Let me win this war

...first. Then, we can talk Afghanistan. Italian senator Giannicola Sinisi during the voting on refinancing military missions.




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Tip - Petar Rokic and Goran Tomic

7th Bangkok Chess Club Open

The 7th Bangkok Chess Club Open will take place on 27 March - 1 April at Phuket Graceland Resort and Spa. 150 players are registered in two rating groups, top rated are GM Rogelio Antonio (PHI 2551), GM Dimitri Komarov (UKR 2540), GM Gerhard Schebler (GER 2534), GM Ian Rogers (AUS 2529), GM R.B Ramesh (IND 2483), IM Danny Juswanto (INA 2470) and IM David Smerdon (AUS 2460).

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Anna Zatonskih Blog

Current US female champion WGM Anna Zatonskih didn't resist blogging madness. Her first post is about Melody Amber.

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Sozina 2007

7th International Chess Championship of Montenegro "Sozina 2007" will take place on 31 March - 7 April in Bar. Organizers have provided 8.500 € for prize fund. 110 players have signed up and top rated are GM Igor Miladinovic (SRB 2607), GM Milos Perunovic (SRB 2547), GM Sergey Kasparov (BLR 2546), GM Milan Drasko (MNE 2543), GM Miodrag R.Savic (SRB 2533), GM Dragisa Blagojevic (MNE 2530) and GM Nikola Djukic (MNE 2527).


The standings:
1-2. GM Dragan Kosic (2504) and IM Danilo Milanovic (2499) 7.0/9
3-10. GM Milos Perunovic (2547), GM Dusan Rajkovic (2511), GM Bosko Abramovic (2513), IM Dritan Mehmeti (2402), GM Miodrag R.Savic (2533), GM Dragisa Blagojevic (2530), GM Dejan Pikula (2513) and Stefan Mijovic (2205) 6.5 ... (123 players)


Chess Dom Report

Child of Destiny

Though Anand has been one of the finest players of his time, and one of the best of all-time, he was also caught in the time period, which saw two of the game’s greatest stars in Karpov, who even while being on the downside was a force to reckon with, and Kasparov, who reached his peak in this period. In the latter stages, there also emerged Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. And the next lot with the likes of Lev Aronian, Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov are all ready to have their time in the sun. But it is a tribute to Anand that he has stayed the route and finally reached the very top.

Long back, Ian Rogers once told this writer that when Anand become the World champion and No 1 in the world, he would be the first nicest No 1. Time to tell Ian he had good insight even then, more than a dozen years ago.

The Financial Express

Sofia Mtel 2007

Via VeselinTopalov.net we found the complete list for Sofia Mtel Masters 2007 tournament, which will take place on 9-20 May. There is unofficial information that new website, to be launched soon, will provide extensive coverage of Mtel Masters.


Players:
Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria 2783
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbaijan 2754
Michael Adams, England 2735
Gata Kamsky, USA 2705
Krishnan Sasikiran, India 2700
Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Romania 2689


Michael Adams is back to play elite tournament, while Krishnan Sasikiran and Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu got their first chance.

Mtel Masters 2007 preview by GM Alex Finkel

ChessBase boycotting Mtel Masters


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Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

International Chess Tournament "Victor Ciocaltea Memorial" took place on 6-19 March in Bucharest, Romania. Four players ended tied on first place, point and half ahead of rest of the field.


The standings:
1-4. GM Alin Berescu (ROM 2510), IM Vadim Shishkin (UKR 2474), GM George-Gabriel Grigore (ROM 2496) and GM Constantin Lupulescu (ROM 2566) 7.5/12
5-7. IM Gergely Szabo (ROM 2496), IM Petar Benkovic (SRB 2433) and IM Vlad-Victor Barnaure (ROM 2440) 6.0
8. IM Vlad-Cristian Jianu (ROM 2493) 5.5
9-12. IM Danilo Milanovic (SRB 2499), GM Vasile Sanduleac (MDA 2478), IM Mihai-Lucian Grunberg (ROM 2424) and IM Alexey Ivanov (RUS 2458) 5.0
13. IM Ciprian-Costica Nanu (ROM 2505) 4.5

IM Petar Benkovic

Serbian Chess Championship

First Serbian Chess Championship was held on 4-17 March in Vrsac. City Council has provided appearance fees and 5000 euros for prize fund. Exciting race has ended with GM Branko Damljanovic (2590), IM Mihajlo Stojanovic (2576) and GM Milos Perunovic (2547) sharing first place with 9.0 points each.

