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Ács, Harikrishna, win György Marx Memorial
16.08.2007 – Actually the big story was the collapse of Viktor Korchnoi, who had been leading the event after the first half, with 3.5/5, but only got one point in the five games of the second half. In the last round Korchnoi lost mysteriously (with white) to Peter Ács, who thus joined India's Pentala Harikrishna on the top of the final table, and beat him on the tiebreak. Big photo report.
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Anand: 'It is pointless fighting against the impossible'
16.08.2007 – In an interview with a German newspaper on Tuesday the world's number one ranking chessplayer has criticised the world chess federation for haphazardly breaking and changing its own rules. Usually to favour Kramnik or Topalov, who get extra chances at the title. "At some stage you become sick of all this and decide to just play chess," says Anand bitterly. Summary.
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Eduard Gufeld and his 'Mona Lisa' in chess
16.08.2007 – The Ukrainian GM, a colorful and controversial figure, was one of the strongest
players of his day, having beaten the likes of Tal, Spassky, Smyslov, Korchnoi and Bronstein.
But Eduard Gufeld considered his 1973 victory over Vladimir Bagirov his greatest work.
In his Thursday night lecture our Playchess
trainer Dennis Monokroussos tells us why.
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Mainz 2007 – Levon Aronian leads in Chess960
15.08.2007 – At the start of the Chess Classic in Mainz four world class GMs – Anand, Aronian, Bacrot and Kasimdzhanov – are battling it out in an extraordinary form of the game: Chess960, a Fischer Random variant where the pieces are shuffled at the start. But what are the rules and how can you replay these games? We answer both questions and give you a free Chess960 player.
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Harikrishna leads in Paks, Groszpeter wins GM B
15.08.2007 – One round before the end of the 5th György Marx Memorial in Paks, Hungary, Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna is in the lead, half a point a head of two Hungarian rivals. The GM B group is already finished and was won by Hungarian GM Attila Groszpeter, a point ahead of his nearest rivals. Indian WGM Tania Sachdev came seventh with a 2404 performance. Big pictorial report.
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Grand Slam 2008 in Bilbao with 400,000 Euro prize fund
14.08.2007 – It has been discussed for a year now, with periodic meetings between potential participating organisers. Now apparently things have come to fruition. The Grand Slam tournament, with the winners of Linares, Mtel Sofia, Corus Wijk Aan Zee and Ciudad de Mexico (plus two invitees) will be staged in the Spanish city of Bilbao in September 2008. Put it in your planner.
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The chessboard killer of Moscow
14.08.2007 – Distasteful news: Alexander Pichushkin, a 33-year-old park chess player, faces charges of serial murder – he told police after his arrest he planned to kill 64 people – one for each square on a chess-board. He was arrested last year at a count of 49 to 63 (depending on different sources) and went to pre-trial hearings yesterday. The international press is full of this story.
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Edward Winter presents: Unsolved Chess Mysteries (12)
14.08.2007 – This new selection from Chess
Notes focuses on José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942). The chess
historian Edward Winter, who wrote a book about the Cuban genius in the 1980s
(published by McFarland), discusses a miscellany of unresolved matters about
him, including games, quotes, stories and photographs. Readers are invited to join in the hunt for clues.
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Top Dutch and British GMs lead in Staunton Memorial
13.08.2007 – The Fifth Staunton Memorial tournament in London is taking place from 7-18 August at its traditional home, Simpson's-in-the-Strand in Central London. The event is sponsored by Dutch chess maecenas Jan Mol and brings together a field of six Dutch and six British players. After six rounds the lead is shared by Dutch and British number ones Loek van Wely and Michael Adams. Illustrated report.
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Chess Classic Mainz 2007 – Schmitt speaks out
12.08.2007 – The 14th Chess Classic will be held from 13 – 19 August in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz. The biggest rapid chess festival in the world will once again offer top level chess – rapid and Chess960 (a Fischer Random variant). Before the start of the event organiser Hans-Walter Schmitt gave a giant interview on the Chess Classic 2007 in particular and about the chess world in general.
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Moiseenko wins the Arctic Chess Challenge
12.08.2007 – In the end it was a super-GM who took the unshared first place in the Tromsř Midnight Sun tournament: Alexander Moiseenko of the Ukraine scored 7.5/9 to overtake the long-time leader, "Mr Sunshine" Kjetil Lie, who had beaten him in round four. Top seed Magnus Carlsen recovered from a poor start to share 2-4. Like his parents we expect Magnus to scale the Store Blĺmannen.
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A double Scotch at the 94th British Championships
11.08.2007 – Jacob Aagaard and Keti Arakhamia, he originally from Denmark, she from Georgia, both now living in Scotland – these two won the British Open and Ladies sections. The last round was full of tension, with the final decision coming after 8 p.m., when Aagaard beat Glenn Flear with the black pieces to clinch the title. Big pictorial report.
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