Position after 17…Nd5 GM Shirov (2755) – GM Anand (2799) [B96]15.02.2008 – Morelia / Linares – Round 1 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1...
Morelia / Linares Round 1
Round 1 – Your prediction? Topalov-AronianShirov-AnandCarlsen-IvanchukLeko-Radjabov Official website: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The strongest tournament of the year
www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx Morelia – Linares 2008 The Morelia – Linares tournament will take place between February 15-23 (Morelia) and then February 28-March 7, 2008 (Linares). This is the strongest tournament of 2008 so far. Name Year of birth Rating (January...
Next super event: Morelia / Linares
The next super tournament will be the Morelia / Linares tournament. The first half will take place in Morelia, Mexico (February 15 – 23) and the second half will take place in Linares, Spain (February 28 – March 7)....
Great pictures from Morelia / Linares
David Llada just sent me the link to some fantastic pictures from Morelia / Linares. Here is the link. Enjoy and thank you David! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Half way mark of the Morelia / Linares event
Standings at the half way mark: 1-2. GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2690), GM Viswanathan Anand (India 2779) 4.53. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2750) 4.04-5. GM Peter Svidler (Russia 2728), GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2744) 3.56-7. GM Peter Leko (Hungary...
Anand wins to catch Carlsen
GM Leko (2749) – GM Anand (2779) [E04]25.02.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 b5 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Rb8 13.a4 Bb4 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bc5 16.axb5 axb5...
Exciting battle between Topalov and Morozevich
GM Topalov (2783) – GM Morozevich (2741) [C11]25.02.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 f6 13.g3 Rf8 14.Kg2 g4 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.h3...
Last day in Morelia
Round 7: Sunday, February 25th Peter Leko (3) – Vishy Anand (3.5)Vassily Ivanchuk (3) – Levon Aronian (3.5)Veselin Topalov (2) – Alexander Morozevich (2)Peter Svidler (3) – Magnus Carlsen (4) With one round to go before the midway mark,...
Interview with Henrik Carlsen
Picture courtesy of Henrik CarlsenI was on ICC Chess.FM to do the commentary for today’s games with Mig Greengard of ChessNinja. We had a chance to speak a little bit to Henrik, Magnus’ father. This is actually the second...