Russian GM Alexander Morozevich wins XV Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament 2014
Hello chess friends, Russian Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich has won the XV Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament 2014 organised May 11-20 in Nefteyugansk in the district of Ugra, Russia.
It was a 10-player round robin tournament featured strong competition, but the Russian Grandmaster took lead and held on to it scoring a winning performance of 6/9 points without losing a single game for a clear first. In second place was Dmitry Jakovenko with 5.5/9 followed by Etienne Bacrot and Alexei Shirov who tied for third with 5 points each.
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Topalov Qualifies for Candidates Chess Tournament 2014
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
Hi everyone,
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the Beijing Chess Grand Prix and, along with Fabiano Caruana, could fill one of the seats of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2014. However, Veselin Topalov is already in a good overall first place in the Grand Prix series 2012/13 and qualifies for the Candidates.
The Bulgarian got his third good result after playing four events of the Grand Prix. He shared first in London, got a clear win in Zug and shared 3rd-4th in Beijing thanks to a final round victory over Alexander Morozevich. The regulations of the Grand Prix series provide two spots at the Candidates event, so the second coveted prize is still up for grabs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the clear favorite to achieve this feat, but he still has to wait for the final leg, where Alexander Grischuk and Fabiano Caruana still have a mathematical chance of passing him on the standings. Mamedyarov already played the four allowed tournaments and achieved a score of 390 points. However, both Grischuk and Caruana are set to participate in the final leg.
If Grischuk is sole winner, he will get to 400 points; if Caruana is the sole winner, he will get to 395 points. In case of a shared first place, Mamedyarov would get the spot anyway, according to a Chessdom.com report.
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Beijing Chess Grand Prix 2013: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Wins Clear First
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
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This completes a hat-trick of sorts for Azerbaijan Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov as he wins the Beijing Chess Grand Prix event in China on Tuesday. He came to Beijing right after winning the Geneva Chess Masters and the World Rapid Chess Championship 2013.
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World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov nominated on Tuesday two Chinese chess players - Hou Yifan and Wei Yi to participate in the World Cup 2013. "Intellectual sports are growing in popularity, particularly among young people. As a result, I have nominated Hou Yifan and Wei Yi to participate at the World Cup 2013," said Ilyumzhinov during the closing ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series Beijing. A former women's world champion, Hou was the youngest ever to win the title at the age of 16. Her countryman Wei Yi, whose name sounded the same as "only", was the youngest Grandmaster(GM) at 13 years 8 months and 23 days and the only GM in the world who is under 15 years old. FIDE World Cup 2013 will be held from August 10 to September 3 in Tromso, Norway.
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Mamedyarov drew against Boris Gelfand of Israel in the last round of the Grand Prix to take the clear first place with 7 points. Earlier, he was in sole lead. Based on the results of the five stages of the FIDE Grand Prix, Mamedyarov is in second place (behind Veselin Topalov) for earning the right to participate in the Candidates Tournament in 2014.
Under the rules of the series each participant can take part in four tournaments of the six stages, of which the top three will be counted. Two winners of the Grand Prix tournament can participate in the Candidates Tournament.
Mamedyarov has represented Azerbaijan at the Chess Olympiads in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010. In 2009, he won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Team Chess Championship, having won a bronze medal in 2007 and silver in 2011.
Final Standings
1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 7
2. Alexander Grischuk 6.5
3. Peter Leko 6.0
4. Veselin Topalov 6.0
5. Alexander Morozevich 5.5
6. Sergey Karjakin 5.5
7. Anish Giri 5.5
8. Wang Yue 5.5
9. Vassily Ivanchuk 5.0
10. Boris Gelfand 5.0
11. Wang Hao 5.0
12. Gata Kamsky 3.5
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8th Tal Chess Memorial 2013 Round 1: Mamedyarov, Caruana, Carlsen Begin with Wins in Moscow
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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The clocks were started at 15:00 local time. This year’s stage is set at the elegant Red October Building in Moscow. Yet another edition of the prestigious Tal Memorial started officially in Russia. The first playing day was long and did not lack emotions. Three decisive games left the same number of players at the top of the standings. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana won their first points leading the black pieces, while rating favorite Magnus Carlsen did it with white. The battle has begun.
