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St. Louis 2nd Grand Master Norm Tournament / 2012
Published April 6, 2012 | 
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is sponsoring their second GM norm tournament from April 9 through April 13 where players will compete to earn norms toward the Grand Master title.
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| 1 | GM Margvelashvili, Giorgi | GEO | 2547 | x |
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| 6 | IM Gerzhoy, Leonid | CAN | 2489 |
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| 8 | IM Brooks, Michael A | USA | 2456 |
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Time Controls: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 sec. increment from move 1
Average Rating: 2478
Points Needed for GM Norm: 6 points out of 9
Points Needed for IM Norm: 4.5 points out of 9
Prizes: 1st $1,000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500 plus hotel and travel expenses for all players
Official website of the World Chess Championship 2012
Published March 26, 2012 | The Official website of the World Chess Championship in Moscow has been launched.
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the official site of the world chess title match has opened at http://moscow2012.fide.com. The site gathers and systematizes all the vital information on the forthcoming duel.
Visitors to the site will find out the match schedule and rules. The Players’ Introduction section carries detailed biographies of Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand. For those who are interested in chess statistics and history, the tournament and match records of the champion and the challenger and the results of all their previous head-to-head games are presented.
A separate section is devoted to the venue of the match, the State Tretyakov Gallery, which is the world’s biggest collection of Russian art. You will also find interviews with leading world chess players, giving their forecasts for the match and reflecting on the prospects for synergy between chess and the world museums.
The Greetings section features messages by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Chairman of the RCF Supervisory Board Arkady Dvorkovich, General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery Irina Lebedeva and match sponsor Andrei Filatov, a shareholder in the N-Trans Group.
Journalists will find on the site all the information they might need about accreditation and references to materials published in leading Russian and world media.
The site is only just beginning its work. It will be regularly updated by the addition of several new sections and a host of topical materials.
The World chess championship match between the reigning champion Viswanathan Anand (India, 2799) and the challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2739) will take place on 10-31 May 2012. The duel promises to be a highlight of Moscow’s sports and cultural life in 2012. For the first time in chess history, the world championship match will be held at a museum.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Glukhovsky
Press attache
World chess title match
Russian Chess Federation
Tretyakov Gallery established circa 1856.
Sport Accord World Mind Games
Published December 17, 2011 | 
The games are over .. the Winners are listed below
Rapid:
Men – Wang Hao (CHN)
Women – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
Blitz:
Men – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA)
Women – Hou Yifan (CHN)
Blindfold:
Men – Almasi Zoltan (HUN)
Women – Hou Yifan (CHN)
World Mind Games
Published December 11, 2011 | Daily four-hour video coverage will be transmitted from 7:00-11:00 (CET), 14:00-18:00 (CST) on The Sports Hub www.youtube.com/mindgameschannel
Bridge:
BBO: http://www.bridgebase.com
Ourgame: http://register.ourgame.com/special/foreign
Chess:
http://quantumgambitz.com/blog/By
Draughts:
WBF Website: http://swmg.fmjd.org/with-computer-analyses
Go:
SINA: http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess
Wbaduk: www.wbaduk.com/
Xiangqi:
WXF Website: http://24.52.200.45/wxf , http://24.52.200.45/wxfc
MATCH OF THE CENTURY
Published July 11, 2011 | The first game was played on 11 July. Of the five games contested previously between the two players, the score was three wins for Spassky and two draws. At the appointed hour, match arbiter Lothar Schmid started the clock and Spassky played 1.d4, but Fischer was not in the Laugardalshoell Sports Exhibition Palace. Seven long minutes passed and then Fischer arrived. He shook Spassky’s hand and sat down to play. The ‘Match of the Century’ had finally begun.
World Team Chess Championship
Published July 8, 2011 | The World Team Championship takes place this year in Ningbo, China, from July 15-27. The event is a 10-team, round-robin format (all play all), and the U.S. team is ranked eighth.
GO U.S.A.
