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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
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...
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World Chess Federation - FIDE (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The result of the classical games of the Round 2 is as follows: there are 16 clear participants of the 1/8 finals of the Cup. Three super Grandmasters are out from the further fight. They lost in the first games of Round 2 and could not equalize in the second day. The Russian Alexander Morozevich lost to Czech Viktor Laznichka 2-0. The Ukrainian Vasily Ivanchuk could not cope with the young So Wesley...
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World Chess Federation - FIDE (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
You wanted sensations? Here they are! The Finnish Tomi Nyback easily won one of the leaders of the Russian team Peter Svidler. Czech Viktor Laznichka played better than another Russian Titan Alexander Morozevich. Vasily Ivanchuk easily let the young So Wesley from the Philippine beat him. The world has turned over: as a result, first seven rating favorites scored only 1.5 points. Two of them, Morozevich...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
After so many upsets yesterday, it was almost inevitable that some of the top seeds had to leave the World Cup after round 2. And indeed: Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk and Teimour Radjabov are out. Morozevich was beaten by Laznicka again, Ivanchuk couldn’t create winning chances with Black against So and Radjabov was held to [...]
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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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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Magnificent Magnus By Lubomir Kavalek Special to The Washington Post Monday, October 12, 2009; 9:55 AM Magnus Carlsen will likely remember the Second Pearl Spring double-round elite tournament in Nanjing, China, for the rest of his life. The 18-year-old Norwegian superstar notched the greatest triumph of his young career, winning the event last week and outclassing the opposition. He left his nearest...
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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...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Drawing quickly with Teimour Radjabov in a Grünfeld, just minutes ago Magnus Carlsen secured sole victory at the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, with one round to go. The Norwegian thus scored his best career performance ever, finishing clear first at a Grand Slam tournament. Wang Yue-Topalov and Jakovenko-Leko are still playing, later more. The 2nd [...]
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Nanjing chess 2009 live games and daily news on Chessdom (pairings added) Nanjing Pearl Springs 2009 begins on Monday, the 28th of September in China. It is the first event of the Grand Slam and will feature Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), and Wang Yue (China). As every major chess event, Nanjing will...
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