Exciting parallel chess activities at World Chess Championship Match in May
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news about the World Chess Championship is that another chess lover businessman Guennadi Timtchenko has offered further support to the event. According to a press release, Guennadi Timtchenko said he was impressed by the selected pioneering concept of holding the match in one of the World's most famous museums. In his view, the World Chess Championship would provide a good opportunity to promote Russian art, as well as to increase public interest in chess as one of the methods of mentoring the young generation.
“New Moscow”, Yuri Pimenov, 1937 © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The FIDE World Chess Championship match between World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and Challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel) will be held from the May 10-31 at the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The match will be organised by FIDE (World Chess Federation) and the RCF (Russian Chess Federation). The initiator and sponsor of the match is the Russian businessman Andrey Filatov (co-owner of N-Trans Group). Businessman Guennadi Timtchenko, as well as Novatek and the Ladoga Charity Foundation will also sponsor the competition.
Several tournaments will be held during the match in Moscow, which will bring together chess veterans including renowned grandmasters, former World and European Champions. These tournaments will be supported by the Ladoga Foundation, which has made care program for the senior generation a strategic focus of its activities.
Young chess players from all over Russia will be able to attend the match in Moscow. The Russian Chess Federation, together with the State Tretyakov Gallery, is currently working on the program for their stay in the capital, which will include not only workshops and multi-board chess games with famous grandmasters, but also guided tours of the Tretyakov Gallery and lectures on the history of art.
Live online English-language video coverage of the match will be set up. Chess fans from all over the world will be able to watch match games online, commented by leading chess experts, while the studio will host well-known grandmasters, public figures, authors and musicians. During the webcast, viewers will also have the opportunity to learn about the history and exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The webcasts will focus on the history of Russian art, viewpoints on the life and creative work of artists, whose paintings became the basis for the exposition of Russia's largest national museum.
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Igor Lysyj, Marina Romanko win RSSU Chess Cup 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,Igor Lysyj and Marina Romanko have won the RSSU Chess Cup 'Moscow Open 2012'. Leading in the second part of the tournament Russian Dmitry Kokarev in the last round lost to his compatriot Igor Lysyj and let him the head the table. The winner scored 7,5 points, half-point more than his three competitors.
Three Russian chess-players shared 2-4 places: Dmitry Kokarev, Ernesto Inarkiev and 15 years old Urii Eliseev – due to tie-breaks.
A total of 190 participants from 15 countries including 62 international grandmasters took part in competition.
Russian Marina Romanko won the Cup of Russia among women. On tie-breaks the second place was won by the Chinese Huang Qian, the third – Russian Daria Charochkina. Russians Kovanova Baira, Elmira Mirzoeva, Ekaterina Atalik from Turkey and Nazi Paikidze from Georgia did not enter into medal-winners. Suren Poghosyan from Armenia won the amateur section. Read more details at Fide.
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World Chess Blitz Championship qualifier in Moscow on Feb 6
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hello everyone,The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament will be held at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th.
The competition consists of 11 rounds of Swiss system with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, with FIDE rating calculation.
The number of participants is limited to 200. The prize fund of the qualifying tournament is 30,000 RUB.
Top three finishers will be awarded by the RSSU Cup organising committee with free air tickets and accommodation for the World Blitz Championship semifinal which will be played in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Tal Chess Memorial 2011 begins in Moscow with super line-up
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The Tal Memorial Chess Tournament 2011 with a dream line-up has begun in Moscow, Russia. The players include
Magnus Carlsen (2823, Norway), Vishy Anand (2817, India), Levon Aronian (2802, Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (2800, Russia), Vassily Ivanchuk (2775, Ukraine), Sergey Karjakin (2763, Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (2753, USA), Peter Svidler (2755, Russia), Boris Gelfand (2746, Israel) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (2730, Russia). How many can you spot in the photo?
The first round pairings include
Aronian - Carlsen, Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi, Ivanchuk - Svidler, Anand - Karjakin and Nakamura - Gelfand.
You can access the Russian Federation website at this link. Watch the video at this link and the games at this link.
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Photos of lovely ladies from Women's Day blitz chess tournament in Moscow
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
Here are great photos from the Women's Day chess blitz tournament held in Moscow on March 8. You can see more photos at the chess news site www.chess-news.ru.
Elmira Mirzoyev and Daria Charochkina.
