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6th Game drawn ,Anand and Gelfand share 3 pts each
In the sixth game, the opponents once again played the Slav Defence. This time the challenger opted for the variation 6.Qc2 instead of 6.b3. The game developed further on quietly: Black got an isolated pawn in the centre, but it was compensated for by a somewhat passive position of the white pieces. Soon the d5-pawn was exchanged and the position simplified. By move 25 each side had a rook and a bishop of the same colour remaining on the board. The resulting endgame was estimated as drawn and four moves later the contenders agreed to a draw. The match score is equal: 3-3. Tomorrow, on 19 May, the opponents have a rest day. The seventh game will be played on Sunday, 20 May. Boris Gelfand will play White. WATCH and Listen WHAT ANAND HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE DRAWN GAME...Click on Video BOX Read More |
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Anand draws again in WCC game 5In the fifth game of the match the world champion changed the opening and played 1.e4. The challenger was ready for such a development and immediately played 1c5. The Chelyabinsk Variation of the Sicilian Defence was played out very quickly. On the 20th move, a technical position with bishops of opposite colours appeared on the board, and as soon as the 26th move was played, the opponents agreed to a draw. The match score is equal 2.5-2.5. Tomorrow, on the 18 May, the sixth game of the match will be played with Boris Gelfand having the white colour. CLICK ON THE VIDEO BOX FOR VIDEO REPORT Read More |
GAME 4 AT THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH ENDS IN A DRAWThe opponents continued their Slav Defence duel that started in the second game of the match. White was the first to deviate from the previous game and managed to get the so-called two-bishop advantage in the middlegame. After a series of exchanges, the game transformed into an ending with somewhat better chances for White. In the resulting technical position, the game could have had either of two results: a draw or a victory for White. It turned out, however, that the white pieces were not sufficiently well coordinated and that the bishops advantage over the knight was not enough for a win: with precise play, Viswanathan Anand built a fortress and deflected all threats. A draw on the 34th move. Video : Click on Video Box Read More |
Perpetual check saves the challenger: WCC MOSCOWIn the 14th move Boris Gelfand sacrificed a pawn in order to mobilise his pieces. Viswanathan Anand managed to rebuff all his opponents threats with some precise moves and got some serious chances to win. In the 32nd move the chess players moved to a heavy piece ending in which Whites extra passed pawn was very dangerous. However, in the 34th35th moves the world champion played inaccurately, after which both of Blacks rooks penetrated into the opponents rear, and Gelfand declared a perpetual check. A draw on the 37th move. The score for the match is level 1.5-1.5. The fourth game in the match will be played tomorrow, 15 May. VIDEO : CHESS BASE Read More |
Consistency the key for Asian champion NegiJust a fortnight back in the penultimate round of the Dubai open tournament, it was a foregone conclusion as to who will win. With black pieces, Parimarjan Negi had tormented Sandipan Chanda in all departments of the game, a victory would put him with white pieces against eventual winner Normunds Meizis of Latvia and going by the records he currently enjoys as white, many believed that the Dubai title would be won by him. Sporting reasons are different though. Negi dropped a rook in a position that Chanda was contemplating to resign. Chanda tied for first and Negi out of prize list. What this can do to the psyche of a sportsman? Ten days later, you can start again and win the biggest title of your career. In this case the Asian championship. It is most like to destruct only, says the 20 year old Negi whose wit and wisdom are much beyond his age, about the Duabi fiasco. Luckily I had time after the tournament and somehow I was able to pull myself out of that loss, normally they are painful, especially these ones like against Chanda and I am not the only one who goes through these things, the point is to resurrect though its difficult but I was able to do it this time, said the BPCL employee soon after his gold medal performance. Read More |
Dubai Open on DDTVDubai Open Chess Championship 2012 on DD TV Indias biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive episodes of the 14th Dubai Open Chess Championship 2012 on its DD Sports Channel. Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under: 1st Episode on 15th May 2012 from 2200 hrs to 2230 hrs / 2030 hrs Dubai Time / 1630 hrs GMT 2nd Episode on 16th May 2012 from 2200 hrs to 2230 hrs 3rd Episode on 17th May 2012 from 2200 hrs to 2230 hrs 4th Episode on 18th May 2012 from 2200 hrs to 2230 hrs The Free to Air telecast will also be available in parts of Europe, Middle East and South East Asia on INSAT 3A Satellite. Read More |
