The 20th Hit Open 2015 took place from 30th January to 5th February, 2015, at the Hotel Casino Perla, in Nova Gorica, a town and a municipality in western Slovenia. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo...
Beliavsky and Rodriguez Vila share first place in Torneo ITT OAV Libertador Simón Bolívar
The 1st Torneo ITT OAV Libertador Simón Bolívar was hosted by the Vinotinto Chess Organization from 25th to 30th September at the Great Hall of the Sambil Convention in Ciudad de San Cristóbal, Venezuela. The tournament was played over...
Endgame experience
Beliavsky (2662) – Hou Yifan (2584) [E06]Rising Stars vs Experience (9), 30.08.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 Be4 12.Qe3 Bc6 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Nc3...
Beliavsky’s revenge
Hikaru Nakamura (2710) – Alexander Beliavsky (2662) [C50]Rising Stars vs Experience (8), 29.08.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bc2 0–0 10.0–0 Nd7 11.Nc4 Nb6 12.Ne3 d5 13.Qe2 Re8...
Beliavsky first to score for Experience
Beliavsky (2662) – Caruana (2670) [E12]Rising Stars vs. Experience (7), 28.08.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Bf4 d6 11.Rd1 0–0 12.e5 Nh5 13.Be3 Bg5 14.Qc1 Bxe3...
A brilliant win by Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan (2584) – Beliavsky (2662) [B07]Rising Stars vs Experience (4), 23.08.2009 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 a5 9.Ba2 h6 10.h3 Nh7 11.Be3 Ng5 12.Qe2 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bg5 14.Rad1...
Nakamura scores for Rising Stars
GM Beliavsky (2662) – GM Nakamura (2710) [E97]NH Challenge (3), 22.08.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6...
Birthday Tactic
White to move. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Lvov chess legend turns 55
Beliavsky turns 55By GM Alex BaburinChessToday.com Ukrainian GM Alexander Beliavsky celebrates his 55th birthday today. He belongs to the famous chess school from Lvov. From the mid 1970s he has been one of the leading chess players in the...
Stellwagen, Beliavsky lead Paks
Marx György Memorial in Paks, Hungary All games were drawn in the 2nd round. Round 2 results: Berkes-Stellwagen ½-½Beliavsky-Vachier-Lagrave ½-½Sargissian-Acs ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds: 1-2. Beliavsky, Stellwagen 1½3-4. Vachier-Lagrave, Berkes 15-6. Acs, Sargissian ½ Official website: www.ase.hu/marxgy– Chess...