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THE BEST TO MEET IN CHESS CLASSICSThe top three players with TOP elo ranking [ July list] joined by the World’s best women player, Judit Polgar, will compete from 1. to 3. August for the 13. GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship: World Champion and Number One Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Morozevich. In contrast to the FIDE-World ranking list, the live elo list includes the Aerosvit tournament in Foros, which finished in June and was won in superior style one point ahead of the field by Norwegian superstar Magnus Carlsen Read More |
EVZENY NAJER Shares First Place with NegiEVZENY NAJER is new WORLD OPEN Champion. Shares First Place with Negi The wiz kid of the Indian Chess 15 years old Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi made a hat trick of wins in a short span of two months, first winning jointly the coveted Kaupthing Open in Luxemburg followed by Philadelphia Open and now with Sharing the First Prize in WORLD Open in a star studded Field of Strong Grandmasters . He however missed the Sole Title when he lost the Blitz Game to Evzeny Najer. After thrashing Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov in the penultimate round Parimarjan replied with D5 to his opponent GM Lubomir Ftachnik’s opening move of Nf3 in the final round, and with D4-Nf6 the game continued on the lines of Queens Gambit Declined pattern. Both the players were extra cautious and knew that a draw would make them joint winners hence after 10th move Ftachnik offered a draw which Parimarjan gladly accepted. To decide the champion’s title Parimarjan had tp play a Blitz game in which he made a blunder and lost the Champions Title.
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World Open Title wide OpenAt the end of the 7th round Parimarjan Negi is in joint lead with 4 other players on 5.5 points and right behind them are another 8 players with 5 points each. The Leader in the under 2400 section WGM Eesha Karwade drew in the 7th round and slipped to 2nd spot.
Two more rounds are to be played on Sunday and tournament is wide open as the gap between the leaders and majority of other players is just half a point. Wattch the players in action : Click on Latest VIDEO OR Read More |
World Open Heating upHalfway thru there are as many as 8 Grandmasters are jointly leading the World open 2008 being played in Philadelphia The defending champion Grandsmaster Varuzhan Akobian is one of the 8 players including Philadelphia Open Winner India's Parimarjan Negi who are jointly leading the championship after 5 rounds. Four more rounds are yet to be played and as many as 50 players are in the field for the top honours. Grandmasters Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Abhijeet Kunte drew their respective games while GM G N Gopal lost to his opponent. The veteran Grandmaster Arthur Yussupov failed to break the defenses of Indian IM Arun Prasad and in the end game realising no way out offered a draw which the Indian gladly accepted. Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi fought a long game . Though he missed an opportunity he however kept his cool and in the endgame his bishop did a miracle forcing his opponent to surrender. For Video Report and Interviews Click on LATEST VIDEO OR http://blip.tv/file/1053077/ Read More |
The Day of Draws at World Open 2008Philadelphia 4th July 2008. The majority of the games on the top Boards ended in draws. GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly played a tactical game and agreed for a draw when offered by his opponent. Parimarjan Negi , however lost after a bitter fight. IM Arun Prasad an GM GN Gopal also drew their games Watch the players in action by clicking on LATEST VIDEO OR Read More |
The Day of Draws at World Open 2008Philadelphia 4th July 2008. The majority of the games on the top Boards ended in draws. GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly played a tactical game and agreed for a draw when offered by his opponent. Parimarjan Negi , however lost after a bitter fight. IM Arun Prasad an GM GN Gopal also drew their games Read More |
Indian players Scores Wins at World open270 Boards with 540 chess players including some 50 GMS/WGMs are taking part in World Open 2008 which began in Philadelphia. Players from all over the world are vying for the first prize of some 40,000 US $ and a place in the 395,000$ total prize money. Gramdmasters Surya Sekhar Ganguly Abhijeet Kunte, Parimarjan Negi GN Gopal,Women grandmasters Nisha Mohota Swati Ghate Aarthie Rama Swamy and Esha Karwade are part of a strong 14 members Indian Contingent. World Open has 9 rounds and is played on a 7 days, 5 days and 3 days basis where all the players have to complete all the 9 rounds on the last day. Most of the Indians are playing in the 5 days batch registered their first win in the championship Watch the players in action by clicking on the LATEST VIDEO OR http://blip.tv/file/1045788/ Read More |
Parimarjan Negi is Philadelphia Chess ChampionPhiladelphia; Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi drew his 9th Round game to win the Philadelphia International Title . Playing with white against compatriot WGM Eesha Karwade Parimarjan reied hard to win but somehow failed to break his opponents Strong defense and in the end agreed for a draw. Watch the action by clicking on Read More |
Parimarjan Negi sole Leader at Philadelphia ChessGrandmaster Parimarjan Negi continues to lead the Philadelphia International Chess Championship after winning his 5th Round Game. One full point behind him is compatriot International Master Arun Prasad on 4 points. National Champion Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly won his 2nd game in Round 5 to score 3.5 points from 5 rounds. Parimarjan Negi will have Black pieces against IM Arun Prasad while Surya Sekhar Ganguly will take on IM K . Ratnakaran in the 6th Round respectively. Read More |
Romain Eduoard wins Europe Echecs Lyon Rapid
The "Europe Echecs" in partnership with the French Federation of Chess and Chess Olympique Lyon organised The 1st tournament Circuit Hopes of Europe Echecs held on 27th and 28th June 2008 at the premises of the club Olympique Lyon Chess in Lyon city of France.The Two day Rapid Championship was won by GM Romain Eduoard while India’s Tania Sachdev came third with 5.5 points from 12 games.
