Women's World Chess Championship 2012 Begins Saturday with Illusion, Music Show
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
A special illusion show and Siberia Brass music show will be part of the opening ceremony of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012 on Saturday, November 10. The main theme of the opening ceremony would be to recreate a "mysterious world of the chess space". The ceremony will take place in the Concert and theater Center 'Ugra-Classic'. According to the chief director of the Opening Ceremony Inna Golysheva, the organisers will have an interesting mission: not just to tell about the chess world, but to make so that every guest has become the part of the created space chess: “We want to convey the intensity of emotions, which is presented in every game, to show that for a women- chess players it is not just a game, but the art, time, step into the future, and passion.”
A special segment will have a Black Chess Queen and a White Chess Queen take on each other in battle!
The ensemble of wind instruments 'Siberia Brass', the famous illusionist Evgeniy Kaverzin, bayanist Dmitry Zhdanov, saxophonist Aleksey Peresidly and also the group 'AngeliQuie and The Band', dance theater 'Ugra-Classic' and pop dance theater 'Show-tiny tot' are going to entertain the audience as well.
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World Cup of Chess R2.2: Almasi, Shirov and others knocked out
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
More chess news from the World Cup of Chess 2011 in Khanty Mansiysk. Today - Thursday - was Round 2.2 and we had some knockouts. Here are the results.
Round 2.2 results with match score on left. You can use the view link to see the game on the official website. In Blue are the players who move on to Round 3. In Red are the players who play the tiebreaks on Friday.
1.1−1 So, Wesley (PHI)½-½ Karjakin, Sergey (RUS) View
2 1.5−0.5 Ivanchuk, V (UKR)½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) View
3 1−1 Fridman, Daniel (GER)½-½ Mamedyarov, S (AZE) View
4 1−1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)½-½ Ni, Hua (CHN) View
5 0.5−1.5 Azarov, Sergei (BLR)½-½ Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) View 6 1−1 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)½-½ Feller, S (FRA) View
7 0.5−1.5 Negi, P (IND)½-½ Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) View
8 1.5−0.5 Kamsky, Gata (USA)1−0 Kasimdzhanov, R(UZB) View
9 1−1 Nguyen, Ngoc TS (VIE)½-½ Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
10 1.5−0.5 Jakovenko, D (RUS)½-½ Harikrishna, P. (IND) View
11 0.5−1.5 Korobov, A (UKR)½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) View
12 0.5−1.5 Almasi, Z (HUN)½-½ Parligras, M-E (ROU) View
13 1−1 Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB)0−1 Vallejo Pons, F (ESP) View
14 1.5−0.5 Navara, David (CZE)1−0 Onischuk, A (USA) View
15 1−1 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN)½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, M (FRA) View
16 1.5−0.5 Dominguez P, L (CUB)½-½ Bologan, V (MDA) View
17 1−1 Lysyj, Igor (RUS)½-½ Ivanov, Alexander (USA) View
18 0.5−1.5 Shankland, S L (USA)0−1 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) View
19 1−1 Inarkiev, E (RUS)½-½ Moiseenko, A (UKR) View
20 1.5−0.5 Le, Quang Liem (VIE)½-½ Grachev, Boris (RUS) View 21 1−1 Nielsen, Peter H (DEN)½-½ Adams, Michael (ENG) View 22 0−2 Shirov, Alexei (ESP)0−1 Potkin, Vladimir (RUS) View
23 0.5−1.5 Wojtaszek, R (POL)0−1 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) View 24 1.5−0.5 Caruana, F (ITA)1−0 Drozdovskij, Y (UKR) View
25 1−1 Riazantsev, A (RUS)½-½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian (RUS) View
26 1−1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)1−0 Filippov, Anton (UZB) View
27 2−0 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)1−0 Fier, A (BRA) View
28 1.5−0.5 Tomashevsky, E (RUS)½-½ Andreikin, D (RUS) View
29 0.5−1.5 Berkes, F (HUN)0−1 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) View
30 1−1 Felgaer, Ruben (ARG)1−0 Zherebukh, Y (UKR) View
31 0.5−1.5 Fressinet, L (FRA)½-½ Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) View
32 0.5−1.5 Movsesian, S (ARM)0−1 Polgar, Judit (HUN) View
The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-September 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia. The tournament delivers three participants for the next Candidates tournament/matches, as part of the new World Championship cycle. Except for the final, all rounds have 2-game matches at the FIDE time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with a 30-second increment from the first move. In case of a 1-1 tie, on the third day of the round there’s a tie-break with rapid games and if necessary blitz games and an Armageddon.
