The Aker Chess Challenge review.

This tournament being held in the main auditorium of Gjøvik cinema, same building of Thon Hotel conjuction with The Norwegian Chess Festival runs from 29th December to the 7th January 2009. The event is to celebrating and a memorable of the 100th anniversary of the Gjøvik Chess Club. The participart for The Aker Chess challenge is Magnus Carlsen , Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler and Kjetil Lie.

The event will be running with a double-round robin tournament, followed by a bronze final and a final.If the score tie, it will be suddent death in blitz game.
Time controls are 25 minutes per game, with 5 seconds increment per move.

Round 1: Friday, January 2nd 2009,
Peter Svidler 1-0 Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Kjetil Lie

Round 2: Friday January 2nd 2009,
Peter Svidler ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Kjetil Lie

Round 3: Saturday, January 3rd 2009,
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Peter Svidler

Round 4: Saturday, January 3rd 2009,
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Peter Svidler
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Magnus Carlsen

Round 5: Sunday, January 4th 2009,
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Peter Svidler
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 6: Sunday, January 4th 2009,
Peter Svidler 1-0 Kjetil Lie
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Standings after the qualification rounds:


Tiebreak blitz games


Final: Monday, January 5th 2009
Peter Svidler ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Peter Svidler

Bronze Final: Monday, January 5th 2009
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Kjetil Lie
Kjetil Lie ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura

The Winner :Peter Svidler

View some game below.
Round 1:




Round 2:




Round 3:




Round 4:




Round 5:
Round 6:

source from chessbase

Result of 3rd FIDE Grand Prix at Elista city of Russia

The young Azerbaijani ,Teymur Rajabov won Elista FIDE Grand Prix.In final round he draw with Russian Aleksandr Grishuk. Aleksandr Grishuk and Russian Dmitri Yakovenko who finish the same score with Rajabov (8 points) finish 2nd and 3rd.

Standing:
1 Radjabov, Teimour -8
2 Jakovenko, Dmitry -8
3 Grischuk, Alexander-8
4 Gashimov, Vugar -7.5
5 Lékó, Peter -6.5
6 Bacrot, Etienne-6.5
7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar -6.5
8 Wang Yue -6.5
9 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam -6.5
10 Cheparinov, Ivan -6.0
11 Alekseev, Evgeny -5.5
12 Eljanov, Pavel 5.5
13 Akopian, Vladimir -5.0
14 Inarkiev, Ernesto -5.0

Final standings (after thirteen rounds)

FIDE Grand Prix in Elista 2008 after round 11 review.

Standing after round 11.

I missed to report round 10. The result for round 10 and 11 as below.

Round 10: Thursday, December 25, 2008

Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Ivan Cheparinov 1-0 Vladimir Akopian
Etienne Bacrot ½-½ Wang Yue
Teimour Radjabov 1-0 Evgeny Alekseev
Shakh. Mamedyarov 1-0 Pavel Eljanov
Peter Leko 1-0 Vugar Gashimov
Dmitry Jakovenko 1-0 Ernesto Inarkiev


Round 11: Friday, December 26, 2008

Ernesto Inarkiev 0-1 Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Vugar Gashimov ½-½ Dmitry Jakovenko
Pavel Eljanov ½-½ Peter Leko
Evgeny Alekseev ½-½ Shakh. Mamedyarov
Wang Yue ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Vladimir Akopian ½-½ Etienne Bacrot
Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Ivan Cheparinov

2 more round to go, my prediction is Dmitry Jakovenko will become a champion.

Below are few game of round 10 and 11.











all source from chessbase and chess.com

Cap d'Agde final game

Hikaru Nakamura beat Vassily Ivanchuk in final. score 1.5 - 0.5 and win Cap d'Agde.

8 Cap d'Agde Rapid Chess Tournament

Cap d'Agde Chess festival takes place from 26 October - 1 November , in rapid chess event (25 mins + 10 sec), the particapant devide by 2 groups. The top 4 from each group then advance to play in head-to-head quarter-finals, with the winner of group A playing the fourth placed in group B ,the final on 1 November.


Group A
Fabiano Caruana (2640) : 5.5
Vassily Ivanchuk (2786) : 5.0
Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716) : 4.5
Bu Xiangzhi (2704) : 4.5 Ivan Cheparinov (2696) : 4.0
Alexandra Kosteniuk (2525) : 2.0
Katerina Lahno (2488) : 2.0
Marie Sebag (2533) : 0.5

Group B
Magnus Carlsen (2786) : 5.5
Hikaru Nakamura (2704) : 5.5
Teimour Radjabov (2751) : 5.0
Anatoly Karpov (2651) : 3.5 Hou Yifan (2578) : 3.5
Humpy Koneru (2618) : 2.0
Sebastien Feller (2526) : 2.0
Almira Skripchenko (2455) : 1.0

Anatoly Karpov defeated Hou Yifan 3-1 in a playoff and advance to Quater-finals.

