June Computer Chess
Sale. New TWIC Theory June 2007: Developments in the Mainline Queens Indian by
GM Alexander Finkel |
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XX Ciudad de León. Day 1. Anand 3-1
Ponomariov. Day 2 Topalov 2,5-1.5 Kasimdzhanov. Day 3. Viswanathan Anand won
the title by beating Veseling Topalov 3-1 in the final. |
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Canadian Open. Bu Xiangzhi won with
8/10. |
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Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup. Ivanchuk edges
out Grischuk by half a point. |
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4th Taiyuan GM |
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World Open |
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July FIDE Rating List the corrected
version |
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Maxim Sorokin 1968-2007 |
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Dortmund 2007. Round 7. Kramnik wins the
event by a point. |
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VII Aratovsky Memorial |
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South African Open |
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New FIDE World Championship cycle
announced |
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Aerosvit Tournament. Vassily Ivanchuk took
clear first with 7.5/11 half a point clear of Sergey Karjakin. |
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Dutch Championship. Sergei Tiviakov took
the title on tie-break. |
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Bazna. Alexander Khalifman beat Rafael
Vaganian in the final round to take clear first place from him, they were tied
going into the round. |
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Gorenje tournament in Valjevo. Roiz edged
out Atalik on tie-break after both finished on 6.5/9 a point clear of a
returning Karpov. |
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European Union Tournament |
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World Championship Candidate Matches.
Candidates Finals. Leko and Gelfand go through to Mexico City after
game five. Playoffs. Alexander Grischuk wins with black in games 1 and 3 of the
playoffs to book the final place in Mexico City Playoffs. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game
notes by IM Malcolm Pein. |
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New John Watson chess book and software
reviews.
Most recent review: 17th July 2007.
#80: Historical and Biographical Works,
Installment 1 - #81: Historical and
Biographical Works, Installment 2
Recent reviews: #79 - #78 -
#77 - #76
- #75 -
#74
Past
Reviews
John Watson's ambitious work,"Mastering
the Openings, Volume 1" is now available, with Volume 2 at the printers.
The books aim to explain openings on an instructional and conceptual basis. His
"Dangerous Weapons: The French" has just been released. It is available at the
London Chess Center, along with his recent co-authored book "How to Succeed in
the Queen Pawn Openings". Other of Watson's award-winning books include "Chess Strategy in Action",
"Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy",
and "Play the French, 3rd Edition".
John reports that TWIC is a constant Web companion. |
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Number 33 June 2007.
Developments in the Mainline Queens Indian by GM Alexander
Finkel
Details: http://www.chesscenter.com/twictheory/
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XX Ciudad de León
Anand
- Ponomariov on day 1. Photo © http://www.advancedchessleon.com
The
XX Ciudad de León Chess tournament took place 4th-9th July 2007. The
first round is on Friday July 6th 2007. Viswanathan Anand won the title by
beating Vesselin Topalov 3-1 in the final.
Games in
PGN
Day 1 6th July 2007 Anand 3-1 Ponomariov Day 2 7th
July 2007 Topalov 2,5-1.5 Kasimdzhanov Day 2 8th July 2007 Anand
3-1 Topalov
Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com -
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Canadian Open
Winner Bu Xiangzhi. Photo ©
http://canchess.ca/
The 2007
Canadian Open Chess Championship took place 7-15 July 2007 in Ottawa, the
capital of Canada. 10 rounds 100 minutes/game + 1 minute increment / move. Bu
Xiangzhi won with 8/10.
