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Third seed Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan
Ghaem won the Parsvnath International Chess tournament and pocketed a
shared cash prize of 2 lakh rupees while Kryakvin finished second and
Kostur third. Maghami tied for the top spot along with Russian Grandmaster
Dmitry Kryakvin and Grandmaster Pavel Kostur of Kazakhstan with 9 points
each but better tie break score helped Maghami to grab the title. Report with games and pictures.
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The 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess
Tournament got off to a surprising start as Shiv Shankar Dave of Air India
held second seed Grandmaster Lenic Luka of Slovenia in the very first
round here at Modern School, Barakhamba Road on Thursday. The other major
surprise of the round also came in the form of a draw as tenth seed Kazakh
Grandmaster Rinat Jumbayev, who was denied victory by a much lower rated
Tamilnadu lad L Barath. Report with games.
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Russia defeated Israel 3-1 to win the World
Team Chess Championship. USA drew Azerbaijan on all four boards to win the
silver, while India beat Brazil 3.5:0.and win Bronze.
Nakamura, Onischuk and Ganguly performed over 2800 to win the Individual
Gold Medals. Report with games and pictures.
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India A men’s team won the Tata Steel Asian
Chess Championship which was concluded at the Kolkata, India. In the final
round India A overwhelmed Sri Lanka 4-0 to take their match score to 14
points well ahead of Vietnam and Iran. India A were the only team to win
all their matches. Vietnam took the silver while Iran had to be content
with the bronze. In the women’s section, overnight leaders, Vietnam
crushed Nepal 4-0 to grab the gold. Report with games and pictures.
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No, this isn't a story about Alexandra
Kosteniuk (pictured) or even Arianne Caoili, the femme fatale behind
Gormallygate. It's about queens, and the part they play in the royal game.
Sometimes there can be too many queens on the board, sometimes we'd rather
they went away and got on with their knitting, and sometimes we ignore
them when there's one standing at the door waiting to come in. Read the
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Magnus Carlsen won the London Chess Classic
after a nail-biting finish against Nigel Short. The game ended in a draw
and the single point gained was enough to put him one point ahead of
Vladimir Kramnik, who drew with Nakamura. The other two games ended
decisively. David Howell played a superb game with Black to defeat China’s
Ni Hua, while Michael Adams outplayed Luke McShane in another close
struggle. Report with games, pictures and videos.....more >> (0) Comments
IM Adhiban won the 47th National Premier chess
championship with a round to spare. The Std XI student, Adhiban ensured a
bunch of higher-ranked players while earning valuable ELO points.
Top Seed International Master Dronavalli Harika of Andhra Pradesh won the
36th National Women Premier Chess Championship. Harika drew her last game
against WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy to take the top honor with 8.5 points. Report with games.....more >> (0) Comments
Boris Gelfand from Israel won the Chess World
Cup 2009. He beat the Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov in the tie
breaks 7-5. Gelfand defeated Ponomariov in the 3rd and 4th game of the
blitz playoff. The three weeks marathon of the World Cup is over.
The result of the competition seems logical and fair. The top seeded
became the best player of the tournament! Report with games and
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How does chess resemble
risk analysis? Are there similarities, for example, between the way a
chess player studies opponents’ games and the way a risk analyst studies
clients’ portfolios? Igor Postelnik takes a comprehensive look at chess strategy and
discusses the lessons that risk managers can learn from chess.
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Magnus Carlsen won the World Blitz Chess
Championship ahead of Viswanathan Anand by three points. A win by Carlsen
over Anand (2-0) in round 38 helped him to claim the title. He scored 31
points out of a possible 42, Anand took a clear second place with 28
points. Carlsen beat Anand, Karjakin and Kramnik 2-0.
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