Quarter-Finals
Carlsen 1.5-0.5 Xiangzhi
Nakamura 1.0-1.0 Vachier Lagrave (2-0 on blitz playoff)
Ivanchuk 1.0-1.0 Radjabov (2-0 on blitz playoff)
Caruana 1.0-1.0 Karpov (0.0-1.5 blitz playoff)

Semi-Finals

Carlsen 1.0-1.0 Ivanchuk (0.5-1.5 blitz playoff)
Nakamura 1.0-1.0 Karpov (2-0 blitz playoff)

Final:

Vassily Ivanchuk-- ½-½ --Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura-- 1-0 --Vassily Ivanchuk

Winner: Hikaru Nakamura


Ivanchuk, Vassily (2786) vs. Carlsen, Magnus (2786)
Trophee CCAS FRA 1/2 / Cap Agde FRA
31 Oct 2008
ECO: A30 1-0



Nakamura, Hikaru (2704) vs. Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2716)
Trophee CCAS FRA 1/4 / Cap Agde FRA
30 Oct 2008
ECO: A57 1-0

source: chess.com & chessbase

Viswanathan Anand retain his Worldchampion

Congratulations GM Anand. Anand has retained the world title by drawing game 11th with Kramnik in Bonn, Germany. The final score is 6½-4½ for Anand. Now Anand No.2 in world live rating with 2790.8 point. Anand will celebrated his 39th birthday on December 11, with this memorable prize.

Anand,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2772)
[B96]WCh Bonn GER (11), 29.10.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.f5 Qc5 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Nb3 Qe5 12.0-0-0 exf5 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.Rd5 Qe7 15.Qg3 Rg8 16.Qf4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 f5 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Kb1 Qe1+ 21.Nc1 Ne7 22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Bh6 24.Rf2 Be3 draw

World Chess Championship game 10

Kramnik still hold Anand by beating him last night, score now 6-4.
Kramnik,V (2772) - Anand,V (2783)
[E21]WCh Bonn GER (10), 27.10.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Re1 c5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Be2 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 Bg4 23.Qa6 f6 24.a4 Qf7 25.Bf1 Be6 26.Rab1 c4 27.a5 Na4 28.Rb7 Qe8 29.Qd6 1-0.

World Chess Championship: Half point for Anand.

I miss to report WCC game 8 and 9 because i'm so buzy with tournament at UPSI. All 3 game finish with a draw. More pressure on Kramnik, he must win all 3 game after this to equal wiht Anand score. Now Anand leading with 6-3.

Game 8:
Kramnik,V (2772) - Anand,V (2783)
[D37]WCh Bonn GER (8), 24.10.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxb5 11.Ndxb5 gxf6 12.0-0 Nc6 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 Rg8 15.f4 Rd8 16.Qe1 Qb6+ 17.Rf2 Rd3 18.Qe2 Qd4 19.Re1 a6 20.Kh1 Kf8 21.Ref1 Rg6 22.g3 Kg7 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Kh8 25.Nc3 Rg8 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Qh5 Kg7 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.e5 f5 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Re2 Qc4 7.Qg5+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kh8 draw



Game 9:
Anand,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2772)
[D43]WCh Bonn GER (9), 26.10.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.0-0 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 0-0 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.f4 Qg7 17.e5 c5 18.Nxb5 cxd4 19.Qxc4 a5 20.Kh1 Rac8 21.Qxd4 gxf4 22.Bf3 Ba6 23.a4 Rc5 24.Qxf4 Rxe5 25.b3 Bxb5 26.axb5 Rxb5 27.Be4 Bc3 28.Bc2 Be5 29.Qf2 Bb8 30.Qf3 Rc5 31.Bd3 Rc3 32.g3 Kh8 33.Qb7 f5 34.Qb6 Qe5 35.Qb7 Qc7 36.Qxc7 Bxc7 37.Bc4 Re8 38.Rd7 a4 39.Rxc7 axb3 40.Rf2 Rb8 41.Rb2 h5 42.Kg2 h4 43.Rc6 hxg3 44.hxg3 Rg8 45.Rxe6 Rxc4 draw

World Chess Championship Game 6: Anand play white.

Anand is in a good form to win again round 6. More pressure in Kramnik side if he wants back his title from Anand. After this, Anand will follow Kramnik style , play for a draw.

