Archive for April 26th, 2009

High drama in Nalchik: five decisive games, with Aronian, Leko, Akopian, Mamedyarov and Grischuk scoring. After the dust has settled we see Levon Aronian once again in the sole lead, with Peter Leko half a point behind. Three players share 3rd-5th places, a full point behind Aronian. We bring you commentary by GM Sergey Shipov and pictures from the Grand Prix in our round ten report.

High drama in Nalchik: five decisive games, with Aronian, Leko, Mamedyarov, Akopian and Grischuk scoring. After the dust has settled we see Levon Aronian once again leading all by himself, but with Peter Leko having crawled up to a point behind. Three players are a full point behind Aronian. Full commentary to follow later tonight, for now here’s an express report.

On this warm and sunny Sunday the reinvigorated Gata Kamsky plays Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
Alexander Grischuk has white and will be eager to regain some ground by beating
the new pretender Evgeny Alekseev. You can watch all seven games
from Nalchik live – and discuss them with other visitors – on Playchess,
or follow the moves on our Flash client.

Last December Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh proposed a solution to the perceived problem of too many unforced draws in chess (force everyone to play to mate). There ensued a lively discussion. Now we have another proposal on the table, submitted by Ali Ferhat Tamur, a computer engineer and 2200 player, who differentiates between complete and slight wins. What do you think?