Kateryna Dolzhikova (Who knows the Karjakin connection?), Maria Manakova and Olga Grigorieva.
Maria Fominykh and others.
First Place - Daria Charochkina! Yes, that's GM Sergey Karjakin.
And, the youngest participant.
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World Blitz Chess Championship Day 2: Aronian leads with 18.5 points followed by Carlsen at 17 points
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyday,
It was tough chess on the second day at the World Blitz Chess Championship. After the end of the 28 rounds (14 of which were played yesterday) it was Levon Aronian leading with 18.5 points. Closely following him is Magnus Carlsen at 17.0 points.
Ten rounds will be played tomorrow in Moscow to decide the World Blitz Chess Champion.
You can follow all the action and a live video in high resolution at the official website of www.russiachess.org.
Here are some nice videos uploaded by a fan. Enjoy.
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Final standings - round 28
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| 1 | 14 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2801 | 18.5 | 9;11;12;15;16;17;18;19;4;6;8;9;10;11;12; | 15 | 244.75 | | | 2 | 20 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2802 | 17.0 | 1;11;2;12;4;5;15;6;17;8;10;3;4;14; | 14 | 234.25 | | | 3 | 7 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2744 | 16.0 | 15;17;19;4;9;10;14;17;18;19;2; | 11 | 223.50 | | | 4 | 19 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2720 | 16.0 | 4;5;10;12;15;16;17;2;4;6;8;9; | 12 | 212.75 | | | 5 | 2 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 16.0 | 1;3;6;7;9;12;13;14;15;17;18;4;8; | 13 | 222.25 | | | 6 | 1 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | 15.5 | 4;7;8;11;12;13;14;18;20;2;8;9; | 12 | 220.75 | | | 7 | 13 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2741 | 15.5 | 9;12;20;15;16;17;19;10;11;12;20;15;16; | 13 | 211.50 | | | 8 | 8 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 14.0 | 13;14;15;18;19;2;3;6;10;12;13;15; | 12 | 196.50 | | | 9 | 3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2703 | 14.0 | 1;20;4;9;17;1;4;6;7; | 9 | 201.50 | | | 10 | 10 | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 14.0 | 11;13;15;18;1;6;9;16;18; | 9 | 186.00 | | | 11 | 9 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2742 | 14.0 | 12;15;18;19;1;5;20;12;13;16;17;18; | 12 | 187.50 | | | 12 | 5 | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 13.5 | 1;2;4;7;8;10;13;2;4; | 9 | 196.75 | | | 13 | 18 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2632 | 13.0 | 3;5;7;11;20;19;3;4;5;6;8;11; | 12 | 179.25 | | | 14 | 6 | GM | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2722 | 13.0 | 15;16;18;19;3;4;13;2; | 8 | 175.00 | | | 15 | 12 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2721 | 12.5 | 15;17;18;3;4;5;6;7;11;20;16; | 11 | 164.00 | | | 16 | 4 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2709 | 12.0 | 17;18;2;8;9;10;13;16;17;1;6; | 11 | 160.25 | | | 17 | 16 | GM | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2654 | 12.0 | 20;18;1;5;7;8;11; | 7 | 169.50 | | | 18 | 11 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2744 | 11.5 | 12;13;15;16;3;8;9; | 7 | 157.25 | | | 19 | 15 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2660 | 11.0 | 16;17;18;3;5;9;12;14; | 8 | 149.50 | | | 20 | 17 | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2683 | 11.0 | 5;10;11;5;8;11;12; | 7 | 144.75
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After Bilbao where are Kramnik and Carlsen going to play chess?
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 Moscow beckons
Hello Everyone,
Are you following the action in Bilbao Final Masters Chess? Any clue where GM Magnus Carlsen is headed after these hectic six rounds in Spain?
Well! he's (Carlsen - 2826) off to the World Blitz Chess 2010 to be held in Moscow from November 16th - 18th November, 2010.
There will be eight other top players coming in from Tal Memorial 2010 - GM Levon Aronian (ARM) 2783, GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2780, GM Pavel Eljanov (URK) 2761, GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2760, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2756, Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2751, GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2747, and GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2733.
Two other players who have been invited include GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2749 and GM Peter Svidler (RUS) 2731 apart from six section winners GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave (FRA) 2721, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2706, GM Bu Xiangzhi (CNH) 2695, GM Boris Grachev (RUS) 2668, GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE) 2660 and GM Boris Savchenko (RUS) 2627.
