Bazna Kings Tournament 2009the strongest event ever to take place in RomaniaReport by Chessdom.com Bazna Kings tournament appeared on the international chess scene only two years ago, but already on the next month they will be staging the strongest...
3-way tie for 1st at Ciocaltea Memorial
The traditional GM Victor Ciocaltea memorial took place in the Romanian capital of Bucharest from 23 March – 2 April 2009. Final standings: 1-3. IM G. Szabo (ROU, 2506), GM Lupulescu (ROU, 2608) and IM I.Chirila (ROU, 2485) –...
Portisch, Short, Vaganian lead King’s Event
Round 3 (May 26) Mecking, Henrique – Timman, Jan 1-0Beliavsky, Alexander – Khalifman, Alexander ½-½Short, Nigel – Andersson, Ulf 1-0Murariu, Andrei – Vaganian, Rafael A ½-½Suba, Mihai – Portisch, Lajos ½-½ Round 4 (May 27) Vaganian, Rafael – Suba,...
All draws in Bazna
The King’s Tournament is taking place right now in Bazna, Romania. Here are the results I have found so far. Short – Mecking ½A.Sokolov – Vaganian ½Beliavsky – Portisch ½Suba – Timman ½Murariu – Andersson ½ I believe this...
Impressive 2nd Annual Kings Tournament
The 2nd Kings Tournament to be held from May 24 to June 4, 2008, in Bazna, Romania. The field includes: GM Short (England)GM Beliavsky (Slovenia)GM Khalifman (Russia)GM Vaganian (Armenia)GM Sokolov (France)GM Timman (Holland)GM Andersson (Sweden)GM Portisch (Hungary)GM Mecking (Brazil)GM...
Radical change planned for Romania
From The TimesMarch 15, 2008The Chess Dilemma Radical chess moves planned for Romania Sir, The problems concerning the high percentage of chess games that conclude in draws has been exercising the minds of administrators of recent years. John Fryer...
Tournament with legends
Turneul Regilor in Bazna, Romania is taking place from June 15 to 27. Round 1 results: Vaganian – Mecking 1-0Portisch – Khalifman 0-1Andersson – Suba ½–½A.Sokolov – Ribli ½–½Beliavsky – Timman ½–½Chiburdanidze – Bye GM Vaganian Rafael – GM...