The first, and rather quick, decisive game favored the new rapid world champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. His victim, American Hikaru Nakamura, seemed to be in good shape and ready to have a rampage start after his clear victory in the pre-tournament blitz competition. However, the number 1 player in United States will have to recover from his loss against the Azerbaijani in the upcoming rounds.
The game lasted only 31 moves. In a rather quiet Nimzo-Indian, Nakamura did not sense the imminent danger in the middlegame and allowed his opponent to launch a direct attack against the white king. Mamedyarov is not the kind of player to shy away from a sacrificial attack, and that is precisely what he did on move 19. Today, this aggressive attitude paid up and gave him his first full point.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Two players known for their deep preparation and their seriousness on and off the board faced each other today. World champion Viswanathan Anand led the white pieces in a battle against the American-born Italian grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana. The young star came out on top in 47 moves of a tense Ruy Lopez.
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Men's Chess Grand Prix Series 2012/13 Cumulative Points
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013Hi everyone,
Fide has just released the latest men's chess grand prix scores in the 2012/13 series. Below is the graphic. GM Adams replaced GM Svidler for London 2012 only.
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Renova Chess Grand Prix 2013 Round 6: Ponomariov, Topalov, Morozevich in Joint Lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
The Renova Chess Grand Prix has three leaders after six rounds: Ponomariov, Topalov and Morozevich. Both leaders Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich finished their games in draws while Ruslan Ponomariov outplayed Gata Kamsky to join two other leaders on top of the table.
Hikaru Nakamura won the first game in the tournament against Rustam Kasimdzhanov The craziest game of the sixth round between Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin ended in a draw, but not before either player had had a winning position.
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov ½ - ½Following the previous round's game, Radjabov wanted to come back to the event and he selected the Alekhine variation against the Nimzo Indian. The line they followed was quite extensively played before and the new move was 17.0-0-0 but this did not change much. However, White decided to check Black’s preparation and Veselin Topalov had to play precisely in order to equalize.
It seems both opponents were familiar with many different lines in this opening as the players used around 1 hour each for the 30 odd moves played today.
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Six of the GMs in this event have become Grandmasters before the age of 15! The record holder Karjakin (GM at 12 years and 7 months but now a ripe 23 years old!) was Black against Caruana who also achieved his title at a very young age. They chose the positional variation of the Ruy Lopez Berlin with 4.d3 and while Black maintained equality till move 19, Karjakin then chose the dubious 20…Ne5?! which gave Caruana the opportunity to get a winning advantage with 21.f4! However, Caruana missed the easy 35.Rxe7+ Bxe7 36.Qe6+ Kf8 37.d6 Bd8 38.d7 Be7 39.Qd6 winning immediately. After 37…a4 Black was back in the game as the pawn had to be blockaded before it became a runner. Fabiano Caruana started to make mistakes and it was hard for Italian player to defend his position after 42.d6. Computer analysis was showing -6 in Black’s favor when suddenly Sergey “helped” his opponent to survive. 48…Bd4?? 49. Bd4 Rd4 50.Rf6! and it’s a draw on the board! During the press-conference Sergey pointed out that probably he just didn’t deserve to win this game. His opponent replied with a smile that most likely both of them deserved to lose it.
Ruslan Ponomariov - Gata Kamsky 1 - 0
Interestingly, Ponomariov tested his opponent with 1.c4. Kamsky spent some time on his first move choice and then replied 1…c6 which soon transposed into a Caro Kann - Panov Botvinnik with Bb4. Kamsky avoided the main line with 10…Bb7 and instead chose 10…Bxc3 which allowed white to resolve the traditional isolated pawn structure. “I tried to trick my opponent with this move order today. We had English, then Slav, Panov and even ended up in some Nimzo,” explained Ruslan Ponomariov.
