The 20th Annual Chicago Open was held on 26-30th May at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, IL. The tournament was played over nine and seven rounds and with six rating groups: Open Section, U2100 Section, U1900 Section, U1700 Section, U1500 Section and U1200 Section.
The total prize fund for all sections was $100,000 guaranteed.
Grandmaster Timur Gareev from Uzbekistan, currently student at the University of Texas at Brownsville, won the main Open Section by collecting 7.5 points. He scored in the final round game against GM Tamaz Gelashvili, winner of the recent Philadelphia Open, while GMs Alejandro Ramirez and Pentala Harikrishna battled out a fighting draw to remain on 7.0 points each.
Full results soon on the official website
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
1st ICC Open
ICC members will not only get the chance to hone their skills on some of the world's top GMs and IMs, but they will also get the opportunity to win cash prizes within their own rating band!
Mixture of sections Open, U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600. Four qualifying tournaments (with a time control of 3 0 throughout) will be held on ICC on Friday and Saturday, 3rd-4th June, starting at 3pm and 8pm EDT.
Class prize-winners will be determined by their best score in one qualifier and competitors can play in as many qualifiers as they like.
The Open will be contested in a grand winner-takes-all knockout final that all ICC members can watch live on Sunday, June 5th, starting at 3pm EDT. Total of $3,500 in prize money.
Mixture of sections Open, U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600. Four qualifying tournaments (with a time control of 3 0 throughout) will be held on ICC on Friday and Saturday, 3rd-4th June, starting at 3pm and 8pm EDT.
Class prize-winners will be determined by their best score in one qualifier and competitors can play in as many qualifiers as they like.
The Open will be contested in a grand winner-takes-all knockout final that all ICC members can watch live on Sunday, June 5th, starting at 3pm EDT. Total of $3,500 in prize money.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Karen Asrian Memorial
The Armenian Chess Federation is organizing the 4th Annual Karen Asrian Memorial, an international open chess tournament, which will take place during June 15-25, 2011, in the prominent resort town of Jermuk.
All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The total prize fund amounts to 15,000 US dollars.
Armenian Chess Federation
All interested chess players can participate in the 9-round Swiss tournament. The total prize fund amounts to 15,000 US dollars.
Armenian Chess Federation
Friday, May 27, 2011
FIDE Responds Sharply
FIDE didn't wait long to answer Silvio Danailov's claim about the "system failure". Full letter bellow:
Dear all,
With great surprise we read the announcement of Mr Silvio Danailov on 25 May, accusing the members of the FIDE World Championship Committee as being responsible for the high percentage of ...draws(!) in Kazan. A non-chess reader would really wonder whether the members of the World Championship Committee were the ones playing in the Candidates Matches. Once more Mr Danailov shows no respect to the top players, we hope under his competitive capacity of a player's manager and not that of ECU President.
If it wasn't for Mr Danailov 's dual role as President of ECU and manager of top players, no reply would have been necessary to this incredible announcement, as its content speaks by itself for the poor quality of his arguments. Everybody in professional chess knows very well that if two grandmasters desire during the game to draw it, there is no way to force them not to. FIDE has valuated various ideas in the past (for example the "no draw offer before move 30" or the so called "Sofia rule") but the truth is that applying such regulations to a World Championship Cycle needs further input from the top players and their national federations. Mr Danailov should understand that chess players cannot be whipped to dance to his tune, especially those fighting for the World Championship title.
FIDE is in the process of conducting discussions for future improvements on the format of the cycle and the announcement of Mr Danailov came immediately after receiving such a questionnaire (in his capacity as Veselin Topalov's manager) from FIDE WCOC member Emil Sutovsky. A couple of weeks ago Mr Danailov also announced his intention to run for FIDE President in 2014. Seeing the opportunity to promote his own political agenda, Mr Danailov abused his position as ECU President and FIDE's desire for feedback from its top players, to attack through his reply whom he views as "political opponents", instead of participating constructively in the on-going dialogue for the future World Championship cycles. Mr Danailov has not understood yet that he has been elected to the position of ECU President, with a monthly salary accompanying it, in order to serve all European chess players and not only his future political ambitions in FIDE.
