Hou Yifan vs Judit Polgar Chess Video: Who Won?
Hello chess blog friends, it was a historic chess encounter between the women's world chess champion and the top-rated woman chess player at that time - Hou Yifan versus Judit Polgar at the Gibraltar Chess Tournament in 2012. Macauley Peterson's video includes highlights from Round 7 with excerpts from GM Simon Williams live commentary at the 10th Gibraltar Chess Festival. Enjoy.
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World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad Promo Video
Hello chess blog friends, the big clash of the chess world, the World Chess Championship 2014 is coming up between World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Challenger Viswanathan Anand in Sochi, Russia from November 7. But there's always the new talent from the next generation to look forward to. Coming up in December, Hungary will host the World Chess U-16 Olympiad. Here is a nice video promo for the event. Enjoy.
The promo video features Judit Polgar, Csaba Balogh, Benjamin Gledura who was European Champion of his age group and Kata Karacsonyi who was the first to follow in the footsteps of Judit Polgar to win the National Championship topping all boys in their age groups.
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May 2014 Chess Ratings: Carlsen, Polgar No. 1; Grischuk, Kosteniuk Top-Rated Russians at No. 3 and 8!
Hello everyone,
The May FIDE chess ratings list is out and World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway maintains his No. 1 slot. Also maintaining his second spot is Levon Aronian of Armenia. Alexander Grischuk is now the highest rated Russian at No. 3 followed by former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand of India. Grischuk added a whopping 15 points to his rating to get to the No. 3 slot while Vladimir Kramnik fell following the Candidates.
In the women's list, Judit Polgar of Hungary, Hou Yifan of China and Koneru Humpy of India keep the top three slots. Alexandra Kosteniuk remains the top Russian woman chess player and actually improves on her previous month's no. 9 slot by moving up to no. 8 by earning five rating points. Hou Yifan has earned 11 rating points. Viktorija Cmiylte has done well to earn 14 points and jump up to 10th position in the women's list.
Russia is still the strongest chess country in the world according to ratings in the elite of the chess world. Three Grandmasters from Russia - Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin are in the top-10 of the men's list. There is one Russian Grandmaster in the top-10 of the women's list as well - Alexandra Kosteniuk. China could be next as they have three Grandmasters in the top-10 of the world, but these are in the women's list only - Yifan, Zhao and Wenjun.
Top 20 women chess players in the world
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2685 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2629 11 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2613 0 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2561 13 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2541 11 1987
6 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2540 11 1989
7 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2538 11 1985
8 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2532 11 1984
9 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2526 3 1991
10 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2525 8 1983
11 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2521 4 1992
12 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2518 3 1988
13 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2513 0 1985
14 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2509 1 1980
15 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2507 9 1989
16 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2507 0 1963
17 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2503 9 1991
18 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2503 0 1987
19 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 6 1985
20 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2495 11 1985
Top 20 men chess players in the world
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2882 1 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2815 3 1982
3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2792 7 1983
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 0 1969
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2783 0 1992
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2783 0 1975
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2772 0 1987
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772 0 1975
9 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2770 7 1990
10 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2768 6 1983
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 0 1985
12 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2758 0 1990
13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2753 6 1976
14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2753 0 1968
15 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2753 0 1969
16 Adams, Michael g ENG 2750 3 1971
17 Giri, Anish g NED 2746 4 1994
18 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2742 6 1987
19 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 7 1979
20 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2735 6 1990
The FIDE chess ratings website can be accessed at the official website.
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FIDE Chess Ratings December 1 Announced: Carlsen, Judit Stay No. 1; Kramnik, Kosteniuk Russia No. 1
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
The latest FIDE chess ratings list has been announced. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen remains the highest-rated human on the planet with 2782 - a record he had set in April 2013. Carlsen earned two rating points for beating Viswanathan Anand at the Chennai World Chess Championship 2013 recently.
Levon Aronian is the only player, besides Magnus, rated over 2800 elo though, the Armenian is still about 79 points behind. Vladimir Kramnik is third with 2793. Hikaru Nakamura of the US is at fourth place with 2786.
