World Chess Federation - FIDE (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
For years Boris Gelfand enjoyed the sharp positions of the Sicilian Naidorf, but later he moderated the style and switched to the solid Petroff defence. Having seen him refuting the attacks of Judith Polgar, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Dmitry Jakovenko, the new Russian star Sergey Karjakin thought it would be wise to sidestep the Petroff and open with Italian in the first game of the semifinal match....
Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France won the U20 World Youth Championship after a dramatic last round, in which he caught Sergei Zhigalko in the standings. The two finished on 10.5/13, but Vachier-Lagrave won the title due to a higher sum of the ratings of the opponents. WGM Swaminathan Soumya from India took gold in the girls [...]
Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Sergei Zhigalko is leading the World Youth Championship in Argentina after 7 of 13 rounds. The Belarus grandmaster scored 6 points so far and is half a point ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Falko Bindrich. And, also in Argentina, last week 100-year-old Aaron Schwartzman and 99-year-old Francisco Benkö met behind the chess board. The [...]
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...
United States Chess Federation (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
GM-elects Alex Lenderman and Ray Robson are off to Argentina for the World Junior Championship (Oct. 21-Nov.4, Puerto Madryn). The top seed is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France while Alex and Ray are ranked 13th and 15th respectively.
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...
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