Another dramatic round, with Gata Kamsky coming back strongly from his two previous losses to grind down Alexander Grischuk in 101 moves – with the black pieces. Etienne Bacrot scored a full point against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Evgeny Alekseev defeated his young colleague Sergey Karjakin. Alekseev has now joined Aronian in the lead. Full report with GM commentary.
Archive for April 24th, 2009
Nalchik R9: Kamsky, Alekseev and Bacrot win
Friday, April 24th, 2009FIDE Grand Prix – round nine live coverage
Friday, April 24th, 2009Alexander Grischuk vs Gata Kamsky – will the American GM recover from
the two consecutive losses and come out fighting? Evgeny Alekseev vs
Sergey Karjakin in a battle of the two youngest players. Svidler
vs Leko and Gelfand vs Aronian reeks of experience. You can watch all games live
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How is basketball like a game of chess?
Friday, April 24th, 2009Our beloved game has been used to promote a variety of human activities: financial institutions use it – ad nauseam –, car sales people too. Even in Victorian times it was a popular image. Now the National Basketball Association (NBA), North America’s a professional men’s basketball league, has picked chess to convey a message. Check out the newest chess promo for the NBA on TNT.