Anand beat Vallejo in Semifinal at Leon Rapid

In the second Semifinal Vasily Ivanchuk will take on Alexie Shirov

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Anand to take on Vallejo at Leon Rapid

Leon 29^th May 2008.   World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will have white pieces against  Spainish Grandmaster Vallejo in the first Semi final to be played on 30^th June in Leon,Spain  This was decided in the draw of lots held at Hotel Conda Luna  in the evening of 29^th May

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4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup begins on 30th May

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup begins on 30 May 2008 in Odessa, Ukraine, in the National Academy of Law  It will be a double round robin, rapid chess tournament with 8 participating grandmasters: Boris Gelfand (2723, ISR) Ruslan Ponomariov (2719, UKR) Anatoly Karpov (2655, RUS) Pavel Tregubov (2629, RUS) Viktor Korchnoi (2598, SUI) Yuri Drozdovskij (2581, UKR) Valery Beim (2523, AUT) Mikhail Golubev (2474, UKR).

C S SANTOSH emerges winner at Gulf Cup Dirt Track

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Michael Kransenkow Triumphs

by Praful Zaveri

In a thrilling 11th and last round of the LIC - Mumbai Mayor's International
Chess Tournament, overnight sole leader, Michael Kransenow who was assured
of the title with a round to spare, was not content with a draw and went for
a win against his Uzebk opponent, GM Anton Fillipov of Uzbekistan. However;
in a winning position he made a mistake and lost the game. This allowed
Fillipov and as also players occupying the 2nd spot, GM Koneru Humpy, GM
Abhijit Kunte, GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh and GM Saidali Iuldachev of
Uzbekistant catch up with Kransenkow by scoring the win over their
respective rivals. All these players scored 9 points but,Kransenow was
declared the Champion of the Tournametn as he enjoyed superiror tie-break as
compared the other 6 players.

XXI TORNEO MAGISTRAL DE AJEDREZ CIUDAD DE LEÓN

The tournament will be held from May 29^th to June 2^nd in León, Spain.

The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, ant the two best Spanish Players, Top-10 Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

The official web is http://www.advancedchessleon.com/   with complete information of the tournament.

Ivanchuk Is Mtel Masters Champion

Going into the last round Topalov was a full point behind Ivanchuk. The latter had Black against Cheparinov, while Topalov was playing White, so he had some chances of catching the leader. But it was not to be – Ivanchuk won a nicegame, while Topalov drew. Thus Ivanchuk won the tournament with a fantastic result: +6 =4, showing a 2977 Elo performance!

Istratescu & Parimarjan share Ist place

Istratescu and Parimarjan Hot favorite for Title

At the Kaupthing open India’s Parimarjan Negi could not break the defenses of Andrei Istratescu of Romania  and  had no alternative but to accept a draw  keeping his hopes alive fo a win in the final round

Topalov half apoint behind Ivanchuk :Mtel Masters

Four share lead in Kaupthing open

India’s Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi played with white against Andrei Istratescu in the 7th round game at Kaupthing Open being played at  Differdange Luxemburg. Following Sharp variation of Najdorf defence in which Parimarjan sacrified a minor piece for keeping an attack but his opponent played very strong defensive move and escaped . The match ended in a draw.

Humpy and Krasenkow jointly lead at Mumbai Int

Koneru Humpy and Michal Krasenkow jointly lead  Mumbai Mayors Cup International Chess Championship at the end of 7^th Round.

IGM Koneru Humpy played a superb game to  beat Safin Shukhrat of Uzebekistan to remain at the top of the championship alongwith Michal Krasenkow who defeated Reefat Bin Sattar .

Ivanchuk draws ,Topalov wins at Mtel Masters

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Sofia 14^th May 2008.n the sixth round Vassiy Ivanchuk lost his first half point in the tournament, making a draw against Teimour Radjabov. Veselin Topalov defeated Levon Aronian, and now he is only one point behind the leader. Round 7 game between  Ivanchuk-Topalov will be highly important.

Ivanchuk draws ,Topalov wins at Mtel Masters

Vassily Ivanchuk draws while Topalov  registered a win at M-Tel Masters

Sofia 14^th May 2008.n the sixth round Vassiy Ivanchuk lost his first half point in the tournament, making a draw against Teimour Radjabov.

PARIMARJAN IN JOINT LEAD AT KAUPTHING

Differdange-LUXEMBURG May 16,2008. World’s second youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi is jointly leading  the Kaupthing Open Chess Championship being played at Differdange-Luxemburg

At the end of the Sixth Round Both Parimarjan Negi and Andrei Istratescu are jointly leading the Kaupthing Open Chess Championship. In the Sixth Round Parimarjan Negi following the time tested Ruy Lopez gave a stunning defeat to his rival GM  Hanne Stefannsson of Iceland .

Parimarjan, Tania & Sahej won easily at Kaupthing

In the Kaupthing Open Chess Championship, Rumanian Grandmaster Andrei Istratescu has taken sole lead after defeating  Sebastian Feller.

The Scence at the Kaupthing Open is slowly becoming clear as the games are becoming tougher. On the top table  Rumanian Grandmaster Andrei Istratescu defeated  Sebastian Feller of France to take sole lead.

Mumbai International attracts a record 435 players

IGM Koneru Humpy scored her third successive  win in the third round of the Mumbai International open Championship being played at  Goregaon Sports Complex here in Mumbai.

A Record number of 435 Chess players with Koneru Humpy as the Top Seed are participating in yhis 9 rounds  1.1 million rupees prize money [18000 Euros approx]

Parimarjan Draws -Abhijeet Tania and Sahej won

Abhijeet Gupta, Tania Sachdev and Sahej Grover won their games in the fourth Round of the Kaupthing Open being played at Differdange = Luxemburg.

The fortunes changed and despite fewer results many on the top boards  slipped .Sole Leader Nana Dzagnidze, was shocked by Stefansson Hannes  in the fourth Round of the Kaupthing Open.

Indians with Mixed Results at Kaupthing Open

The Indian Chess Players had mixed results at the Kaupthing Open Chess Championship being played at Differdange in Luxemburg.

On the 2nd day iof the Championship two rounds were played. In the 2nd Round Abhijeet Gupta and Tania Sachdev drew their games while Parimarjan Negi defeated his opponent to register his 2nd win. However Young Sahej Grover lost his 2nd successive Game.

Indians Make a good Start at Kaupthing Open