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Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG.COM (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Leonard Barden, in this week's Guardian article , titled "Magnus Carlsen's star continues to rise in Norway", talks about the World Blitz Championship, where I was able to beat him in one of our direct encounters. I post my game against Magnus below. Magnus resigned after he played 43. R3e2, since he saw that I can win a Rook by simply playing 43...Qxf2+. Here is the text of his article....
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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 won against Grandmaster Levon Aronian, rated #5 in the world (ELO 2786). Alexandra Kosteniuk 12th Women's World Chess Champion www.chessblog.com
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Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSBLOG.COM (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Dear Friends! I just managed to get hold of the video of all of my games of the last World Chess Blitz Championship in Moscow. I was very successful and won several nice games against World Champion Vishy Anand (also World Rated #3), World Rated #1 Magnus Carlsen, World Rated #5 Levon Aronian, World Rated #6 Gashimov, World Rated #10 Grischuk, World Rated #11 Morozevich, and several other top players...
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Tal Memorial concluded in Moscow with former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik winning with 6 out of 9 and Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen close behind with 5.5 out of 9. None of the top three finishers had any losses. Current World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost in the final round to Levon Aronian to drop to 5 out of 9, leaving him tied with Aronian for fourth and fifth. Carlsen was widely...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The FIDE World Cup 2009 will be a knockout tournament of 128 players, held from November 20th till December 15th, 2009 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia, just like the previous two World Cups won by Levon Aronian and Gata Kamsky respectively. After the publication of the new rating list, FIDE immediately announced the pairings of the first [...]
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Despite a second win for Levon Aronian, the Armenian team yesterday suffered a surprising loss against the first team of Serbia in Novi Sad. Azerbaijan beat Germany and Bulgaria, with Topalov, lost to England. In this match Stuart Conquest won a game without making a move because Aleksander Delchev’s mobile went off just after he [...]
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Levon Aronian joined the national squad of Armenia in the second round of the European Team Championship. He beat GM Istratescu and led his team to a 2.5-1.5 victory against Romania. Azerbaijan beat England with the same score and in the women section Russia lost to Georgia. The 17th European Team Championship is organized by the [...]
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Phenomenal 18-year-old Super-GM Magnus Carlsen finished the Nanjing Spring tournament ( games at Chessgames ) with a win to give him an unbelievable 8 / 10 score for the event, leading his nearest competitor, world number one Veselin Topalov, by 2.5 points. With the win, Carlsen broke 2800 on the Live Ratings List , making him one of the few in chess history to have done so. He is now less than 8 points...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Ural and Monte Carlo are the defending champions at the European Club Cup which started yesterday in Ohrid, Macedonia. Many big stars can be found at the top boards, including Levon Aronian, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexei Shirov. Info, games, photos and all round 1 results. The 25th European Club Cup and the 14th European Club Cup [...]
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Aronian did not expect straight victory 14:00 / 09/17/2009 One of the most talented Grandmasters Levon Aronian has recently celebrated victory in the Grand Slam 2009 in Bilbao, Spain. “Frankly, I did not expect to win straightly, especially after losing to Grischuk in the first round. This game was very challenging, it’s a pity I was short of time to attain all ideas. But when feeling...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Final round results: Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon ½-½ Shirov, Alexei - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Final standings: Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Levon Aronian 5 4 1 1 13 Alexander Grischuk 5 2 2 2 8 Sergei Karjakin 5 1 4 1 7 Alexei Shirov 5 3 3 3 Official website: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2009/en_index.asp Chess news from Susan Polgar
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Top seed GM Levon Aronian bounced back from his first round defeat with 3 straight wins. He is now in clear first at the Bilbao Grand Slam Final with 2 rounds to go. Here are the results of round 4: Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Shirov, Alexei - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Standings after 4 rounds: Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Levon Aronian 4 3 1 9 Alexander Grischuk 4 2 2...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
After a day off, the players will resume round 4 with Grischuk and Aronian in the lead. They will face each other today. Players Games Win Draw Loss POINTS Alexander Grischuk 3 2 1 6 Levon Aronian 3 2 1 6 Sergei Karjakin 3 1 1 1 4 Alexei Shirov 3 1 2 1 Scoring System 3 - Points per win 1 - Point per draw 0 - Point per loss Round 4 matchups: Aronian, Levon - Grischuk, Alexander Shirov, Alexei - Karjakin,...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Bilbao will hold from 6 to 12 of september the II Gran Slam chess Final, that will be play in the street, in the “ Plaza Nueva ”, in the heart of the Bilbao´s oldtown. The four players are Levon Aronian , Alexander Grischuk , Alexei Shirov and Sergey Kariakin . The Final Masters has the official recognition of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and it will be played in a double...
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