Archive for March 1st, 2009

The final USCF crosstable for the “World Team 2009″ (a.k.a. US Amateur Team East or USATE 2009) is finally up. And NJoyChess has the Wall Chart PDF, Team Chart, and previously mentioned Prize List.

In the last week we brought you two spectacular puzzles taken from the Corus Studies Day in Wijk aan Zee, and we also reported on the 2009 British Problem Solving Championship, presenting three problems from that event. Naturally all of this without revealing the solutions, which we do today. Prepare for some unbelievable lines and unique positional ideas in these celestial solutions.

In the last week we brought you two spectacular puzzles taken from the Corus Studies Day in Wijk aan Zee, and we also reported on the 2009 British Problem Solving Championship, presenting three problems from that event. Naturally all of this without revealing the solutions, which we do today. Prepare for some unbelievable lines and unique positional ideas in these celestial solutions.

All four games were very hard-fought, but three ended in a draw, with black pressing on all three boards. In the fourth game is was black again, with Levon Aronian gaining an advantage against Magnus Carlsen in a well-prepared Semi-Slav. It took the Armenian GM 6½ hours and 93 moves to overcome the resistance of his young Norwegian opponent. Grischuk still leads by a full point. Round eight report.