Viswanathan Anand (2783) vs. Vladimir Kramnik (2772)
2008 WCC Game 6 / Germany
21 Oct 2008

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Rg1 Rac8 17.Bg2 Ne7 18.Bb4 c5 19.dxc5 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Rxg2 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc1 f5 27.Kd1 Rc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Ke1 a5 30.e3 e5 31.gxf5 e4 32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Bd2 a4 34.Nf2 Nd6 35.Rg4 Nc4 36.e4 Nf6 37.Rg3 Nxb2 38.e5 Nd5 39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.fxg7 Kg8 42.Rd3 Ndb6 43.Bh6 Nxe5 44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rc3 Rxc3 46.g8Q+ Kxf6 47.Bg7+ 1–0

Triple victory for Anand

World Championship Game 3, Anand score a victory

Early lead for Anand.Anand now lead the tournament with score 2 - 1.


A win for a black.

Round 11 Russian Championship :Evgeny Alekseev Vs Peter Svidler

Peter Svidler played attacking Caro-Kann to pushing a victory from Evgeny Alekseev.
The Champion will be decide between Peter Svidler ,Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko by tie break ,a rapid (15 min plus 10 sec increment) double round-robin playoff on the 28 October.

error in move 4. Nf3 , i will trouble shoot later.

World Chess Championship game 2: No Petrov

No petrov in game 2. Anand start with d4 , not e4 as pridiction.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 ( what a suprise) d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5




f5 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.e4 fxe4 11.fxe4 N5f6 12.c6 bxc6 13.Nf3



Qa5 14.Bd2 Ba6 15.c4 Qc5

16.Bd3 Ng4 17.Bb4 Qe3+ 18.Qe2 O-O-O 19.Qxe3 Nxe3 20.Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 22. Bb1 h5 23. h3 h4+ 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 Nh5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 e528. Rc1 Nf4 29. Ra2 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Ne6 32. Kg3 Rd4 Kramnik offer a draw and Anand accept 1/2-1/2.

again draw in 32 step.

WCC: Kramnik- Anand 32 move to draw

Vladimir Kramnik (2772) vs. Viswanathan Anand (2783)
2008 WCC Game 1 / Germany
14 Oct 2008
1/2-1/2

The Exchange Slav (4.cxd5)


Second game Anand play white. Maybe we can see a Petrov Defence?

Alexandra Kosteniuk - new chess queen

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured) is the new chess queen after defeat hot prodigy from China- Hou Yifan with margin 2.5 - 1.5. Thanks for her 1st game winning. Besides the first game, Alexandra could also have won game 2 and 3. A forced draw in final game by repetition to ensure victory for her.

Kosteniuk,A (2510) vs. Hou Yifan (2557)
WCh-Women / Nalchik RUS- round 4
17 Sep 2008- 1/2 - 1/2

Chess Final Masters Bilbao round 10

Magnus Carlsen only draw with Anand in round 10. "Ivanchuk vs Topalov game can decide the top standing of the Bilbao Grand Slam Final and the World #1 ranking!
If Ivanchuk wins, he will be the #1 player of the world as of October 1 and he has a chance to win this tournament as well (if Aronian and Carlsen draw or lose).
If Topalov wins, he will win the Bilbao Grand Slam Final and has a chance to regain his world #1 ranking "- susanpolgar blog

GM Carlsen (2775) - GM Anand (2798) [D13]
Bilbao Grand Slam Final, 13.09.2008

Women's World Chess Championship

China hot player, Hou Yifan beating favourite Koneru Humpy of India in a blitz tie-break playoff. Yifan won the first rapid game, Koneru win in the second. Yifan again took the lead by winning the first blitz game and this time Koneru failed to stage another comeback and was finally eliminated.
She will meet Alexandra Kosteniuka-former Women's World Championship finalist from 7 years ago in Final.Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Pia Cramling and thereby earn a place in the final.

Hou Yifan (2557) vs. Koneru,H (2622)
WCh-Women / Nalchik RUS
12 Sep 2008
ECO: C95 | 1-0


Koneru,H (2622) vs. Hou Yifan (2557)
WCh-Women / Nalchik RUS
12 Sep 2008
ECO: E15 | 1-0


Koneru,H (2622) vs. Hou Yifan (2557)
WCh-Women / Nalchik RUS
12 Sep 2008
ECO: E15 | 0-1


Hou Yifan (2557) vs. Koneru,H (2622)
WCh-Women / Nalchik RUS
12 Sep 2008
ECO: B06 | 1-0