World Chess Ratings Top-20
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 10 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2803 9 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2793 0 1975
4 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2786 0 1987
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2785 7 1975
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2783 8 1983
7 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2782 9 1992
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2777 0 1968
9 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2773 10 1969
10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2758 11 1976
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 8 1985
12 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2756 0 1990
13 Adams, Michael g ENG 2754 8 1971
14 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2754 0 1983
15 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2745 11 1990
16 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2741 0 1987
17 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2740 10 1983
18 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2737 9 1985
19 Wang, Hao g CHN 2735 3 1989
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 10 1994
In the women's list, Judit Polgar retains her number 1 spot with 2693. In second place is Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan with 2629. India's Humpy Koneru is third with 2607. Chessqueen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk is back in the top-10 with a fantastic two months of hard work! Read all about it in her post at ChessQueen. She is now the #1 woman chess player in Russia and tied for world number 8 with a rating of 2527 along with Bela Khotenashvili. Vladimir Kramnik remains top Russian player in the men's group.
World Women's Chess Ratings Top-20
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2693 8 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2629 0 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 3 1987
4 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2568 3 1985
5 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2566 0 1990
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2557 9 1987
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2543 9 1989
8 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2527 9 1988
9 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2527 8 1984
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2525 3 1963
11 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2514 9 1983
12 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2514 3 1991
13 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2513 9 1985
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2509 10 1989
15 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2507 10 1980
16 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2503 8 1992
17 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2501 9 1986
18 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2501 8 1985
19 Krush, Irina m USA 2499 12 1983
20 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2496 0 1986
For a full list of all ratings read this FIDE page. For a list of the progress chart, read this FIDE chess ratings list.
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Update on 'Extra Terrestrial Chess Life' beyond Planet World Championship 2013 + Rating Quiz
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hello everyone,
It's just about a week to go for the World Chess Championship 2013 in Chennai and most chess newsrooms around the world have squeezed down to reporting on the Anand - Carlsen battle ahead. But, there's life beyond the World Championship Chess Planet... and a strong one at that.
Only Anand and Carlsen have not played any games for the latest FIDE chess ratings list released November 1, 2013. In the women's section, everyone's been busy playing except Judit Polgar, but she remains on top of the list any way with Hou Yifan 60 points away.
Top 20 Players November 2013
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2870 0 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2801 6 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2793 9 1975
4 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2786 17 1987
5 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2785 17 1983
6 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2782 25 1992
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2777 11 1968
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 0 1969
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2774 6 1975
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 11 1985
11 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2756 14 1990
12 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2754 18 1983
13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2752 14 1976
14 Adams, Michael g ENG 2752 12 1971
15 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2749 13 1983
16 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2742 12 1990
17 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2741 15 1987
18 Wang, Hao g CHN 2737 25 1989
19 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2733 9 1983
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2732 19 1994
Top 20 Women November 2013
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2689 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2629 6 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2618 22 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2566 6 1990
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2565 15 1985
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2556 0 1987
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542 18 1989
8 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2524 11 1988
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2523 0 1985
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2520 10 1963
11 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2518 36 1991
12 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2511 11 1980
13 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2510 25 1984
14 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2510 15 1991
15 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2510 0 1986
16 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2509 24 1989
17 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2506 7 1983
18 Krush, Irina m USA 2502 0 1983
19 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2499 15 1985
20 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2496 9 1986
Here's a quick quiz, for which you can find the answers on the main FIDE ratings list. But, we just have to check, whether you've been reading the ratings lists and tracking your favourite chess superstars :)
All questions based on top-20
1- Who's the oldest chess player in each section?
2- Who's played the maximum number of games this October in each section?
3- How many World Chess Champions are in the top-20 in both the lists and name them?
4- Which country has the maximum number of chess players in the top-20... think before answering this one :)
5- What is the rating difference between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand (oops, we too have gone to the World Championship Planet. Sigh)
Enjoy finding the answers to our chess quiz. Look around Chess Blog for updates on the Carlsen vs Anand World Chess Championship and check out this nice website to browse for fun articles on the event in Chennai.