The new move came on with 15…Rfd8 but Kamsky was spending a lot of time on the position and around move 25 had only 4 minutes left for 15 moves in a very difficult position. Both players agreed that Black could have tried to play f6 earlier in order not to let White to get so strong initiative. 29.d5! was a nice touch and White dominated from that point on.
“The tournament is very strong and it’s hard to win at least one game here. I have +2 which I believe is a good result, taking into consideration my previous results in Grand Prix events,” said the former world chess champion during the press-conference.
Alexander Morozevich - Peter Leko ½ - ½Morozevich played a positional line against Leko and they chose the Symmetrical English. Black chose a minor line with 6…Bc5 instead of the main line 6…Qb6 or 6…Bb4 transposing to the Nimzo Indian. The idea of Black was just to avoid repeating the line with Qb6 played between same opponents in Tashkent.
Hungarian player lost that important game and it was psychologically hard to repeat the same line. White in turn, chose a rarely played line with 10.Nd5!? instead of 10.Bf4. “If I would have been ready for Nd5 I would have reacted immediately,” said Peter Leko at the press-conference. Leko’s 12…d5 was a new move compared to the previous 12..b5.
There was very little movement in the equality line however as both players played extremely accurate and gave no chance to the other side to take any realistic advantage.
“Today I feel very happy because it’s a first game when I equalised with White and I’m pretty happy that I’m improving. I was not so sure after the opening if I would be able to do it today but once I played Qe4 I thought it should be okay. Maybe I had some advantage but not enough to put some real pressure. So, I plan to keep on playing game by game and equalising,” commented Alexander Morozevich on his play.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Anish Giri ½ - ½
After the previous game, the Azeri player decided not to spend much time for preparation and just play some fighting chess. Anish Giri cleverly chose a line with little complications and one which they had both played before, as white!
Mamedyarov tried to tempt Giri to take on c4 after 4.Bg5 but black went for a Ragozin setup with a slight improvement of 13…Bd7. In the post game analysis the players spent some time on 19.Nh5 and although White may have been better, he could not convert the position into a concrete advantage.
Once queens came off there was a steadfast exchange of pieces in very short time and a draw was agreed on move 46. However, after inaccurate move 29.Rb1 Black could have tried to play for more with 29…a5. “I’ve already said to myself it is a draw and in such case it’s not a good idea to change my mind. Maybe I have slight pressure in this position,” explained Anish Giri.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Hikaru Nakamura 0-1
Nakamura was obviously in a mood for complications as he first went for 1…Nc6 and then chose 3…Nge7 in the Ruy Lopez. Kasimdzhanov played very well and got a solid advantage up until the dubious sacrifice 26.Rxd6?! which Black reacted very well to and took the upper hand defending against the immediate threats to emerge with a piece extra for three pawns. This might not have been enough to win but Rustam was in time trouble and made a few mistakes.
According to Rustam, the last mistake was 37.Be2. He should have played 37.Be4, changing the pieces and keeping good chances to make a draw. After the move Be2 Black pieces came close to the White’s king and there was no defence against checkmate.
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Renova Group Chess Grand Prix R1: Morozevich, Caruana Begin with Wins
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
The first round of the third stage of Grand Prix tournament in Zug got under way on the 18th of April 2013, after FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made the first symbolic move in the game Caruana-Radjabov. The first round was a pretty tough one for the start of the tournament - Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Morozevich started with victories while the other four games were drawn.
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Russian Team Chess Championships 2013 Begin April 6 with Top Chess Stars
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
The Russian Team Chess Championships will take place from April 6th-14th at the village of Loo in the Krasnodar-Krai region of Russia.
