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Karjakin Wins Corus 2009

Ukrainian Sergey Karjakin emerged as a the sole winner. Playing black against Dominguez, Sergey might have had the toughest task of all leaders With both sides playing to win and reach first place, a very energetic game arose. As early as move eight the Ukrainian surprised first, playing 6...Ng4 instead of his usual 6...e5. The Cuban showed his aggression with 17.g4, leading to a wild game, and Karjakin said in the press conference that he felt he had to play 23...a3 as if 23...Ra5 white plays 24.0-0-0 with an edge. White was still in time for sanity had he played 24.b3, and after 24...Qa5 25.0-0-0 the position would now be equal. In his all-out attempt to win, Lenier sacrificed the exchange, but after 29.Bxg7? (see diagram 1) where 29.Bxg6 would have been only somewhat better for black, find himself in a lost position. The black king traveled arrogantly to safety, and a dejected Dominguez was forced to acknowledge defeat.

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Pearl Sring Chess meet in Grand Slam

The Grand Slam Chess Events promoters met in Wijk aan Zee and accepted the request of the Pearl Spring Chess Meets request to included this super GM tournament as one of the Grand Slam Event.

Dates for the next Grand Slam Events have been made public

Linares Feb 18 to March 8

M-Tel Master May 12-24

Bilbao Final Sept 2-15

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The Indian players have a dismissal day at Corus. Both the world Jr Champions D harika and Abhijit Gupta lost their games in Group C while the lone Indian Top Seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran again lost in the 11th Round. This was his fifth loss in 11 games.Altogether he won against the tournament leader Nigel Short and drew the remaining 5, he is struggling to maintain his form. With 3 points he in now at the bottom of the table

In Group A,Both leaders lost yesterday, so with 2 rounds left there are at least 6 players who can win this tournament.

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Sasikiran, Abhijeet beaten,Harika wins

International Master Dronnavali Harika played a good game with black pieces against D Howell and managed to win the game while her compatriot Abhijeet Gupta lost to the youngest player in C Group A Giri.

India's 2nd best player GM Krishnan Sasikiran, need a miracle to improve his play in Corus. He lost yet another game in the 10th round . Playing with White against Efimenko, he failed miserably to utilise his advantage and lost. This was his fifth loss in 10 games.

In the main Group A Both Aronian and Carlsen registered wins against their opponents Grandmaster L Dominguez and Michael Adams respectively. Read More

Abhijit Gupta bounce back,beat Romanishin

India’s Abhijit Gupta bounced back after losing his game in Round 8. He played against veteran grandmaster O Romanishin. It was a well crafted victory. D Harika, however continued to draw . She played against Championship leader Tiger Hillarp Persson, who continues to lead the championship GM Gp C, half a point ahead of GM So Welsey.

In GM Group B India’s 2^nd best chess player Krishnan Sasikiran met with another blow when he lost to Czech Grandmaster David Navara . Nigel Short, despite his drawn game continues to lead the GM Gr B with b6 points from 9 outings. He is followed by as many as 5 players on 5.5 points.

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Abhijit Gupta thrashes CORUS C Tournament Leader

Grandmaster and world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta played a tactically superior game to crush tournament leader Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden in the sixth round of Corus International chess tournament Group C being played in Wijk aan Zee, Holland.

World Junior girls' champion D drew with Ali Betalzadeh of Holland. It was a Berlin defense in which after routine exchanges the players agreed for a draw.

In Group B. Nigel short had a clean mate against his opponent GM Reinderman while India’s Krishnan Sasikiran had to settle for a draw after a marathon fight

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Sasikiran beat Nigel Short at CORUS

India's 2nd best Grandmaster after Viswanathan Anand , Krishnan Sasikiran gave a remarkable display of tactics to beat Grandmaster Nigel Short in the fifth round of the Corus Chess Championship being played here in Wijk aan Zee, Holland.

In Group C Both IM D Harika and GM Abhijit Gupta came out victorious .