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5th London Chess Classic: Caruana, Gelfand, Svidler, Polgar Also Sign Up
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hello everyone,
Chess in Schools and Communities has announced that another four international stars, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler and Judit Polgar have accepted their invitation to play in the 5th London Chess Classic to be staged at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, running from Saturday 7th Fabiano Caruana, 21, is the Miami-born, Brooklyn-raised former chess prodigy who beat Bobby Fischer’s record of becoming the youngest American Grandmaster. He holds both Italian and American citizenship, and plays under the Italian tricolour. In the last year or so, Caruana has burst onto the elite stage with some superb results. Currently, he is ranked World number five on the September 2013 FIDE rating list.
Boris Gelfand, 45, is the Belarus-born Israeli grandmaster who, nearly a quarter-century ago, became a World Top 10 player and qualified for a number of World Championship Candidates events. But just when everyone thought his best days were behind him, he
made a dramatic comeback to win the Candidates to challenge Vishy Anand in last year’s World Championship match, where he lost in the play-offs. And his Indian summer continues: this year, he tied for first in the Alekhine Memorial in Paris and St. Petersburg
followed by clear first at the Tal Memorial in Moscow.
Peter Svidler, 36, is the erudite and popular St. Petersburg grandmaster, former World Cup winner, and multi-time Candidates qualifier with a record-breaking six Russian championship titles to his name. But he’s not your stereotypical Russian grandmaster,
because Svidler is a big cricketing fan who owns a complete set of the cricketer’s almanac Wisden, and once had a letter read out by Henry Blofeld on the BBC’s Test Match Special.
Judit Polgar, 37, from Budapest, Hungary is a phenomenon in the game. At the age of 15, she broke Bobby Fischer’s near 30-year record for becoming the youngest Grandmaster. Polgar is the best woman player of all time and the only woman currently in the world’s Top 100. At her peak she was in the Top 10 and would regularly do battle in Super GM tournaments with the likes of Kasparov, Karpov and Anand.
Caruana, Gelfand, Svidler and Polgar now join World Champion Vishy Anand, recent World Cup winner Vladimir Kramnik and the US No.1, Hikaru Nakamura to have confirmed they will play in the 5th London Chess Classic. The rest of the 16-player field will
be announced early next week.
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World Chess Cup 2013 Round 1 Game 2: Polgar, Volokitin, Nepomniachtchi Knocked Out
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
Hi everyone,
All the players are checked before they enter the playing hall.
Just as on day one there were plenty of fireworks on the second day of the FIDE World Cup in Tromsø. Thirteen players won their matches with a 2-0 score (not counting Alexander Moiseenko, whose opponent could not come to Tromsø).
While some victories with impressive results could be expected from top players such as Aronian, Kramnik, Grischuk, Nakamura and Dominguez, there were also a few 2-0 results produced by players with ratings lower than their opponents.
Russian GM Daniil Dubov managed to outplay experienced and higher rated Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk. American GM Ray Robson didn’t leave any chances for Ukrainian GM Andrei Volokitin by winning 2-0. One of the most surprising results for those who compare the ratings of opponents happened in the Nepomniachtchi-Wei match. The youngest participant of the event, Chinese GM Yi Wei (a nominee of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov), defeated Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 1.5-0.5.
The participants of the upcoming Women’s World Championship match Hou Yifan and Anna Ushenina are doing well so far. Anna Ushenina defeated Peter Svidler in his favorite Gruenfeld and Hou Yifan drew the second game against Alexei Shirov. The reigning and former Women’s World Champions will proceed to the playoff stage on Tuesday.
Judit Polgar, the strongest female player in the history of chess, lost out on a number of winning chances, drew against Cuban GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz and lost the match. A total of 28 matches were undecided after two games at the classical time control and 56 players will continue to fight at 3 p.m. local time on August 13.
Russian GM Alexander Morozevich lost his first game, but managed to equalize.