The men’s tournament will be a 7-round Swiss open, while the women’s competition will be a single round-robin with six teams. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes until the end of the game and 30 seconds increments per move, starting from move one.
Sergey Karjakin will be the highest-rated player in the event
The players cannot agree to a draw before move 40.
The first seven seeded teams have line-ups with 8 GMs. Some of the strongest players in the world will be participating, including Candidates Peter Svidler, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Grischuk.
Other highlights will be the young stars Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin, the always interesting Alexander Morozevich, crowds pleasers Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexei Shirov, among others. Full line-ups below (according to a Chessdom report).
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Tashkent Chess Grand Prix: Karjakin, Morozevich, Wang Hao Joint Winners
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Morozevich and Wang Hao have jointly won the second stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent. The results were clear only after the final round thanks to big fights on all the boards throughout the tournament. In the final round, Rustam Kasimdzhanov decided to enter Sveshnikov, but Boris Gelfand once again proved to be absolutely ready in this opening and managed to equalize the position without much trouble. Shakhriyar Mamedjarov and Wang Hao finished the game after four hours of play. Chinese player not only outplayed one of the leaders but got quite good theoretical chance for the sole victory in the tournament if Morozevich would lose against Svidler and other players with +1 would fail to win. Wang Hao said at the press-conference he felt he was going to play good in this tournament: Last period in my life was so difficult, I suffered so much, that I had feeling I deserve some luck! Nevertheless, Alexander Morozevich pulled off a draw and caught Wang Hao.
The game between two Russian players - Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich - turned to be spectacular despite the final result of a draw. Check out the game with Chess King.
Sergey Karjakin got a huge advantage but Ruslan Ponomariov was stoically defending till the end and had some chances to save half a point. After 6,5 hours of play Sergey finally defeated his opponent to share the first place in Grand Prix. Fabiana Caruana and Peter Leko made a draw after the long struggle in Scandinavian Defence, so Fabiano lost his chance to join the group of winners. Lienier Dominguez succeeded to win one game in the tournament. His opponent Gata Kamsky played a bit risky today and Cuban player got a decisive advantage.
Earlier, the tenth round was equally exciting. Three decisive games were played bringing new leaders to the top of the table. Sole overnight leader of the tournament, after the ninth round, Sergey Karjakin was defeated by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who replaced his opponent on the top of the table. Alexander Morozevich rejoined the lead once again after his victory over Peter Leko. Ruslan Ponomariob outplayed Lenier Domingues and shared the third place with Caruana Fabiano, Sergey Karjakin, Wang Hao and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
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Tashkent Chess Grand Prix R5: Ponomariov beats Morozevich
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The fifth round at the Chess Grand Prix in Tashkent witnessed Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Gata Kamsky winning their first games at the event. Ruslan Ponomariov beat sole leader Alexander Morozevich allowing Karjakin, Kasimdzhanov, Mamedyarov, Caruana to join Morozevich in the lead. Peter Svidler had good chances to join the group of leaders but didn't succeed to win the position with advantage against Leinier Dominguez. Two other games Karjakin – Leko and Mamedyarov-Caruana were drawn. You can replay the nice Ponomariov-Morozevich game in the extended post with Chess King.
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Tashkent Chess Grand Prix 2012 Round 4: Morozevich Leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
Svidler on his way to beating Ponomariov in Tashkent.
Four rounds have been played at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent. The fourth round witnessed the maximum number of decisive games so far - three! But, the draws have not been without a fight. The rating favorite of the tournament Fabiano Caruana managed to win his second game in a row whilst Wang Hao outplayed Gata Kamsky in the deep endgame and Peter Svidler won his first game in the tournament against former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. The main game of the fourth round was clearly between the sole leader of the tournament Alexander Morozevich and the in-form Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who was in second place, and ultimately finished in a draw. As a result, Morozevich still keeps leading with half a point ahead of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Wang Hao and Fabiano Caruana.
