Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
After two more draws in the last round, Sergei Tiviakov became the winner of the 17th Univé Chess Tournament. Today Tivi’s opponent Anish Giri defended a slightly worse ending and stayed unbeaten; Ivanchuk and Polgar drew in less than an hour. In the open group Stewart Haslinger took clear first. The 17th Univé Chess Tournament, formerly [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Here is the crosstable after 7 rounds: No Joueur-Player T Fide Fed . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tot 1 Étienne Bacrot G 2721 France X 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2 Sergei Tiviakov G 2674 Hollande 0 X 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 3 3 Thomas Roussel-R M 2487 Canada 0 0 X 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4 Vinay Bhat G 2473 USA ½ 1 1; X 0 ½ 0 ½ 3 ½...
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