London Chess Classic 2012 Round 3: Adams Beats Polgar, Carlsen Escapes Kramnik

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The London Chess Classic 2012 Round 3 had plenty at stake - all for pawns really. On the one hand, World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen pulled off a draw against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik despite being pawn down. On the other, World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand had nothing to make with his pawn advantage and had to settle for a draw against gritty play by World No. 2 Levon Aronian. Michael Adams used his rolling pawn to ground down Judit Polgar in the only decisive game of the day. The fourth game was theoretical endgame between Gawain Jones and Hikaru Nakamura - also a draw.

Round 3: Monday, Dec. 3rd, 2012
Levon Aronian ½-½ Vishy Anand
Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Gawain Jones ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Michael Adams 1-0 Judit Polgar
Luke McShane (bye) – assisting commentary

Enjoy all the games of Round 3 with Chess King. Just click on the link of the game you want to view.

Round 4: Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 2012
Hikaru Nakamura - Michael Adams
Magnus Carlsen - Gawain Jones
Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane - Levon Aronian
Judit Polgar (bye) – assisting commentary

Standings after Round 3
1. Magnus Carlsen 7 / 3
Vladimir Kramnik
3. Michael Adams 6 / 2
4. Hikaru Nakamura 4 / 3
5. Viswanathan Anand 2 / 2
6. Gawain Jones 2 / 3
7. Luke McShane 1 / 2
8. Judit Polgar 1 / 3
Levon Aronian

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Game 12 Video from Anand, Gelfand 2012 World Chess Match Plus Svidler Interview

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Here is a nice Game 12 video from the 2012 Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship. It includes nice interview of Peter Svidler - the Russian Chess Champion. Enjoy.





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US Women's Chess Championship 2012 - Cool Chess Interviews With All the 10 Women Participants

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Hi everyone,


Sit back and watch these great chess interviews with all the contestants of the US Chess Championship 2012! The participants are defending champion IM Anna Zatonskih, IM Irina Krush, WIM Iryna Zenyuk, WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, IM Rusudan Goletiani, FM Alisa Melekhina, WIM Viktorija Ni, WFM Alena Kats, and WGM Camilla Baginskaite. 
































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Congratulations to GM Shirov for winning Aivars Gipslis Chess Memorial in Latvia

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

The latest tournament chess news via www.chessdom.com is that Grandmaster Alexei Shirov has won the  Aivars Gipslis Memorial Chess Tournament, 2012.
 

The Latvian Chess Federation in cooperation with Grandmaster Alexei Shirov organized the Aivars Gipslis Memorial on Sunday 12th February at the Technical University in Riga, Latvia. The tournament is organized to commemorate Aivars Gipslis, eight-times Latvian champion and respected Grandmaster.

The competition was held over 9 rounds of Swiss System 9 rounds, with rapid time control of 10 minutes + 3 seconds per player. The prize fund was 360 EUR. Alexei Shirov took a clear first place with 8 points, followed by fellow Latvian GM Normunds Miezis who finished half a point behind. Guest from Spain, GM Manuel Perez Candelario, clinched the third place on better tie-break.

 

Latvian chess scene was revived in the recent months as several tournaments are organized and GM Alexei Shirov returned from Spain.

Final standings:
1 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2710 – 8
2 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2564 – 7.5
3 GM Perez Candelario Manuel ESP 2572 – 7
4 IM Samoļins Vitālijs LAT 2470 – 7
5 GM Svesnikovs Jevgenijs LAT 2530 – 6.5
6 FM Lavendelis Egons LAT 2411 – 6.5
7 WGM Rogule Laura LAT 2353 – 6.5
8 M Daudzvārdis Jānis LAT 2270 – 6
9 FM Kantāns Toms LAT 2452 – 6
10 MK Bernotas Arturs LAT 2313 – 6
11 FM Grasis Jānis LAT 2262 – 6
12 MK Kalnins Kristaps LAT 2266 – 6
13 MK Krilovs Nikolajs LAT 2126 – 6
14 IM Bērziņš Rolands LAT 2499 – 5.5
15 M Mustaps Matīss LAT 2406 – 5.5
16 MK Laizāns Aivars LAT 2112 – 5.5
17 IM Svesnikovs Vladimirs LAT 2405 – 5
18 IM Antoms Guntars LAT 2387 – 5
19 MK Laimins Lauris LAT 2291 – 5
20 MK Stepins Edgars LAT 2241 – 5
21 MK Smilga Ivars LAT 2104 – 5
22 MK Griezne Edvīns LAT 2172 – 5
23 MK Agafonovs Jurijs LAT 2200 – 5
24 I Otikova Elīna LAT 2019 – 5
25 MK Rasa Gints LAT 2100 – 5
26 I Birģelis Jānis LAT 1953 – 5
27 MK Kretainis Kristaps LAT 2312 – 5
28 M Stašāns Aivars LAT 2137 – 5
29 I Viļums Aldis LAT 1964 – 5
30 I Ivbulis Mārtins LAT 1967 – 5
31 MK Skuja Harijs LAT 2030 – 4.5
32 MK Visockis Jānis LAT 2230 – 4.5
33 MK Matvieks Nikolajs LAT 2186 – 4.5
34 I Stabulnieks Klāvs LAT 1949 – 4.5
35 MK Fedorovičs Vladimirs LAT 1938 – 4
36 MK Dzjuba Vsevolods LAT 2319 – 4
37 MK Seļivanovs Anatolijs LAT 2046 – 4
38 I Smišļajevs Oļegs LAT 2000 – 4
39 FM Čehlovs Aleksandrs LAT 2300 – 4
40 I Golubeva Marija LAT 1870 – 4
41 MK Kronlaks Olafs LAT 2037 – 4
42 I Fridmanis Josifs LAT 1962 – 4
43 MK Petrovskis Oļegs LAT 2003 – 4
44 I Petrovs Aleksandrs LAT 1919 – 4
45 I Skolmeistars Uldis LAT 1948 – 4
46 I Djogteva Jekaterina LAT 1936 – 4
47 I Bogorads Daniels LAT 1813 – 4
48 I Mačevskis Edmunds LAT 1935 – 3.5
49 I Kurbānova Dagmāra LAT 1925 – 3.5
50 MK Melderis Uldis LAT 2077 – 3.5
51 I Višņevskis Valdis LAT 1850 – 3.5
52 I Lindermans Pavels LAT 1849 – 3.5
53 I Andrucis Māris LAT 1850 – 3
54 I Lācis Aleksandrs LAT 2023 – 3
55 I Panovs Maksims LAT 1826 – 3
56 I Birjukovs Anatolijs LAT 1912 – 3
57 MK Priedītis Māris LAT 2100 – 3
58 I Pomahs Ziedonis LAT 1859 – 3
59 I Zvans Māris LAT 1899 – 3
60 I Ķēniņš Bruno LAT 1850 – 2.5
61 I Miķelsons Emīls Miķelis LAT 1821 – 2.5
62 I Kovalevskis Artjoms LAT 1744 – 2
63 I Fomins Daniels LAT 1843 – 1
64 I Ivoņins Andis LAT 1935 – 0

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