We therefore ask Mr Danailov to participate in the dialogue initiated by the World Championship Committee in a productive manner as nobody else is sharing his rush to connect everything with the FIDE elections in 2014. We also confirm once more that the interests of all top players are protected by FIDE, of course including those of Veselin Topalov.
Best regards,
Georgios Makropoulos
FIDE Deputy President & WCOC Chairman
Dear all,
With great surprise we read the announcement of Mr Silvio Danailov on 25 May, accusing the members of the FIDE World Championship Committee as being responsible for the high percentage of ...draws(!) in Kazan. A non-chess reader would really wonder whether the members of the World Championship Committee were the ones playing in the Candidates Matches. Once more Mr Danailov shows no respect to the top players, we hope under his competitive capacity of a player's manager and not that of ECU President.
If it wasn't for Mr Danailov 's dual role as President of ECU and manager of top players, no reply would have been necessary to this incredible announcement, as its content speaks by itself for the poor quality of his arguments. Everybody in professional chess knows very well that if two grandmasters desire during the game to draw it, there is no way to force them not to. FIDE has valuated various ideas in the past (for example the "no draw offer before move 30" or the so called "Sofia rule") but the truth is that applying such regulations to a World Championship Cycle needs further input from the top players and their national federations. Mr Danailov should understand that chess players cannot be whipped to dance to his tune, especially those fighting for the World Championship title.
FIDE is in the process of conducting discussions for future improvements on the format of the cycle and the announcement of Mr Danailov came immediately after receiving such a questionnaire (in his capacity as Veselin Topalov's manager) from FIDE WCOC member Emil Sutovsky. A couple of weeks ago Mr Danailov also announced his intention to run for FIDE President in 2014. Seeing the opportunity to promote his own political agenda, Mr Danailov abused his position as ECU President and FIDE's desire for feedback from its top players, to attack through his reply whom he views as "political opponents", instead of participating constructively in the on-going dialogue for the future World Championship cycles. Mr Danailov has not understood yet that he has been elected to the position of ECU President, with a monthly salary accompanying it, in order to serve all European chess players and not only his future political ambitions in FIDE.
We therefore ask Mr Danailov to participate in the dialogue initiated by the World Championship Committee in a productive manner as nobody else is sharing his rush to connect everything with the FIDE elections in 2014. We also confirm once more that the interests of all top players are protected by FIDE, of course including those of Veselin Topalov.
Best regards,
Georgios Makropoulos
FIDE Deputy President & WCOC Chairman
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Danailov blasting at FIDE
Dear All,
I was personally present in Kazan during the Candidates Tournament. These are my conclusions:
The current KO system (short matches) for the Candidates tournament is negative for chess. The reasons are as follows:
1. So far we have 27 draws out of 29 games in classical chess, about 95% (!!). Many of these draws were very short – 12,15,18 etc. moves. Even in rapid games we have draws in 8 (!!!) moves. This is shame and disaster for the image of chess and FIDE. The question is, why didn’t the WCOC introduce the Sofia Rules on time?
2. Some of the players were making short draws on purpose, in order to decide matches in rapid chess or blitz. But the point is that if we have WCC in classical chess, why should we decide the matches in blitz? Knowing very well from the past experience that the KO system leads to and tempts with that, why does the WCOC recommend it?
3. The PR results of Kazan are very poor. With probably small exception of Russia, there doesn’t appear any interest from international Press for this event. This also hurts chess and FIDE.
Conclusion: The WCOC who is responsible for this system failed, and should resign immediately. The FIDE PB should appoint new WCOC on next meeting in Al Ain in order to avoid before mentioned mishaps and to improve the situation in the future.
