Drawing by Justin Michael Jenkins 2008 Poikovsky Cup The Poikovsky tournament is taking place July 8 to 17, 2008. Participants: Alexei Shirov 2741Vugar Gashimov 2717Dmitry Jakovenko 2709Sergey Rublevsky 2699Wang Hao 2691Victor Bologan 2686Ernesto Inarkiev 2675Andrei Volokitin 2671Alexander Onischuk 2670Emil...
Carlsen, Onischuk face off in Biel
Biel Chess Festival 2008Carlsen, Alekseev, Bacrot, Dominguez, Onischuk, Pelletier The 41st Biel International Chess Festival will take place 19th July – 1st August 2008 in Switzerland. It will be a double round robin tournament and will feature some of...
Carlsen 1/2 Onischuk
GM Carlsen (2765) – GM Onischuk (2664) [E06]16.06.2008 – Round 8 – Foros1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc1...
Ivanchuk 1/2 Onischuk at Foros
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Onischuk (2664) [D37]Foros, 11.06.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Na6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.g3 Qa5 12.Bg2 Nb4 13.Qb3 Qxc5 14.0–0 Nbc6 15.Rfd1 e5...
Volotikin 1-0 Onischuk in Foros
GM Volokitin (2684) – GM Onischuk (2664) [E06]Foros, 09.06.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Re1 Be4 12.Qc1 Nbd7 13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Rac8...
Onischuk wins a wild one
GM Kaidanov (2697) – GM Onischuk (2728) [C58]19.05.2008 / US Championship Round 7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bd3 0–0 10.0–0 h6 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.Ng3 Nb4 13.Nf5 Bg5...
Can you guess who he supports?
This is a recent picture of GM Onischuk and his wife in Moscow. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A game that’s fit for Kings and Kids
Chess is a game that’s fit for kings and kidsExperts say it builds strong mindsBy Chad Brooks Daily Herald StaffPublished: 1/27/2008 12:21 AM In this day and age, when businesses will spend millions to develop the next hot video...
Chess without borders
Grandmasters check out eager chess playersJanuary 17, 2008By TONY GONZALEZ Contributor Despite a visa complication which kept former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov from appearing at Rose Elementary School in South Barrington, nearly 60 area chess players challenged three...