Vladimir Bagirov Memorial in Riga Riga Chess Federation, Alexei Shirov and Riga Armenian Society are organizing Vladimir Bagirov Memorial which will take place on 20th September from 17:30 in Riga, Latvia. The blitz tournament with 12 rounds and the...
Online Chess Lessons – Chess Coach William Stewart Update | GM Magnus Carlsen vs. Alexei Shirov – Biel 2011
By Chess Tutor and Chess Coach William Stewart Carlsen played d4 and Shirov’s response came as no surprise as he played the active Meran Defense. Carlsen’s early 13. Nd4!? provoked a slower response from Shirov, beginning his time-trouble issues...
Chess Coach Chess Update | Biel Chess Festival 2011 – Round 3 Analysis
By Chess Coach William Stewart. Original article with interactive PGN’s available on William’s site. Magnus Carlsen Maintains Top Position Carlsen has 2.5/3 points after today’s fighting draw the ever-dangerous Alexander Morozevich. Carlsen attempted to play a Grunfeld, however had...
Biel LIVE with Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Shirov, Morozevich, Caruana
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Biel chess 2011 LIVE!Live games with computer analysis The 44th Biel Chess Festival will take place from 18th to 29th July in Biel, Switzerland. The main event is the Accentus Grandmaster...
Biel LIVE with Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Shirov, Morozevich, Caruana
Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Biel chess 2011 LIVE!Live games with computer analysis The 44th Biel Chess Festival will take place from 18th to 29th July in Biel, Switzerland. The main event is the Accentus Grandmaster...
Biel 2011 with world’s superstars
Official Site Biel Main Event 1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2821 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2722 3 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2714 4 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2711 5 Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2694 6 Pelletier, Yannick GM...
Shirov replaces Gashimov in Biel
Alexei Shirov replaces Gashimov for Biel 2011 Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana, Morozevich, and Pelletier complete the field Biel / Bienne 2011 will take place July 18 – 29 in Switzerland. The initially announced field was Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2815), Maxime...
Sigeman Chess Tournament 2011 – Updates
By Chess Coach Will Stewart (USCF 2256, FIDE 2234) The Sigeman Chess Tournament 2011 has certainly been entertaining this year, with prodigy Anish Giri leading the field with Hans Tikkanen going into the last round. Superstar Alexei Shirov is...
Shirov, Tikkanen take early Sigeman lead
Round 1 results GM Alexei Shirov – GM Jonny Hector 1-0 GM Wesley So – GM Anish Giri ½-½ GM Hans Tikkanen – GM Nils Grandelius 1-0 Round 2 pairings GM Wesley So – GM Alexei Shirov GM Jonny...