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World Chess Cup R2 pairings for Wednesday's games (Results updated)
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here are the Round 2.1 pairings at the World Cup of Chess currently on in Khanty Mansiysk. We are down to 64 players and the chess games are sure to be brilliant at the event - as in the first round. Don't forget to follow the super action in High Definition at the official website.
Round 2 pairings
1 GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS - GM So, Wesley PHI
2 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR
3 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - GM Fridman, Daniel GER
4 GM Ni, Hua CHN - GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR
5 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - GM Azarov, Sergei BLR
6 GM Feller, Sebastien FRA - GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS
7 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - GM Negi, Parimarjan IND
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB - GM Kamsky, Gata USA
9 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE
10 GM Harikrishna, P. IND - GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
11 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - GM Korobov, Anton UKR
12 GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian ROU - GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN
13 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP - GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB
14 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - GM Navara, David CZE
15 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN
16 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB
17 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA - GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS
18 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND - GM Shankland, Samuel L USA
19 GM Moiseenko, Alexander UKR - GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS
20 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
21 GM Adams, Michael ENG - GM Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN
22 GM Potkin, Vladimir RUS - GM Shirov, Alexei ESP
23 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL
24 GM Drozdovskij, Yuri UKR - GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA
25 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS - GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS
26 GM Filippov, Anton UZB - GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA
27 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA - GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS
28 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS
9 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN
30 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR - GM Felgaer, Ruben ARG
31 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA
32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - GM Movsesian, Sergei ARM
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World Cup of Chess first round pairings updated
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Fide has announced the first round pairings for the World Cup of Chess 2011. It is a knockout event. You can access the complete list at this Fide link and the official website of the event at this link. The World Cup of Chess, as you must have already read, will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk from August 26 to September 21.
Fide has issued a revised pairing list on Friday. As reported earlier, Hou Yifan and Judit Polgar are no longer paired to play each other in the first round. You can check the new list now.
Labels: Khanty-Mansiysk, World Cup of Chess
Fide announces list of qualifiers for World Cup of Chess in Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
FIDE has announcing the list of qualifiers for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk which is supposed to take place from August 26 (arrival) to September 21 2011 (departure). The players have to sign their contracts and send them to Fide. The list so far is as follows:
a) From World Championship Match 2010:
01. V. Anand (IND)
b) From World Cup 2009:
02. B. Gelfand (ISR)
03. R. Ponomariov (UKR)
04. V. Malakhov (RUS)
05. S. Karjakin (RUS)
c) Women's World Champion 2010:
06. Hou Yifan (CHN)
d) Junior World Champions 2009 & 2010:
07. M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
08. D. Andreikin (RUS)
e) From FIDE Rating List, 20 players, average 7/2010 & 1/2011:
09. M. Carlsen (NOR) 2820,00
10. L. Aronian (ARM) 2805,00
11. V. Topalov (BUL) 2789,00
12. V. Kramnik (RUS) 2787,00
13. A. Grischuk (RUS) 2766,50
14. S. Mamedyarov (AZE) 2766,50
15. V. Ivanchuk (UKR) 2751,50
