This is the final position after 19…Rhe8 Bareev shockingly offered a draw and gave up the match without fighting. He did the same in another game with the White pieces. Leko is now advanced to Mexico City. He will...
World Championship in Mexico City
Event dates: September 12 – October 1, 2007 Location: Mexico City, MexicoVenue: Sheraton Centro Histórico Hotel (official website)AVENIDA JUAREZ 70COLONIA CENTROMEXICO CITY, 06010 MEXICO Prize fund: US$1.3 millionFormat: Eight player double round-robin Here are the sponsors of the World...
The road to Mexico City
A delegation from FIDE led by Deputy President George Makropoulos visited Mexico City last week for an inspection visit regarding the forthcoming World Championship tournament to be held there this September. Mr Makropoulos was accompanied by Continental President for...
Mexico City part of Chess Grand Slam
BREAKING NEWS by ChessDomMexico City joins the Chess Grand Slam (Sofia, May 13, 2007) The Chess Grand Slam first edition (2008) is now completed, with five tournaments: Corus Wijk aan Zee (The Nederlands, January 11-27th), Linares (Spain, February 15th...
Most Intriguing Matchups?
GM Aronian – GM Carlsen GM Shirov – GM Adams GM Gelfand – GM Kasimdzhanov GM Bacrot – GM KamskyGM Grischuk – GM Malakhov GM Ponomariov – Rublevsky GM J. Polgar – GM Bareev GM Leko – Gurevich Which...