GM Akopian (2713) – GM Malakhov (2690) [B35]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Be8 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Kh8 16.Nd5...
WC round 3: Carlsen 1-0 Dominguez
GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Dominguez (2683) [B92]01.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Bg5 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxb3 13.cxb3 Nd4 14.b4 Rc8 15.0–0 0–0 16.Bg4...
Cheparinov, Adams, Kamsky, Jakovenko and Wang victorious
Only Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL), Adams, Michael (ENG), Kamsky, Gata (USA), Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS), and Wang, Yue (CHN) won today. All other games were drawn. Click here to view all the games. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WC round 3: Jakovenko 1-0 Almasi
Final position Jakovenko impressively won this endgame. His opponent actually helped him with a few bad moves. Nevertheless, it was a nice win for Jakovenko. GM Jakovenko (2710) – GM Almasi (2691) [C67]30.11.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6...
WC round 3: Cheparinov 1-0 Mamedyarov
Final positionGM Cheparinov (2670) – GM Mamedyarov (2752) [D38]30.11.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bf5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.f3 Bf8...
WC round 3: Wang 1-0 Bu
Final position GM Wang (2703) – GM Bu, Xiangzhi (2692) [D12]30.11.2007 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.0–0–0 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Ne4 Nbd7...
WC round 3: Kamsky 1-0 Georgiev
Position after 35.Bc1 This is a text book bad bishop versus good bishop in an endgame. White’s pawns cannot be touched and just about all of Black’s pawns are vulnerable. Well done Gata! GM Kamsky (2714) – GM Georgiev...
World Cup Round 3 Pairings
Here are the pairings for the next round of the knockout World Cup (in red are my top 5 most intriguing matchups): Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nisipeanu, Liviu-DieterMamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Cheparinov, IvanSvidler, Peter – Rublevsky, SergeiAronian, Levon – Inarkiev, ErnestoShirov,...
Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Ponomariov moved on
Here are the results of the World Cup rapid playoff: Ivanchuk 2.5 – 1.5 GalkinCarlsen 3 – 1 NaiditschPonomariov 2.5 – 1.5 Wang, HaoWang, Yue 2.5 – 1.5 TiviakovBu 3.5 – 2.5 MotylevMalakhov 2.5 – 1.5 VolkovK. Georgiev 4-3...
24 minutes late!
Picture courtesy of ChessBase Nigel Short recently was knocked out by young David Baramidze in the rapid playoff at the World Cup. What is significant is his opponent was more than 24 minutes late in a 25 minute rapid...