GM Branko Damljanovic

Tiebreak match should be arranged in next few months as Damljanovic is now going to Villa Cañada de Calatrava and Stojanovic is playing Sydney Open. IM Mihajlo Stojanovic also scored final GM norm, well done!

GM Ivan Ivanisevic - IM Mihajlo Stojanovic

Championship started with one DGT board stolen, so only 6 games were relayed live over the Internet. Organizers have called for help, and since DGT projects from Netherlands have no retailer in Serbia, FM Slobodan Adzic sent new board from Hungary. Two days later, missing board mysteriously appeared in Millennium hotel.

Serbian most popular portal B92 finally started reporting about chess. There is no English version for now, but this is progress.

Remember this name - FM Boban Bogosavljevic

Final standings:
1-3. GM Branko Damljanovic 2590, IM Mihajlo Stojanovic 2576 and GM Milos Perunovic 2547 - 9.0/13
4. GM Bojan Vuckovic 2551 - 8.0
5-6. FM Boban Bogosavljevic 2470 and GM Igor Miladinovic 2607 - 7.5
7. GM Dragan Solak 2564 - 6.5
8. GM Ivan Ivanisevic 2603 - 6.0
9-10. IM Branko Tadic 2496 and GM Miodrag R.Savic 2533 - 5.5
11. GM Dejan Pikula 2513 - 5.0
12. IM Slavisa Brenjo 2491 - 4.5
13-14. Jovan Todorovic 2381 and IM Zoran Arsovic 2457 - 4.0

GM Milos Perunovic

Games in PGN and other information on the tournament website. Photos by Pera Stajic.

Ciudad de La Laguna

Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de La Laguna took place on 5-11 March in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Prize fund was 17300 euros.


The standings (9 rounds, 122 players):
1-4. GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2538), GM Bojan Kurajica (CRO 2549), GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO 2583) and IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2509) 7.0 points
5-11. GM Karen Movsziszian (ARM 2445), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL 2495), GM Julio Granda Zuniga (PER 2612), GM Vladimir Epishin (RUS 2561), GM Viesturs Meijers (LAT 2462), GM Victor Mikhalevski (ISR 2590) and GM Reynaldo Vera (CUB 2494) 6.5 ...

Blackpool Chess Conference

31st Blackpool Chess Conference will take place on 16-18 March in Blackpool. The Conference is sponsored with £8000 from Blackpool Borough Council and entry fees range in £17-37. Nice encouragement for other sponsor and local councils to support chess events.

Games will be broadcasted live on ECF website.

Official website

GM Norm for Fabiano Caruana

15-years old Italian Fabiano Caruana has performed GM norm with 7 points from 9 games in the main tournament of the First Saturday festival in Budapest, Hungary.

2nd Villa Cañada de Calatrava

2nd Chess Festival Villa Cañada de Calatrava will be held on 6-8 April in Cañada de Calatrava in Ciudad Real region, Spain. Rapid, Fischer Random and Blitz tournaments will carry 90.000 euros prize fund. Participation fee (valid for all tournaments) is 5 euros - anyone from US reading?

Amongst 170 players signed so far are Viswanathan Anand (India 2779), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan 2754), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2750), Levon Aronian (Armenia 2744), Boris Gelfand (Israel 2733), Peter Svidler (Russia 2728), Judith Polgar (Hungary 2727), Alexander Grischuk (Russia 2717), Alexei Shirov (Spain 2715), Etienne Bacrot (France 2705), Krishnan Sasikiran (India 2700) etc.


Update:
Main Rapid tournament ended with 4 players tied on the first place. Fantastic event for FM Diego Del Rey who tied 5th place with a bunch of sharks.

Rapid Standings:
1-4. GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699), GM Daniel Fridman (LAT 2635), GM Ivan Sokolov (NED 2655) and GM Boris Gelfand (ISR 2733) 7.5/9
5-14. GM Judit Polgar (HUN 2727), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2757), GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717), GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2644), GM Michal Krasenkov (POL 2661), GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729), GM Vladimir Baklan (UKR 2618), GM Vishy Anand (IND 2786), GM Kamil Miton (POL 2653) and FM Diego Del Rey (ESP 2405) 7.0 etc (289 players)

Alexander Chernin - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O a6 9. h3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nec3 Qb8 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nc5 15. Be3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxb2 17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. a3 Nd4 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rb4 Qc3 24. e5 Rxa3 25. Rh4 dxe5 26. Qg4 Rh8 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qe7 Ne6 29. Bd5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Rc1 0-1

Vishy Anand - Vladimir Baklan
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ng6 16. Rdf1 Bg7 17. gxh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh4 19. gxh4 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bd5 22. a3 Qxa3 23. c4 Bc6 24. Bg4 Kb8 25. Bxe6 Rhe8 26. Re1 d5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. Qg3+ 1-0


Vassily Ivanchuk crushed everyone in Blitz tournament to win the trophy with 8.5/9.

