Archive for January 17th, 2010

Want to go to Moscow to play in the FIDE World Blitz qualifier in February?
Meet top international players over the board? With all expenses paid? Well
you can take a crack at it by participating in the Internet qualifiers on Playchess.com.
The first is in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday – especially interesting
for US and Far East participants. You will find all the
details here.

With the world’s strongest kibitzer watching anxiously Magnus Carlsen pulled off his first win in the Super-GM in Wijk aan Zee, beating Dutch GM Jan Smeets in a tense 41-move game. Nakamura played an aggressive, exciting win over Loek van Wely, and Alexei Shirov scored a second full point against Fabiano Caruana. In Group B Anish Giri won a second game and leads. Full report.