Rising star from Russia GM Daniil Dubov defeated GM Sergey Fedorchuk 2-0 as well. GM Michael Adams made a second draw against Wan Yunguo of China. The strongest Chinese GM Wang Hao outplayed his compatriot Liu Qingnan. An unexpectedly quick elimination for Ukrainian GM Andrei Volokitin. Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk outplayed Polish IM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who upset him with a draw the day before.
The FIDE World Cup is a knockout which starts with 128 players and runs from August 10 to September 3rd. The top two players will qualify for the next FIDE Candidates Tournament which will take place in March 2014 and determine the challenger for the World Championship match in 2014.
The time control for each two-game match is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. If the score is equal there are two rapid chess tiebreak games, played at a rate of 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds per move. If the score is still equal then two accelerated games will be played, with a time control of 10 min + 10 sec. If the score is still equal two more games will be played at 5 min + 3 sec. If the winner is still not determined then a final Armageddon game with 5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black, with a 3 sec increment after move 60, will be played. In this game Black has draw odds (i.e. he wins if the game is drawn).
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Geneva Chess Masters 2013 Begins June 26: Watch Top Stars Nakamura, Kramnik, Kosteniuk, Polgar, Mamedyarov, Pelletier, Bacrot, Edouard in Action
12th Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Latest Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
Hi everyone,
The Geneva Chess Masters Festival 2013 is taking place from June 26-30 at the Pitoeff Theater, a renovated cathedral in the centre of Geneva. The main event will be the highlight of the big chess festival that includes two open chess tournaments and several age-group event for players U-10, U-12 and U-14.
The main event - a rapid masters - will witness in action (two groups of four each in the single-round robin format) former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, former US champion Hikaru Nakamura, top-rated woman player Judit Polgar, former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Etienne Bacrot, Yannick Pelletier and Romain Edouard. Each group will have the top two players advance to the semi-finals.
Every match between 2 players consists of 2 games of 25 minutes + 10 seconds; if it’s necessary a tie-break of two games of 4 minutes + 2 seconds will be played; in case of a tie, a decisive game with 4 minutes + 2 seconds for white and 3 minutes + 2 seconds for black (with draw odds) will be necessary. Access the official website of the Geneva Chess Masters here.
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London Chess Classic 2012 Round 5: Carlsen Holds on to Lead; Kramnik, Anand, Nakamura Win
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The 2012 London Chess Classic is being held from December 1 - 10. All games were decisive in Round 5 at the London Chess Classic 2012. Vladimir Kramnik played a brilliant game to beat Luke McShane. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand scored his first win of the tournament as Gawain Jones decided to self-destruct in a slightly advantageous position with White. Magnus Carlsen beat Michael Adams to take his live rating to 2860.5. Nakamura held on to beat Judit Polgar in a marathon endgame.
Click on the games to replay the Round 5 games with Chess King.
Labels: gawain jones, Hikaru nakamura, Judit Polgar, levon aronian, london chess classic 2012, luke mcshane, Magnus Carlsen, michael adams, Viswanathan Anand, vladimir kramnik
London Chess Classic 2012 Begins with Exciting Games
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
The London Chess Classic 2012 - the fourth edition of the event - began with an explosive set of games. All four games played in the first round on Saturday were decisive. First, former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik beat Judit Polgar. Soon after, thanks to a blunder, Levon Aronian went down fighting against Hikaru Nakamura. Also, Gawain Jones lost to Michael Adams. In fact, three of the four decisive games were victories by Black.
Replay all the games with Chess King, your partner in super chess training:
Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura 0-1
Luke McShane - Magnus Carlsen 0-1
Gawain Jones - Michael Adams 0-1
Vladimir Kramnik - Judit Polgar
Sunday's pairings of the second round are as follows: (The player with a bye spends the day in the commentary room)
Hikaru Nakamura - Vladimir Kramnik
Judit Polgar - Gawain Jones
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand - Luke McShane
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Cool Chess Video: The Knight Move that Made Judit Polgar Smile!
