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M-Tel Masters 2008: Ivanchuk beats Topalov, takes sole lead
Written by content team 14 May 2008
It was an exciting and one of the most
enjoyable game played between Ivanchuk and Topalov. Both sides had
chances, but Veselin Topalov failed to balance the position against
Vassily Ivanchuk, other games were drawn.
This is the first time two Bulgarians will play together in a FIDE XX
category tournament. Corporate Commercial Bank will award the winner in
the fourth edition of the international super chess tournament M-Tel
Masters with BGN 100 000 if he is Bulgarian. Veselin Topalov and Ivan
Cheparinov would compete for the same. Report with very funny cartoons
of Veselin Topalov, Ivan Cheparinov, Vasilly Ivanchuk, Bu Xiangzhi, Levon
Aronian, Teimour Radjabov.
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Anand wins Chess Oscar for the fifth time!
Written by content team 12 May 2008
The Chess Oscars for the World's best chess player
for his performance in 2007 has been awarded to World Champion and the
world's number one ranked chess player GrandMaster Viswanathan Anand. This
is Anand's fifth Chess Oscar, more than any other non-Russian
player. The second place was taken by Vladimir Kramnik, the third by Gata
Kamsky for his performance in the World Cup. Results were announced by
Misha Savinov, editor of the Russian chess magazine 64-Chess Review. Anand
won 130 of the 220 votes from Chess experts.
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Chess players awarded with Laptops!
Written by content team 08 May 2008
2nd Computer to chess players Award function
organized by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust was held in Manohar Mangal Karyalaya,
Pune on 17th April 2008 at 7pm.
The Function was presided by Dr. Nitin Kareer, Pune Divisional
Commissioner and Patron of Chess Players Association of India and Chief
Guest for the Function was Mr. Anil Mhaske, CEO & Managing Director of
Data care Corporation. Also present on the Dias were Abhijit Kunte
Grandmaster and Mr. Shekher Naniwadekar Trustee of Buddhibal Kreeda Trust.
Total 4 players including IM Prathesh Mokal, IM Akshayraj Kore (both Pune)
Vidit Gujrathi (Nasik) Shardul Ghagre (Nagar) were awarded with the laptop
Computers. Report with Photos
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Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
Written by content team 10 April 2008
Alexandra
Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2523, presently
ranked eighth in the women chess world (according to April 2008 FIDE rating
list). Her most notable chess achievements include: winning the Women's European
Chess Championship in 2004, winning the Russian Women's Championship with 9/11
score and a performance rating of 2691 in 2005, winning the first Chess960
(Fischer Random Chess) women world championship beating Germany's top women
chess player Elisabeth Pahtz in 2006.
Kosteniuk has been promoting chess in the capacity of a fashion model and
ambassador of chess in order to spark interest in the game around the world.
Apart from chess, she is actively involved with writing poems, books and
articles. She loves to do fashion modelling and even has played a part in a
movie, which she considers the most fun thing she has ever done in her life.
In this interview with Alexandra Kosteniuk, she talks about her
fashion modelling hobby, Fischer Random Chess, Judith Polgar, importance of Chess in schools, her future plans
etc. We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting
snaps, videos and famous games of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk.....more >> |
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Laznicka Viktor wins Kolkata GM chess Championship
Written by content team 07 April 2008
Grandmaster Laznicka of Czech republic and Indian
Grandmaster Sasikiran tied for first place at the Kolkata Open GM chess
tournament. Laznicka declared first first on better tie-break score, he
performed brilliantly with the rating performance of 2807, while Sasikiran
performed with 2763. Both scored 8.5 points out of possible 10 rounds. The
Championship was organized by Alekhine Chess Club, the premier institution
in the country, they have organised over 25 international tournaments in
its 32-year old history. Read the report with prize distribution
pictures, download games.
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Levon Aronian won the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament 2008
Written by content team 31 March 2008
Levon Aronian of Armenia won the Amber Blindfold and
Rapid Chess Tournament in France's with one round to spare in the
blindfold after settling for two draws with Vladimir Kramnik. Aronian took
his overall tally to 14.5 points in all and remained 2.5 points ahead of
nearest rivals Veselin Topalov, Peter Lekom and Kramnik, who all scored 12
points. Aronian scored 6.0/11 in blindfold chess, tying with Kramnik and
Morozevich. He dominated the rapid section scoring 7.5/11, ahead of four
players who scored 5.5 points each.
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Doctor Viswanathan Anand!
Written by content team 20 March 2008
Indian
Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, by all accounts one
of the great gentlemen in the game of chess was honored with the degree of
a Doctor of Literature ( An honorary degree ) by the Tamil Nadu Physical
Education and Sports University at Chennai.
Viswanathan Anand who recently
won the Linares Chess Championship with the performance of 2825
rating is the only third chess player in the history
to achieve the honorary Doctorate degree. Adolf Anderssen was given an
honorary doctorate by Breslau for his accomplishments in chess in 1865.
Susan Polgar was awarded an honorary doctorate degree earlier this year by
Texas Tech University of Lubbock, Texas.
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China to host 1st World Mind Sports Games
Written by content team 4 March 2008
The first World Mind Sports Games will be held in
Beijing China immediately after the Olympic games, from 3rd to 18th
October, 2008. Twenty five to thirty gold medals will be vied for an
estimated 2000 competitors from 150 countries. There will be at least five
mind sports, being Chess, Bridge, Go, Draughts and Chinese Chess. The
Games will be under the aegis of GAISF and organized by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) of which
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Chess Takes World
Written by Matthew Hennessey 02 March 2008
When people think of chess, they usually think of Russia. But chess
excellence has now gone global: The current World Champion is from India,
and the current World Junior Champion is an Egyptian. Since 1991, Russian
players and teachers have fanned out in a chess diaspora, gradually
affecting how, and where, the game is played.
For all but three years between 1948 and 2000, Russian players laid
exclusive claim to the title of World Chess Champion. The lone exception
came in 1972 when the American maverick Bobby Fischer, who died last month
in Iceland at the age of 64, wrested the title from Russian Boris Spassky.
While his victory would become a defining cultural moment of the Cold War,
Fischer's tenure at the top was merely an interlude. He relinquished the
title in 1975 to Anatoly Karpov, and Russians held the top spot for the
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Anand is the sole winner of first half of the Morelia-Linares chess 2008
Written by content team 27 February 2008
It was an exciting day on the final day in Morelia,
3 resulting games. Magnus Carlsen defeated Levon Aronian in a sharp
tactical game; playing with black, Veselin Topalov was lucky to get a full
point against Peter Leko; Alexei Shirov won a fine game against Teimour
Radjabov.
In a Scheveningen Sicilian game, Anand started with attacking intentions
and maintained the advantage, Ivanchuk managed to neutralize the attacking
attempts and the draw was agreed in 31moves. Anand is leading the field
with 4.5 points, half point ahead of Shirov and Topalov. The second part
of the Morelia-Linares chess championship will take place at Linares,
Spain, 28th February to 7th of March.....more >> |
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