U.S. Team Representatives: U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky , Alex Onischuk, Yury Shulman, Yasser Seirawan and Robert Hess.{Team Capt .International Master John Donaldson}
{ Coaches GM Ben Finegold and GM Varuzhan Akobian }
Gelfand vs Grischuk
Published May 25, 2011 | by National Master Loal Davis
Bolris Gelfand
Gelfand Wins The Match with a crusher in the last round and earns the right to challenge Anand in 2012. In this game Boris (White) shows the superiority of a central attack; Black was pushed back on all fronts. The game was noteworthy in that there were several exchange sacrifices offered, but (again) the central charge won the day. In the final position (DIAGRAM) White will soon play Rb7 – a crusher. Congratulations to Gelfand.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 Qc8 16. Kh2 Ra5 17. Rd1 Rh5 18. Nh4 Bf6 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bxh4 21. gxh4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rhxd5 23. Bb2 Rb5 24. Qe2 Rh5 25. e4 Bxb3 26. Rdc1 Na5 27. d5 b6 28. Be5 c6 29. dxc6 f6 30. Ba1 Rc5 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Rxb3 Nxc6 34. e5 Nd4 35. Qc4+ 1-0
Note: Black’s 28th move was actually ‘c5′ and White responded with dxc6 enpassant.
Grischuk and Gelfand are in the Candidates Finals
Published May 16, 2011 | Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand have won their rapid playoff/tie-break min-matches to qualify for the Candidates Finals match which will determine who will get to cross swords with Viswanathan Anand for the World Championship in 2012.
Alexander Grischuk
Boris Gelfand
Candidates Matches / Semi-Finalists
Published May 9, 2011 |
Kamsky and Gelfand qualified earlier under Classical time controls;
Grischuk and Kramnik (not Rajabov as I posted earlier) won their Rapids Tie-Breakers.
The Semi-Finals pairings are: Kamsky versus Gelfand and Grischuk versus Kramnik.
Topalov vs Kamsky / Candidates Match / Round 4
Published May 8, 2011 | by National Master Loal Davis
Draw ! ! Kamsky wins the Match. Both Kamsky and Gelfand advance to the Semi-Final matches. Congratulations to them both for FIGHTING. The other two matches go into ‘over-time’ or rapid tie-breaks; did anyone even ‘want’ to win?
Anyway – about the last Kamsky game – a rough and tumble affair. Around move 37 or 38 Kamsky allowed Topalov to penetrate with his Queen. I’m sure Kamsky was cooked after that invasion – BUT – Topalov misfired with the passive 40. Kg1 when 40. Qh6+ looked like a killer. That ‘breather’ allowed Kamsky to exchange off the dominating Knight on ‘d5′ (move 45). Once done, although it looked scarey, Topalov could fine nothing better than to harass Black’s King with checks. A cute little dance ensued with Kamsky finally finding 51. ….. Qc2 (DIAGRAM). After that Topalov had no checks and Kamsky had plenty. To avoid getting mated, Topalov had to part with his Bishop on ‘f2′ (move 54). Once captured, then Topalov could administer the series of perpetual checks that he dreaded – because a draw meant a loss of the match – and so it was. Congratulation to Gata Kamsky.
Note: Black’s move on 16 was ‘f5′ and White’s response was exf6 en-passant.
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. f4 Rd8 14. b3 Nb4 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Qb1 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Be2 Qe7 19. O-O Bf7 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 c5 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bg2 h5 26. Nb5 Nc8 27. Qd2 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nd4 Qb4 30. Qc1 N8e7 31. a3 Qa4 32. Qb2 b6 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. Qc3 Ba2 35. f5 Qc4 36. Qb2 Ne5 37. Qd2 g5 38. Ne6 N7c6 39. Qd6 Ke8 40. Nc7+ Kf7 41. Nd5 Qe2 42. Qxf6+ Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Bf1 Bxd5 46. exd5 Nd4 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qxg5+ Kf7 49. Qd8 Qc2 50. Bg2 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qc2 52. Bg1 Ndf3+ 53. Kh1 Ne1 54. Bf2 Qxf2 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Kf7 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kf7 draw
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