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Chess loses a fighter
Russian-born U.S. grandmaster Igor Ivanov, one of the best chess players on the North American scene in the 1980s and 1990s, died of cancer earlier this month at his Utah home at the age of 59. ... One of his most famous wins was his brilliancy-prize victory over Seattle GM and multiple U.S. champion Yasser Seirawan at the 1991 U.S. chess championship. The final tactic, involving two consecutive queen offers, was deemed the best combination of the year by the editors of Informant magazine. ... |
Speelman on chess
We're currently in the midst of a succession of official FIDE events. Starting with the World Chess Championship Tournament itself in San Luis Argentina in October, this has continued with the World Team Chess Championship in Beersheva at the beginning of this month, the World Junior Chess Championship, which is currently in progress in Istanbul; and the FIDE World Cup which gets under way a week today in Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia, an 128-player knockout which is a stepping stone on the way to their projected World Chess Championship Tournament in 2007. ... |
Barden on chess
Playing to the rules has a special connotation in the biennial chess Olympiad, in which more than 150 nations compete, and the quadrennial world team chess championship. Squads are of six players, with four taking part in each individual match. Because scoring is primarily on game rather than match points, there is a premium on fielding two or three players who can score heavily against weaker teams. ... |
Speelman on chess
The World Team Chess Championship finished in Beersheva in Israel on Thursday in victory for the favourites Russia by the narrowest possible margin after a dramatic 3.5-0.5 last round win against the erstwhile leaders China. Rank outsiders before the event, the young, strong and ambitious Chinese chess team, none of whose members is currently rated even in the top 50, had somehow coalesced into a unit hugely stronger than the sum of its parts; and in the first seven rounds swept away all before it. ... |
Barden on Chess
China has made a quantum jump into the leading chess nations, and almost achieved one of the great historic upsets, in this week's world team chess championship in Beersheba, Israel. Beijing's unheralded team beat the Olympiad champions Ukraine, crushed the US 3.5-0.5 and led the mighty Russians by four points with only eight games left. But in Thursday's final round Moscow's elite grandmasters beat China 3.5-0.5 and regained the world chess title by only half a point. ... |
Russia wins world chess team championship
Russia captured the world chess team championship Thursday with a last-minute, come-from-behind victory over the surprised Chinese chess team. The two teams had been battling for the top spot since the chess tournament began Nov. 1, with the Russians edging ahead on the tournament's final day by winning its last three matches against the Chinese. Russia finished with 22 points, followed by China with 21.5 points. ... |
China Eyes First Chess World Title
China's national chess team yesterday sought to expand its narrow lead over heavily favored Russia in search of its first world chess championship title. The two teams have been battling for the top spot since the chess tournament began November 1, with the Chinese men's team on Monday poking ahead by a half point. Heading into a matchup yesterday with the third-place US chess team, China had 16 points. Russia has 15.5 points. ... |
Israeli city joins the great chess capitals of the world
A sleepy southern Israeli city that is passionate about the game of chess has had the honor of hosting the World Team Chess Championships of the game of kings. The world's top chess players - who traveled last week from as far away as China and Cuba - sat at their numbered, blue-draped tables utterly focused on their games as the 10-day chess tournament got underway. ... |
Armenia Third after Three Tours of World Chess Championship
The third tour of the World Chess Championship took place in Beer Sheva, Israel. The Armenian chess team met with the Ukrainian chess players and won 2.5:1.5. The victory was gained by Levon Aronyan, who played with Vasiliy Ivanchuk. The other three games were played in a draw. ... |
Cuba Faces China at World Chess
The Cuban chess team is in pursuit Thursday of its second win in the World Chess Championship as it faces off with the Chinese menīs side in the third round. Cuba, which finished eighth at Calvia 2004 Olympics, lost 3-1 to heavyweight Russia in her debut Monday and defeated Chinaīs women with the same score the following day. ... |
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