Blitz Standings:
1. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) 8.5/9
2-6. GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE 2584), GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717), GM Vadim Milov (SUI 2676), IM Alexander Zubov (UKR 2542) and GM Mihail Marin (ROM 2533) with 7.5
7-13. GM Namig Guliyev (AZE 2590), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2757), GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2553), GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699), GM Michal Krasenkov (POL 2661), GM Alexander Kovchan (UKR 2527) and GM Alexei Barsov (UZB 2521) 7.0 etc (222 players)


Alexei Shirov completed successful weekend by taking the Fischer Random tournament.

Fischer Random Standings:
1. GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699) 8.0/9
2-5. GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2690), GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2644), GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) and GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717) 7.5
6-10. GM Levon Pantsulaia (GEO 2616), GM Vadim Milov (SUI 2676), IM Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo (ESP 2498), GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ 2603) and GM Vasil Spasov (BUL 2592) 7.0 etc (221 players)


2006 Villa Cañada de Calatrava

San Sebastian International Chess Open

And Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov will defend his last year's title in the 90.000 euros worth 2nd Villa Cañada de Calatrava chess festival. The event takes place on 6-8 April.

There is also unconfirmed information that Mamedyarov will be invited to play in Sofia and Dortmund super-tournaments.

More About Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Radjabov will participate in Corsica international festival which is scheduled for May. French sponsors will also organize rapid match between Teimour and Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen in order to promote chess in Corsica.

Meanwhile, Radjabov and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had a joint seance for amateurs in National Park in Baku. Also Linares Mayor was quoted in the title: "I promised to invite Teymour Radjabov to Linares", but we can't read the news because Azeri agency is asking for credit card.

Also interesting is Teimour's earlier comment about his loss against Levon Aronian at Corus: "I was very tired at the game with Aronian. I decided to play carefully. Unfortunately, the wish to win showed itself. On the other hand, Topalov won Anand. So I tried to risk and win. I have always played for win at the game with Aronian. But this risk frustrated the plans. I was not upset for losing the game as I lost it." It seems like games against Armenians are causing specific tension.

See also Happy Birthday Teimour Radjabov! and Interview with Teimour Radjabov.

Happy Birthday Teimour Radjabov!

Press release from Azerbaijan Chess Federation


On March 12, grandmaster Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan, one of the world's strongest players, turns 20.

Teimour Radjabov was born on March 12, 1987, in Baku. He is a seven-time medal winner of the World and European junior championships, including 5 gold medals. At the age of 12 he won the European under-18 championship, which remains an unbroken world record as a victory in continental championship U-18 at such early age. He became an international master at 11, and met the requirements for grandmaster title at 13, becoming the world's youngest grandmaster in the history of chess on that period.

In 2002, Teimour Radjabov participated in the historical Match of the New Century, playing for the World team, which defeated Russia in Kremlin. He was a runner-up in the Grand Prix Cup in Moscow, took the bronze of the World championship in 2004, became the European vice-champion in 2005, won the European Champion's Cup twice with French "NAO Chess Club" team and "BOSNA" from Bosnia, and won the silver medal with "Ladja-Kazan" from Russia (playing on the first board). Teimour won the bronze medal in the 1st FIDE World Blitz championship in 2006 in Israel, won the 1st Cup of President Geydar Aliyev, became the semi-finalist of the 1st ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa 2007, and was among the winners in many prestigeous international chess tournaments. In January 2007, Radjabov won one of the most important tournaments of the chess calendar - Corus Wijk aan Zee.

The Azeri grandmaster has wins against many world's strongest top players, including the world champions such as Karpov, Kasparov, Anand, Ponomariov and Topalov. He heads the national team of Azerbaijan since he turned 14.

Recently a book dedicated to chess prodigies such as Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov, Polgar etc., was published in Russia. One of the chapters is dedicated to Teimour Radjabov.

