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Video chess interviews with Hikaru Nakamura and Sopiko Guramishvili at Reggio Emilia Chess 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here are two nice chess video interviews from the ongoing Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament 2011 in Italy. Of course, before you watch these chess interviews, the latest updates after Round 4 is that Vassily Ivanchuk beat leader Alexander Morozevich in an exciting game. The other two games were decisive too. Nikita Vitiugov lost to Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri lost to Hikaru Nakamura. In the women's section Sopiko Guramishvili beat Iva Videnova, Marianna Chierici lost to Marina Brunello and Maria De Rosa drew with Anna Sharevich. You can access the official website at this link.
Round 4 standings (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw): 1-2. Nakamura Hikaru 2758 USA and Ivanchuk Vassily 2775 UKR – 8 3. Morozevich Alexander 2762 RUS – 7 4. Caruana Fabiano 2727 ITA – 4 5-6. Giri Anish 2714 NED and Vitiugov Nikita 2729 RUS – 2
Reggio Emilia R3: Ivanchuk beats Caruana, Morozevich leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The chess news from Italy is focused on the 54th Reggio Emilia Tournament that is into the third round now. In the third round, Fabiano Caruana lost to Vassily Ivanchuk giving the latter a shared second spot for now with Hikaru Nakamura. Here is the Caruana-Ivanchuk game.
Nakamura, on his part, drew his game with Alexander Morozevich who maintained his lead. The other game - between Nikita Vitiugov and Anish Giri - also ended in a draw.
In the women’s tournament Sopiko Guramishvili won and leads with a perfect score. You can access the official website for more info.
Round 3 standings (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw): 1. Morozevich Alexander 2762 RUS – 7 2-3. Nakamura Hikaru 2758 USA and Ivanchuk Vassily 2775 UKR – 5 4-5. Giri Anish 2714 NED and Vitiugov Nikita 2729 RUS – 2 6. Caruana Fabiano 2727 ITA – 1
Reggio Emilia Chess R2: Morozevich leads with perfect score
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
The chess news update from the second day at the Reggio Emilia tournament is that Anish Giri went down fighting to Alexander Morozevich giving the latter a perfect score wit six points according to thee football scoring in effect at the tournament.
Anish Giri on his way to losing to Alexander Morozevich.
The other winner of the first round, Hikaru Nakamura had to settle for a draw with Fabiano Caruana while Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov also had to draw their game after a tough fight. You can access more details at the official website.
Reggio Emilia Chess R1-Morozevich, Nakamura begin with wins
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The 54th edition of Reggio Emilia's Chess tournament - 54th Torneo di Capodanno - has begun. The main event includes current Italian national champion Fabiano Caruana, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, Hikaru Nakamura, Nikita Vitiugov and Anish Giri. The 54th edition of Reggio Emilia’s tournament also has a parallel chess event with three Italian chess stars competing against three strong WGMs from Eastern Europe.
The interesting first round saw two decisive games with Caruana blundering away the game to Morozevich in time trouble and Vitiugov losing to Nakamura. .
In the women's tournament, De Rosa beat Chierici, Marina Brunello lost to Guramishvili and Iva Videnova lost to Anna Sharevich. You can access the official website at this link.
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