Games in
PGN
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
1 Xiangzhi Bu GM 2685 8.0
2 Nigel D. Short GM 2683 7.5
3 Kamil Miton GM 2648 7.5
4 Chanda Sandipan GM 2563 7.5
5 Tomas Krnan IM 2492 7.5
6 Bator Sambuev GM 2482 7.5
7 Vadim Milov GM 2678 7.0
8 Sergey Tiviakov GM 2648 7.0
9 Andrey V. Rychagov GM 2557 7.0
10 Mark Bluvshtein GM 2520 7.0
11 Abhijit Kunte GM 2519 7.0
12 Alex Yermolinsky GM 2517 7.0
13 Anton Kovalyov FM 2510 7.0
14 Hoang Thong Tu GM 2483 7.0
15 Frank De La Paz Perdomo GM 2452 7.0
16 Thomas Roussel-Roozmon IM 2414 7.0
17 Alexander Reprintsev IM 2410 7.0
18 Leonid Gerzhoy IM 2409 7.0
19 Joe Bradford FM 2406 7.0
20 Daniel Rensch FM 2400 7.0
21 Jonathan Tayar FM 2271 7.0
22 Victor Mikhalevski GM 2601 6.5
23 Suat Atalik GM 2564 6.5
24 Anton Shomoev GM 2561 6.5
25 Valeriy Aveskulov GM 2539 6.5
26 David Howell GM 2519 6.5
27 Tomas Likavsky GM 2494 6.5
28 Tom O'Donnell IM 2427 6.5
29 Shiyam Thavandiran FM 2337 6.5
30 Arkady Vul GM 2312 6.5
280 players Official site: Event website:
http://www.canchess.ca - Event blog:
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Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
Vassily Ivanchuk's hot streak continues as he won with 7/9
half a point clear of Alexander Grischuk. Photo ©
http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com
The
Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup took place in Odessa, Ukraine from 4th-6th July 2007.
Vassily Ivanchuk edged out Alexander Grischuk by half a point.
Games in PGN
Final Round 9 Standings: 1.
Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 7.0; 2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 6.5; 3.
Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2747 5.5; 4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 5.5; 5. Gelfand,
Boris g ISR 2733 5.0; 6. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2558 4.0; 7. Bacrot, Etienne g
FRA 2709 3.5; 8. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2623 3.0; 9. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2650
2.5; 10. Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2551 2.5;
Official site:
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4th Taiyuan GM March The Taiyuan Tournament
Scheveningen tournament saw a foreign team beat a Chinese team 17-15. Vadim
Zvjaginsev scored 5.5/8 to top score in the event, Wang Yue made 5/8 to top
score for the Chinese team.
Games in
PGN
4th GM March Taiyuan CHN (CHN), 4-14 vii 2007
----------- Wang Yue 2696 5.0
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1 Zvjaginsev,V 2658 ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1 5.5
2 Cheparinov,I 2657 00 1½ ½1 ½½ 4.0
3 Asrian,K 2608 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 4.0
4 Balogh,C 2567 ½½ 00 ½½ ½1 3.5
Official site:
http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess/live_gx/index.html
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World Open The 35th Annual World Open took
place June 30th-July 4th 2007 in the Valley Forge Radisson & Convention
Plaza, King of Prussia, PA. Varuzhan Akobian won after an armaegeddon speed
playoff game against Alex Stripunsky.
Games in
PGN
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2738
6.5 2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2719 6.5 3 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2679 6.5 4 GM Evgeny
Najer 2672 6.5 5 GM Alexande Shabalov 2671 6.5 6 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2669
6.5 7 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2663 6.5 8 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2651 6.5 9 GM Julio
Becerra 2592 6.5 10 GM Vadim Milov 2731 6 11 GM Borki Predojevic 2709 6 12 GM
Jiri Stocek 2692 6 13 GM Abhijit Kunte 2637 6 14 GM Alexander Ivanov 2625 6 15
GM Lars B Hansen 2704 5.5 16 GM Daniel Fridman 2669 5.5 17 GM Yury Shulman 2667
5.5 18 GM Milos Pavlovic 2638 5.5 19 GM David Howell 2611 5.5 20 GM Eugene
Perelshteyn 2611 5.5 21 GM Sergey Kudrin 2583 5.5 22 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2553
5.5 23 IM Emory A Tate 2435 5.5
Live coverage:
http://www.monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=360
- Official site: http://www.worldopen.com/
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July FIDE Rating List The July 2007 rating
list has been released. Viswanathan Anand has extended the lead as world number
one he gained in April gaining 4 points from 4 Bundesliga games. Veselin
Topalov retains his second position by virtue of games played from Vladimir
Kramnik for the second list in succession, both lost three rating points in the
period, Kramnik by drawing against Jan Smeets in a single Dutch League
game.
FIDE July 2007 Rating List: Top 100
Analysis
Top 20 July 2007
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 4 1969
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 10 1975
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2769 1 1975
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2762 22 1969
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 18 1977
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 14 1985
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 9 1979
8 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 15 1982
9 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 7 1987
10 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2735 29 1983
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 28 1972
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 6 1976
13 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 21 1968
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 18 1983
15 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 18 1971
16 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2718 28 1974
17 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 19 1990
18 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2708 5 1971
19 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 10 1976
20 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2706 16 1983 |
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Maxim Sorokin 1968-2007 GM Maxim Sorokin
has died in hospital, a week after a car accident in Kalmykia from which he was
initially expected to survive reports Chess Today. There are also condolences
from FIDE at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1398.