16. T. Radjabov (AZE) 2746,00
17. H. Nakamura (USA) 2740,00
18. P. Eljanov (UKR) 2739,50
19. A. Shirov (ESP) 2735,50
20. P. Svidler (RUS) 2732,00
21. V. Gashimov (AZE) 2727,50
22. Wang Hao (CHN) 2727,50
23. P. Leko (HUN) 2725,50
24. Wang Yue (CHN) 2725,00
25. D. Jakovenko (RUS) 2722,00
26. G. Kamsky (USA) 2721,50
27. E. Bacrot (FRA) 2721,50
28. D. Navara (CZE) 2719,50
f) 46 players from European Championships 2010 & 2011
29. I. Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2010
30. B. Jobava (GEO) 2010
31. A. Timofeev (RUS) 2010
32. Z. Efimenko (UKR) 2010
33. I. Lysyj (RUS) 2010
34. Z. Almasi (HUN) 2010
35. E. Tomashevsky (RUS) 2010
36. M. Rodshtein (ISR) 2010
37. I. Salgado Lopez (ESP) 2010
38. A. Pashikian (ARM) 2010
39. R. Mamedov (AZE) 2010
40. S. Movsesian (ARM) 2010
41. V. Akopian (ARM) 2010
42. E. Alekseev (RUS) 2010
43. S. Halkias (GRE) 2010
44. F. Berkes (HUN) 2010
45. V. Potkin (RUS) 2010
46. B. Grachev (RUS) 2010
47. B. Socko (POL) 2010
48. L. Nisipeanu (ROU) 2010
49. E. Vorobiov (RUS) 2010
50. Y. Drozdovskij (UKR) 2010
51. V. Babula (CZE) 2010
52. R. Wojtaszek (POL) 2011
53. J. Polgar (HUN) 2011
54. A. Moiseenko (UKR) 2011
55. F. Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2011
56. M. Ragger (AUT) 2011
57. S. Feller (FRA) 2011
58. N. Vitiugov (RUS) 2011
59. S. Zhigalko (BLR) 2011
60. A. Korobov (UKR) 2011
61. E. Inarkiev (RUS) 2011
62. E. Postny (ISR) 2011
63. S. Azarov (BLR) 2011
64. I. Khairullin (RUS) 2011
65. M. Kobalia (RUS) 2011
66. N. Guliyev (AZE) 2011
67. Y. Zherebukh (UKR) 2011
68. A. Riazantsev (RUS) 2011
69. V. Iordachescu (MDA) 2011
70. C. Lupulescu (ROU) 2011
71. L. McShane (ENG) 2011
72. D. Fridman (GER) 2011
73. A. Motylev (RUS) 2011
74. I. Ivanisevic (SRB) 2011
g) 19 players from Americas
75. R. Felgaer (ARG) Zonal 2.5
76. S. Mareco (ARG) Zonal 2.5
77. Y. Shulman (USA) Zonal 2.1
78. S. Shankland (USA) Zonal 2.1
79. R. Hess (USA) Zonal 2.1
80. R. Robson (USA) Zonal 2.1
81. A. Onischuk (USA) Zonal 2.1
82. (…to be announced…) Zonal 2.4
83. (…to be announced…) Zonal 2.4
84. L. Dominguez (CUB) Zonal 2.3
85. L. Bruzon (CUB) Zonal 2.3
86. E. Hansen (CAN) Zonal 2.2
87. S. A. Sanabria Rangel (COL) Continental 2010
88. M. Bluvshtein (CAN) Continental 2011
89. G. Vescovi (BRA) Continental 2011
90. Y. Quesada Perez (CUB) Continental 2011
91. J. Cori (PER) Continental 2011
92. F. Corrales Jimenez (CUB) Continental 2011
93. I. R. Ortiz Suarez (CUB) Continental 2011
h) 19 players from Asia/Oceania
94. Ni Hua (CHN) Continental 2010
95. A. Gupta (IND) Continental 2010
96. Le Quang Liem (VIE) Continental 2010
97. Wesley So (PHI) Continental 2010
98. Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) Continental 2010
99. P. Harikrishna (IND) Continental 2011
100. Yu Yangyi (CHN) Continental 2011
101. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) Continental 2011
102. R. Jumabayev (KAZ) Continental 2011
103. Li Chao B (CHN) Zonal 3.5
104. Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) Zonal 3.5
105. Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) Zonal 3.6
106. Ziaur Rahman (BAN) Zonal 3.2
107. S. Megaranto (INA) Zonal 3.3
108. M. Paragua (PHI) Zonal 3.3
109. P. Negi (IND) Zonal 3.7
110. (…to be announced…)
111. (…to be announced…)
112. (…to be announced…)
i) 6 players from Africa
113. M. Kaabi (TUN) Zonal 4.1
114. H. Ibrahim (EGY) Zonal 4.2
115. R. Gwaze (ZIM) Zonal 4.3
116. (…to be announced…)
117. (…to be announced…)
118. (…to be announced…)
j) 6 nominees of the FIDE President
119. (…to be announced…)
120. (…to be announced…)
121. (…to be announced…)
122. (…to be announced…)
123. (…to be announced…)
124. (…to be announced…)
k) 4 nominees of the local Organising Committee
125. (…to be announced…)
126. (…to be announced…)
127. (…to be announced…)
128. (…to be announced…)
Total = 128 players
The pairings of the 1st round will be announced one month before the start of the event. The schedule of the World Cup 2011:
26 August: Arrivals
27 August: Opening Ceremony / Players Meeting
28 August: Round 1 - Game 1
29 August: Round 1 - Game 2
30 August: Tiebreaks
31 August: Round 2 - Game 1
01 September: Round 2 - Game 2
02 September: Tiebreaks
03 September: Round 3 - Game 1
04 September: Round 3 - Game 2
05 September: Tiebreaks
06 September: Round 4 - Game 1
07 September: Round 4 - Game 2
08 September: Tiebreaks
09 September: Round 5 - Game 1
10 September: Round 5 - Game 2
11 September: Tiebreaks
12 September: Round 6 - Game 1
13 September: Round 6 - Game 2
14 September: Tiebreaks
15 September: Free Day
16 September: Round 7 - Game 1
17 September: Round 7 - Game 2
18 September: Round 7 - Game 3
19 September: Round 7 - Game 4
20 September: Tiebreaks / Closing Ceremony
21 September: Departures
Stay tuned for more updates!