Fide Chess Ratings Aug 1: Carlsen, Judit Hold on to No. 1 Spot
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The ratings list for August have been released by Fide. Magnus Carlsen continues to be No. 1 with a personal best of 2837. In fact he is 2846 in the live ratings! Aronian is the only other player who is still above 2800. New players to the current top list are Gawain Jones, Daniel Fridman, Wesley So, Romain Edouard, and Vadim Milov. The top 100 rating list has no inflation in the past year. The average of the players is 2701 ELO, two points less than July 2012, and no significant change since July-September 2011.
At the same time entering top 50 is “7 points more difficult” now. In July 2011 Riazantsev was 50th with 2688 ELO, while in August 2012 the same position is for Ding Liren with 2695.
FIDE Top 30 August
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Day
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2837 0 1990-11-30
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2816 0 1982-10-06
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2797 9 1975-06-25
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 0 1987-03-12
5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2785 9 1990-01-12
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2780 0 1969-12-11
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2778 0 1987-12-09
8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2773 15 1992-07-30
9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2770 0 1977-07-18
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2769 0 1969-03-18
11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2763 0 1983-10-31
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2752 0 1975-03-15
13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 0 1976-06-17
14 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2746 9 1974-06-02
15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2738 0 1968-06-24
16 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 9 1979-09-08
17 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986-07-24
18 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2734 10 1971-12-14
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 9 1983-10-11
20 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2730 5 1987-07-01
21 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2730 0 1983-11-26
22 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2729 8 1985-04-12
23 Wang, Hao g CHN 2726 11 1989-08-04
24 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2725 0 1983-09-23
25 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2722 16 1983-06-28
26 Adams, Michael g ENG 2722 10 1971-11-17
27 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2717 0 1987-01-13
28 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2715 14 1990-02-05
29 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2714 0 1981-11-30
30 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2713 0 1976-08-29
Top 30 women
Judit Polgar keeps her No. 1 place with 2698, while Anna Muzychuk is second as Yifan Hou has dropped 14 points.
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Day
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2698 12 1976-07-23
2 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2606 0 1990-02-28
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2603 22 1994-02-27
4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2593 11 1987-03-31
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2549 22 1985-04-06
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2547 0 1987-01-01
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2542 11 1989-12-27
8 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2530 0 1986-04-11
9 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2528 22 1991-01-31
10 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2524 11 1985-01-14
11 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2521 0 1986-10-15
12 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2520 13 1983-08-06
13 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2512 0 1978-07-17
14 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2509 16 1988-06-01
15 Gunina, Valentina m RUS 2507 18 1989-02-04
16 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2503 16 1963-04-23
17 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2503 13 1991-01-12
18 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2502 18 1979-04-19
19 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2492 11 1987-10-02
20 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976-03-13
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2489 14 1984-04-23
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2483 8 1985-01-08
23 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2476 14 1978-08-16
24 Socko, Monika g POL 2467 10 1978-03-24
25 Krush, Irina m USA 2467 9 1983-12-24
26 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2466 12 1992-09-21
27 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2465 0 1972-01-18
28 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2465 0 1976-10-29
29 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2464 0 1980-04-25
30 Moser, Eva m AUT 2459 7 1982-07-26
For the complete rating lists visit the official Fide website.
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London Chess Classic 2012: Judit Polgar Signs Up As Well
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
The official London Chess Classic website has just reported that the World No. 1 among women, Judit Polgar of Hungary, has also signed up for the tournament this year. Polgar also celebrates her 36th birthday on Tuesday. The 4th London Chess Classic would be held at Kensington Olympia from December 1-10, 2012.
Polgar now joins World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, World Champion Vishy Anand, World No 2 Levon Aronian, the defending champion Vladimir Kramnik, and the UK No 1 Mickey Adams as those that have so far confirmed their invitations to play in the year-ending elite chess spectacular in the Capital City.
Judit Polgar has scaled the heights of rating among women and became a Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and five months. Judit has never played in women’s tournaments or indeed for the Women’s World Championship. “I always say that women should have the self-confidence that they are as good as male players, but only if they are willing to work and take it seriously as much as male players,” she once commented.