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Humpy to Play in European Chess Club Cup 2008
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World No 2 in the women’s section India’s Grandmaster Koneru Humpy will represent Monaco
PARIMARJAN NEGI Scores another win in Round 4.GM Parimarjan Negi played a tactically good game against compatriot G N Gopal and won the game. A tough game with GM Gopal that went down to first control time pressure ended with Gopal's flag dropping. GM Julio Becerra, after two 1/2 point byes, is starting to make his presence felt on Board 2. Rajaraman Laxman , Arun Prasad and Esha Karwade were the other Indian Players who defeated their opponents in Round 4. Rajaraman Laxman with three wins and a draw will meet the Tournament leader Parimarjan Negi in Round 5. Read More |
Europe Echecs organises LYON RAPID
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The French chess magazine Europe Echecs is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation with a youth rapid tournament in Lyon, France, the town known as the gastronomy capital of the World. The guest of honour is the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov. The young stars are playing their games in the premises of the club 
PARIMARJAN NEGI Continues to Lead at Philadelphia
The Philadelphia International started this evening with 43 players After 3rd Round , only GM Parimarjan Negi has a perfect score with 3-0. The 15 year old Indian Grandmaster is impressing peers and spectators with his serious and calm demeanor Read More |
from 5 countries joining the mix. A large contingent of 14 players from India are competing this year.
Mumbai Mayors Chess On DD SPORTS ChannelDD Sports Channel will telecast Mumbai Mayors International Chess Championship Held earlier at Mumbai. The details are as under
Ist Episode Monday 30th June2008 at 10 p.m. IST [EST 17.30hrs GMT 1630hrs]
2nd Episode Tuesday Ist July 2008 at 10.p.m. IST
3rd Episode Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at 10 p.m. IST
4th Episode Thursday 3rd July 2008 at 10.p.m.IST
The Series 's telecasts will be available in 48 countries of Europe, Middle East and South East Asia on FREE to AIR Broadcast on INSAT 3 satellite
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Grand Slam Final Chess Masters-BilbaoAs per the organisers of the the 1st GRAND SLAM FINAL CHESS MASTERS BILBAO 2008. The tournament will take place from 2-13 September 2008. The opening ceremony will be held on Ist September. . The games will be played inside a glass cube at the city centre of Bilbao. Levon Aronian is invited as a winner of Wijk aan Zee, Viswanathan Anand as a winner of Morelia/Linares and Vassily Ivanchuk as a winner of Sofia. Other invited players are Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov. |
Anand to Play at Bilbao Grand SlamThe Chess Grand Slam in Bilbao will take place 1-13 September 2008. It will feature six players. The first three will be the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. and the second place holders - GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov have been invited to participate. The sixth player will be known after the next meeting of the board of the Chess Grand Slam. Read More |
Kaupthing Open Hlts on DD Sports
Watch India's Wiz Kid Tata Boy Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi alongwith GM Abhijeet Gupta, IM Tania Sachdev and the little boy FM Sahej Grover trying their hands and luck for the top spot in Kaupthing Open Chess Championship 2008 held in Differdange, Luxemburg in an exclusive series of FOUR Programmes directed by Vijay Kumar to be telecast on DD Sports Channel as under Ist Episode Monday 23rd June2008 at 10 p.m. IST
2nd Episode Tuesday 24th June 2008 at 10.p.m. IST
3rd Episode Wednesday 25th June 2008 at 10 p.m.IST
4th Episode Thursday 26th June 2008 at 10.p.m.IST
The Series 's telecasts will be available in 48 countries of Europe, Middle East and South East Asia on FREE to AIR Broadcast on PAS 10 satellite
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Ivanchuk ends Anand's domination in Leon
Leon 1st June 2008. Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk defeated world champion Viswanathan Anand in the final of the XXI Ciudad de León chess tournament by 2½ - 1½ . In the first game Ivanchuk got a nice position after the opening and took the initiative in the Queen's side. Some inaccuracies by Anand led to certain problems, where a wrong sacrifice, 38.Nxf6? was refuted by 40…Qxb2!
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Ivanchuk beat Shirov to meet Vishy in Final
Final Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vishy Anand
Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Spaniard Alexei Shirov 3-1 in the second semifinal of the XXI Ciudad de León chess tournament. In the first game Ivanchuk, playing with the White pieces, obtained only a small advantage after the opening, but a mistake by Shirov, 18…Bd8? led to a difficult position for Black. With 19.f4! Ivanchuk got a clear advantage, then a strong attack, and finally an easily winning endgame with Queen against 2 Rooks.
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