The following was published by our friends at Chessdom: Letter From Grandmaster Igor Kurnosovresponse to the letter published by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (sent to e3e5.com) Grandmaster Igor Kurnosov sent a letter to the popular chess portal e3e5.com as a response...
Strict rules are needed NOW!
Photo by Sergey Sorotkin I received countless emails and messages about the cheating accusation scandal at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. According to some of the eyewitnesses, Kurnosov did not go to the bathroom. He went to the hall...
Premature resignation?
GM Mamedyarov (2724) – GM Kurnosov (2602) [D70]Aeroflot 2009 (6), 22.02.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0–0–0 f5 10.h4 fxe4 11.h5 gxh5 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nec4 14.Qg5 Rf7...
Kurnosov leads Hastings by full point
GM Kurnosov is leading Hastings by a full point heading to round 8, followed by GM Berg and GM Neverov. Here are the key matchups in round 8: Round 8Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 KURNOSOV,Igor 2606 (6½) – BERG,Emanuel...
Kurnosov leads Hastings after 5
Round 6 matchups of the leaders: Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 KURNOSOV,Igor 2606 (4½) - PAVLOVIC,Milos 2524 (4) 2 7 2 GORDON,Stephen 2521 (4) - BERG,Emanuel 2623 (4) 8 1 3 ANSELL,Simon 2410 (4) - HOWELL,David 2593 (4)...
GM Igor Kurnosov wins Arctic Challenge
10.8.2008 Final Results http://arcticchess.org/ The last round saw GM Matthew J Turner (2493) drawing GM Igor Kurnosov (2617) as white after only 8 moves on Turners proposal. The stronger player Kurnosov secured tournament victory by the result and Turner...