The third round witnessed two decisive games. Fabiano Caruana outplayed Gata Kamsky and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Peter Svidler. Chinese player Wang Hao was very close to gain the first victory in the tournament but failed to find the winning idea in the opposite color bishops endgame. Alexander Morozevich made a draw against Boris Gelfand and keeps leading in the tournament. You can replay the Morozevich-Caruana game with Chess King.
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Tashkent Chess Grand Prix Round 1: Morozevich, Karjakin Begin with Wins
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The opening ceremony of the 2nd stage of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013 took place at the Gallery of Fine Art in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the 21st of November. The event was attended FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Deputy Prime-Minister of Uzbekistan Adham Ikramov, the Chairperson of Fund Forum's Board of Trustees Gulnara Karimova and other eminent guests. The organizers of the Tashkent tournament include FIDE (the World Chess Federation) in collaboration with Agon, the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan and Fund Forum.
The Chief Arbiter of the tournament IA Husan Turdialiev conducted the ceremony of drawing of lots. Each participant was proposed to choose one of 12 dolls with a number.
The tournament will be held from November 22 to December 4, with each round scheduled to start at 2 pm local time (10 a.m. European time) at the Gallery of Fine Art. The players will have twwo days of days off on November 26 and December 1. Average rating of event is 2747.1 based on November 2012 list. The second leg of the Grand Prix series hosts a very strong event with 12 of the World's strongest Grandmasters including two former World Champions - Ruslan Ponomariov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
The first round was held on Thursday. Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin began with a nice win over Gata Kamsky and Leinier Dominguez Perez.
Round 01
Alexander Morozevich - Gata Kamsky 1-0
Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko ½-½
Fabiano Caruana - Peter Svidler ½-½
Leinier Dominguez Perez - Sergey Karjakin 0-1
Ruslan Ponomariov - Hao Wang ½-½
Shakriyar Mamedyarov - Rustam Kasimdzhanov ½-½
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Tashkent Chess Grand Prix Starts Nov 21; Karjakin, Caruana, Morozevich Top Seeds
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
The Fide Chess Grand Prix Tashkent edition runs from November 21 - December 5. Get set for some strong men's chess along side the ongoing Women's World Chess Championship 2012 in Khanty Mansiysk. The participants for the Tashkent edition of the Fide Grand Prix are:
Name CTY Rating
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2780
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2772
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2758
Kamsky, Gata USA 2755
Wang, Hao CHN 2748
Mamedyarov, Shakriyar AZE 2748
Svidler, Peter RUS 2747
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2736
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2735
Leko, Peter HUN 2734
Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2734
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2690
Ratings based on October 2012 list. Average rating of event is 2745
GM Gata Kamsky replaces GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE) who is not able to play in this leg only. You can watch a live transmission of games at the official website.
Schedule
Day
Day 1 Arrival & Opening 21/11/2012
Day 2 Round 1 22/11/2012
Day 3 Round 2 23/11/2012
Day 4 Round 3 24/11/2012
Day 5 Round 4 25/11/2012
Day 6 Free Day 26/11/2012
Day 7 Round 5 27/11/2012
Day 8 Round 6 28/11/2012
Day 9 Round 7 29/11/2012
Day 10 Round 8 30/11/2012
Day 11 Free Day 01/12/2012
Day 12 Round 9 02/12/2012
Day 13 Round 10 03/12/2012
Day 14 Round 11 & Closing 04/12/2012
Day 15 Departure 05/12/2012
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Moscow Chess Blitz: Morozevich, Ambartsumova Win Open, Women's Sections
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
GM Alexander Morozevich has won the 66th Moscow Chess Blitz Championship that took place on September 2 at the summer grounds of the Strelka Architecture, Media and Design Institute. During a picturesque opening ceremony the participants were welcomed by Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Head of the Moscow Physical Culture and Sports Department, Alexey Vorobiev and the Moscow Chess Federation President, Vladimir Palikhata.