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Dortmund
Kramnik plays Gelfand in round 2.
Photo © Martin Bennedik.
The Sparkassen Chess Meeting took
place 23rd June - 1st July 2007 in the Dortmund Civic Theatre. Vladimir Kramnik
impressed in winning the event by a point.
Games
in PGN
Round 7 (July 1, 2007)
Alekseev, Evgeny -
Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 31 C42 Petroff's Defence Leko, Peter - Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar 1/2 107 B46 Sicilian Paulsen Carlsen, Magnus - Anand,
Viswanathan 1/2 39 D12 Slav Defence Naiditsch, Arkadij - Gelfand, Boris 1/2
44 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Final Round 7 Standings: 1.
Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 5.0; 2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 4.0; 3. Leko,
Peter g HUN 2738 4.0; 4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 4.0; 5. Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 3.5; 6. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 3.0; 7. Gelfand, Boris
g ISR 2733 2.5; 8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2654 2.0;
Official site:
http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/
http://www.chessvibes.com has a number of
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VII Aratovsky Memorial
The VII Aratovsky
Memorial takes place in Saratov (one of the biggest siti on Volga River) 28th
June - 7th July 2007. Prize fund of this open tournament is just 1 million
rubles (appr. 30 000 Euro or 40 000 USD). The prize fund is third biggest in
Russia and the number of GMs is even more than by Moscow
Open. Players include 60 GMs, under them 15 Super GMs with
FIDE-rating 2600+: Krasenkov (POL), Sargissyan (ARM), Motylev, Volkov, Dreev,
Smirnov, Najer, Riazantsev, Bocharov, Yakovich (RUS), Shutovsky (ISR),
Moiseenko (UKR), Fedorov, Aleksandrov (BLR), Kazhgaleev (KAZ) etc.
1st
prize is 250 000 rubles (appr. 7 200 Euro or 9 600 USD), the next prizes (in
rubles): 150 000 / 100 000 / 80 000 / 70 000 etc. The tournament is a part of
ACP Tour 2006/07 and Russian Cup 2007. The information, results, games,
reports, photos and more on the web-site of the World League of
Chess Tournaments (WLCT):
Official site:
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South African Open
TheSouth African Open
takes place June 29th - 6th July 2007.
Official site:
http://saopen.chesscube.com Live
games at: http://www.chesscube.com/
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New FIDE World Championship cycle announced
FIDE have announced their new cycle
http://www.fide.com/news/download/NewWorldChampCycle.pdf.
The format will be a mixed one.
The World Championship itself will be settled by matches
after the tournament in Mexico City. In 2008 Vladimir Kramnik will play the
winner of Mexico City unless he wins the event himself. Veselin Topalov as the
loser of the last match in Elista will play the winner of the World Cup in
Khanty Mansiysk which takes place at the end of the year. The winners of those
matches will play for the title in 2009. However if Kramnik wins the WCCh
tournament in Mexico City 2007, a match between Kramnik and Topalov, the
current and the previous world champions, will take place in 2008. In that
case, the winner of the Kramnik- Topalov match will play against the winner of
the 2007 World Cup.
After that qualification for a world title shot will come
from one of two methods. Firstly there will be another World Cup in Khanty
Mansiysk in 2009. The winner of that will play the winner of a newly
established Grand Prix three events per year (different continents) taking
place over the years 2008-9. The winners of the Grand Prix and the World Cup
will meet in a match and the winner of that will challenge the world champion
in 2010 and on it goes with another match in 2012.
It looks terribly complicated to me but with the World Cups
already guaranteed in Khanty Mansiysk for the next two cycles the problem of
finding sponsorship for this event is solved. The details of the Grand Prix,
who gets invited, scoring and which events are involved is obviously pretty
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Aerosvit Tournament
Shirov lost to Ivanchuk in round 10. Photo ©
Tournament Press
Centre.
The Aerosvit tournament in Foros, Ukraine, took place
17th-30th June 2007. Vassily Ivanchuk took clear first with 7.5/11 half a point
clear of Sergey Karjakin.
