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Chess, by Lubomir Kavalek -- 08-Dec-08, washingtonpost.com, online chess
... appreciation is reserved in chess for Emanuel Lasker, the world chess champion from 1894 to 1921. He was an extraordinary fighter and playing him always meant a long, difficult struggle. A great defender by nature, Lasker would save bad positions by chipping away at his opponent's advantage move by move. This was hard to do and not many young chess players picked up Lasker's opaque playing style. They were much more likely to emulate Alexander Alekhine's astonishing combinations or Mikhail Tal's mesmerizing, magical chess attacks. Fortunately, Lasker was an excellent writer. The legendary "Lasker's Manual of Chess" is a marvelous teaching tool, meticulously ... |
Dylan Loeb McClain: Chess -- 05-Dec-08, iht.com, online chess
It is inevitable that young phenomena and new champions hog the limelight, but sometimes ex-champions remind the world why they were, and in some cases still are, so great. At the recent Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, the women's section was won by the team from Georgia, the No. 4 seed. It was a return to glory for Georgia, which last won gold in 1996 and had not medaled at the biennial chess event since winning a silver in 2000. Georgia was once synonymous with women's chess because it was home to the two women who, between them, held the world title from 1962 to 1991. Nona Gaprindashvili, now 67, reigned from 1962 to 1978. She was dethroned by ... |
Bay Area Group Uses Hip-Hop, Chess To Teach Peace -- 04-Dec-08, cbs5.com, online chess
At first glance, hip-hop and chess may not seem like they go well together. But a local group is combining music, chess and martial arts to teach young people peace. The Hip-Hop Chess Federation is a non-profit organization that shows kids non-violent strategies to get out their aggressions. Adisa Banjoko, the federation's founder combined his three passions of chess, hip-hop and martial harts. He said the combination really appeals to young inner city kids. ... |
Susan Polgar recaps her time at the 38th Chess Olympiad -- 30-Nov-08, lubbockonline.com, online chess
Everything must come to an end. Here in Dresden at the 38th Chess Olympiad, that day has arrived. The 2008 Chess Olympiad began on Nov. 11 with a spectacular Opening Ceremony at Dresden's Freiberger Stadium. It was an amazing show with a wide number of musical acts, dance performance, ice skating show and much more. Everyone could sense the FIDE motto "Gens Una Sumus" (we are one family) coming alive. The Olympiad flames were lit and the chess games began. All chess players arrived in Dresden to compete, fulfill, and accomplish goals set forth by each player and team. For some players, their goal is to aim for the Gold while for others it may be to improve on ... |
Armenia wins Olympiad again -- 30-Nov-08, latimes.com, online chess
The 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden set new standards for attendance (146 teams) and excitement. The shorter schedule (11 rounds instead of 14) and the glut of powerful chess teams helped to continually shuffle the leaderboard. The critical matches began with the seventh-round encounter between the heavily favored Russian chess team and defending champion Armenia, seeded only ninth. Armenia won, 2 1/2 -1 1/2 , but dropped back two rounds later by losing to Israel, a team composed entirely of former Soviets. Then second-seeded Ukraine, the steadiest chess superpower, knocked out Russia and defeated Israel. In the dramatic final round, Armenia beat China to take ... |
Barden on chess -- 29-Nov-08, guardian.co.uk, online chess
Armenia did it again. The small Caucasian republic won gold at Dresden, retaining its Chess Olympiad crown won at Turin 2006. The chess team, led by the world- ranked Levon Aronian, was in superb form, with boards two and three winning individual golds. Israel won silver, while the United States came from behind in the final round to take bronze for both men and women. Georgia's women had a point to prove. They boycotted the individual world chess championship, staged in Russia near the war zone. At the Chess Olympiad Georgia claimed gold and its No1 defeated both world title finalists. England men were fourth with two rounds left but faded to 15th, their exact ... |
Armenia wins 2nd consecutive Chess Olympiad gold -- 26-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
Armenia won its second straight gold medal at the Chess Olympiad Tuesday by defeating China 2.5-1.5 in the 11th and final round. Israel took silver with 18 points after beating the Netherlands 2.5-1.5. The United States took bronze on a tiebreaker after upsetting second-seed Ukraine with a 3.5-0.5 drubbing, getting wins from Gata Kamsky against Vassily Ivanchuk on board one, Alexander Onischuk against Pavel Eljanov on board three, and Yuri Shulman against Zahar Efimenko on board four. Hikaru Nakamura of the United States drew Sergey Karjakin on board two. The rout left the teams tied at 17 points but gave the medal to the U.S. "This result was without parallel, ... |
Armenia wins gold in Chess Olympiad -- 25-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
Armenia has won the gold medal of the Chess Olympiad by defeating China 2.5-1.5 in the 11th and final round. Armenia's only win came on board four where Tigran L. Petrosian beat Li Chao. The U.S. upset second-seed Ukraine with a 3.5-0.5 drubbing Tuesday. The U.S. got wins from Gata Kamsky against Vassily Ivanchuk on board one, Alexander Onischuk against Pavel Eljanov on board three, and Yuri Shulman against Zahar Efimenko on board four. Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S. drew Sergey Karjakin on board two. Armenia finishes the chess tournament alone in first place with 19 points. Two points are awarded for each chess match win and one for a tie. ... |