Best regards,
Silvio Danailov
President of ECU
Source
I was personally present in Kazan during the Candidates Tournament. These are my conclusions:
The current KO system (short matches) for the Candidates tournament is negative for chess. The reasons are as follows:
1. So far we have 27 draws out of 29 games in classical chess, about 95% (!!). Many of these draws were very short – 12,15,18 etc. moves. Even in rapid games we have draws in 8 (!!!) moves. This is shame and disaster for the image of chess and FIDE. The question is, why didn’t the WCOC introduce the Sofia Rules on time?
2. Some of the players were making short draws on purpose, in order to decide matches in rapid chess or blitz. But the point is that if we have WCC in classical chess, why should we decide the matches in blitz? Knowing very well from the past experience that the KO system leads to and tempts with that, why does the WCOC recommend it?
3. The PR results of Kazan are very poor. With probably small exception of Russia, there doesn’t appear any interest from international Press for this event. This also hurts chess and FIDE.
Conclusion: The WCOC who is responsible for this system failed, and should resign immediately. The FIDE PB should appoint new WCOC on next meeting in Al Ain in order to avoid before mentioned mishaps and to improve the situation in the future.
Best regards,
Silvio Danailov
President of ECU
Source
Boris Gelfand to challenge Vishy Anand
This match will take place in the first half of 2012.
In and extremely good performance by Gelfand, Grischuk stopped his clock after move 35 and four hours of play.
In the press conference immediately after the game, GM Boris Gelfand stated that he was somewhat "lucky" when his opponent chose a variation in the Gruenfeld Defence which was very familiar for him. With a novelty on move 13, white really surprised the Russian GM and after move 16 the clocks showed a very unusual picture: black had spent exactly one hour more than white: Gelfand 9 minutes, Grischuk 1 hour and 9 minutes.
WSOP 2011 Best Bets
If there is a group of people more prepared for success at the 2011 World Series of Poker than chess players, PokerListings hasn’t found it.
Two world-class female chess players dominated the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in Los Angeles this year en route to making the final table.
And while Almira Skripchenko and Dinara Khaziyeva didn’t win, they proved they’re poised for big things in poker.
Historically, chess players have proven the transition to poker to be a profitable one.
1995 WSOP Main Event champ and two-time finalist Dan Harrington is among those who played chess before he turned to poker, as is 2008 November Niner Ylon Schwartz.
Full article
Kill Everyone: Advanced Strategies for No-Limit Hold 'Em Poker, Tournaments, and Sit-n-Gos: Revised and Expanded Edition (Gambling Theories Methods)
Two world-class female chess players dominated the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in Los Angeles this year en route to making the final table.
And while Almira Skripchenko and Dinara Khaziyeva didn’t win, they proved they’re poised for big things in poker.
Historically, chess players have proven the transition to poker to be a profitable one.
1995 WSOP Main Event champ and two-time finalist Dan Harrington is among those who played chess before he turned to poker, as is 2008 November Niner Ylon Schwartz.
Full article
Kill Everyone: Advanced Strategies for No-Limit Hold 'Em Poker, Tournaments, and Sit-n-Gos: Revised and Expanded Edition (Gambling Theories Methods)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Grand Slam Final 2011
The top chess players will once again meet each other in the 2011 Grand Slam Final, which will be played 25 September to 11 October. The tournament picks up a Linares type model, making the tournament a double round robin and splitting the event between two venues - Sao Paulo and Bilbao.
The presentation of the Final Chess Masters itself will happen on board of the thematic chess cruice MSC Ópera. Then the first rounds of the event will be played in Sao Paulo and the second part will be in Alhóndiga Bilbao.
The Grand Slam 2011 is a double round robin with 6 players.
GM Magnus Carlsen (winner of Nanjing), GM Viswanathan Anand (World Champion), and GM Hikaru Nakamura (winner of Corus) are confirmed participants. One more will be selected from the tournament of Bazna Kings in June, while two more nominees will be announced later.