Games in
PGN
Round 11 (June 29, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily -
Svidler, Peter 1/2 19 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik Onischuk, Alexander -
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 58 D20 QGA Rublevsky, Sergei - Dominguez Perez,
Lenier 1/2 20 B87 Sicilian Sozin Attack Jakovenko, Dmitry - Karjakin,
Sergey 1/2 29 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Eljanov, Pavel - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 25
D85 Gruenfeld Defence Sasikiran, Krishnan - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 51 D44
Anti-Meran Gambit
Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily
g UKR 2729 7.5; 2. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2686 7.0; 3. Onischuk, Alexander g
USA 2663 6.0; 4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736 6.0; 5. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2674
6.0; 6. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 6.0; 7. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678
5.5; 8. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 5.0; 9. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708 4.5;
10. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2686 4.5; 11. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690 4.0; 12.
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 4.0;
Official Site:
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2007/index_e.htm
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Dutch Championship
Dutch Champion Sergei Tiviakov in game two of the playoff
against Daniel Stellwagen which he won 1.5-0.5 to take the title. Photo ©
Fred Lucas http://www.fredlucas.eu
The Dutch
Championships took place 16th-28th of June in Hilversum, Holland. Sergei
Tiviakov took the title 1.5-0.5 after a rapid playoff with Daniel Stellwagen.
Both had finished on 8/11 a point clear of Ivan Sokolov. Peng Zhaoqin took the
women's title with a fabulous 8/9.
Games in
PGN - Playoff games in PGN -
Games in PGN - Women
Final Round 11
Standings: 1. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2600 8.0; 2. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED
2663 8.0; 3. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 7.0; 4. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2606
7.0; 5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2617 7.0; 6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2552 6.5; 7. Van der
Wiel, John g NED 2483 5.5; 8. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2489 4.5; 9. Hendriks, Willy
m NED 2412 4.0; 10. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2428 3.0; 11. Bosboom, Manuel m NED
2423 3.0; 12. Dambacher, Martijn m NED 2466 2.5;
Playoff 28th June
2007
Gm1 Tiviakov, Sergei - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 54 B07 Pirc
Defence Gm2 Stellwagen, Daniel - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 37 B53 Sicilian
Hungarian Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2007
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Kings Tournament Bazna
The Kings Tournament
Bazna Romania took place 15th-26th June 2007. Alexander Khalifman beat Rafael
Vaganian in the final round to take clear first place from him, they were tied
going into the round.
Game in PGN
Final Round 11 Standings: 1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624
7.0; 2. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2590 6.0; 3. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2648
5.5; 4. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2528 5.0; 5. Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2580 5.0; 6.
Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 5.0; 7. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2584 4.5; 8.
Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2510 4.5; 9. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2512 4.5; 10.
Suba, Mihai g ROM 2537 4.0; 11. Timman, Jan H g NED 2545 4.0;
Official
site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/
- http://www.sahclub.ro/toma/070615live/
was also helpful.
Live:
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Gorenje tournament Valjevo
Michael Roiz beat Anatoly Karpov in round 7. Photo ©
http://www.chessdom.com/
The
"Gorenje 2007" tournament in Valjevo took place 13th-21st June 2007. The event
was sponsored by the Gorenje Group (http://www.gorenje.com/ and
http://www.gorenje.co.uk/) Roiz edged
out Atalik on tie-break after both finished on 6.5/9 a point clear of a
returning Karpov.
Games in PGN
Final
Round 9 Standings: 1. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2605 6.5; 2. Atalik, Suat g TUR
2584 6.5; 3. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2668 5.5; 4. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2614
5.0; 5. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2631 5.0; 6. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2660 4.5; 7.
Damljanovic, Branko g SRB 2585 4.0; 8. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SRB 2588 3.0; 9.
Pavasovic, Dusko g SLO 2567 2.5; 10. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2587 2.5;
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European Union Championship
The European
Union Championship takes place June 15th-24th 2007 in Arvier (Aosta Valley).
The tournament is open to the players of the 27 countries of the European
Union, plus 4 countries 'host' (Croacia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey).
Leading players: 1 GER GM Luther Thomas GER 2586 2 SRB GM Sedlak Nikola
SRB 2575 3 SWE GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2561 4 ITA GM Godena Michele ITA 2558 5
CRO GM Sulava Nenad CRO 2549 6 IRL GM Baburin Alexander IRL 2545 7 LTU GM
Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2533 8 FRA GM Prie Eric FRA 2513 9 ITA IM Caruana Fabiano
ITA 2513 10 CRO GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2491
Official site:
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World Championship Candidate Matches
Levon Aronian beat Alexei Shirov in the game of round 1.
