Speelman on ChessJonathan SpeelmanSunday October 14, 2007The Observer The 23rd European Club Cup for Men and 12th European Club Cup for Women took place in the Turkish holiday village of Kemer near Antalya from 2-10 October. The world’s premier...
Kamsky and team win ECC
5 Linex Magic – Merida Rtg-Ø:2666 Bo. Name IRtg FED 1 GM Kamsky Gata 2724 USA2 GM Adams Michael 2729 ENG3 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2676 RUS4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673 ARM5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2670 BUL6 IM Perez Candelario...
Ivanchuk defeats self!
Final position Ivanchuk has been on a roll lately. Today, he lost because he pushed too hard. GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Radjabov (2746) [E62]09.10.2007 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 0–0 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.0–0 Qb6...
Morozevich vs Kamsky
GM Morozevich (2758) – GM Kamsky (2718) [D15]ECC 200708.10.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Be2 e6 9.0–0 Bd6 10.f4 b5 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Be1 0–0 13.Bh4 Be7 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 a5...
Mr. Ivanchuk wins AGAIN!
Final position GM Nikolic,P (2646) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [D12]ECC 200707.10.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.Bxg6 hxg6 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 Qh4 12.h3 Nf6 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qg3...
Another exciting game by Kamsky
Final position GM Kamsky (2734) – GM Van Wely (2680) [D37]ECC 0706.10.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.0–0–0 Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.Qc2...
A brilliant Shirov style win
GM Shirov (2735) – GM Azarov (2566) [E09]05.10.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Ba6 10.Re1 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 Nc7 14.Rad1 b5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.cxd5...
The stars of ECC
1 OSC Baden-Baden e.V. Rtg-Ø:2713 1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2801 IND2 GM Svidler Peter 2732 RUS3 GM Carlsen Magnus 2714 NOR4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2695 FRA5 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2668 ROU6 GM Harikrishna P 2668 IND GMSub: Nielsen Peter...
Ivanchuk wins another one
Final position GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Stefansson (2574) [C78]04.10.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 0–0 9.Re1 d6 10.a3 Re8 11.h3 Bf8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ne3 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bc2...
Eljanov – Kamsky ECC 07
Final positionGM Eljanov (2681) – GM Kamsky (2724) [D15]04.10.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Be2 Qc8 10.g4 Bg6 11.g5 Ng8 12.h4 h6 13.gxh6 gxh6 14.h5 Bh7 15.Nf3 Bd8...