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Three more Cuban chess players qualify for World Cup of Chess
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everybody,
This is chess news from Cuba where players are going from strength to strength in our wonderful sport. Cuban grandmasters (GMs) Yuniesky Quesada and Fidel Corrales as well as International Master (IM) Isam Ortiz have qualified for the upcoming World Cup of Chess after their participation in the Continental Championship of the Americas that concluded on Sunday in Toluca, Mexico. . Quesada, Corrales and Ortiz thus joined Bruzon and GM Leinier Dominguez, who also secured a berth in the world competition during a regional qualifying tournament held last month in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic. Bruzon won the contest in Toluca with 7.5 units out of nine possible.
The World Cup of Chess is scheduled for Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from August 26 to September 21 later this year.
Here is our earlier post about the Cuban grandmasters. Stay tuned for more updates.
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First Photo of Women Winners of the Olympiad
 Hi everybody!
I just want to share one photo taken just a few moments ago after the prize giving ceremony of the Chess Olympiads here in Khanty-Mansiysk.
It's our Russian-1 Women's team, who won all 11 matches of the event (that's a record, no other team has ever won all their matches!).
See the full results here.
In order of the boards:
1. Tatiana Kosintseva, GM, ELO 2573 2. Nadezhda Kosintseva, IM, ELO 2565 3. Alexandra Kosteniuk, GM, ELO 2524 4. Alisa Galliamova, IM, ELO 2482 5. Valentina Gunina, WGM, ELO 2465
In addition to the Gold Team medals, both sisters Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva got Gold medals on their boards, an extra bravo to them, too!
We'll have many photos and even videos of the prize ceremony tomorrow.
Posted by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk Women's World Chess Champion
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Meet the 2010 Women Chess Olympiad Gold Medals Holders!
Hi everybody,
It's been an amazing ride, and now, already one round before the end of the 2010 Chess Olympiads in Khanty-Mansiysk, the Women's Gold Medal winning team is known, nobody can catch up with them (see table after 10 rounds): Russia-1!
The team started in first position, with an awesome average rating of 2536 ELO. With all the pressure to perform, they all kept their cool and played at a high level, winning every single one of their first 10 matches, which included meeting the very strong teams of China, Ukraine, Georgia, and many more potential contenders for the Gold. Second best up to now China was only able to win 8 of their 10 matches and everybody else even fewer.
The Gold Medal Winning Team is comprised of:
- Tatiana Kosintseva, GM, ELO 2573 - Nadezhda Kosintseva, IM, ELO 2565 - Alexandra Kosteniuk, GM, ELO 2524 - Alisa Galliamova, IM, ELO 2482 - Valentina Gunina, WGM, ELO 2465
In team competitions, to win you need to be not only in top form, but also in full harmony with your team-mates. You need to make the correct strategy of board placements, caring for the best result and not for personal prestige. You need to do your best for your team, for your country. Russia-1 has demonstrated all those qualities.
Note that the event is not finished, there is a round tomorrow October 3 that will decide the silver and bronze medals for the women and all the medals for the men. Also, both Kosintseva sisters as well as Valentina Gunina have excellent individual results on their boards and have good chances to win extra medals, so let's wait till October 3 to make a final count of medals, there will be many for those 5 ladies!
Congratulations to the team, you deserve your Gold Medals!
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2010 Chess Olympiad:Nice games from Round 9
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess News & Trivia (c) 2010
Hello Everyone,
The ninth round has left top teams all still with a chance for the medals in the open section at the 39th Chess Olympiad. Ukraine leads for now with a very small margin. Ukraine leads with Russia 1 and France following.
On the other hand, in the women's section, Russia is almost home with the gold. We will put up all the super Russian games right after the chess festival ends.
For now, here are some cool games from Round 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Enjoy.
