Archive for January, 1970

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Carlsen held off Topalov in what was the last realistic chance for anyone to make a run at him, and with three rounds to go maintains a two point lead over…

Not only did Magnus Carlsen not win today, someone else did! With Black against Peter Leko, Carlsen tried the Gruenfeld line Garry Kasparov repeatedly used against Anatoly Karpov in their recent…

Despite being a fairly big rating favorite, my success in the Indiana State Championship wasn’t smooth at all. It took a miraculous win in round 2 and a gritty last round…

As I’ve noted many times, team events (like the Bundesliga) are often overlooked by chess fans, but they often have some of the world’s greatest players on stage. Case in point:…

For the third straight week, Notre Dame’s offense bailed out their porous defense – though their defense gets credit for a great goal line stand in the OT. Phew!…

(That’s the University of Washington.) The proceedings begin at about 3:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched in the U.S. on NBC. For some pre-game materials, have a look here….

Which is to say that Magnus Carlsen defeated another hapless victim (today’s episode co-starred Teimour Radjabov), while the guest stars drew their games (Leko-Jakovenko, Topalov-Wang Yue). If it weren’t for his…

Here’s an adventure of mine from last weekend. I won the game, but all three results were possible. It started with the tricky von Hennig-Schara Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6…

One more time! Magnus Carlsen won again and, again, was the only winner. Today’s victim was Dmitrij Jakovenko, and his victimhood was of a largely self-inflicted sort. Carlsen played well in…

World Champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger (and rating #1*) Veselin Topalov are to play for the title early next year, but at the moment there seem to be problems with the…

Less than a month ago, I was enjoying the summer in Greece. Most of the time was spent enjoying family, scenery, museums and the food, but I’m glad I was able…

Brought to you by Europe-Echecs. The interviewer is French GM Robert Fontaine….

Brought to you by Europe-Echecs. The interviewer is French GM Robert Fontaine….

It was close, but on the last two moves of the time control Carlsen squandered a winning position against Wang Yue. A pity, as his play in the late opening through…

Alexander Morozevich has been exciting chess fans for over a decade now as not only one of the strongest but most imaginative players around. Not only can he defeat anyone, he…

The tournament can be divided into three groups so far. Group 1: Carlsen. Group 2: Those defeated by Carlsen. Group 3: Those who haven’t played Carlsen yet….

The category 21 tournament in Nanjing started today, and if one thing looks clear it’s that Magnus Carlsen is there to win. Against Peter Leko, he played the Scotch (<a…

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But there’s always next time. I was rooting for Ray Robson to get the norm and become the youngest GM in U.S. history, but it’s hard to believe he won’t get…

As in 3 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CET). I haven’t seen the first-round pairings yet, but the participants are Topalov, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Leko, Radjabov and Wang Yue. The event is a…

I hadn’t played in a tournament in a while, so it was time to get my feet wet. There was a quad-based tournament a couple of hours away in Wabash, Indiana…

Ha, ha, ha!…

With a draw in the next to last round of the Spice Cup B-Tournament, Ben Finegold has, at long last, achieved his third and final grandmaster norm. As he fulfilled…

Impressively, too. Emil Sutovsky defeated Antoaneta Stefanova in the last round of the InventiChess 2009 tournament in Antwerp and came in first with a fine 7/9 score. Sutovsky’s win will…