Three more top players to complete the field in Moscow will be announced soon. You can follow the updates at the Russian website.
And, if we may ask, where is Vladimir Kramnik headed after Bilbao? Well! To Moscow too! Shirov will be there too.
He will be playing in the Tal Memorial 2010 in Moscow. The Memorial will take place from November 5-18, 2010.
Ten participants have confirmed their participation so far - GM Levon Aronian (ARM) 2783, GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2780, GM Pavel Eljanov (URK) 2761, GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2760, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2756, Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2751, GM Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2749, GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2747, GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2733, and Hao Wang (CHN) 2724.
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Don't miss the Chigorin Chess Fest in Moscow this October
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Mikhail Chigorin
Hi Everyone,
Will you be in Moscow this October? If yes then don't miss the Chess Festival M.Chigorin Memorial to be held in 'Moskva' hotel (2 Al. Nevsky square). It includes two tournaments. A. Rapid chess tournament, October 26-27, starts at 17:00
Time control 15 minutes per game + 5 seconds increment for each move, 9 round Swiss. Entry fee: 1000 roubles (for juniors under 16, seniors and women - 800 roubles). Registrations are accepted on October 26, 9:30 - 16:45. The prizes are paid out in Russian roubles (official rate on August 17 is 1 euro = 39.11 roubles). Total prize fund (granted by St. Petersburg Chess Federation) - 400 000 roubles: B. Classical chess tournament - stage of Cup Russia, October 28 - November 05
Total prize fund (granted by St. Petersburg Chess Federation and Russian Chess Federation) - 1 400 000 roubles: The winners qualify for the final stage of Russian Cup according to the Russian Cup 2010 regulations. And, something about Chigorin in whose memory this event is held. M any Russians regard Mikhail Chigorin as the founder of their 'School of Chess', later to become known as the Soviet School of Chess. Overshadowed to some extent in the 1920s by the exciting new theories of the hypermodern movement, Chigorin's influence nevertheless demands a prominent and permanent place in the Soviet chess hegemony of the 20th century. Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him, the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5) and the Chigorin Defence to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6).
Whilst the former has remained popular through the 1900s, the latter struggled to attract a great many devotees until relatively recently. Igor Miladinović has used the Chigorin Defence with great regularity, but its current revival owes much to the efforts of Alexander Morozevich, who has championed the opening both in play and in his book - The Chigorin Defence According To Morozevich (published 2007).
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Moscow Blitz Chess: Morozevich, Gunina win men's and women's section
 GM Alexander Morozevich: Another conquest
 Perfect smile/score: WGM Valentina Gunina
Hi Everyone,
Did you follow the exciting Moscow Blitz Chess Championship on the Internet? It was a lot of fun.
The 64th edition of the tournament took place on Sunday at the Russian State Social University. In two weeks the Women's World Blitz Championship will be held here.
The creative grandmaster Alexander Morozevich won the main tournament with a score of 14 out of a possible points 19! Mikhail Kobalia finished second with 13.5 and Vasily Papin was third with 13 points.
And, in the women's section, WGM Valentina Gunina, was the best performere by winning all her 17 games. Second was IM Irina Vasilevich.
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Kosteniuk Travels to Dagomys via Moscow
 The winners of the Izvestia Chess Contest Yes I'm on the photo too!
Hello everybody!
Just a short note to tell you all that after a safe transatlantic flight from Miami through New York to Moscow and then to Sochi I arrived to Dagomys where the Russian Team Chess Championship will start tomorrow. The games will be transmitted LIVE and I will let you know how it goes.
Yesterday, after arriving from New York I went to congratulate the winners of the Izvestia Puzzle Chess Contest. If you know Russian, you can read the article here. I also passed by the Central Chess Club to say good-bye to the 7th world chess champion Vassily Smyslov.
There were also two terrible terrorist acts in the Moscow Metro with many people killed and wounded, I just want to give my sincere condolences to the families who lost their close family and friends. It's such a terrible thing that people in such a modern world still prefer to fight their conflicts by killing each other.
Let us wish and pray that in the future we will only have battles on the chess boards.
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk Women's World Chess Champion
Labels: Dagomys, Izvestia, Moscow
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