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Saturday, July 26, 2014
Chess Fever - 1925 Russian Comedy Film Starring Capablanca!
Hello chess blog friends, it's time for a chess movie! "Chess Fever" (Russian: Шахматная горячка, Shakhmatnaya goryachka) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky. Chess Fever is a comedy about the Moscow 1925 chess tournament, made by Pudovkin during the pause in the filming of Mechanics of the Brain. The film combines acted parts with the actual footage from the tournament. The hero's (Vladimir Fogel) preoccupation with chess leads to him missing his own wedding ceremony, but the marital peace is restored with the help of the World Chess Champion, José Raúl Capablanca.
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Hi everyone,
We find such creative work with chess that it's a pleasure to feature it on www.chessblog.com. Here is a nice photo montage uploaded by JessicaFischerQueen.
World Chess Champions from Morphy to Anand. Adolf Anderssen and Johannes Zukertort are included. There are two photos of each champion- one at the board followed by a head shot, then the page turns. In order of appearance: Morphy, Anderssen, Zukertort, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand.
Music is "Sanctus" composed by Handel, performed by Ernst Reijseger,, Voches de Sardinia, and Moses Silla.
The tournament had three groups - Elite, Premier and Open. The Elite Group was category 18 event with an average rating of 2700 with double-round robin format. Ivanchuk has already won it three times in a row from 2005 to 2007.
In the 45th edition, 19-year-old Ian Nepomniachtchi, the reigning European champion, was the runners-up.
Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk won his first round with black against Nigel Short. He continued with three more wins and no losses. Ivanchuk is the first player to win the tournament for the fourth time in the history of this auspicious event.
In second places is newcomer, 19-year-old Ian Nepomniachtchi, with three wins and one loss. Local player and second strongest GM in the Americas (after Hikaru Nakamura) Leinier Dominguez scored nine draws and one win to share 3-4th place with former World Championship challenger Nigel Short, who won three, lost two and drew five games. You can check the official website here for more details.
Here is a nice game by Ivanchuk from the 9th round. You can run it in our pgnplayer or see the flashplayer below.
Ian Nepomniachtchi on a winning streak in 45th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament
Hello Everyone!
European Champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, who turns 20 in July, is doing very well in the 45th Capablanca Memorial Tournament being held in Havana, Cuba from June 9-22, 2010.
Nepomniachtchi began the tournament with four draws and lost the fifth round to Ivanchuk. But he turned the tables after that. He won three games in a row against Evgeny Alekseev (in 66 moves), Lazaro Bruzon and Nigel Short!
Here is the pgn of Ian's game against Short. You can run it in our pgnplayer.
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