The tournament lasted six hours in men, women, seniors (men and women), junior (boys and girls), media and amateur groups. One round before the end, Alexander Morozevich, one of the leading Grandmasters of the world, became the winner for the sixth time.
Morozevich received the Cup and “Gold” medal from the Moscow Department of Physical Culture and Sports. Vladimir Malakhov got silver, having two points less and Nikolay Chaadaev got bronze, with 14,5 points. There were 16 GMs among 22 participants!
Karina Ambartsumova won the women's section/ With 14 points in 19 rounds she came ahead of Olga Girya on additional criteria. Bronze was taken by Daria Charochkina who got 13,5 points.
In the Junior tournament the winners are FM V. Tilicheev, S. Golubov and A. Geivondian. In the girls' section the winners are Olga Grigoryeva and Maya Tereshechkina.
In the Senior Tournament, the winners are: GM Y. Balashov, IA A. Shvedchikov and FM O. Zilbert. Among women, WGM G. Strutinskaya became first with 100% result, followed by WGM E. Fatalibekov and WFM N. Kalashnikova.
In the Journalists' tournament first was K. Kodinets (Chess leaf), third was E. Klimets (Chess-news.ru), and M. Orlinkov (site of a chess school Etude).
The prizes were awarded by V. Korol, President of Nashe Nasledie (Our heritage) Foundation, general sponsor of the tournament. She said that the Foundation thinks their duty to support such events and looks forward to continue their mutual cooperation in the future.
Organisers: Moscow Chess Federation, Moscow Sports Department
Partners: Our Heritage Foundation, Strelka Architecture, Media and Design Institute. Information sponsor: Vecherniaa Moskva newspaper
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Biel Chess Fest: Unwell Morozevich Withdraws After Two Rounds
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Chessdom has just reported that an unwell Alexander Morozevich has withdrawn from the Biel Chess Festival - Grandmasters' event due to health reasons. The start of the 3rd round of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament was 15 minutes late. Alexander Morozevich is not in condition to play the game due to medical problems.
The official website states that the match “Alexander Morozevich – Magnus Carlsen is postponed”. Our sources say that Morozevich withdrew from the tournament. In the first two rounds Morozevich suffered losses against Giri and Bacrot, possibly already being under the weather. It is definitely a turbulent Biel tournament. First Carlsen replaced Dominguez, now Morozevich is not in condition to continue.
Update 1
Biel organizers are discussing a possible replacement, but what system will be adopted in each case is not yet decided.
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Blitz Chess Show in Biel with Chess Queen Kosteniuk, World #1 Carlsen, US Champion Nakamura and Others
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
A very special Blitz Chess Show is being organised in Biel on Sunday, July 22. A special invitational blitz chess tournament is going to be held on the knock-out format to celebrate 45 years of the Biel Chess Festival.
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CHESS BLITZ FEVER by Alexandra Kosteniuk
The DVD from Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk about Blitz Chess. Alexandra gives many tips on how to play better blitz chess and shows 8 of her sensational wins from the 2009 World Blitz Championship, where she beat World #1 Rated Magnus Carlsen, World Champion Vishy Anand, and super Grandmasters Gashimov, Aronian, Morozevich, Grischuk, Judith Polgar, and Naiditsch. All games are fully commented with simultaneous live screens and and 2D boards. |
The invitees include (according to seeding):
Magnus Carlsen NOR
Hikaru Nakamaura USA
Alexander Morozevich RUS
Wang Hao CHN
Etienne Bacrot FRA
Pentala Harikrishna IND
Yannick Pelletier SUI
Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS
System: Two games with 5‘+ 2‘‘/move. If 1-1, one Armageddon game with 5’ for white (has to win) and 4’ for black.
