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Kamsky tops Ramirez in playoff for U.S. chess title — 17-May-13, washingtontimes.com, play chess online
It came down to a single “armageddon” playoff game, but top-seeded GM Gata Kamsky claimed the 2013 U.S. chess championship in a thrilling finish Monday at the Chess Club Scholastic Center of St. Louis. He defeated Texas GM Alejandro Ramirez in a rapid playoff after the two finished atop the 24-player field with 6½-2½ scores. Popular New York IM Irina Krush won her fifth women’s U.S. title in the 10-woman invitational, leading wire-to-wire to finish at 8-1, a half-point ahead of top rival IM Anna Zatonskih, whom Krush beat in their individual encounter. GM Alex Onischuk came up just short in his bid for a second U.S. title, finishing a half-point behind Kamsky and Ramirez at 6-3. But his win over the ever-inventive GM Alex Shabalov was one of the highlights of the chess tournament, a seesaw ... |
Chess champion Gata Kamsky forced to play to win — 15-May-13, stlbeacon.org, play chess online
If there is one person who might be upset with the performance of 2013 U.S. Chess Champion Gata Kamsky, it is former New York Jets coach Herm Edwards. I’m not sure if Edwards is a chess player, but his long-viral media tirade that proclaimed “Hello?! You play to win the game!” was a line of theory that Kamsky apparently overlooked for much of the past week. After a 4-0 start sparked whispers of a potential $64,000 Bobby Fischer Prize – awarded to any competitor who could match the national chess icon’s perfect score from the 1964 U.S. Chess Championships – Kamsky went the remaining five games with no checkmate, only draws, skidding across the finish line of the nation’s most prestigious tournament. And he wasn’t alone. Alejandro Ramirez shifted ... |
Chess Championship Drama, Months Early — 13-May-13, nytimes.com, play chess online
The World Chess Federation has decided that the World Chess Championship match in November will be held in Chennai, India, the hometown of the titleholder, Viswanathan Anand, and that the prizes will total $2.55 million. Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian who will challenge Anand in the match, immediately protested, and not because of the location alone. Organizers in Paris had also offered to play host to the chess match and put up $3.5 million in prize money. But the federation said there would be no open bidding this time. Chennai had been the favorite for the last world chess championship, in 2012, but a better offer from Moscow trumped it. After Chennai lost, the federation promised organizers there that they would have no competition in landing the next chess championship. “The lack of ... |
Chess Art Under Alekhine's Watchful Eye — 11-May-13, huffingtonpost.com, play chess online
Every few years somebody discovers the French-American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), connects him with chess and quotes him:"While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." Duchamp was exaggerating, but he loved chess and he was a decent chess player. In three chess olympiads in the 1930s, he played on the French team alongside the world chess champion Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946). They must have discussed the similarities between chess and art. "To me, chess is not a game; it is art," Alekhine said. The quote was prominently displayed at the website devoted to the Alekhine Memorial chess tournament. The event finished this month. It was a showcase of the Russian Chess Federation, a tribute to ... |
Kamsky, Krush hold lead in U.S. chess title chase — 09-May-13, washingtontimes.com, play chess online
Top seeds GM Gata Kamsky and IM Irina Krush are setting the early pace at the U.S. men’s and women’s chess championships that got underway Friday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, with each posting three wins in their first three games. Krush already has booked a win over arch rival IM Anna Zatonksih, while Kamsky’s two closest pursuers are a surprise: young GM Conrad Holt and FM John Bryant, both among the lower-rated entrants in the men’s 24-player field. Four-time U.S. chess champ Alex Shabalov had the bad fortune to be paired with Kamsky in Round 1, but bounced back with wins in his next two games to get back into the hunt. The Pittsburgh GM’s Round 3 win over FM Sam Sevian, the 12-year-old California chess prodigy who ... |
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