Archive for August 12th, 2009

The fifth FIDE Grand Prix in Armenia has not yet moved into third gear. Today’s round saw six draws in seven games: two in less than 30 moves, a 52-move exploration of the Queen’s Gambit Declined and a 70-move struggle in a Queen’s Indian. Evgeny Alekseev managed to bring the point home against Ernesto Inarkiev, without affecting the leaderboard. Illustrated report.

American IM Ray Robson was one of the four winners of the recently finished
Arctic Challenge in Norway. This was achieved by prodigious talent and some
excellent preparation. In his Wednesday night Playchess
lecture Dennis Monokroussos shows us the brilliant idea uncorked by Robson against
Rasmussen, one that could alter our understanding of the system.
Be there at 9 p.m. ET.

There are 45 GMs, 48 IMs in the Master Tournament, staged to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world’s oldest chess club. After three rounds 12 GMs had a perfect score, after four the number had dropped to two. One game in particular delighted IM Malcolm Pein of the London Chess Center, who sent us his thoughts on the moves of a 15-year-old grandmaster.

There are 45 GMs, 48 IMs in the Master Tournament, staged to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world’s oldest chess club. After three rounds 12 GMs had a perfect score, after four the number had dropped to two. One game in particularly delighted IM Malcolm Pein of the London Chess Center, who send us his thoughts on the moves of a 15-year-old grandmaster.