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24.10.2006
Chigorin Memorial - round 1 pairings
Two main tournaments of the Chigorin Memorial start today. 95 strongest players rated above 2300 play in the Karelia hotel, and those rated below 2300 attend the Chigorin Club.
more [source: chigorin.ru]
24.10.2006
IN MEMORY OF YAKOV FELDMAN (1933-2006)
Yakov Grigoryevich Feldman, master of sport, participant of two finals of Leningrad championship, has passed away. We condole with his relatives and friends.
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23.10.2006
GUINNESS RECORDS: MEXICO AND KARPOV
Two Guinness records were recorded yesterday in the capital of Mexico. 13,446 chess players participated in simultaneous play, and the 12th champion of the world Anatoly Karpov signed 1951 of his books.
more [source: news.yahoo.com]
23.10.2006
ANTON SHOMOEV BECOMES THE QUICKEST
A rapid chess tournament within the Chigorin Memorial gathered 126 participants. The best result was shown by Anton Shomoev, Stanislav Novikov and Boris Savchenko - 6 out of 7. The players were placed in this order according to Buchgolz tiebreak score. Denis Yevseev showed the best score among St. Petersburg players, finishing 6th.
more [source: e3e5.com]
23.10.2006
MAMEDYAROV BEATS TOPALOV
In the first round of the 4-player tournament in the Netherlands, Yudit Polgar defeated Ivan Sokolov, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won against Veselin Topalov.
more [source: www.essentchess.nl]
22.10.2006
CHESS FESTIVAL STARTED IN SAINT PETERSBOURG
Yesterday the blitz tournament to memory of Genrikh Chepukaitis became the first event of Chigorin Memorial. It took place in the entertainment center “Vegas”. 112 chessplayers participated in the tournament. Having scored 9 out of 11, Vladimir Belov managed to take the first place. Both Alexander Lastin and Pavel Maletin collected 8.5 points. Lastin came out second and Maletin finished third. Valery Popov was the best among Saint Petersburg chessplayers. He took the sixth place. Follow the link below for the tournament table.
more [source: chigorin.ru]
22.10.2006
FIRST ACP WORLD RAPID CUP
The First ACP World Rapid Cup will take place from 4-8 2007 in Odessa. The strongest chessplayers who finished among the best in the ACP Tour 2004/2005 such as Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko, Levon Aronian, Alexei Shirov and others will participate in this tournament. The total prize fund of the World Rapid Cup provided by the sponsor Bank “Pivdennyi” will make 136 thousands dollars.
more [source: chessbase.com]
20.10.2006
CHIGORIN MEMORIAL
Traditional chess festival dedicated to Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908) starts tomorrow in St. Petersburg. The festival program consists of four events: blitz (Oct. 21), rapid chess (Oct. 22), and two open tournaments (Oct. 23-29).
more [source: totalchess.spb.ru]
19.10.2006
CROSSROADS – REJOICE, UNGOVERNABLE ROME!
Alexander Kentler talks about post-match interviews of Kramnik and Topalov, and discusses the situation with junior championships.
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18.10.2006
OUR ANNOUNCEMENT
We would like to announce the final part of IM Ivan Smykovsky’s article devoted to the European Club Cup to be published on our website tomorrow. Moreover, the interview with Sergey Rublevsky and Alexander Motylev will be published on our site on Monday, 23. IM Ilya Odessky will be the interviewer. Let me remind that Rublevsky and Motylev were members of Kramnik Team during the WCC in Elista. Follow our publications!
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17.10.2006
TOPALOV INSISTS ON REMATCH!
Veselin Topalov is ready to challenge the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in March 2007 in Sofia. Bulgarian player’s manager Silvio Danailov announced that he would find 1.5 million dollars as the total prize fund. Moreover, Danailov considers that if Kramnik refuses the rematch, Veselin Topalov will legally obtain the title of the World Champion again. The fact is that the loser of the WCC in Elista doesn’t have the right to participate in the World Championship 2007 in accordance with FIDE regulations.
more [source: lenta.ru]
17.10.2006
PRESS CONFERENCE OF VLADIMIR KRAMNIK IN THE CENTRAL CHESS CLUB
Yesterday the press conference of the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik took place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. The shorthand report of that press confernce was published on the official website of “64 Chess Review”. Follow the link below.
more [source: www.64.ru]
17.10.2006
PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT №8
Our correspondent Misha Savinov sent his eighth photographic report from Elista.