You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 a4 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qb1 c5 16. Be3 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nd5 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. a3 Rac8 25. Qxa4 Re2 26. Qd4 Rcc2 27. Rd1 Rxb2 28. Bf3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Kf8 31. a4 Qc5+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Rd2 Qxa4 34. d6 Ke8 35. d7+ Kd8 36. h3 b5 37. Bb7 Qc4+ 38. Rd3 f5 39. Bd5 Qc2+ 40. Rd2 Qc3 41. Bf3 b4 42. Rd3 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 Qc7 44. g4 Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh3 46. gxf5 Qxf5 47. Rd3 b3 48. Kd4 0-1
PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nc3 Rab8 13. Rd1 Rhd8 14. b3 Ke8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rab1 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Nc6 18. f4 Rdc8 19. e4 c4 20. Kf2 cxb3 21. axb3 b5 22. e5 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Ba3 Rb3 26. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Bc4 Be7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Qh3 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. c3 Be4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Bf3 Qb5 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Rfe1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nd5 26. Be5 Rfd8 27. Nh5 Bf8 28. Qg4 Qxb2 29. h4 Qc2 30. Ng3 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qg3 Qg6 33. Qh3 h5 34. Be4 Qg4 35. Qh2 Be7 36. g3 f5 37. Bd3 Bb4 38. Rf1 Bd6 39. Rfe1 Bxe5 40. Be2 Bxg3 41. fxg3 Qg6 42. Ba6 Rc3 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Bxd3 Nf4 45. Bf1 Rxd4 46. Qf2 Nd3 47. Rxe6 Nxf2 48. Rxg6 Ne4 49. Bh3 Nd6 50. Rg5 Rd1+ 51. Kg2 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rxa2 53. Rxh5 g6 54. Rg5 Kf7 55. g4 Ne4 56. gxf5 Nxg5 57. fxg6+ Kxg6 58. hxg5 Kxg5 0-1
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1 Bd5 16. Be1 h6 17. Nbd2 a5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Nb8 21. Nfe5 Nbd7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Na5 Bd6 24. Nec6 Ra6 25. Qb5 Nb8 26. Bb4 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Ra7 28. Rac1 Rb8 29. Qxa4 Nd7 30. R1c3 Nb6 31. Qc2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Bxb4 33. Ne5 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Qxa3 36. Qxc7 Rf8 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Nc6 Kh8 39. Kg2 Re8 40. h4 Qc8 41. Qxd5 Qb7 42. Qc4 Ra8 43. d5 Qb1 44. Qb4 Qd3 45. Qd4 Qb1 46. d6 Qb7 47. Qd5 Ra5 48. Qxa5 Qxc6+ 49. Kh2 Qxd6 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ g6 52. h5 f5 53. Qc4 Qd7 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qa8 h5 57. Kg2 Qd6 58. Qh8+ Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qc4 Kg6 61. Kh2 Qd2 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Kg2 Qc2 64. Qd6 Qe4+ 65. f3 Qa8 66. Qe6 Qb7 67. e4 f4 68. Qd5+ Qxd5 69. exd5 fxg3 70. Kxg3 1-0
PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 h6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 Qc6 12. Ne1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Bf3 Qb4 15. c4 Nd7 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qc3 18. Nf4 exf4 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Ra4 Qxa4 21. bxa4 O-O 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 25. Re4 Rbd8 26. Qc1 Bd7 27. c5 Bc6 28. Rb4 Rfe8 29. Kf1 Rd3 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb1 Rd5 32. Rb8 Bd8 33. g3 Rxc5 34. gxf4 Rxa5 35. Qb3 Rf8 36. Qc4 Be7 37. Rb6 Rc5 38. Qxa6 Rc2 39. Qb7 Bc5 40. Rb2 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Bd6 42. Ra2 Bxf4 43. a5 Rc5 44. a6 Bb8 45. h3 g6 46. Rd2 Rg5+ 47. Kf1 Rf5 48. Rc2 Kh7 49. Rxc6 Kg7 50. Qd7 Bg3 51. Qxf5 gxf5 52. fxg3 Rb8 53. Rc1 f4 54. gxf4 Kg6 55. a7 Ra8 56. Ra1 Kh5 57. Kf2 Kh4 58. Kf3 h5 59. Ra5 f6 60. Ra1 f5 61. Ra5 Kxh3 62. Rxf5 h4 63. Ra5 1-0
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 Qe7 15. a5 Bb7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Reb8 19. Nc4 bxa5 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. e5 Nxd5 22. exd6 Qd8 23. Bg3 Nb4 24. d7 Bd5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Ba4 Bg7 28. f4 Bxb2 29. f5 Bxd7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qb3 Bxa3 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 Qg8 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf4 Ra8 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Qf4 Ra8 39. Be6 Bb2 40. Nc4 Bd4 41. Nd6 a4 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Qh5 44. g4 Qh4 45. Qc7+ Kh8 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Ne5+ Kh6 48. g5+ 1-0
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2010 Chess Olympiad:Nice games from Round 8
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess News & Trivia (c) 2010
Hello Everyone,
The eight round is over at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. You can find the detailed results and standings here. For all the detailed news updates and photos you can check the official website here. Here's a nice video report too.