One more time Sofia rule and Bilbao rule will be part of the Grand Slam final.
Official homepage
The presentation of the Final Chess Masters itself will happen on board of the thematic chess cruice MSC Ópera. Then the first rounds of the event will be played in Sao Paulo and the second part will be in Alhóndiga Bilbao.
The Grand Slam 2011 is a double round robin with 6 players.
GM Magnus Carlsen (winner of Nanjing), GM Viswanathan Anand (World Champion), and GM Hikaru Nakamura (winner of Corus) are confirmed participants. One more will be selected from the tournament of Bazna Kings in June, while two more nominees will be announced later.
One more time Sofia rule and Bilbao rule will be part of the Grand Slam final.
Official homepage
Monday, May 23, 2011
Shirov wins in Lublin
The Lublin Union Memorial events are organized for the purpose of promoting city's candidacy for the status of 2016 European Capital of Culture. GM Boris Grachev was the winner of the first Lublin tournament, while in the second tournament he shared the honours with GM Bartlomiej Macieja and GM Mateusz Bartel.
GM Alexei Shirov did all the work in the first half of the tournament when he scored three victories. By the end he maintained the first place and took the trophy.
Final standings:
1. GM Shirov Alexei, Spain 2709 - 5.0
2-3. GM Grachev Boris, Russia 2669 and GM Zhigalko Sergei, Belarus 2679 - 4.5
4-5. GM Roiz Michael, Israel 2660 and GM Sasikiran Krishnan, India 2676 - 4.0
6-8. GM Socko Bartosz, Poland 2654, GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw, Poland 2721 and GM Alekseev Evgeny, Russia 2673 - 2.0
Tournament website
History of World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships
The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry and he organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in England. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion. Since then it has been held every two years until 1973, when an annual schedule was adopted.
The first tournament was 11-round Swiss, but in subsequent years preliminary tournament have been played with players divided into sections of approximately equal strength. From these preliminaries sections, players qualified for the top, middle and lowest sections i.e. A, B, C and D finals.
In the period 1951-1973 finals were held as Round-Robin tournaments. Since then preliminaries were canceled and a 13-round Swiss event was adopted.
In 1982, a separate tournament for girls U-20 was organized. The first winner was Agnieszka Brustman of Poland. The first event was also called the World Cup. Since then the World Girls U-20 Championships have been held every year except the 1984 year.
There are many top junior players of all continents are taking part in Championships. Champions under 20: Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand became World Champions. The World Girls U-20 Champion Zhu Chen became the World Women Champion.
In the 2008 year in Turkey 109 juniors and 67 girls from 50 countries took part. In the 2009 year in Argentina 80 juniors and 45 girls from 61 countries took part.
Read more
The first tournament was 11-round Swiss, but in subsequent years preliminary tournament have been played with players divided into sections of approximately equal strength. From these preliminaries sections, players qualified for the top, middle and lowest sections i.e. A, B, C and D finals.
In the period 1951-1973 finals were held as Round-Robin tournaments. Since then preliminaries were canceled and a 13-round Swiss event was adopted.
In 1982, a separate tournament for girls U-20 was organized. The first winner was Agnieszka Brustman of Poland. The first event was also called the World Cup. Since then the World Girls U-20 Championships have been held every year except the 1984 year.
There are many top junior players of all continents are taking part in Championships. Champions under 20: Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand became World Champions. The World Girls U-20 Champion Zhu Chen became the World Women Champion.
In the 2008 year in Turkey 109 juniors and 67 girls from 50 countries took part. In the 2009 year in Argentina 80 juniors and 45 girls from 61 countries took part.
