These 2 items were published at www.chessdom.com. They also have a lot more interesting materials there. Special thanks to our friends at chessdom for all the wonderful information. Danailov goes to Talin Lecheva and Sergiev also attend the meeting...
Aronian advances – Carlsen dazzles
After the first six regular games, the score was tied 3-3. Then they went to 4 rapid playoff games. That was also tied at 2-2. Aronian finally won the 2 blitz playoff games to advance. Congratulations to both players!...
Gelfand and Shirov advance
Shirov, Alexey (ESP) – Adams, Michael (ENG) Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5...
Exciting finish in Elista
Aronian 2.5 – 1.5 Carlsen (W) Leko 3.5 – 0.5 Gurevich [Leko advances] (W) Ponomariov 1.5 – 2.5 Rublevsky (W) Gelfand 2.0 – 2.0 Kasimdzhanov Kamsky 3.5 – 0.5 Bacrot [Kamsky advances] (W) Grischuk 3 – 1 Malakhov (W)...
Anand: It is a pity but there is no alternative
I am not a bad classical chess player: Anand31 May, 2007 l 1845 hrs NEW DELHI, May 31: Viswanathan Anand on Thursday advised the world chess federation (FIDE) to find a balance between “broadening the player base” and maintaining...
Bareev – J. Polgar (game 4)
Judit is in good spirit and she is confident. No one knows what will happen in the next 3 games. One thing you can be sure is she will throw the kitchen sink at Bareev for the remainder of...
Bacrot – Kamsky (game 4)
Just one point away from moving to the next round, Gata is in the driver seat in this match. I expected Gata to win the match but the current score is a big surprise. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3...
Bulgaria: Let Topalov play in Mexico City
This is a press release by the Bulgaria Chess Federation, published by our friends at chessbase.comPosition of the Bulgarian Chess FederationThe forthcoming tournament for world championship in Mexico starting on 11th September 2007 represents the end of one cycle...
A look back at the first day in Elista
Photo by FIDE Polgar, J (2727) – Bareev, E (2643) [B19]WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (1), 27.05.2007 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+...
China clinched world title by trouncing Czech 3.5-.5
China has virtually clinched the World Women’s Team Championship by trouncing the Czech team by the score of 3.5 – .5. China will face Botswana next and it is a lock that the score will be 4-0. The Botswana...