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Players Remain Deadlocked at Moscow Tournament-- 07-Nov-09, gambit.blogs.nytimes.com, play chess online Day 2 of the Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow brought another round of draws as once again none of the competitors was able to score a win. As on Day 1, five draws did not mean that the games were boring. The competitors, who include 10 of the top 13 chess players in the world, played ambitiously, for the most part, but there were no major mistakes. Several of the games were quite interesting. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, faced Viswanathan Anand of India, the current champion, in a reprise of their 2008 title match. Anand, who had Black for the second consecutive game, played the Grünfeld Defense and ...
Strong Memorial Tournament to Past Chess Champion Begins in Moscow-- 06-Nov-09, gambit.blogs.nytimes.com, play chess online The Tal Memorial tournament, a tribute to the eighth world chess champion, Mikhail Tal, began Thursday with five hard-fought draws. The 10-player field is stellar, featuring Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, who is ranked No. 3 in the world; Magnus Carlsen of Norway, No. 2; Levon Aronian of Armenia, No. 4; Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, No. 5; Boris Gelfand of Israel, No. 7; Peter Svidler of Russia, No. 8; Peter Leko of Hungary, No. 9; Alexander Morozevich of Russia, No. 10; Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, No. 12; and Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, No. 13. In other words, 10 of the top 13 chess players in the world are competing. It is always tough to ...
America's youngest Grandmaster-- 04-Nov-09, boston.com, play chess online Ray Robson of Florida has just won the Pan American Junior with a 8-1 score and in the process has won his third Norm, qualifying for the title of Grandmaster. He becomes the youngest chess Grandmaster in US history, just a couple of weeks shy of age 15. Bobby Fischer was 15 years 4 months plus when he got the title. Robson is this year’s winner of the annual Samford award. He was born in Guam and moved to the United States at the age of 5. His achievement is further testimony of the value of the Samford fellowships, awarded through the US Chess Trust, a creation of the Samford family of Georgia, which provide subsidies for promising young American chess players to ...
Mad Pawn Rush-- 03-Nov-09, washingtonpost.com, play chess online The young and powerful team of Azerbaijan clinched the gold medal at the 17th European Team Chess Championship in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on Friday. They won seven matches, drew one and lost to Armenia, scoring 15 out of possible 18 match points. But their victory was a close call. It hung on one bad rook move, a losing blunder, played by the Dutchman Daniel Stellwagen against Vugar Gashimov in the last round. At the same time, Russia stumbled with a 2-2 tie against the Spanish team and finished with 14 points. Ukraine won the bronze on a tiebreak over Armenia, each ending with 13 points. Gashimov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov were the top performers on ...
Another Norwegian Teenager Emerges as a Threat -- 02-Nov-09, nytimes.com, play chess online A 19-year-old Norwegian turned in an impressive performance at the 17th European Team Chess Championships in Serbia, which ended on Saturday. A Norwegian teenager had been expected to do well at the chess tournament, but the surprise was that he turned out to be Jon Ludvig Hammer and not Magnus Carlsen, who does not turn 19 until the end of November. Carlsen, a chess prodigy who will be No. 2 in the world on the next list, was supposed to play for Norway, but he withdrew to spend more time preparing for the Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow, which begins on Nov. 5. Carlsen’s father, Henrik, explained that his son wanted to play in ...
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