Read more
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Gelfand - Kamsky Match Analysed
GM Boris Gelfand qualified for the finals of the Candidates matches. There he will meet Alexander Grischuk in direct battle for the World Championship 2012 spot in the final with Vishy Anand. Here are all games with video analysis from the semi final with Gata Kamsky.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Total Domination by Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic did the impossible again.Full article at Yahoo
For the second straight week, the world No. 2 defeated Rafael Nadal in a clay court final, stunning the top-ranked Spaniard 6-4, 6-4 at the Italian Open. The win was Djokovic's fourth-consecutive victory over Nadal, extends his season-opening winning streak to 37 and, without a doubt, establishes him as the hottest tennis player in the world.
It may even make him the favorite at next week's French Open, a statement that would have been considered blasphemous as recently as eight days ago.
Double victory for India at the Asian Individual
After 9 rounds of Swiss System competition in the Asian Individual Championship 2011 held in Mashhad, Iran, Harikirshna from India, Yu Yangi from China and Son Nguyen from Vietnam shared the first place with 6.5 each. Harikirshna was declared winner on best tiebreak score.
After them Rinat Jumbayev from Kazakhstan with 6.0 points had better tiebreaks and landed forth to also qualifiy for the FIDE World Cup that will be held in August in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
In the Women's section, IM Harika Dronavalli from India, also top seeded player in the starting roster, won the Championship by collecting 6.5 points.
In the closing ceremony FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that Grand Prix and FIDE Presidential Board Meeting will held in Mashhad, Iran in February 2012.
After them Rinat Jumbayev from Kazakhstan with 6.0 points had better tiebreaks and landed forth to also qualifiy for the FIDE World Cup that will be held in August in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
In the Women's section, IM Harika Dronavalli from India, also top seeded player in the starting roster, won the Championship by collecting 6.5 points.
In the closing ceremony FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that Grand Prix and FIDE Presidential Board Meeting will held in Mashhad, Iran in February 2012.
20th Annual Chicago Open
The 20th Annual Chicago Open will take place at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, IL, May 26-30, 2011. The prize fund for the tournament is $100,000 guaranteed.
The Open Section will be 9 rounds played over a 5-day schedule and will have GM and IM norm possibilities. The other sections, U2100, U1900, 1700, 1500 and U1200 will be 7 round events with 4-day, 3-day and 2-day schedules.
GM John Fedorowicz will provide free lectures and game analysis.
Last year winner was GM Loek Van Wely of Netherlands.
Official website
The Open Section will be 9 rounds played over a 5-day schedule and will have GM and IM norm possibilities. The other sections, U2100, U1900, 1700, 1500 and U1200 will be 7 round events with 4-day, 3-day and 2-day schedules.
GM John Fedorowicz will provide free lectures and game analysis.
Last year winner was GM Loek Van Wely of Netherlands.
Official website
European Senior Teams Championship
A quick peace treaty with Austria in the last round of the European Senior Teams Championship handed the gold medal to the team of Russia. Congratulations!
Russia won six matches, tied three and collected a total of 15 match points.
In the match between two teams on the shared second place, Germany started off with two draws against Denmark 1 and then GM Wolfgang Uhlmann scored to give his team a lead. FM Clemens Werner later finished the job for the overall 3-1 victory and a silver medal for German team.
Montenegro was battling Scotland in an attempt to win the bronze medal. Austria's draw and Israel's lower sum of individual points lifted their spirits. FM Momcilo Raicevic opened the match with one of his trademark swift victories. GM Bozidar Ivanovic increased the margin, but soon after IM Ljubo Zivkovic lost on the second board.
The whole team was trembling as FM Srdja Dragasevic, also president of the Montenegro Chess Federation, was searching for the way out of inferior position. He eventually succeeded to make a key draw for his team to grab the bronze.
Italy started well versus Israel 1 as IM Stefano Tatai crushed GM Mark Tseitlin on the first board in only 16 moves. IM Tatai commented that this sharp Sicilian Naidorf line was well known to him as he had played it 30 years ago and analysed in his opening book that was published last year.