Teimour is a student of Baku State University, Law Department. He is a Goodwill Ambassador of the UNICEF since 2006.

Mixed Lineups

This article is calling for a change. You know that feeling of great excitement when the next top tournament is about to start? And then the numerous authors, websites and fans are analysing players and predicting results. What do we get from it? I'm brave to speculate that many game lovers are feeling frustration by great number of short draws. In short I also count 30 moves of theory in popular line before signing scoresheets. Personally, I feel betrayed. Heck, they have even desecrated Tal's Memorial. I didn't want to post the results and poor champion was probably turning sides in his grave.

I don't intend to analyse psychological background of this behavior. Ok, one friendly draw can be tolerated if player is tired or just not feeling well on the day. Nor rating or prize calculation, most of them receive fat envelopes before the tournament anyway. After all, sponsors should be worried how they spend the money. Oh, we complain about the lack of sponsorship, there's one hint.

Personally, I'm getting bored seeing same players "fighting" eachother over and over. Chess audience likes to hear statistics just as much as NBA or football folks. Your wish.... ChessBase will return the query with exact "these two have met eachother in 35 games, success percentage goes as follows...". Why would I want to see them playing 36th game? Can they surprise the opponent, can they be inspired to fight? Adams, Polgar, Bacrot and Shirov were members of the exclusive club, until they were dropped out. Ivanchuk and Gelfand were on hold for awhile, but Ivanchuk was playing and winning tournaments without a break to prove that his place is among the tops. I think few others should be sent on similar voyage. At the same time, Mamedyarov is sitting 4th on the rating list, still waiting for his chance. A bunch of others, too.

Mig Greengard was calling for Sofia rules on numerous occasions. While Sofia surely represents an improvement, I'm not sure if it's perfect solution. Players are not allowed to draw, but they are not forced to fight either. Try to beat Kramnik's Petroff-Berlin rock. And Leko can equally draw 20 moves or close the gates and defend for 80. At the same time, I believe most of them are fed up of eachother.

One of the possibilities is to decrease appearance fees and put the money into fight for prize fund. Surely, this would cause resistance and habits are hard to change. New idea deserving to be tested are mixed lineups. Make the rating spans 2600-2750 for example. Players from the both ends of rating scale would be motivated. For a 2750 finishing on 50% in Linares or Dortmund is normal, but facing 2600s it would be embarrassment. Let them dig with nails for glory and money and let's test those huge ratings. Affiliate with strong opens and have the winners join the club. I would also advocate filling at least quarter of the field with domestic players. How else to attract attention of media and generate interest of chess in your country. Having Tiviakov shaking his pants to lose as little as possible? A bunch of talented Dutch players were going unnoticed in B group. Or guarding Linares' category and reputation by tolerating draws instead of throwing some Spaniard into the fire? Why not a 2400-2500 country's junior champion. Poor fellow might be knocked on the floor, but the gained experience is of huge value.

Break the exclusive club!

Goran

La Roche sur Yon 2007

2nd Trophée Universitaire La Roche Sur Yon took place on Feb 26-Mar 6 in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. Winner is Romanian Grandmaster Andrei Istratescu.

The standings:
1. GM Andrei Istratescu (ROM 2619) 6.5
2-5. IM Romain Edouard (FRA 2446), GM Alberto David (LUX 2528), GM Hichem Hamdouchi (MOR 2602) and GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI 2589) 5.5
6. GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2483) 4.0
7-8. IM Jovanka Houska (ENG 2384) and IM Matthieu Cornette (FRA 2482) 3.5
9. IM Irina Krush (USA 2449) 3.0
10. IM Fabien Libiszewski (FRA 2469) 2.5


Andrei Istratescu - Irina Krush
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 a6 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qe3 e5 20. g4 Be6 21. h5 a5 22. Nc1 a4 23. h6 g6 24. Qg5 Kf7 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Be4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Qd2 Kf6 29. a3 Qc4 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Bd3 Qd5 32. f4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Kf6 34. Be4 Qc4 35. Qh2 Rc5 36. Nd3 b4 37. Nxc5 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 bxa3 39. c3 Qa1+ 40. Bb1 Ba2 41. Qe5+ 1-0

