3rd ACP World Rapid Cupby Mikhail Golubev The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup will be organised by the Pivdenny Bank in Odessa, Ukraine 22nd-24th May 2009. The venue will be the Odessa National Academy of Law. As usual, it...
The road to the championship for Radjabov
Round 1:Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 1.5-0.5 Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2574 Round 2: Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 3-2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 Semi-Final: Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2720 Final:Radjabov, Teimour...
Radjabov is the champion!
Picture and games from the official website Radjabov has captured the 2nd ACP Rapid Cup by defeating GM Grischuk in the Blitz playoff. The final score was 2.5-1.5. Grischuk-Radjabov1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2...
Radjabov and Grischuk in the ACP Cup Final
Radjabov defeated Jakovenko 2-0 to move into the final. In the mean time, Grischuk came from behind TWICE to defeat Karjakin in the Armageddon game to face Radjabov in the final. GM Karjakin (2732) – GM Grischuk (2711) [C73]07.01.2008Armageddon...
ACP Cup Semi Final
Here are the semi-final matchup: Radjabov – JakovenkoGrischuk – Karjakin What is your prediction? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
ACP Rapid Cup Update
Picture from Misha Savinov and the official website Jakovenko 1.5 – .5 Inarkiev Grischuk 1.5 – .5 Svidler Radjabov 3 – 2 Ivanchuk in Armageddon Karjakin 3 – 1 Gelfand in Blitz playoff Official website: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/ Chess Daily News...
Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk and Karjakin advance
Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk and Karjakin advanced to face Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Inarkiev and Jakovenko. Svidler 2-0 ShabalovGelfand 1.5-.5 NajerGrischuk 1-1 Karpov (Grischuk won blitz tie break 1.5-.5)Karjakin 2-0 J. Polgar GM Svidler (2763) – GM Shabalov (2622) [C03]05.01.20081.e4 e6 2.d4...
Big upset at ACP Rapid Cup
2nd ACP World Rapid CupOdessa, Ukraine Round 1 Day 1 (Jan 4, 2008) Eljanov, Pavel 0.5-1.5 Ivanchuk, VassilyRadjabov, Teimour 1.5-0.5 Drozdovskij, YuriShirov, Alexei 0.5-1.5 Inarkiev, ErnestoSavchenko, Boris 0-2 Jakovenko,Dmitry World Cup Finalist Alexei Shirov was eliminated by GM Inarkiev....
Super event in Odessa
2nd ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa, UkraineJanuary 4-7, 2008. 16 players are taking part in this event: Peter SvidlerAlexei ShirovVassily IvanchukPeter LekoTeimour RadjabovSergey KarjakinBoris GelfandDmitry JakovenkoPavel EljanovErnesto InarkievEvgeny NajerAlexander ShabalovBoris SavchenkoAnatoly Karpov (Wild card)Judit Polgar (Wild card)Yuri Drozdovskij...
2nd ACP Cup Announced
The 2nd ACP World Cup is announced On August 2, 2007 the President of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP), Grandmaster Pavel Tregubov and the Chairman of the Pivdenny Bank, Vadim Morokhovsky announced at the press conference in Odessa,...