GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) and GM Levente Vajda (Romania) share first place in Doeberl Cup 2014 with 7.5/9 points, leaving the nearest contenders half a point behind. GM Hrant Melkumyan (Armenia) and Ke Mu (China) share the third place...
Vajda and Djukic share first place in Plovdiv
The 36th Bulgarian International Open Chess Championship – Georgi Tringov Memorial – was held from 2nd to 9th February at the Moscow Hall of Hotel Novotel in Plovdiv. The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss system and...
4 tie for 1st at Basel
Final top finishers First Grachev, Boris GM 2688 RUS 5.5 Second Vajda, Levente GM 2603 ROU 5.5 Third Van Kampen, Robin GM 2581 NED 5.5 4th Istratescu, Andrei GM 2654 FRA 5.5 5th Vachier-Lagrave, M GM 2711 FRA 5.0 6th Fier Alexandr GM...
3 tie for the lead after 6 at Basel
Round 7 top board pairings 1 Van Kampen, Robin GM (5) – Grachev, Boris GM (5) 2 Vajda, Levente GM (5) – Vachier-Lagrave, GM (4 ½) 3 Edouard, Romain GM (4 ½) – Ghaem Maghami, Eh GM (4 ½) 4 Istratescu, Andre...
Vajda wins Zurich Christmas Open
The 36th Zurich Christmas Open took place on 26-30th December at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. The 7-round Master Tournament, for players rated over 2000, had 133 participants. Romanian Grandmaster Levente Vajda took a clear first place...
Almasi, Vajda win VII. Marx György Memorial
Official website: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2009/index_eng.html Final standings Men’s section: 1. Almasi (HUN, 2685) 7 (10 games)2. Berkes (HUN, 2663) 63. Ganguly (IND, 2634) 5½4-5. Meier (GER, 2664), Safarli (AZE, 2587) 4½6. Acs (HUN, 2550) 2½ Women’s section: 1. S. Vajda 7½...
Almási, Vajda lead VII. Marx György Memorial
Men’s section: Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1. Safarli, Eltaj g 2587 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½½ 2½ 2. Ganguly, Surya g 2634 ½ 1 1 ½0 ½ 3½ 3. Meier, Georg g 2664 ½...
Almási, Vajda lead Marx György Memorial
Men’s section: Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1. Safarli, Eltaj g 2587 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2 2. Ganguly, Surya g 2634 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 3 3. Meier, Georg g 2664 ½...