Arbiter Alex Roose watching the lone board players with Chief Arbiter Pavel Votruba Waiting the game to finish

The longest game of the 5th round running into 6 hours was fought between Movsessian and Levon Aronian which Aronian won with blaclk pieces.
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Ganguly wins Parsvnath Open 2009

National Champion Surya Shekhar Ganugly won the 7th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament with 8.5 points which concluded on Monday. Ganguly tied for the top spot along with Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Ulibin, but better tie break score helped him to take the pole position and pocketed prize money of more than two lakh in the Rs. 11.5 lakh prize money tournament.

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Ganguly thrashes Kostenko

In a long and tough match 0f the 8^th Round of Parsvnath Open Indian National Champion Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly displayed a tactically superior play against Championship Leader GM Petr Kostenko and won the game in 70 moves thus putting a halt to Kostenko’s winning spree. Both the players are now on 7 points and share the lead along with Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Ulibin who defeated IM Rotkim Bandhopadhya to take his score to 7 points.
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Petr Kostenko beat Parimarjan Negi

Kazakh Grandmaster Petr Kostenko playing a nice tactical game broke Parimarjan Negi’s defences and drove home with One full point when on the 53^rd move Parimarjan, realising his mistakes accepted defeat . Kostenko is the only player who has won all his 7 encounters.

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Kostenko takes sole lead at Parsvnath Open

Kazakh Grandmaster Petr Kostenko defeated Grandmaster Safin Shukhrat and took the sole lead at the end of 6^th Round of the ongoing 7 th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament being played at New Delhi , Kostenko remains the only player in the field having won all his games in the event so far and is now trailed by a pack of five players including Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi.

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Another day of Upsets at Parsvnath Open

It was another day of Upsets at Parsvnath Open with Russian Grandmaster Evgeny Gleizerov losing to International Master S P Sethuraman in Just 31 moves , while GM P Mangesh Chandran tasted his first defeat at the hands of compatriot IM Roktim Bandyopadhay.

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi continued with his winning spree and is now on 5 points from 5 rounds. He is jointly leading the championship with GM Safin Shukhrat,GM poetr Kostenko and IM Boris Katalymov.

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Katalynov beat Abjit Kunte in Parsavnath Open

The 7th edition of Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament has become the waterloo for Grandmasters as three more joined the list of causalities after fourth Round. It all started with the nine year old Hetul Shah who created history in the first round by defeating Grand Master Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan followed by Sai Krisna who defeated American GM Vinay Bhatt in the 2nd Round.

Former National Champion and Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte suffered a shock defeat from the hands of Kazakh International Master Boris Katalymov, while Chennai based C Praveen Kumar got better off 2004 champion Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan. Grandmaster Anuar Ismagambetov of Kasakhstan also tasted the defeat in the fourth round as he went down against International Master Prathmesh Mokal.

After the stunning defeat of American Grandmaster Vinay Bhatt at the hands of young SAI Krishna on the first day of the 7th Parsavnath International Chess Championship, the 2nd day saw another upset when Atanu Lahiri beat Grandmaster Yuri Solodovnichenko in the 3rd Round. Read More

Al Ain wins First Asian Club Cup Trophy

Al Ain chess club won the inaugural Asian club chess champions league with a tally of 12 points there were surprisingly challenged by Vietnam team who held them to a draw by 2 – 2 while in a closely contested match China and Philippines had three draws each and one match was in progress which has captures the attention of spectators and grandmaster alike . Zhou Weiqi was pressing ahead against Paragua Mark with extra pawn in a opposite color bishop ending. With every move Paragua Mark was under intense pressure . after 60 moves white managed to advance his passed pawns and clinch the point and victory for china

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Al Ain Club takes Sole Lead at Asian Club Cup

