Unive Crown Group Chess R3: Kramnik leads with 2.5

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Hi everyone,


Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is leading the Unive Chess Festival Crown Group after three rounds. As you know, the crown group is playing a traditional double round robin event with a strong four-player field including Grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Judit Polgar and Maxime Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. You can access the official website at this link.

Here is a nice video from the opening of the tournament. 

	Name	1	2	3	4	Score
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	x	½	1	1	2.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½	x	½	½	1.5
3	Giri, Anish	0	½	x	½	1.0
4	Polgar, Judit	0	½	½	x	1.0

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Kramnik, Judit, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave to play 15th Unive Hoogeveen chess tournament in October

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Hello everybody,

The 15th Chess Univé Hoogeveen Tournament will have quite an exciting group with former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, strongest woman chess player Judit Polgar and the very talented young grandmaster Anish Giri confirming their entries for the crown group at the event that is to take place from October 14 to 22. 

Vlaidmir Kramnik is participating for the first time in the event, Polgar for the second time and Giri for the third time in this event! The fourth participant is going to be Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who last year as the reigning World Youth Chess Champion, won the event convincingly. .


Participants 15th Chess Unive

• Vladimir Kramnik, Russia, 2785, 4
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, 2731, 20
• Judit Polgar, Hungary, 2699, 41
• Anish Giri, Netherlands, 2687, 47

Ratings by 1 May 2011 from FIDE world ranking. Average rating: 2726 (Class 20) The average rating of 2726.

Besides the crown group there will also be the traditional Unive Open with a strong international field of hundreds of players. You can keep track of the event or register yourself once June starts at the official website here. 

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Some nice games from Unive Chess Tournament

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Alexei Shirov

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Hello Everyone,

Here are some nice games from the Unive Chess Tournament. You can run them in the pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. h3 Bc6 19. e5 Nd7 20. exd6 exd6 21. Qf2 Nf6 22. f5 g5 23. h4 g4 24. h5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxg4 Rxc4 29. Be2 Rc6 30. Qh4 Qe5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. f6+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Qg8+ Bg6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qxf7 Qxe2 37. Qd5+ Kg4 38. Rf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Rh3 Qxf6 41. Qe4+ Qf4+ 42. Rg3+ 1-0

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. h4 Na5 12. Bd3 e5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. dxe5 Rfe8 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qe1 h6 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Rad8 19. Qg3 c4 20. Qxg4 cxd3 21. Ng3 Nc4 22. e5 Ne3 23. Qf3 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 d2 25. Rd1 Qc4 26. Nf5 Rd3 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 Red8 29. Qxa7 Rxc3 0-1

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 c4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Nxf5 Bxf4 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nc6+ Nxc3 25. Rxd8 1-0

PGN: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 O-O-O 8. d3 Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Qc1 Be7 14. Rd1 f5 15. c3 Qd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Bd6 18. b4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. b5 Na5 21. c4 e5 22. c5 Qe7 23. Qc3 e4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxa5 Kb8 26. Qc3 Rd5 27. Re1 Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qd7 29. c6 Qd6 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. cxb7 Rxb7 32. d5 Rb5 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. a4 Rb3 35. Qc4 Rb2 36. Re7 Rf8 37. Qe4 Rb4 38. Qe5 Rb2 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kb7 41. a5 Qc5 42. a6+ Kxa6 43. Qc8+ Kb5 44. Qb8+ Qb6 45. Qe8+ Ka6 46. Qc8+ Kb5 47. Rc1 Qe3 48. Qb8+ Qb6 49. Qe8+ Kb4 50. Qe4+ Ka3 51. Ra1+ Ra2 52. Qd3+ Qb3 53. Qa6+ Kb2 54. Qf6+ Ka3 55. Qe7+ Ka4 56. Rxa2+ Qxa2 57. Qxc7 Qxd5 58. Qxa7+ Kb5 59. Qxh7 Qe6 60. h4 Kc5 61. Qh6 Qe8 62. Qf4 Kd5 63. g4 Qe1 64. Qg5+ Kd4 65. Qf6+ Kd5 66. h5 gxh5 67. gxh5 Qe8 68. Qf5+ Kd4 69. h6 Qb8+ 70. Kh3 Qb3+ 71. g3 Qb7 72. h7 Qh1+ 73. Kg4 Qd1+ 74. Kg5 1-0

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Unive Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Hello Everyone,

Maxime Vachier Lagrave has won the Unive Chess Tournament (Crown Group) tournament was held in Hoogeveen, Netherlands from Octobver 22-30, 2010.

The Crown Group included GM Alexei Shirov of Spain (currently the 12th highest-rated player in the World with an elo of 2749), GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France (currently the 25th highest-rated player in the World with an elo of 2721) , GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands (currently the 61st-highest-rated player in the World with an elo of 2677) and GM Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands, (currently the 108th-highest-rated chess player in the World with an elo of 2673).

World Junior Champion 2009, Maxime won the tournament a full point ahead of the Alexei Shirov. He had beaten Shirov in the fourth round and that seemed to have contributed to the final results.

There were special prizes that included the Chess creativity 'Beauty Contest' prize going to Shirov in the Crown Group. The rating prize went to Evie Warmelink, in the Open Section, who scored 5 out of 9. You can check the official website here.

Final standings:

1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 4½

2. Shirov, Alexei 3½

3. Giri, Anish 3

4. Tiviakov, Sergei 1

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