GM Yair Kraidman struck back on the fourth board and equalised the score. The teams exchanged victories on the 2nd and 3rd board to finally settle the result at 2-2.
Results and full standings
Russia won six matches, tied three and collected a total of 15 match points.
In the match between two teams on the shared second place, Germany started off with two draws against Denmark 1 and then GM Wolfgang Uhlmann scored to give his team a lead. FM Clemens Werner later finished the job for the overall 3-1 victory and a silver medal for German team.
Denmark - Germany
Montenegro was battling Scotland in an attempt to win the bronze medal. Austria's draw and Israel's lower sum of individual points lifted their spirits. FM Momcilo Raicevic opened the match with one of his trademark swift victories. GM Bozidar Ivanovic increased the margin, but soon after IM Ljubo Zivkovic lost on the second board.
The whole team was trembling as FM Srdja Dragasevic, also president of the Montenegro Chess Federation, was searching for the way out of inferior position. He eventually succeeded to make a key draw for his team to grab the bronze.
Italy started well versus Israel 1 as IM Stefano Tatai crushed GM Mark Tseitlin on the first board in only 16 moves. IM Tatai commented that this sharp Sicilian Naidorf line was well known to him as he had played it 30 years ago and analysed in his opening book that was published last year.
GM Yair Kraidman struck back on the fourth board and equalised the score. The teams exchanged victories on the 2nd and 3rd board to finally settle the result at 2-2.
Results and full standings
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Serious money at top level chess
Thanks to Bobby Fischer, the first professional chess player who demanded "respectable" money for top level events more than 40 years ago, many of the top chess players today can make a good living as professionals.Full article by Susan Polgar
The 8-player candidates' matches to select a challenger for World Chess Champion Vishy Anand are held right now in Kazan, Tatarstan. The prize funds are 500,000 euros, which is about $731,000. The World Championship match in 2012 is expected to have a purse of about $2 million to $3 million euros, which is around $3 million to $4 million. The prize funds for the recently concluded U.S. Championships were about $250,000.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Nikita Vitiugov about the Candidates
Aronian - Grischuk
Perhaps the most interesting quarter-final match. Although the odds of Levon Aronian's overall victory in this tournament are high enough, this match it will be very difficult. Grischuk's zeitnots will be testing for both players. Given the most powerful coaching team, Aronian's chief advantage will be in the openings. If Grischuk can surprise him in this initial stage, then his chances are not worse. Tiebreaks could be particularly pleasing for the observers as both players are excelling in the fast time controls.
Kamsky - Topalov
Semi-finalists from the previous world championship cycle are both, for different reasons, in the shadow of their younger colleagues. Kamsky played in many massive Swiss tournament, while Topalov just got married and somewhat distanced from practical games. I think the match will be very productive and is likely to end within the regular games, without tiebreak. Naming the favourite is extremely difficult.
Kramnik - Radjabov
Initially, considering Kramnik's huge experience in matches, is looked easy to predict the outcome of this match. However, Kramnik form in the recent times is not so convincing. It is not easy to predict how will Radjabov perform. Strong nerves of the Azerbaijani Grandmaster, coupled with a good opening preparation and short duration of the match, are telling that his chances should not be underestimated. I think the match will be very tense, and its outcome will be determined with one decided game.
Gelfand - Mamedyarov
Gelfand's positive score from their earlier games can turn to be a detriment to either player. It is also unclear how will Mamedyarov's six-months break reflect on his play. Perhaps the most unpredictable match.
From Russian Sports Daily
Perhaps the most interesting quarter-final match. Although the odds of Levon Aronian's overall victory in this tournament are high enough, this match it will be very difficult. Grischuk's zeitnots will be testing for both players. Given the most powerful coaching team, Aronian's chief advantage will be in the openings. If Grischuk can surprise him in this initial stage, then his chances are not worse. Tiebreaks could be particularly pleasing for the observers as both players are excelling in the fast time controls.
