Fourth FIDE Grand Prix, Nalchik result- Aronian the winner

Levon Aronian win at Fourth FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria after win again Peter Leko in final round ( Round 13).

Official website: http://www.nalchik2009.fide.com/

Aronian wins Amber again

Levon Aronian is the champion. He scored 7.0 point in both Rapid and Blindfold.

18TH AMBER BLINDFOLD AND RAPID TOURNAMENT

Saturday 14 March Round I

Blind
Kramnik-Morozevich 1 - 0
Radjabov-Topalov ½ - ½
Karjakin-Wang Yue ½ - ½
Carlsen-Kamsky 1 - 0
Anand-Leko 1 - 0
Aronian-Ivanchuk 1 - 0

Rapid

Morozevich-Kramnik 1 - 0
Topalov-Radjabov ½ - ½
Wang Yue-Karjakin ½ - ½
Kamsky-Carlsen 1 - 0
Leko-Anand 1 - 0
Ivanchuk-Aronian 0 - 1

for more info can visit Official website :http://www.amberchess2009.com/

10th European Individual Women's Chess Championship result.

The 10th European Individual Chess Championship Result

Alexander Grischuk win XXVI SuperGM, Linares.

Alexander Grischuk win this tournament due to better tie break than Ivanchuk. The 1st tie-break was the head-to-head score, but equal because both games between them were drawn, the second tie-break of most wins and has better tie break than Ivanchuk (Grischuk (he won 3 compared to Ivanchuk's 2).Alexander Grischuk join this tournament as a reserve to fill Veselin Topalov place when his delayed match with Gata Kamsky clashed with Linares.

Below are some interesting game of the tournament:

World Chess Challenge: Topalov defeat Kamsky

The Bulgarian Veselin Topalov defeated his American opponent Gata Kamsky with score 4.5-2.5 and will meet with Anand for world tittle.

Final Standing:




Round 7:

Round 6:

Round 5:

Round 4:

Round 3:

Round 2:

Round 1:

Topalov vs Kamsky

1st battle between Vaselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky in FIDE Candidates Qualifier for the World Championship ended with a drawn. This battle start with Topalov as white and Kamsky in the black corner.With Grundfeld Defend, maybe a good start for Kamsky. All 36 moved and the game look like a draw with black Queen checking around. Also for this tournament , both player has choose their side kick (2nd) as below:
Topalov's Team: Ivan Cheparinov, Vallejo Pons, Erwin L’Ami
Kamsky's Team: Emil Sutovsky, Andrei Volokitin, Evgeny Najer

1st Round of Topalov Vs Kamsky.


The Kamsky-Topalov FIDE World Championship Qualifier is taking place from February 16th to 28th in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Match consists of eight games and if necessary tie-breaks. It has a prize find of US $250,000 which will be shared equally by the players. The winner qualifies for a World Championship Match against Viswanathan Anand, scheduled for later this year.- Chessbase.

Corus 09 Round 8 replay

Karjakin former group A leader was beaten by my favourite hero Ivanchuk in round 8. Magnus Carlsen still unbeaten and he once again draw this time with Kamsky. Asean chess hero, Wesley So also been beaten by F. Holzke.

Result of round 8 - Sunday 25.01.2009

Group A:
S. Movsesian - J. Smeets ½-½
Wang Yue - A. Morozevich 1-0
T. Radjabov - L. Dominguez ½-½
D. Stellwagen - M. Adams ½-½
M. Carlsen - G. Kamsky ½-½
L. Aronian - L. van Wely ½-½
V. Ivanchuk - S. Karjakin 1-0

Group B:
R. Kasimdzhanov - J. Werle ½-½
F. Vallejo Pons - F. Caruana 1-0
E. l’Ami - Z. Efimenko 1-0
Hou Yifan - D. Navara ½-½
K. Sasikiran - A. Motylev ½-½
D. Reinderman - H. Mecking ½-½
N. Short - A. Volokitin ½-½

Group C:
R. Pruijssers - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0
W. So - F. Holzke 0-1
M. Bosboom - D. Harika ½-½
T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0
D. Howell - E. Iturrizaga 1-0
F. Nijboer - A. Gupta 1-0
O. Romanishin - A. Giri 0-1

Game Replayer of Round 8:

GM Group A

GM Group B

GM Group C

Source from chessvibes.

