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World Chess Federation - FIDE (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The World Cup 2009 is experiencing an irreplaceable loss – the young Wesley So from the Philippines made a draw in the second game of Round 2 and knocked out the last World Cup winner, Gata Kamsky. "Everything was decided in the first game. At one point I was hoping that I could win against this player with my experience, - said Gata after the match. – But sadly, my opponent was not...
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World Chess Federation - FIDE (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The tie breaks of Round 2 made the situation clear: the favorites of the Cup who managed to go through will continue their fight for the title of a year. The hero of Round 1 Varuzhan Hakobian, whose hockey score was 9-7 in the first round could not stand up in Round 2. He lost to the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov in blitz. It is amazing: Varuzhan likes the new tie break control. "The new system...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
A deeply disappointed Vassily Ivanchuk walked into the press room this evening after drawing with Sergei Tiviakov. Ukraine’s number one was sure he was winning today. Anish Giri drew also his fifth game, against Judit Polgar. In the open group Haslinger won against Nijboer and now only needs a draw tomorrow to win outright. The 17th [...]
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Univé Crown Group, round 4, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands. Finally, after seven games had ended in a draw, Sergei Tiviakov broke the peaceful streak with a victory against Judit Polgar. The Russian-born Dutch grandmaster explained the game before our camera.
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
After Anish Giri and Vassily Ivanchuk also drew their second encounter quickly, it was Sergei Tiviakov who finally won a game in Hoogeveen. In the fourth round he beat Judit Polgar and grabbed the lead with 2.5/4. The 17th Univé Chess Tournament, formerly known as Essent Tournament but sponsored by insurance company Univé this year, takes [...]
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
World's youngest GMs Friday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov AZE 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So PHI 14 years, 1...
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Fabiano Caruana,
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Hikaru Nakamura,
Hou Yifan,
Magnus Carlsen,
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,
Parimarjan Negi,
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
“Amazingly, I’m still on first place after two rounds. No, even better, I have the highest tpr,” Anish Giri said after his draw with Sergei Tiviakov today. The youngest participant was happy to share his thoughts about the game with us. Judit Polgar missed a win with Black against Vassily Ivanchuk and so after two [...]
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Here’s a first video from Hoogeveen. On the first day of the Crown Group in Hoogeveen we spoke to Vassily Ivanchuk and Judit Polgar, the two favourites to win the 17th edition. Enjoy!
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Here is my unofficial calculation with some help from Chessdom.com: 1. Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days 8. Etienne Bacrot...
Explore : Alejandro Ramírez,
Alejandro Ramírez,
Anish Giri,
Board game,
Bobby Fischer,
Bu Xiangzhi,
Chess,
Étienne Bacrot,
Fabiano Caruana,
Games,
Hikaru Nakamura,
Hou Yifan,
Magnus Carlsen,
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son,
Parimarjan Negi,
Peter Leko,
Ruslan Ponomariov,
Sergey Karjakin,
Susan Polgar,
Teimour Radjabov,
Wesley So,
Yuriy Kuzubov
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Zoltan Almasi sole leader at Marx Gyorgy after 4 rounds Almasi enters the 2700 club Report by Chessdom.com Zoltan Almasi , the third strongest Hungarian grandmaster after Peter Leko and Judit Polgar, is having a fantastic home event at the Gyorgy Marx memorial . With victories against Gangualy and Acs (with black) and Safarli (with white), and only one draw against Georg Meier, Almasi is top of the...
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