Photo © Casto Abundo [http://www.fide.com]
The World
Candidates Matches took place May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in Elista, Kalmykia.
Each match consisted of six games, and, when necessary, tie-break rapid games.
So the line up for Mexico City is Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter
Svidler and Alexander Morozevich who were already qualified. They are now
joined by Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Levon Aronian and Alexander Grischuk to
make up an eight player field barring any last minute decision to include
Topalov.
Candidates Finals
Games
in PGN - World Championship Candidates
Finals Elista 2007 - Viewer
Comments Finals Games
Playoffs. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game
notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Playoffs.
Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 6. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game
notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 5.
Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 4. Comments by Mark Crowther. Round 3. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game
notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 2.
Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Round 1. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game
notes by IM Malcolm Pein.
Playoffs (June 13, 2007)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 39 C45 Scotch Game Rublevsky,
Sergei - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 56 B46 Sicilian Rublevsky, Sergei -
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 38 C45 Scotch Game
WCh Candidates Finals Elista RUS (RUS), 6-13 vi 2007
Aronian, Levon g ARM 2759 1 = = = = = 3.5 2756
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 0 = = = = = 2.5 2702
Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 1 = 1 = = 3.5 2792
Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 0 = 0 = = 1.5 2589
Grischuk, A g RUS 2717 1 = = 0 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2680
Rublevsky, S g RUS 2680 0 = = 1 = = 0 = 0 3.5 2717
Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = = 1 = 1 3.5 2854
Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 = = 0 = 0 1.5 2584
Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior
"Deep Fritz"
and "Deep Junior" played a 6 game match alongside the second round of matches.
Deep Junior won 4-2.
Games in PGN
Gm1
DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 32 D46 Semi-Slav Defence Gm2 DEEP FRITZ -
DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 58 D85 Gruenfeld Defence Gm3 DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1-0
85 B97 Sicilian Najdorf Gm4 DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 0-1 54 D85 Gruenfeld
Defence Gm5 DEEP JUNIOR - DEEP FRITZ 1/2 48 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Gm6
DEEP FRITZ - DEEP JUNIOR 1/2 41 A30 English Symmetrical
Candidates
Semi-Finals
Games in PGN -
World Championship Candidates Semi-Finals
Elista 2007 - Viewer
Comments Semi-Final Games
Commented
games in PGN
Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game notes by IM
Malcolm Pein. Playoffs Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1
Standings
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (RUS), 27 v-3 vi 2007
Aronian,Levon g ARM 2759 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 = = 0 1 1 7.0 2750
Carlsen,Magnus g NOR 2693 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 = = 1 0 1 5.0 2702
Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 = 1 1 1 3.5 2971
Gurevich, M g TUR 2635 = 0 0 0 0.5 2416
Rublevsky, S g RUS 2680 = = 1 = = = 3.5 2774
Ponomariov, R g UKR 2717 = = 0 = = = 2.5 2623
Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 = = = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2757
Kasimdzhanov,R g UZB 2677 = = = = = = 0 = 0 3.5 2653
Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 = 1 1 1 3.5 3045
Bacrot, E g FRA 2709 = 0 0 0 0.5 2383
Grischuk, A g RUS 2717 1 = = 1 = 3.5 2828
Malakhov, V g RUS 2679 0 = = 0 = 1.5 2568
Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2643 = 1 = 1 0 = 3.5 2784
Polgar, Judit g HUN 2727 = 0 = 0 1 = 2.5 2586
Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 = = = 0 = 1 1 1 = 5.5 2814
Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 = = = 1 = 0 0 0 = 3.5 2619
Playoffs 4 game rapid match time rate 25m+10s, if needed
then two blitz games 5m+10s, if still tied, then one armageddon game with 6m vs
5m (no increment), black has draw odds.
Official site:
http://globalchess.eu/main.php
Further
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COMPLETED
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Bosna 2007 |
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MTel Sofia won by Veselin
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Bosna 2007
The
traditional 37th Bosna tournament took place May 18th-28th 2007 in Sarajevo.
Sergei Movsesian won by a point from Borki Predojevic.