The draw will made according the FIDE Elo rankings of 1st July 2012, with GM seeded Nr 1 on the top and GM seeded Nr 2 on the bottom. Then, Nr 3 and Nr 4 on each half of the draw.
from the top to the bottom.
The main Biel Chess Festival with a GMs' tournament, Masters' tournament, chess events, begins on July 23. Stay tuned at Chess Blog for more details on that.
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What Chess 'Stuff' Morozevich Has and Carlsen Would Like to Have?
Tal Chess Memorial R7: Both Leaders Kramnik, Morozevich Lose; Five in Joint Lead
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Five players are in joint lead at the 7th Tal Chess memorial in Moscow. Consider that there are total of 10 players in the event playing a round-robin format! This unlikely situation came about when both joint leaders Alexander Morozevich and Vladimir Kramnik lost their games to Evgeny Tomashevsky and Luke McShane. Fabiano Caruana held his nerves and drew a tough game against Teimour Radjabov. The Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen game was also a draw as was the Levon Aronian-Alexander Grischuk game. Two more rounds are to be played.
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(Carlsen and Nakamura possibly wondering about Kramnik and Morozevich.)
Standings:
1-5. Morozevich, Carlsen, Radjabov, Kramnik, Caruana - 4
6. Nakamura - 3.5
7-9. Grischuk, Aronian, McShane - 3
10. Tomashevsky - 2,5
The Tal Chess Memorial is being held at the Pashkov House in Moscow with 10 of the world's top players from June 8-18.Draw offers are not allowed until after the first time control. The prize fund is 100,000 euros. You can watch the excellent live broadcast of the event at the of Russian Chess Federation.
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Tal Chess Memorial Round 6: Kramnik Catches up with Morozevich for Joint Lead; Morozevich Loses to Nakamura
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Alexander Morozevich in Joint Lead with Vladimir Kramnik at Tal Chess Memorial after six rounds.
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The 7th Tal Chess Memorial resumed on Saturday after a day's break. Six rounds had been played till Friday and the talk of the previous round was leader Alexander Morozevich's loss to US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura.
This allowed Vladimir Kramnik - who beat Evgeny Tomashevsky - to catch up for a joint lead. Fabiano Caruana beat Luke McShane. Other games were drawn.
Round 6 standings:
1-2. Morozevich, Kramnik - 4, 3-5. Carlsen, Radjabov, Caruana - 3,5, 6. Nakamura - 3, 7-8. Grischuk, Aronian - 2,5, 9. McShane - 2, 10. Tomashevsky - 1,5
You can watch the tournament live a the official website. You can check out Nakamura's inspiration play with Chess King.
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Tal Chess Memorial Round 5: Morozevich in Sole Lead After Aronian Self-Destruct; Carlsen Beats Radjabov
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Alexander Morozevich - Leading at
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The Tal Chess Memorial witnessed two decisive games in the fifth round. Alexander Morozevich defeated Levon Aronian with black pieces and moved into the sole lead with 4 points. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen scored his first victory against the earlier co-leader Teimour Radjabov.
Round 5 results:1. Grischuk - Caruana draw, 2. Radjabov - Carlsen 0-1, 3. Aronian - Morozevich 0-1, 4. Nakamura - Kramnik draw, 5. Tomashevsky - McShane draw
Round 5 standings: 1. Morozevich - 4, 2-4. Carlsen, Radjabov, Kramnik - 3, 5. Caruana - 2,5, 6-9. Grischuk, Aronian, Nakamura, McShane - 2, 10. Tomashevsky - 1,5.
Round 6 pairings: Morozevich - Nakamura, Carlsen - Aronian, Grischuk - Radjabov, Kramnik - Tomashevsky and Caruana - McShane.
Official website
You can check out the Levon Aronian - Alexander Morozevich Game with Chess King.
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Labels: Alexander Morozevich, levon aronian, Magnus Carlsen, tal chess memorial, teimour radjabov
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