The Cap D'Agde Rapid Play chess event -- 24-Nov-08, express.co.uk, online chess
The Cap D'Agde Rapid Play chess event took place last month. The organisers obviously went to some trouble to invite plenty of exciting young chess players, including Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov and the young French (champion?) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The two pillars of experience were Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov, both excellent rapid chess players too. After several vibrant early rounds, the field narrowed to see Magnus Carlsen facing Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov against the American GM Hikaru Nakamura in the semi-finals. The first two games of each match were drawn but Ivanchuk and Nakamura triumped in the blitz games. ... |
First-place teams defeated in round 9 of Chess Olympiad -- 23-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
The mighty were brought low as the first-place chess teams in both the open and women's divisions fell in round nine on Saturday. In the open division of the Chess Olympiad, Israel played the role of David, knocking off Armenia 2.5-1.5. On the women's side, Serbia edged China 2.5-1.5. The U.S. women's medal hopes suffered a severe setback as Poland beat them 3-1. The U.S. men, already virtually eliminated from contention by Russia in round eight, crushed India 3.5-1.5. There were a number of other upsets in the open section. Ukraine downed top-seed Russia 2.5-1.5; 22nd-seed Serbia beat fourth-seed Azerbaijan by the same score. Sixteenth-seed Vietnam held fifth-seed Hungary to ... |
Armenia retains top spot in Chess Olympiad -- 22-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
Top-seeded Russia held off the United States in the 38th Chess Olympiad in round eight of open division play Friday, but the Armenian chess team crushed France and stayed in first place. In women's division play, the U.S. team dealt a severe blow to the medal hopes of the Russian chess team, also the top seed, beating it 3-1. The win gave the U.S. team 6.5 match points to keep it in a second-place tie with several others. The U.S. was led by Irina Krush, who beat women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk on board one. She sacrificed a pawn on move 16. Her compensation was dubious until Kosteniuk misplaced her rook. Kosteniuk managed to come up with ... |
Armenia takes possession of 1st place at Chess Olympiad -- 21-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
The Russian chess team — touted as the strongest ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad — was derailed in Thursday open division play in round seven of the chess tournament by the defending gold medal Armenian team 2.5-1.5, which took sole possession of first place. In the only decisive game of the chess match, Gabriel Sargissian defeated Alexander Grischuk on board three. The other three games were all draws, with Armenian Levon Aronian versus Vladimir Kramnik on board one, Vladimir Akopian versus Peter Svidler on board two, and Tigran L. Petrosian versus Dmitry Jakovenko on board four. The win gave Armenia 6.5 match points out of seven. France, Germany and ... |
Russia defeats England at Chess Olympiad -- 20-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
Top seed Russia bounced back after drawing Germany in the last round to beat England 3-1 Wednesday in round six of open division play at the Chess Olympiad. The Russian chess team was led by former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik over Nigel Short on board one. Short gave up a rook and two pawns for two knights and was then ground down. Russia's other win came from Dmitry Jakovenko on board four at the expense of Stuart Conquest. The other two games, England's David Howell versus Peter Svidler and Russia's Alexander Morozevich versus Gawain Jones were drawn. It was a big win for Russia, after 11th-seed Germany had battled all four games against ... |
Kamsky-Topalov Chess Match Back on Track -- 19-Nov-08, gambit.blogs.nytimes.com, online chess
The world chess championship semifinal match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been set for February 16 to 28, 2009. Kamsky and Topalov and their representatives signed the contracts Tuesday at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The chess match will be played in Bulgaria after the country’s chess federation agreed to put up a prize fund of $250,000. Topalov, the No. 1 ranked chess player in the world, was seeded into the match by the World Chess Federation. Kamsky earned his place by winning the World Cup last year. The winner of the chess match will face Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, in a title match under ... |
Germany holds off Russia in Chess Olympiad -- 18-Nov-08, google.com, online chess
Russia's chess team, hailed as the highest rated ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad, hit a bump Monday as 11th-seed Germany battled all four games against them to a draw in round five of the biennial chess tournament in open division play. Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik played the super-solid Petroff Defense against Germany's No. 1 Arkadij Naiditsch. By move 24, the position was symmetrical with opposite-color bishops. But under the rules, draw offers are not allowed until after move 30. They shook hands on move 31. On board two, Alexander Grischuk of Russia sacrificed a pawn against Germany's Igor Khenkin. He had some initiative but ... |
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