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Judit Polgar, Gilberto Milos win Festa da Uva Chess 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Here is some chess news from Latin America via www.chessdom.com. Festa da Uva - the first major chess event in Brazil in 2012, took place from March 1 to 4 in Caxias do Sul.
The Festival started with the four-player double round robin rapid tournament on 1st March. Guest-of-honour GM Judit Polgar convincingly won the competition by collecting 5 points from six games.
Gilberto Milos
Judit Polgar
Grandmasters Gilberto Milos and Andres Rodriguez shared the 2nd with 2.5 points each, while the legendaryHenrique Mecking collected 2.0 points.
Polgar and Milos then proceeded into the final which the Hungarian grandmaster won by 2-0. At the same time Rodriguez edged Mecking by 1,5-0,5. This special event was played to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Recreio da Juventude.
On 3rd and 4th March the 12th Torneio Aberto Internacional de Xadrez Festa da Uva Recreio da Juventude was played as an open rapid tournament. The turnout was fantastic and 188 players took participation.
This time Gilberto Milos was unstoppable to claim a clear first place with 8.5/9 points, leaving the nearest opposition a full point behind. IM Dragan Stamenkovic was the only to snatch a draw from Milos.
The XI Torneio Festa da Uva, which was played in 2010, featured Vassily Ivanchuk as the star player.
Rapid open final top standings:
1. GM Milos Junior Gilberto BRA 2593 – 8.5
2. GM Polgar Judit HUN 2709 – 7.5
3. GM Vescovi Giovanni Portilho BRA 2604 – 7.5
4. GM Flores Diego ARG 2599 – 7.5
5. GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2579 – 7
6. GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce BRA 2507 – 7
7. GM Rodriguez Vila Andres URU 2518 – 7
8. GM Mecking Henrique Costa BRA 2589 – 7
9. GM Cubas Jose Fernando PAR 2518 – 7
10. Born Carlos Rodrigo BRA 2199 – 7
11. Starke Bruno Orlando BRA 2086 – 7
12. Stevens Tristan James AUS 2134 – 7
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Gibraltar Chess Festival R7: Hou beats Judit; Michael Adams leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hello everyone,Hou Yifan, reigning Women's World Chess Champion, has defeated World's highest-ever rated woman chess player Judit Polgar, in Gibraltar. It was their first encounter as they met in the seventh round of the ongoing Tradewise Chess Festival's Masters tournament. Meanwhile, British Grandmaster Mickey Adams is leading the tournament with 6 points out of 7 games.
Other top players in the Masters include Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Zoltan Almasi, Le Quang Liem, Judit Polgar and Alexei Shirov.
The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from Tuesday, 24th January to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The event is the tenth in the series held on the Rock, the second to be sponsored by Tradewise Insurance with technical support by Gibtelecom. The rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start. You can access the official website for more info.
Here is the Yifan-Judit game with Chess King. Enjoy.
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 ¤ge7 7.¥f4 ¤g6 8.¤xc6 bxc6 9.¥d6 ¥xd6 10.£xd6 £e7 11.O-O-O £xd6 12.¦xd6 ¢e7 13.¦hd1 ¤f4 14.¥f3 ¦b8 15.¦6d2 g5 16.¤a4 d5 17.g3 ¤g6 18.¦e1 ¢f6 19.¥h5 ¦b4 20.¤c3 d4 21.e5+ ¤xe5 22.¤e4+ ¢e7 23.¤xg5 h6 24.¤xe6 ¥xe6 25.¦xe5 ¦d8 26.f4 ¦b5 27.¦de2 ¢f6 28.¥f3 c5 29.a4 ¦b4 30.¦xc5 ¦xa4 31.b3 ¦b4 32.¥e4 ¥g4 33.¦e1 ¦d6 34.¥d3 ¥d7 35.¦ee5 ¥e6 36.¢d2 ¦bb6 37.¦a5 ¦bc6 38.¦a4 ¦b6 39.¦e4 ¥f5 40.¦exd4 ¦e6 41.¥c4 ¦ec6 42.¦a5 ¥c8 43.¥d3 ¥e6 44.¦d8 ¥c8 45.¦ad5 ¥e6 46.¦h5 ¢g7 47.f5
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Historic chess clash today - Hou Yifan and Judit Polgar play each other today in Gibraltar Chess 2012!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hello everyone,There will be a historic clash at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Masters in Round 7 on 30 January 2012 at the Caleta Hotel starting 3pm today (Gibraltar time).Women's World Champion Yifan Hou (China) rated 2605 will play white against Judit Polgar (Hungary) 2710, the highest-ever rated woman player in the history of the game.