Al Ain team scored a crucial win over third seeded Qi Yuan Club of China to emerge as sole leader after the 5th Round of the 1st Asian Club Cup being played here in Al Ain, UAE White three games ended in hard fought draws grandmaster Jobava  Baadur defeated  Zhou Weiqi    in a keenly contested match . Jobava  defeated  Zhou Weiqi    in 50 moves from  a Sicilian defense. The match on all 4 boards were evenly poised with china having an edge in 4th board while  Al ain had better prospects in third board . Al Ain clinched the match by virtue of a superb victory by Jobava     Tariq al Taher  of UAE attained  a draw against Grandmaster Barsov Alexei of Uzbekistan. Tariq said it was a complex match and he played consistently and in the end went for an attack and force repetition of moves Fajr  team trounced   Vietnam Victory  Club (Vietnam team by 3.5 to 0.5.  the victory took  them to 8 points and they share the second spot with Tagaytay Chess Club who defeated India club by a narrow marigin   AL Ain top the standings with 10 points  5 teams  are close on the heels with 8 points. India Club went down fighting against the Philiphines Team Read More

Chinese club halts Club India's Winning Streak

Top seeded Al Ain team attained a comphrensive victory over Philipines team Tagaytay Chess Club (PHI) by 3.5 to .05 with grandmaster sergey krayakin drawing against wesley so . impressive wins by jobava, li chao and efimenko zahar . Qi Yuan Club (China managed to outplay india club by 2.5 to 1.5 and now shares the lead with al ain with 8 match points. the two seeded teams will face each other in a crucial match that will decide the tournament. Tagaytay Chess Club put up a resourceful fight in their games but were eventually outclassed by superior technique in the endgame.

the match between China and India club was decided by wang hao against R R .Laxman. wang played a fine positional game and penerated the sixth rank to clinch the issue wang said " the position was tricky but my pair of bishops became active and i clinched the match"

Al Ain b Club , intchess Singapore and Uzbekistan are in second spot with 6 match points they managed to win against stronger teams . hisham al taher the team captain of the Al Ain team said "tomorrow is a crucial match and our players are in form

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India Club thrashes Elite Iranian Team

India club team led by talented youngsters created a major shocking victory when they defeated second seed team from iran by 3 – 1. The victory was spearheaded by international master R.R Laxman who defeated grandmaster Mikhail Kobalia in a keenly contested middle game. Laxman's rooks penetrated the seventh backed by his queen and rooks and clinched the issue with a mating attack

The fancied Al Ain team attained yet another win over Uzbekistan. Although there was a initial setback for them when Safin Shukurat defeated grandmaster sargissan Gabriel in a complicated match but they came fighting back with fine wins by jobava baadur and Sergey Krajakin . .

Four teams are in the lead with 6 match points . Al Ain team, philipine team , Indian club and chineese team share the lead.

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Club India score another perfect 4

8 teams shared the lead with 4 match points in the asian club cup chess championship. The top rated Al Ain team won against intchess of singapore by 3.5 to .05

with grandmaster Efimenko Zahar conceedeing a draw to Bui Vinh in a sicilian defense the players followed theory and in the ensuing complex middlegame.

efimenko emerged with an outside passed pawn. however a error in technical endgame enabled bu to attain a draw with his active king and passed pawn.

india club from Chennai whitewashed a strong yemen squad. The talented youngesters have had a ideal start . International master el Taher Fouad defeated grandmaster Barsov Alexei . El Taher played tactically and won with a decisive mating attack in a french defense.

Indian Club wins at Asian Club Championship

Asian club cup got off to a flying start with 150 players from 20 countries participating in the inagural event. The tournament is a team competetion and is held in a 7 round of swiss system. the event has attracted many top players and 11 grandmasters above elo rating of 2600. the seeded teams registered fascile wins in the opening round with the fancied Al AIn led by Karjakin Sergey opened the campaign with a 4 - 0 victory over Al Muhafaza team from syria. Karjakin said it was a complicated game from a slav defense when his opponent gave up a pawn . Howver he managed work his way around the queenside and gain decisive advantage seven other teams have attained comphrensive victory and are in the lead. . the upset of the day was the loss by iranian grandmaster Mahjoob Morteza to Ahmad Aziz. India’s Chennai Club also registered win on all the four boards.

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