Did you keep track of the games in Round 8? We did. So, here are some nice games. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
Before that the top standings are as follows:
Open Section
1. Ukraine UKR 14 2. Russia 1 RUS1 13 3. Georgia GEO 13 4. Azerbaijan AZE 13 5. Hungary HUN 13
Women's Section
1. Russia RUS1 16 2. Serbia SRB 13 3. Russia RUS2 13 4. China CHN 12 5. Georgia GEO 12
 Magnus Carlsen
PGN: 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. e3 Nf5 10. d3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nd5 e6 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ned2 e5 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rb6 22. Nc2 Qa8+ 23. f3 Nc6 24. Rf1 Qb7 25. Kg1 Ne6 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg7 28. Raa1 Re8 29. Ra2 Qc3 30. Ne1 Nb4 31. Nb1 Qg7 32. Ra3 d5 33. cxd5 Nxd5 34. Ng2 Nd4 35. Qf2 Nxb3 36. Qa2 Qb7 37. Qc2 Nxe3 38. Nxe3 Rxe3 39. Nc3 Nd4 40. Qa2+ Kg7 41. Qd5 Rxd3 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qxc5 Rb2 0-1
Jon Ludvig Hammer
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Be6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa7 Nxe5 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Bb3 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Qb7 e5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bc7 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxa5 Bd6 23. O-O-O Ke7 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Bb4+ c5 26. Ba3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rc7 28. Bb5 Nb6 29. Rhe1 Ra8 30. Rd4 Kf6 31. Rf4+ Ke7 32. Re5 Nd5 33. Rf3 Kd6 34. Re1 Nb6 35. Rf4 Nd5 36. Rd4 Rca7 37. c4 Rxa4 38. Bxa4 Rxa4 39. cxd5 Rxd4 40. dxe6 Rc4+ 41. Kd2 fxe6 42. Bb2 Rg4 43. Be5+ Kd5 44. g3 g5 45. Bf6 h6 46. Kc3 Ra4 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Re2 Ra7 49. Rd2+ Kc6 50. Be5 Ra3+ 51. Kc4 Ra4+ 52. Kc3 Ra3+ 53. Kc2 Re3 54. Bg7 h5 55. Bf6 g4 56. Bg5 Re4 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Be3 Re5 59. Rc2 Kc6 60. Ra2 Rd5+ 61. Ke4 Kb5 62. Rb2+ Kc6 63. Rc2 Kd6 64. Rxc5 Rxc5 65. Bxc5+ Kxc5 66. Ke5 1-0
 Sergey Karjakin
PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8 12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+ 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 Nxf2 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Kxb1 Ne4 25. a4 Rg8 26. a5 Nc6 27. Ra6 Nb8 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. d7 Nd8 30. Kc2 Ke7 31. a6 e5 32. Bc1 Kd6 33. Ba3+ Kc6 34. Ra8 1-0
P.S. In case you're wondering... we'll have all the beautiful Russian games coming up on the blog after the Olympiad. So, keep reading.
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2010 Chess Olympiad: Cool chess games from Round 7
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess News & Trivia (c) 2010
Hello Everyone,
The 2010 Chess Olympiad has reached the seventh round and there has been great chess all around. Have you been following the action at the official website?... and the great news and features at www.chessbase.com... and www.chessvibes.com? There's a very nice commented game on chessbase - the one in which Michael Adams beat Magnus Carlsen.
Meanwhile, here is a quick pick of some of the cool games played in Khanty-Mansiysk in Round 7. Enjoy!
Mark Bluvshtein
 Zbynek Hracek
Vassily Ivanchuk
Harika Dronavalli
 Nafisa Muminova
Do email us in case you've spotted a special game and want to share it with chessblog.com readers.
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