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Kings Chess Tournament 2012
Published March 15, 2012 | 
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The Kings Chess Tournament will take place in Romania (city of Medias), June 23 to July 4, 2012.This tournament was previously known as Bazna Kings; also Medias Kings.
There are to be six contestants: One Romanian player is yet to be announced.
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GM Viswanathan Anand (2799)
Current World Champion who will have just finished his World Chess Championship match with Boris Gelfand.
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GM Magnus Carlsen (2835)
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GM Teimour Radjabov (2784)
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GM Sergey Karjakin (2766) |
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2764) |
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The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament 2012
Published March 2, 2012 |
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The Sorcerer From Riga / Mikhail Tal . |
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The 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place in Moscow from June 7 through June 19. . The confirmed participants are below:
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Magnus Carlsen |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Levon Aronian |
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Teimour Radjabov |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
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Fabiano Caruana |
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Magnus Carlsen on 60 Minutes
Published February 19, 2012 | On Sunday (TONIGHT) Magnus Carlsen will appear in the CBS news magazine program 60 Minutes… For those who cannot see the broadcast the segment will be streamed online after 5 am GMT, Monday, Feb 20th. This can be seen at: http://www.60minutes.com (where the segment will be accompanied by a print version of the story, extra web clips, and a feature from our web show 60 Minutes Overtime) and http://quantumgambitz.com/blog/lw. They warm up for the broadcast with a replay of a great 1972 60 minutes piece on Bobby Fischer.
Rd3 GM Carlsen, Magnus (2835)-GM Aronian, Levon (2805){Tata Steel A}
Published January 16, 2012 | Carlsen takes the lead with 2.5..
Nakamura playing the white side of the Grunfeld draws with GM Caruana..2rr2k1/q4pbn/2p3p1/N2nP2p/1p1P1N2/1P4PP/P2B2Q1/3R1RK1 w KQkq – 0 301. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qd2 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4 19. Nb1 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Rad1 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 25. Qg2 Nc7 26. Nxa5 Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxd5 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. e6 Qa8 34. exf7+ Kh8 35. Nf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxd4 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Bc1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rxd1 40. Bb2+ Nf6 41. Bxf6+ Kh7 42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Be5 Be7 44. f8=Q Bxf8 45. Nxf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 g5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Nd4 Rd3 50. Nc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Bd6 Ra1 53. Kd4 Rg1 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Nxb4 Rc1+ 56. Kd4 Re1 57. Nc6 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rxh4 59. b4 Rh1 60. b5 Rb1 61. Nd4+ Kg4 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd7 Rb1 64. Kc7 h4 65. b6 Kh3 66. b7 Kg2 67. Nf5 h3 68. Nh4+ 1-0580noe7a7 Carlsen a bit dissatisfied with his play commented …”In the end I won mostly by luck. But a win is a win.
London Classic 2011 / Round 3
Published December 5, 2011 | by National Life Master Loal Davis
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Magnus Carlsen |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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London Classic 2011 / Round 1
Published December 3, 2011 |
In the first round of the London Classic Tournament 2011, there was only one decisive game – won by the World’s top rated player, Magnus Carlsen.
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[Date "2011.12.03"] [Round "1"] [White "GMCarlsen"] [Black "GMDHowell"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2633"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 Rd6 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. h3 Rad8 24. Kh2 Qa4 25. Rb4 Qa3 26. Rb7 R6d7 27. Qf3 Qa4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Qe3 Red7 31. Qc5+ Rd6 32. Rxc7 Qc2 33. Rc8 R8d7 34. Be6 Ke7 35. Bxd7 Bxd7 36. Rh8 Qd3 37. Rf3 Qd5 38. Qxa7 e4 39. Qb8 Qe5+ 40. Rg3 1-0 |
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Tal Memorial 2011 / Final Standings
Published November 25, 2011 |
Levon Aronian had a rather dramatic win in the previous round against Peter Svidler. If Kramnik thought that Svidler would be ‘easy pickings’ in the last round and attempt to ‘cash in’ against a ‘wounded’ opponent, he was sorely surprised. Vladimir Kramnik lost in the final round.
If you think that ‘all opposite Bishop endings are drawn’ – think again. Magnus Carlsen had several opportunities to keep Rooks on the board, but chose to dive directly into an ‘opposite Bishop ending’. Hikaro Nakamura was on the losing end of a finely played ending.
The final two decisive games of the final round of the Tal Memorial 2011 Tournament are in the Comments Section below.
Rd 6 GM Carlsen, Magnus (2823) – GM Anand, Viswanathan (2817) {Botvinnik Memorial}
Published September 3, 2011 | Viswanathan Anand wins the Botvinnik Memorial with a score of 4.5/6. World number one Magnus Carlsen lost all his games on the second day and finished last with 1.5/6.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 25. g4 d5 26. Rae1 e5 27. Nh5 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29. Ree1 g6 30. Ng3 Bf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne4 Rf7 33. Kg2 g5 34. Nd6 Rf6 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36. Nxa5 Rxb2 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Nc4 Rxa4 39. Rb1 e4 40. Nb2 Ra2 41. dxe4 Nc5 42. e5 Re6 43. Kf3 Rxe5 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Nc4 Rb5 46. Rd1 Rd5 47. Rc1 Ra4 48. Nd2 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Nf1 Ra3 51. c3 Kh7 52. Bd4 c5 53. Be3 Kg6 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Bc1 Rd7 56. Ng3 Ra6 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Kg2 Re6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Nh5 Ne3+ 61. Bxe3 Rexe3 62. Nf4+ Kg5 63. Nxd3 Rxd3 64. c4 Rg3+ 65. Kh2 Rxg4 66. Kh3 Rf4 0-1
Rd7 Kramnik (2785)-Carlsen (2815) {Amber Rapid}
Published March 20, 2011 | 2-0 for Carlsen .. Levon Aronian is in the lead with a score of 10 points .. [14 games.]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 e6 6.Nc3 a6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.e3 d6 10.d4 Ne4 11.d5 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 exd5 13.Ne1 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rc1 Qf5 16.Nd3 Nd7 17.Nf4 Nf6 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.h3 Re5 20.g4 Qd7 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Qe7 23.Qd3 g5 24.Kf1 Nd7 25.a4 Rf8 26.Qxa6 f5 27.Qb7? fxg4 28.hxg4 Rxe3 29.Qa6 Qf6 30.Re2 Ne5 31.Rce1 0-1
Rd1 Carlsen(2815)-Nakamura(2774) {AMBER RAPID}
Published March 12, 2011 | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 d5xc4 8. a4 c5 9. Bxc4 c5xd4 10. e3xd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Bxh7 g6 16. Bxg6 f7xg6 17. Qxg6 kf8 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Rac1 Qh7 20. Qg3 ke8 21. d5 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. h3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. d5xe6 Bc6 27. Rxc6 b7xc6 28. Qe4 Qg7 29. Qxc6 ke7 30. Qc5 ke8 31. Qc6 ke7 32. Re3 Ra7 33. Qc5 ke8 34. Qc6 ke7 35. Qb6 Rxg2 36. Kf1 Rg1 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Qb7 kd6 39. Rd3 ke6 40. Qc6 1-0
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- Announcement on Grand Prix
- FIDE President at "Maribor for Peace"
- FIDE World Chess Championship Match - Round 5
- FIDE President's working visit to Astana
- Art at the World Chess Championship Match
- "Chess in Schools" in Dharamshala
- U. N. Women meets with FIDE
- Meeting of Dalai Lama the 14th with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
- Olympiad and Congress Invitation
- Meeting with the President of Bulgaria Mr Georgi Parvanov