast-play match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Valencia, Spain, raises an obvious question: Why would Karpov consent to such an event? Kasparov, after four years of inactivity as a player, has the second-highest rating in the world, while Karpov has slipped out of the top 100. But...
Magnus Carlsen had already won the Nanjing elite tournament with a round to spare at the start of this week's game, but the 18-year-old Norwegian spurned halving out and won impressively. The victory gave him a 3000 tournament performance and raised his world rating to over 2800, the youngest in chess history and only the fifth 2800 ever. His predecessors, with their peak ratings, were Garry Kasparov...
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