They have never previously met as Judit doesn't play in women only events and it is some years since she played in an open tournament. Both players have 4.5/6.
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Chess King Show - Gibraltar Chess Festival - Koneru Humpy holds Judit Polgar to draw!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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It was inevitable - they would meet! It happened at the Gibraltar Chess Festival on Friday. World's top-rated women chess players Judit Polgar and Koneru Humpy met in Round 4 having scored 2.5 points each! (Hou Yifan is No. 2 between the two!)
How about a little chess class with Chess King? We have a nice game from the Gibraltar Chess Congress. Of course, the chess news reports about the updated standings after the latest rounds will follow later. For now, get that cup of coffee and sit back. Chess King will show you the chess game between the world's strongest women chess players. (Psst: Do you know Chess King comes with Houdini - the world's strongest chess engine?) Enjoy.
[...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.O-O ¤xe4 6.d4 b5 7.¥b3 d5 8.dxe5 ¥e6 9.¥e3 ¥e7 10.¤bd2 O-O 11.c3 £d7 12.¥c2 f5 13.exf6 ¤xf6 14.¥g5 ¥d6 15.a4 b4 16.a5 bxc3 17.bxc3 £f7 18.¦e1 h6 19.¥h4 ¤g4 20.¥g3 ¥xg3 21.hxg3 ¥f5 22.¥a4 ¤xa5 23.¤e5 ¤xe5 24.¦xe5 ¦ad8 25.£e2 £f6 26.¦e1 ¢h8 27.g4 ¥e4 28.¦h5 ¥g6 29.¦e5 ¥e4 30.¦h5 ¥g6 31.¦e5 ¥e4
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Cool chess interview - Judit on chess, life, and other things
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Ever wondered what goes in the mind of the top-ranked woman chess player? Yes, we talk of Judit Polgar. She just gave an indepth interview to Radio Xadrez which was translated in English by ChessBase. Here are some of Polgar's answers. You can read the full interview at the above links. Enjoy.
- Since childhood I loved animals a lot and I was lucky to have the opportunity, during my vacations, to meet all kinds of wild animals as well! One of the nicest memories and experiences I had with nature was when I visited Botswana, in Africa, and went to the Okavango Delta. There I really saw the life of wild animals! Also when I was swimming with the dolphin it was an incredible experience which I can recommend to all! It is really fantastic!
- Somehow my days are very busy and I do not find time for serious literature, I read usually when I travel, but mainly magazines and, naturally, chess books and articles.
- My main sport was always chess, but from 1986 on I and my sisters also competed in table tennis. I was the 32nd of the national ranking in the under-12 category, in 1988. I really liked it, but I stopped in order to dedicate myself to chess. Nowadays, I even enjoy some other sports.
- I follow specific diets from time to time. During tournaments I eat twice a day, many salads and seafood.
- From chess point of view I am happier with my game against Anand in Dos Hermanas, 1999. I beat Kasparov "only" in a rapid game. But really, from professional point of view I am happier with my games against Kasparov: the two draws I played against him in Linares, 2001.
- Well, my kids know how chess pieces move as they have learned it in the kindergarten, but so far I do not see that they are so interested that they would want to watch high level tournaments, or something of that sort.
- I think generally chess is a great game, and an excellent tool to have in schools as well. I am supporting scholastic chess programs and I am a member of the European Chess Federation's committee which is going to make a presentation about chess in schools to the EU Parliament in a few days.
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