Negi is Asian Chess ChampionParimarjan Negi Asian Champion Delhi Grand Master Parimarjan Negi won the Asian Continental Chess Championship despite a final round setback at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on May 13. Negi scored seven wins, lost two and finished on seven points in the nine-round Swiss format event for 71-players. He gets selected for the World Cup events of FIDE. Salem A R Saleh of the United Arab Emirates defeated Negi with a crisp king side attack in the final round to take the third place. Negi who became the youngest grandmaster early in his career, recorded a stunning 2755 Elo rating performance. Read More |
Negi Beats Barbosa,Gomez stops Sukander in Asian ContinentalGM Negi of India beat GM Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines while Mary Ann Gomes of India stopped Irene Sukandar of Indonesia in the Asian Continental Champonship penultimate 8th round in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Negi, at right in above photo, smashed the Caro Kann of Barbosa in 41 moves. Negi leads alone with 7 points followed by GM Yu Yangyi of China with 6.5 points. Tied with 5.5 points each are Barbosa, Chinese GMs Ding Liren and Ni Hua, and GM Salem Saleh of the United Arab Emirates. Read More |
Anand Gelfand Round 2 Game DrawnIn the 2nd Round, rivals did not bring any big surprises to each other, having played a relatively new, but a very solid variation of the Slav Defence. After Blacks 14th move Boris Gelfand thought for a long time and finally chose a line which led to an endgame with a slight edge for White. According to Gelfand, a seemingly sharper continuation 15. Bg5 would actually have resulted in an equal position. At the end of the game a few precise moves helped Viswanathan Anand to get sufficient counterplay. On the 25th move the challenger offered a draw, which the champion accepted. The match score is equal - 1:1. Tomorrow is the rest day. The next game will be played on 14. CLICK ON THE VIDEO BOX FOR ROUND 2 Report...............................................................> Read More |
WCC Match MoscowTHE FIRST GAME OF THE FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IS DRAWN Read More |
WCC Match MoscowWorld Champion to have WHITE in the opening match Read More |
Asian ContinentalGM Parimarjan Negi takes sole Lead at Asian Continental Read More |
WCC Match 2012State Tretyakov Gallery is ready to host the Match Read More |
FIDE World Chess Championship Match to Take Place on 10 MayReigning World Chess Champion will take on GM Boris Gelfand for the World Title Read More |
Dubai Open 2012 startsWith as many as 37 Grandmasters including over 20 having ELO above 2600 amongst 170 chess players from as many as 32 countries , Dubai Open will have tough Competition this year. Reigning Champion Abhijeet Gupta and the Runners up GM Parimarjan Negi are also in the frey for the Sheikh Saeed Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup alongwith GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Sandeepan Chanda G N Gopal IM Akshayraj kore,Tania Sachdev, Swapnil Dhopade, Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury Sahej Grover and others. All the Grandmasters on the Top Boards had smooth sailing however GM G Timoschenko was the only casulity when he lost to a lower rated player in the First Round. Watch the Video Report of the First Round by Clicking on the Video Box FOR LIVE VIDEO COPY PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINK http://www.ustream.tv/channel/liveteleshows Read More |
India beat Israel to lift the Glass Trophy
Second highest rated Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran paved the way for his team’s victory scoring a massive 7.5 out of a possible eight on the final day. Winning seven games in all, Sasikiran just conceded a single draw when he could not force matters against Vitali Golod in the rapid game. Higher ranked on all four boards, the Indian victory was expected but the way it came might give reasons for smile to world champion Viswanathan Anand who plays the next match against Boris Gelfand of The Indians had held a healthy lead in the opening round which they built on, on the final day as well. Watch the Highlights by Clicking on the Video BOX............................> Read More |
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is re-elected as FIDE PresidentAs per 14:30 CET on September 29th, the results are in. Ilyumzhinov wins with 95-55. Thus Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will be President of FIDE in the period 2010 - 2014. The election day started in Khanty Mansyisk early in the morning. In a hall packed with members of federations the electoral process began. The actual election in the booths started at 12:00 CET and continued for two hours. Election results were announced, with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov winning 95-55 This is loss for Anatloy Karpov and Gary Kasparov is comparable to the result of Bassel Kok team four years ago, when the result of the ballots was 54-96. 1.President - Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov nominated by Russia, Argentina and Mexico, |
Indian Women beat Ukraine while Men drew with Czech Republic at CHESS OLYMPIAD(Khanty-Mansiysk) 28 September – Indian women chess team posted a sensational 3-1 victory over favourite third seed Indian Men Team drew with Report by R S TIWARI from Khanty Mansiysk |