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16.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Zaven Andriasian (Armenia) became the winner of Juniors Championship with an excellent result of 9.5 points. Having scored 9 out of 13, Nikita Vitiugov (Russia) became silver medal winner. Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) also collected 9 points and took the third place. Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia) came out fourth. Other Russian players took the following places: 5. Frolyanov - 8.5, 10. Khairullin – 8.5, 18. Andreikin 7.5, 25. Geller – 7.5, 32. Grachev – 7, 34. Matsenko – 7, 41. Nechepurenko – 6.5, 54. Tonoian – 6. Four chessplayers managed to collect 9 points out of 13 rounds in the Girls championship. As a result, Sheng Yan (China) became the World Champion. Hou Yifan (China) took the second place, Salome Melia (Georgia) became bronze medal winner and Bathuyag Mongontuul (Mongolia) took the fourth place. Elena Tairova scored 8 points and took the 13th place.
more [source: armchess.am]
16.10.2006
MAXIM NOTKIN. THE BEST GAMES OF SEPTEMBER
The columnist IM Maxim Notkin presents 11 best creative achievements of September for judgment of the experts.
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15.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Unfortunately, Zaven Andriasian beat Nikita Vitiugov in the eleventh round game. Having scored 9 out of 11, the Armenian leads the Juniors Championship. Vitiugov, Kryvoruchko and Pantsulaia have 8.5 points. Tomorrow Nikita plays as Black against Ildar Khairullin in the last round of the tournament. Salome Melia (Georgia) and Bathuyag Mongontuul (Mongolia) collected 8.5 out of 11. They are the leaders of the Girls Championships. Elena Tairova has 7 points.
more [source: armchess.am]
14.10.2006
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP
Having scored 12 points, "Tomsk-400" (Morozevich, Jakovenko, Bologan, Tkachiev, Inarkiev, Smirnov, Nepomniachtchi and Belozerov) became the winner of the European Club Cup 2006. Russian teams "Ladya Kazan" and "Ural Sverdlovskaya" also collected 12 points and came out second and third accordingly. "Ashdod City Club" (Israel) took the fourth place and "TPS Saransk" (Russia) became the fifth. "Mika Yerevan" managed to win the women section with an excellent result of 12 points. "Energy-Investi Sakartvelo" (Chiburdanidze, Danielian, Khurtsidze and Aginian) finished the second. Georgian club collected 11 points. Having scored 10 points, "AVS Krasnoturinsk" (Russia) became the bronze medal winner. Other Russian clubs took the following places: 4. "Economist SGSEU Saratov", 5. "Finec St. Petersburg", 6. "Southern Ural Cheliabinsk".
more [source: www.ecc2006.com]
14.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Having drawn against the German Georg Meier in the 11th round game, Nikita Vitiugov continues leading in the Juniors Championship. The Russian has 8.5 points out of 11. His next opponent is Zaven Andriasian (Armenia) who crushed Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) and scored 8 points. Seven chessplayers including the Russian Dmitry Frolyanov collected 7.5 points. Salome Melia (Georgia) is the leader of the Girls Championship with 8 out of 11. Hou Yifan (China), Bathuyag Mongontuul (Mongolia) and three Indian chessplayers have 7.5 points. Elena Tairova has 6.
more [source: armchess.am]
14.10.2006
KRAMNIK’S FIRST INTERVIEW AFTER HIS TRIUMPH IN THE WCC
Immediately after Vladimir Kramnik defeated Veselin Topalov in the 4th tiebreak game, the new “absolute” FIDE world champion moved to the press conference hall and answered questions of the press. Follow the link below for Kramnik’s interview published on the official website of the WCC.
more [source: www.worldchess2006.com]
13.10.2006
WORLD U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Having defeated the Chinese Zhao Jun in the tenth round game, Nikita Vitiugov became the leader of the Juniors Championship with 8 points out of 10. Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) and Wang Yue (China) have 7.5 points.
more [source: armchess.am]
