After a desperately uneventful round three the players suddenly all galvanised into fighting mode and delivered a supremely exciting round four. Vladimir Kramnik won his game with the black pieces against Arkadij Naiditsch, while Magnus Carlsen came very close to a black victory against Etienne Bacrot. Carlsen and Kramnik now lead with 2.5/4 points. Big pictorial review.
Archive for July 5th, 2009
Dortmund 04: Kramnik wins with black, leads with Carlsen
Sunday, July 5th, 2009Boris Gelfand annotates
Sunday, July 5th, 2009FIDE’s new Elo list ranks Boris Gelfand at number 9 – the last time the 41-year old was so well
placed was in 2006. The Elo points he has acquired come above all from his top
class results in various leagues (Israel, Austria, Russia). For ChessBase Magazine 130 the
Israeli GM has annotated his game against Karjakin from the Grand Prix in Nalchik (click on the notation to replay).
Here it is in full.
All India Chess Federation revokes ban on Gopal
Sunday, July 5th, 2009In March we reported on the ban that was placed on G.N. Gopal, one of India’s bright young stars, by the AICF. The 2555 rated GM had failed to play in the national championship last December, and the punishment would have seen him missing the next Asian and the World Junior Championship. Now, after protest by the Chess Players Association of India, the AICF has lifted the ban.
Anya Corke – a special talent from Hong Kong
Sunday, July 5th, 2009She was born in the USA but raised in Hong Kong, where her Chinese mother and Scottish father had lecturing positions. She is a WGM and strongest chess player in Hong Kong and has represented the island at several Olympiads playing on the first table against, amongst others, Gata Kamsky. In spite of an academic career this girl has a bright chess future. Portrait by Diana Mihajlova.