Wesley So game re-player at Corus 09

4.5 point in 6 round with 3 win and 3 draw, a good score for him and lead Group C.

Round 5:

Corus 09 after round 6

Standing after round 6:

Chess update of 1st Asian Club Cup at Al Ain,UAE

Pairing and result as below. All result from chess-result.com.

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

Kasparov 20-Board Simul at Harlem Chess Festival

The First Harlem Children's Zone Chess Festival on September 28.The Kasparov Chess Federation is a non-profit educational organization that works with schools and communities across the United States to promote chess as a cognitive learning tool. For the past six years, the Foundation has been working with the Harlem Children's Zone, which has included its chess-teaching methods in several of its afterschool programs, including those of its HCZ Promise Academy charter schools.-Chessbase

The Russian Chess Championship 2008

Standings after Round 4:

1. Svidler 3.5
2. Lastin 3
3-4. Jakovenko, Vitiugov 2.5
5-8. Alekseev, Morozevich, Timofeev, Riazantsev 2
9-10. Sakaev, Tomashevsky 1.5
11. Maslak 1
12. Inarkiev .5

Round 4 Results:
Lastin - Svidler 1/2-1/2
Morozevich - Timofeev 1/2-1/2
Riazantsev - Vitiugov 1/2-1/2
Tomashevsky - Alekseev 1/2-1/2
Maslak - Sakaev 1/2-1/2
Inarkiev - Jakovenko 1/2-1/2


Round 3 Results:
Svidler - Riazantsev 1-0
Jakovenko - Alekseev 1-0
Vitiugov - Morozevich 1/2-1/2
Timofeev - Inarkiev 1-0
Sakaev - Lastin 1/2-1/2
Maslak - Tomashevsky 1/2-1/2

Round 2 Results:
Lastin - Maslak 1-0
Alekseev - Timofeev 1-0
Riazantsev - Sakaev 1/2-1/2
Morozevich - Svidler 0-1
Tomashevsky - Jakovenko 1/2-1/2
Inarkiev - Vitiugov 0-1

Round 1 Results:
Lastin - Tomashevsky 1-0
Svidler - Inarkiev 1-0
Timofeev - Jakovenko 1/2-1/2
Vitiugov - Alekseev 1/2-1/2
Maslak - Riazantsev 0-1
Sakaev* - Morozevich 0-1

World Chess Championship 2008

Schedule for the World Chess Championship 2008:

Game 1 Tuesday October 14
Game 2 Wednesday October 15
Game 3 Friday October 17
Game 4 Saturday October 18
Game 5 Monday October 20
Game 6 Tuesday October 21
Game 7 Thursday October 23
Game 8 Friday October 24
Game 9 Sunday October 26
Game 10 Monday October 27
Game 11 Wednesday October 29
Game 12 Friday October 31

All games start at 3.00 P.M

Tiebreak Sunday November 02 3 p.m.

Rybka Wins again

Rybka Wins Computer World Chess Championship in Beijing with no lost, draws and i point ahead of his nearest rival, the British program Hiarcs.

Rank Program Origin Hardware Score Games SOSSoDOS
1 Rybka USA Cluster, 40 cores 8.0 9 37.0 31.25
2 Hiarcs GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 7.0 9 38.0 26.00
3 Junior ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 6.0 9 39.0 22.00
4 Cluster Toga DEU Cluster, 24 cores 5.5 9 39.5 19.75
5 Shredder DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 4.5 9 40.5 14.75
6 Falcon ISR Intel Core 2, 2 x 2.1Ghz 4.0 9 41.0 13.00
7 Jonny DEU Cluster, 16 cores 4.0 9 41.0 10.25
8 Sjeng BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 3.5 9 41.5 10.50
9 The Baron NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 2.5 9 42.5 7.50
10 Mobile Chess CHN Nokia 6120c 0.0 9 45.0 0.00

Sjeng vs. Rybka
16th World Computer Chess Championship / Beijing, China
Round 7 | 3 Oct 2008
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