Kenilworth Chess Club Champion Arthur Macaspac, who expects to open his Chess Mates cafe soon, is featured in an article in Central New Jersey’s Home News & Tribune titled “Chess lover opens cafe in Rahway.”
Archive for March 20th, 2010
Chess Mates in the News
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Amber: Gashimov beats Carlsen, Ivanchuk leads
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Vasily ‘Mr Amber’ Ivanchuk once again back in the sole lead. The Ukrainian beat Alexander Grischuk 1.5:0.5, while his main rival, Magnus Carlsen, lost 0.5:1.5 to Azeri GM Vugar Gashimov. Sergey Karjakin scored 2-0 against his compatriot Ruslan Ponomariov, while Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian shared the points with a win each. Round seven report.
Rijeka: Medals, statistics and quotes
Saturday, March 20th, 2010In our previous
report we gave you the gold medal winners of the European Championship.
On Thursday the silver and bronze medals in the open and womens groups were
played out. The statistics of the event are impressive: 566
players from 41 countries, 440 players with titles, 196 of them grandmasters. Of the 3,078 games 2,088 or 68% were decisive, only 32%
drawn. Final report.
Amber: Carlsen scores a fourth 2-0 knock-out
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Apparently nothing can stop the world’s highest-ranked player. In round six of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament Magnus Carlsen dispatched Boris Gelfand, who had won his four previous games, with a 2-0 score. Carlsen is now alone in the lead. Dutch GM Jan Smeets won his first game in Nice – against Vladimir Kramnik in blindfold. Round six report with video interviews.
Amber: Carlsen scores a fifth 2-0 knock-out
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Apparently nothing can stop the world’s highest-ranked player. In round six of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament Magnus Carlsen dispatched Boris Gelfand, who had won his four previous games, with a 2-0 score. Carlsen is now alone in the lead. Dutch GM Jan Smeets won his first game in Nice – against Vladimir Kramnik in blindfold. Round six report with video interviews.