Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 9th, 2011 16 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #5 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Polgar, J HUN ½-1½ Svidler, P RUS 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 2½-1½ Radjabov, T AZE 3 Grischuk, A RUS 2½-1½ Navara, D CZE 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 1½-½ Gashimov, V AZE Pairing Tree Official Site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/ Games: [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 5th, 2011 26 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #4 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Polgar, J HUN 4½-3½ Dominguez, L CUB 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 3-1 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 3 Zherebukh, Y UKR 0-2 Navara, D CZE 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 4½-3½ Bruzon, L CUB 5 Gashimov, V AZE 4-2 Nielsen, [...]
Posted in FIDE, World Cup on Sep 4th, 2011 3 Comments »
While watching the 2011 World Cup broadcast, I was particularly intrigued with the Alexander Moiseenko and David Navara because they had reached a textbook ending… queen versus rook and pawn. Navara (the stronger side) had shown how to wrest the remaining pawn away and then set sights on executing the well-known endgame problem. After a [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 2nd, 2011 6 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #3 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS ½-1½ Polgar, J HUN 2 Sutovsky, E ISR 1-3 Ivanchuk, V UKR 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 1½-2½ Zherebukh, Y UKR 4 Efimenko, Z UKR 1½-2½ Ponomariov, R UKR 5 Gashimov, V AZE 1½-½ Andreikin, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Aug 30th, 2011 7 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #2 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS 2½-1½ So, W PHI 2 Alekseev, E RUS ½-1½ Ivanchuk, V UKR 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 2½-1½ Fridman, D GER 4 Ni Hua CHN 2½-3½ Ponomariov, R UKR 5 Gashimov, V AZE 1½-½ Azarov, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Aug 28th, 2011 13 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #1 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS 2-0 Kaabi, M TUN 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 2-0 Steel, H RSA 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 2-0 Ibrahim, H EGY 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 1½-½ Gwaze, R ZIM 5 Gashimov, V AZE 2-0 Hansen, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments on Aug 25th, 2011 36 Comments »
In a few weeks, Russia will host the FIDE World Cup beginning tomorrow with 128 players from around the world vying for a qualifying spot for the 2012 World Championship. The seven-round tournament will feature a knockout format with the winner continuing onto the next stage. Khanty-Mansiysk, the host of the 2010 Olympiad, will stage [...]
Posted in FIDE, Media Stories, Netherlands, Opinion/Editorials, Tournaments, USA on Aug 23rd, 2011 3 Comments »
GM Hikaru Nakamura, 2770 ELO on FIDE list. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. The pairings of the first round of the FIDE World Cup were released in July and after a couple of changes will commence on August 26th in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Russia will bring a delegation of 26 players. China will bring nine players; the [...]
Posted in Asia, FIDE, Media Stories, Opinion/Editorials, Uzbekistan on Jul 22nd, 2011 6 Comments »
In a recent ChessBase article, Uzbekistan’s Rustam Kasimdzhanov made a pronouncement about the state of professional chess and its appeal to sponsors. In a very stark admission, Kasimdzhanov opened with, I am writing this open letter, addressed both to FIDE and the entire chess playing world, due to a certain crisis, in which our noble [...]
Posted in FIDE on Jul 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Sergey Karjakin is finally living up to his early promise. The record-holder for the world’s youngest Grandmaster at 12 years, 7 months, the Ukrainian emigre is now #4 on the rating chart. Photo by ugra-chess.com. Magnus Carlsen reclaimed the top spot on the FIDE rating chart by gaining six points to weigh in at 2821. [...]
Posted in Africa, FIDE, Libya on Jun 13th, 2011 2 Comments »
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi greets FIDE President. In what will prove to be a controversial move, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov recently visited Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in Libya’s capitol of Tripoli. ChessBase ran a brief with an accompanying video clip from the local media. What makes the visit surprising is that Libya is currently in a [...]
Posted in FIDE, World Championships on May 11th, 2011 20 Comments »
When looking at the eight players who qualified for the candidates matches, many had chosen Levon Aronian as the odds-on favorite. With Magnus Carlsen having withdrawn, Aronian was hoping to make a big splash against Alexander Grischuk. Surprisingly, Armenia’s Levon Aronian failed to advance. The match went into tiebreaks and Grischuk completed the upset in [...]
Posted in FIDE on May 6th, 2011 2 Comments »
Not much changed in the recently-released FIDE rating list for May 2011. The only two active players in the top 10 were Vassily Ivanchuk (2776, -3) and Vugar Gashimov (2760, +14). World Champion Viswanathan Anand (2817, +0) still sits atop the rating chart a mere two points ahead of Magnus Carlsen (2815, +0). The candidates [...]
Posted in FIDE on Mar 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
World Champion Viswanathan Anand (2817, +7) ascends back to the top of the list after his strong performance in Tata Steel Tournament. In a recent interview it was asked about his latest feat and whether it was comparable to the world crown. The world title is more specific and a bigger challenge whereas ranking is [...]
Posted in FIDE on Jan 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Magnus Carlsen (2814, +12) has reclaimed the number one position on the FIDE rating chart with gains from the Pearl Spring and the London Classic. He overtakes Viswanathan Anand who saw a modest gain (2810, +6). There was a little movement amongst the top players as Sergey Karjakin (2776, +16) gained after his stellar performance [...]
Posted in FIDE, Norway, Politics, World Championships on Nov 5th, 2010 7 Comments »
Magnus Carlsen has written FIDE a letter expressing his intent to exit from the World Championship Cycle. Photo by ChessBase. Magnus Carlsen, one of the top contenders for the World Championship crown, has decided to drop out of the cycle. This is the first time since Garry Kasparov that such a top three player has [...]
Posted in FIDE on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Levon Aronian of Armenia is the sixth player to eclispe the 2800 barrier. World Champion Viswanathan Anand (2804, +4) has reclaimed the #1 position on the FIDE ratings chart… if only but for a short while. Magnus Carlsen’s (2802, -24) performance at the Pearl Spring Invitational at Nanjing, China will certainly put him back on [...]
Posted in FIDE, Greece, Tournaments on Oct 22nd, 2010 25 Comments »
Billed as FIDE’s largest event ever, 1387 players traveled from 80 countries to Halkidiki, Greece to partake in the annual festival featuring five age groups. There are separate groups in under-18, under-16, under-14, under-12, under-10 and under-8 for both boys and girls. While this tournament is organized in categories, the ratings earned from this tournament [...]
Posted in FIDE, Olympiad, Politics, Tournaments on Sep 29th, 2010 6 Comments »
Chess community, Today marks the highly-anticipated election for the Presidency of the world body of chess known as FIDE (pronounced fee-day). More than 150 countries (including 56 proxies) will cast their ballots to select the body’s leader for the next four years. During the 2006 Olymipad in Turin, Italy, Bessel Kok lost to the Ilyumzhinov [...]
Posted in Africa, FIDE on Sep 17th, 2010 14 Comments »
In the upcoming election for FIDE President, there has been a lot of talk about the voting structure of one-nation, one vote. This idea is in line with the democratic ideals of general bodies, but seems to have met the ire of chess pundits and commentators. For the past two campaigns there has been the [...]
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