Kamsky - Topalov
Semi-finalists from the previous world championship cycle are both, for different reasons, in the shadow of their younger colleagues. Kamsky played in many massive Swiss tournament, while Topalov just got married and somewhat distanced from practical games. I think the match will be very productive and is likely to end within the regular games, without tiebreak. Naming the favourite is extremely difficult.
Kramnik - Radjabov
Initially, considering Kramnik's huge experience in matches, is looked easy to predict the outcome of this match. However, Kramnik form in the recent times is not so convincing. It is not easy to predict how will Radjabov perform. Strong nerves of the Azerbaijani Grandmaster, coupled with a good opening preparation and short duration of the match, are telling that his chances should not be underestimated. I think the match will be very tense, and its outcome will be determined with one decided game.
Gelfand - Mamedyarov
Gelfand's positive score from their earlier games can turn to be a detriment to either player. It is also unclear how will Mamedyarov's six-months break reflect on his play. Perhaps the most unpredictable match.
From Russian Sports Daily
Monday, May 02, 2011
Anton Korobov's Clinical Finish in Nakhchivan Open
International Chess Festival Nakhchivan Open, which took place from 23rd April to 1st May with the prize fund of 66 500 USD, has seen an exciting finish in Azerbaijan. GM Anton Korobov managed to defeat the constant leader GM Paco Vallejo and snatch the first position in the last round.
That guaranteed a fantastic $10 000 first prize, among many strong players as Wang Yue, Zoltan Almasi, Eltaj Safarli, Gadir Guseinov, etc.
This is not the first big success of Korobov. The Ukrainian Grandmaster won the national championship back in 2002, in 2003 he won Linares Open, in 2003 to 2008 he has 4 medals from national championships, and in 2009 and 2010 he won Czech Open.
The other big star of the tournament was the 17-years old junior Alexander Ipatov from Spain. He shared the 2nd place, with the same points as Grandmasters Almasi, Vallejo Pons and I.Sokolov, scoring his 3rd and final GM norm and downing on the way players like GM Merab Gagunashvili, IM Davit Benidze, GM Konstantine Shanava, and drawing with black with GM Eltaj Safarli and GM Ivan Sokolov.
More information on azerichess.az
That guaranteed a fantastic $10 000 first prize, among many strong players as Wang Yue, Zoltan Almasi, Eltaj Safarli, Gadir Guseinov, etc.
This is not the first big success of Korobov. The Ukrainian Grandmaster won the national championship back in 2002, in 2003 he won Linares Open, in 2003 to 2008 he has 4 medals from national championships, and in 2009 and 2010 he won Czech Open.
The other big star of the tournament was the 17-years old junior Alexander Ipatov from Spain. He shared the 2nd place, with the same points as Grandmasters Almasi, Vallejo Pons and I.Sokolov, scoring his 3rd and final GM norm and downing on the way players like GM Merab Gagunashvili, IM Davit Benidze, GM Konstantine Shanava, and drawing with black with GM Eltaj Safarli and GM Ivan Sokolov.
More information on azerichess.az
Sunday, May 01, 2011
AAI International Chess Tournament
India will be organizing AAI International Chess Tournament, a category 17 event, from 21st June to 2nd July 2011 in New Delhi. The tournament format will be six-player double round robin.
Six top upcoming Grandmasters led by Fabiano Caruana of Italy and the Women's World Champion Hou Yifan of China, including Philippines No. 1 Wesley So, Czech Republic No. 2 Viktor Laznicka, Indian No. 2 Krishnan Sasikiran and Indian National Champion Parimarjan Negi, will compete.
Six top upcoming Grandmasters led by Fabiano Caruana of Italy and the Women's World Champion Hou Yifan of China, including Philippines No. 1 Wesley So, Czech Republic No. 2 Viktor Laznicka, Indian No. 2 Krishnan Sasikiran and Indian National Champion Parimarjan Negi, will compete.
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