Archive for August 3rd, 2008
Cheparinov continues lead in Sochi no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Round 4 results:
Svidler, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Navara, David 1-0
Cheparinov, Ivan - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Wang Yue ½-½
Kamsky, Gata - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 3
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 2½
3. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 2
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 2
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 2
6. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 2
7. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 2
8. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 2
9. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 2
10. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 2
11. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 2
12. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 2
13. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 1½
14. Navara, David g CZE 2646 1
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Hilton Blogs from the Denker no comments
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Jonathan Hilton blogs and analyzes games from the Denker tournament of High School Champions (Dallas, August 2-5), where he has 1.5/2.
Tyler and Tatev Arrive in Turkey no comments
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Tyler Hughes, Tatev Abrahamyan of U.S. and Alejandro Ramirez of UTD/Costa Rica arrived in Turkey for the World Junior Champs. CLO interviews U.S. Junior Champion Tyler Hughes on Turkey, Lindsborg and the field at the 08′ Junior.
Carlsen 0-2 against Anand no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
GM Carlsen (2775) - GM Anand (2798) [E06]
03.08.2008 / Rapid - Mainz
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Be3 Ng4 16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Qd5 18.h3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 c5 20.Nf4 Qf5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Qd3 Qf6 23.Qd2 Rfd8 24.Qa5 e5 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nd3 Bb6 27.Qc3 Bd4 28.Qe1 e4 29.Nf4 Bxb2 30.Rd1 Be5 31.Nd5 Qe6 32.Qa5 Rd6 33.Ne3 Rxd1+ 34.Nxd1 h6 35.Kg2 Qc6 36.Ne3 g6 37.Qb4 Kg7 38.Kh2 Bc3 39.Qe7 Bd4 40.Qb4 Qc5 41.Qd2 Bxe3 42.fxe3 b4 43.Kg2 a5 44.Kf2 a4 45.Qb2+ Kg8 46.Qd2 b3 47.axb3 axb3 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qd2 Qb6 50.Qb2+ Qf6+ Black wins 0–1
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Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Anand takes game 1 against Carlsen no comments
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GM Anand (2798) - GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]
03.08.2008 / Rapid - Mainz
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1 Qa5 17.Bh6 Rxc3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rxh5 Rxb3 20.Qxa5 Rxb2+ 21.Ka1 gxh5 22.f4 Be6 23.Nxe6+ fxe6 24.fxe5 Rb5 25.Qc7 Rxe5 26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qxd6 Rxe4 28.Rh1 Rf5 29.Qe7+ Kg6 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Rd1 Rd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qxh5 b5 34.Qg5+ Kh7 35.Qxd5 Ra4 36.Qg5 Rc4 37.Kb2 Rb4+ 38.Kc1 Ra4 39.a3 Rc4 40.Kd2 Rd4+ 41.Ke1 Ra4 42.Kf1 Rc4 43.Kg1 Rc6 44.Qd5 Rg6 45.a4 bxa4 46.Qd7+ Kh6 47.Qxa4 Kg5 48.c4 Kf5 49.c5 Ke5 50.Qd7 White wins 1–0
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Source: Susan Polgar Blog
An equal match no comments
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GMs Torre, Antonio won’t play tiebreaker; rematch is a draw
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 10:47:00 08/03/2008
Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., the long-time vanguards of Philippine chess, both decided not to play in the deciding Game 7 tie-breaker but instead to share the top honors of their 6-game ‘QC Chess Road Show’ which ended at the Gateway Mall in Araneta Center, Cubao on Friday.
The duel, which is the rematch of their first one-on-one ten years ago, ended in a 3-3 tie after the 56-year-old Torre, Asia’s First GM, beat the 46-year-old Antonio in 42 moves of a London System Opening in Game Six to tie the match.
The six-game battle id part of Quezon City’s sports tourism program.
“No more tie break,” said Torre, in a text message yesterday.
Tournament director Tito Estaris also said “Nagkasundo na ang dalawa na wala ng tie breaker, ang objective naman ng event ay sports tourism na ipakita sa mga tao ang iba’t-ibang significant places sa Quezon City.
“Ang maganda ay nakapag contribute kami ni Eugene (Torre) sa Quezon City at lalong-lalu na sa mga kabataan,” added Antonio, who beat Torre by one point ten years ago during the Centennial Chess Duel in Land Bank, Makati.
After the 1998 Centennial Chess Duel, the two Filipino chess icons also played a one-on-one secret match which also ended in a draw at the Presidential Tower in Timog, Quezon City, as part of Antonio’s preparation for the 1999 Las Vegas World Championships.
Source: Cebu Daily News
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U.S. Open Kicks Off no comments
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The U.S. Open and the Denker tournament of high school champions kicked off on August 2, Saturday night. Check out Hanken’s Corner, and game highlights from the first round.
Antoaneta Stefanova is the Winner of the “North Urals Cup 2008” no comments
Two games of the conclusive rounds finished. The games of Stefanova against Xu Yuhua and Ushenina against Koneru ended with the draw. Thus Antoaneta Stefanova became the winner of the “North Urals Cup 2008” with 4.5 points of 7 possible.
Antoaneta won Koneru, Pogonina and Sebag and lost to Cramling. All the rest games ended with the draw.
We would like to remind that Stefanova is a constant participant of the “North Urals Cup”. This year she play for the sixth time but before she never won the tournament.
We congratulate the Queen!
translation: Olesya Aleynikova
Anna Burtasova
Press-attache of the “North Urals Cup 2008”
+7-922-1462301 (Krasnoturinsk)
Anand faces Carlsen in Grenkeleasing final no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Anand won the 4-player RR event which include Carlsen, Morozevich and my sister Judit. Carlsen finished second to earn a spot in the championship match against Anand today.
http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm8.php?lang=1
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North Urals Final Standings no comments
Source: Susan Polgar Blog
Final round:
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Xu Yuhua ½-½
Ushenina, Anna - Koneru, Humpy ½-½
Sebag, Marie - Cramling, Pia 1-0
Pogonina, Natalija - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½
Final standings:
1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4½
2. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 4
3. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2530 4
4. Xu Yuhua g CHN 2483 3½
5. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2622 3½
6. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2544 3
7. Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2504 3
8. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2469 2½
Source: Susan Polgar Blog