Games in PGN - B Group Games in
PGN
Round 10 (May 28, 2007)
Morozevich, Alexander -
Predojevic, Borki 1/2 31 B42 Sicilian Paulsen Short, Nigel D - Movsesian,
Sergei 1/2 38 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack Timofeev, Artyom - Sokolov, Ivan
NED 0-1 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Final Round 10 Standings: 1.
Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2642 6.5; 2. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2609 5.5; 3.
Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2655 5.0; 4. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2762 5.0; 5.
Short, Nigel D g ENG 2691 4.5; 6. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2658 3.5;
Final Round 9 Standings B Group: 1. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2543
6.0; 2. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2473 6.0; 3. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2584 6.0; 4.
Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2419 5.0; 5. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2481 4.5; 6. Ljubicic,
Filip m CRO 2396 4.5; 7. Runic, Zoran m BIH 2414 4.0; 8. Tomic, Bosko f BIH
2393 3.5; 9. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2505 3.5; 10. Trkulja, Goran f BIH 2317 2.0;
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Mtel
Masters
Topalov was held by Kamsky in round 5. Photo
© http://www.chessvibes.com/
who have photos, videos and press conferences from Sofia.
The MTel
Masters took place in Sofia 9th-20th May 2007. The field for the ten round,
double round robin event, was Veselin Topalov, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu,
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams and Krishnan Sasikiran.
Veselin Topalov recovered from a poor start to win the event alone.
Games in PGN
Malcolm Pein
Commentates:
Annotations in
PGN
MTel Topalov - Sasikiran
(10) MTel Topalov - Mamedyarov
(8) MTel Mamedyarov - Sasikiran
(7) MTel Kamsky,G - Mamedyarov,S
(6) MTel M Adams - S Mamedyarov
(5) MTel Sasikiran,K - Topalov
(4) MTel Topalov - Adams (2) -
Mamedyarov,S - Topalov (3) MTel
Mamedyarov - Kamsky (1). Nigel Short supported by ECF
Round 10
(May 20, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 59 E43
Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
1/2 42 B40 Sicilian Classical Adams, Michael - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 78 C88 Ruy
Lopez Closed
Final Round 10 Standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g
BUL 2772 5.5; 2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 5.0; 3. Nisipeanu,
Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 5.0; 4. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2705 5.0; 5. Sasikiran,
Krishnan g IND 2690 5.0; 6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 4.5;
As a warm up
Veselin Topalov played blindfold against Italian Alex Brunetti on May 8th 2007
in Sofia Hall of Grand Hotel Sofia. Alex Brunetii won the prize for "Play like
Topalov" that took place during M-Tel Masters. The two players had half an hour
each for the game. Topalov won.
Game in
PGN
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Kramnik - Aronian Rapid
Match
World Champion Vladimir Kramnik played World Cup
Holder Levon Aronian in a rapid match May 4th-6th, 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Two games were played each day. The time control was 25 minutes for the whole
game with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The match was organised by the
Armenian Chess Federation. Levon Aronian won the match 4-2 after winning both
games on the second day.
Games in
PGN
Malcolm Pein Commentates
Annotations in PGN Kramnik - Aronian (5) Aronian - Kramnik (6) Aronian - Kramnik (4) Kramnik - Aronian (1)
Gm1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 1-0 45 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Gm2
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 76 D17 Slav Defence Gm3 Kramnik,
Vladimir - Aronian, Levon 0-1 77 A30 English Symmetrical Gm4 Aronian, Levon
- Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Gm5 Kramnik, Vladimir
- Aronian, Levon 1/2 47 A60 Modern Benoni Gm6 Aronian, Levon - Kramnik,
Vladimir 1/2 55 D12 Slav Defence
Official site:
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Leko - Kramnik Rapid
Match
Game one of the match. Photo © Zsuzsa Veroci
Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik played a rapid match April 25th-29th
2007 at the National Theater of Miskolc Hungary. Kramnik won 4.5-3.5.
Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess
Saturday April 28th 2007 Chess
from Malcolm Pein Chess Monday April 30th 2007
Games in PGN
Gm1 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter
1/2 25 A33 English Symmetrical Gm2 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 51
C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Gm3 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 44 E15 Queens
Indian Gm4 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 52 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gm5 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 57 A30 English Symmetrical Gm6
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 49 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack Gm7
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 30 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit Gm8 Leko,
Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Official site:
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