Hichem Hamdouchi - Romain Edouard
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bc6 15. Rg4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 h5 17. Re4 Bg5 18. f4 Bh4 19. Nc3 g5 20. fxg5 Bxg5 21. Kh2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. f4 Qh4 24. Qf3 Rg8 25. a3 Nc6 26. d5 exd5 27. Nxd5 O-O-O 28. Rb4 Rxd5 29. Rb6 Qg3+ 30. Qxg3 Rdd8 31. Qf3 0-1


La Roche sur Yon 2006

Magistral Ruy Lopez

Magistral Ruy Lopez, organized by Agrupación Ruy López de Zafra, will take place on 16-23rd March in Extremadura, Spain. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR 2723), Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2700), Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2658), Ivan Sokolov (NED 2652), Julio Granda Zuniga (PER 2612), Manuel Perez Candelario (ESP 2512), Hou Yifan (CHN 2509) and Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2483).

Ruslan Ponomariov

Open rapid tournament with a solid prize fund will be held on 24-25th March. The only "catch" is that all games have to start with 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5.

Kramnik-Aronian

Rapid match between Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian will be held on 4-6th May in Yerevan, Armenia. Six games are planned with 25/10 time control.

10th Open Villa de Campillos

10th Open Internacional de Ajedrez "Villa de Campillos" took place on Feb 24th - Mar 3rd in Campillos, Malaga. This was good tournament for Serbian grandmasters as Aleksa Strikovic and Stefan Djuric finished tied on first place.

The standings (84 participants, 9 rounds):
1-3. GM Aleksa Strikovic (SRB 2557), GM Franco Matamoros (ECU 2540) and GM Stefan Djuric (SRB 2464) 7.0
4-6. GM Mihai Suba (ROM 2529), IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL 2495) and IM Aleksandar Colovic (MKD 2463) 6.5 etc

Michael Roiz vs Rybka

GM Michael Roiz faced Rybka last night in 25/5 match. Roiz's small advantage through the game didn't seem enough for full point but Rybka went for suicidal trade with 81...Bxg4 in time trouble. Next Man vs Machine match is on Friday 17:00 est on WorldChessNetwork.


Michael Roiz - Rybka
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b4 Ndf6 13. Rab1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 a6 16. a4 Bf5 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Qb3 Bg4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Ra1 Bf5 24. Qc3 Kg7 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Nb3 Qd6 27. Nc5 Rce7 28. Ra2 h5 29. Rae2 h4 30. h3 Be4 31. a5 Bf5 32. Kh1 Qc7 33. Qd2 Qc8 34. Kh2 Qc7+ 35. Kh1 Qc8 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Kg1 Qb8 38. Rc1 Qd6 39. Qe1 Rh8 40. Kh1 Rh5 41. Qg1 Qc7 42. Qh2 Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Rh8 44. Rce1 Rd8 45. Kg1 Kh6 46. f3 g5 47. Kf2 Bg6 48. Rd2 Rde8 49. Rb2 f5 50. Rbe2 g4 51. Nd3 Rg8 52. Ne5 gxf3 53. gxf3 Bh5 54. Rg1 Rxg1 55. Kxg1 Rg7+ 56. Rg2 f4 57. exf4 Rxg2+ 58. Kxg2 Be8 59. Kf2 Kg7 60. Ke3 Bg6 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Kf4 Bxh3 63. Kg5 Bc8 64. Kxh4 Kf6 65. Kg3 Kf5 66. Nd3 Kg5 67. Kf2 Kf5 68. Ke3 Be6 69. f4 Bc8 70. Kf3 Bd7 71. Nc5 Bc8 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Kf2 Kg6 74. Nd3 Kf5 75. Ke3 Ke6 76. Ne5 Kf5 77. Kf3 Be6 78. Ng4 Bc8 79. Ne3+ Kf6 80. Ng4+ Kf7 81. Kg3 Bxg4 82. Kxg4 Kg6 83. f5+ Kf6 84. Kf4 Ke7 85. Ke5 Kf7 86. Kd6 Kf6 87. Kc7 Kxf5 88. Kxb7 1-0


Michael Roiz interview


See also Larry lost to Rybka and Larry vs Rybka Rematch.

Boris Spassky with Nobel Prize Winners

John Nash, subject of the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, will talk for the first time in public about his struggle with schizophrenia and his unexpected Nobel Prize at Europe's first Mathematics Festival in Rome in three weeks.

Former world chess champion Boris Spassky will talk to Nobel prize winner for Physics Zhores Alferov about the relationship between maths and chess...

From ANSA