Dear chess fans,
From 3rd to 7th of July, 2008 the two famous players will meet on the life:) Chess Match. The British Grandmaster Nigel Short who has many victories in his record as well as a championship game with Garry Kasparov, and Sergey Karyakin the young Ukrainian chess player of the new generation.
On our site you can find information about players, panel of judges and matches schedule. Furthermore on match-days you can watch the game in real time mode.
Anyone willing can attend the life:) Chess Match. It is free to attend!
Come, bring your friends, support and become a witness of the best chess games, and find out many interesting things about champion’s game!
Match Agenda
Rapid chess match between grand masters S. Karyakin and N. Short takes place from 3rd to 7th of July, 2008 in Kiev in the Puppet Theatre.
The match consists of 10 games according to “Chess Rules FIDE”.
Time control – 25 minutes for every player till the end of the game plus 10 sec for every made move, counting from the first move.
The winner of the chess match will be the one, who takes 5½ or has more scores. In case of 5 : 5 the match will be draw game.
Match Program
July, 3 (Thursday)
4 p.m. – Game 1
6 p.m. – Game 2
July, 4 (Friday)
4 p.m. – Game 3
6 p.m. – Game 4
July, 5 (Saturday)
4 p.m. – Game 5
6 p.m. – Game 6
July, 6 (Sunday)
4 p.m. – Game 7
6 p.m. – Game 8
July, 7 (Monday)
3 p.m. – Game 9
5 p.m. – Game 10
6 p.m. – Awarding & Closing Ceremony
Official website: http://chess.life.com.ua/index.php?lng=en
Karjakin will win 5-3
Karjakin will stomp n-n-Nigel.
Nigel Short is the biggest jerk in the world. I hope Karjakin beats the brown stuff out of him.
The British Grandmaster Nigel Short who has many victories in his record
Boy, talk about damning with faint praise. How many GM’s don’t have many victories in their record?
“Boy, talk about damning with faint praise. How many GM’s don’t have many victories in their record?”
Non-chess writers usually get chess terminology wrong. He probably means “tournament victories”.
But Short is still a jerk.
Go Nigel!
Short is an extremely creative and aggressive player. His games are interesting, win or lose. At one time, he was the clear #2 in the world–no one but Kasparov could stop him.
Fischer too was a “jerk” by any human standard. A tad psychotic too, perhaps. Still, I love his games and deeply respect him as a luminal figure in human history, let alone chess.
Nigel has been slumpig badly lately. Perhaps age is catching up to him. But he will bring his creativity, fighting spirit, and natural talent to the contest.
–cyberpatzer
Why is Nigel Short a jerk?
Nigel is NOT a jerk. I like Nigel. He is cool and witty or funny. I like his dry sense of humor. Nigel might have won against Kasparov but the first game with a clear winning position he lost on time. It was tragic. I think he wanted to hit the clock on the 40th move. the clock was the non digital clock and did not show seconds. I think after this they have always use more accurate clocks showing the seconds.
After the tragic loss he could not pull himself back together.