Indian Men lose while women win at Chess OlympiadKhanty-Mansiysk, 27 September- Indian women chess team scored 3-1 victory over 30th seeded Italian chess team in the 6th round of the 39th Chess Olympiad here. For India IM Dronavalli Harika and IM Tania Sachdev scored victories against IM Sedina Elena and IM Zimina Olga respectively their team-mates IM Eesha Karavade and WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman signed peace treaties with WIM Brunello Marina and WFM De Rosa Mariagrazia. With this win Indian women team is placed third jointly with Georgia, Ukrain and China, all at 10 points each. Russia 1 Women team leads with 12 points followed by Hungary 11 points at end of the 6th round. It was disappointing day for the Indian Men team which lost to Azerbaizan 1-3 and got pushed to 34th place in the overall standings at the end of the 6th round. GM Sasikiran could not handle properly the Kings Indian Attack of GM Mamedyarov Shakhiryar and meekly surrendered in 36 moves. Sasikiran was completely taken unaware when Mamedyarov cleverly shifted the scene of attack on Kingside and ripped through the pawn cover of Sasi’s castled king threatening mate on open ‘g’ file with the help of queen and rook battery. Finding that his defensive pieces could hardly reach kings rescue Sasi resigned conceding the point to Mamedyarov. A Report by R S Tiwari from Khanty-Mansiysk Read More |
Indian Men lose while women win at Chess OlympiadKhanty-Mansiysk, 27 September- Indian women chess team scored 3-1 victory over 30th seeded Italian chess team in the 6th round of the 39th Chess Olympiad here. For India IM Dronavalli Harika and IM Tania Sachdev scored victories against IM Sedina Elena and IM Zimina Olga respectively their team-mates IM Eesha Karavade and WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman signed peace treaties with WIM Brunello Marina and WFM De Rosa Mariagrazia. With this win Indian women team is placed third jointly with Georgia, Ukrain and China, all at 10 points each. Russia 1 Women team leads with 12 points followed by Hungary 11 points at end of the 6th round. It was disappointing day for the Indian Men team which lost to Azerbaizan 1-3 and got pushed to 34th place in the overall standings at the end of the 6th round. GM Sasikiran could not handle properly the Kings Indian Attack of GM Mamedyarov Shakhiryar and meekly surrendered in 36 moves. Sasikiran was completely taken unaware when Mamedyarov cleverly shifted the scene of attack on Kingside and ripped through the pawn cover of Sasi’s castled king threatening mate on open ‘g’ file with the help of queen and rook battery. Finding that his defensive pieces could hardly reach kings rescue Sasi resigned conceding the point to Mamedyarov. Read More |
Chess Olympiad : Russia beat India 3-1After 3 rounds there were 14 teams on 6 points and they all faced each otherin round 4. With Anand playing, India would be a medal contender, but without him it's just a good team. Russia-1 scored an important victory - Grischuk and Karjakin won on boards 2 and 3 respectively. On the top board Kramnik and Nakamura played a very interesting game . Hungary made a serious bid ton win medals by defeating China (Judit Polgar beat BU Xiangzhi on board 3), while Georgia destroyed Norway (Jobava beat Carlsen). Round 4 top results: Russia-2 – India 3-1 Hungary – China 2½-1½ Armenia - Russia-3 2½-1½ Netherlands – Spain 3-1 Russia-1 – USA 3-1 Georgia – Norway 3½-½ Estonia – Vietnam ½-3½ Read More |
India beat ICSC 3.5-0.5 with Sasikiran making a drawThere were several surprising results in the second round of the Chess Olympiad. Azerbaijan (their team plays in Khanty-Manskiysk without Gashimo] lost to Vietnam by a narrow margin. Bulgaria lost to Croatia, England lost to Bosnia. Israel drew with Indonesia - and will play in Round 3 against France Indian after winning the first round game could make 3.5 – 0.5 against ICSC. When on the top board Krishnan Sasikiran Drew his game They are now on 7.5 / 8 and will meet Colombia in the 3rd round. Watch WGM ELMIRA’s Video Report by clicking on Latest Video
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GM Kateryna Lahno wins the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2010 The competition was the first ever in chess history and was organized by the Russian State Social University and the Moscow Chess Federation in co-operation with the Russian Chess Federation and under the aegis of FIDE. The event was open to all women players representing their National Chess Federations regardless of their title or rating and consisted of qualifications, semi final, and final. The games were 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move, starting from move one (G 3’+2”) and tiebreak scores were based on direct results, followed by number of wins. Read More |
London Chess Classic from 8th to 15th Dec 2010The average rating of the 2010 London Chess Classic is 2729 – an unprecedented figure for a tournament held in Britain and also making it one of the strongest tournaments held anywhere in the world this year. The 400-seater auditorium at the Olympia Conference Centre provides a comfortable way to watch play live, but many chess followers prefer to have the moves explained to them by experts as the game progresses. Both preferences are fully catered for at the London Classic, with leading grandmasters commentating on the moves and fielding spectator questions in an adjoining hall. As games end, spectators have the chance to hear the players' immediate post-game comments as they are interviewed live in the commentary room. Tournament Line-Up: Carlsen NOR 2826 Anand IND 2800 Kramnik RUS 2780 Nakamura USA 2733 Adams ENG 2728 Short ENG 2690 McShane ENG 2657 Howell ENG 2616 Read More |
