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08.05.2008 22:06 MTel 08 Starts Hot

Topalov, Cheparinov, and Ivanchuk start out with wins in the first round of the 2008 MTel Masters in Bulgaria.

08.05.2008 09:52 Young guns stampede

A deep exchange sacrifice secured the seventeen year old Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen a share of first prize at the first Fide Grand Prix chess tournament just concluded in Baku. Carlsen overcame Etienne Bacrot with skilful play to reach 8/13, level with two more improving chess players from the younger generation, Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan and Wang Yue of China. At world number five, Carlsen is already an established chess player but the leading trio finished ahead of seven of the world’s top twenty players. Carlsen vs. Bacrot; Position after 28.Bf2 28…Rxd3! 29.Qxd3 Nd5 30.Re1 Qa4 (The point, c4 falls and the bishop on a6 becomes very powerful. All the play is on the queenside where the knights dominate and White's rooks are not doing very much) ...

07.05.2008 09:52 An elegant finish

Battle intensified in the penultimate round of the Fide Chess Grand Prix in Baku with five decisive game and two very hard fought draws. There was another defeat for Michael Adams at the hands of the 17 year old Magnus Carlsen ranked world number 5. It was a most impressive game by Carlsen who calmly gave up rook for bishop in a queenless middlegame, won back the chess material and then exploited the advantage of the bishop pair in the endgame. Going into the final round the relatively unknown Azerbaijani Vugar Gashimov shares the lead with Wang Yue of China. Gashimov defeated Alexander Grischuk, nicknamed ‘The Gambler’ for his prowess at Poker and his risky style of chess play. Choosing this dangerous line against the Ruy Lopez was one risk too many. V Gashimov – A Grischuk FIDE GP (12) Baku ...

06.05.2008 17:52 Blunders in Baku

There were two terrible blunders in the twelth round of the Fide Grand Prix in Baku as Etienne Bacrot hung his queen and Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Michael Adams had a moment of mutual chess blindness. Mamedyarov vs. Adams; Position after 34.Rh8; The game had been meandering to a draw even if it was Adams who had to be more accurate when Mamedyarov, in the position above blundered. 34…f4?? (34...h3 35.gxh3 gxh3 36.Rxh3 Ke4 37.Rh7 f4 and with his king supporting the passed pawn Black is fine) 35.Rh5+?? (I am sure readers must be wondering why not 34.Rxh4 and if 34…f3 36.gxf3 gxf3 37.Rh5+ Ke4 38.Rxd5 Kxd5 it seems both chess players overlooked Kd3 wins for White) 35...Ke4 (No everything is back on track) 36.Rxh4 Rg5 37.Kd2 g3 38.Ke2 ...

05.05.2008 17:52 Tiviakov reigns supreme

Sergey Tiviakov emerged from the pack with a last round victory and took the title of European Individual Chess Champion at the expense of former chess champion Emil Sutovsky in Plovdiv Bulgaria. Sutovsky had played out five peaceful draws in succession but came up against an opponent who was in supreme form with the white pieces. Tiviakov employed his favourite 2.c3 against the Sicilian Defence, won a pawn and steadily converted his advantage to finish ahead of the field on 8.5/11. The winner scored 5.5/6 with white and took the 15,000 Euro (£12,000) first prize. The final day at Plovdiv sees speed chess tie breakers for the players on 7.5 to decide who gains entry to next year’s World Cup knockout. Peter Wells and Gawain Jones finished on 5.5 and 6 respectively. Here ...

05.05.2008 08:01 Underdogs Bite in Baku

Gashimov, Wang Yue, and Carlsen tie for first in the Baku Grand Prix with 8/13.

05.05.2008 03:00 A Structured Introduction to the Openings

04.05.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Wells digs deep

The lure of qualifying places in the lucrative 2009 World Cup only served to encourage the leaders to protect their scores at the European Individual Chess Championship taking place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Emil Sutovsky of Israel and Pavel Tregubov of Russia who are both former winners of the chess event drew with each other in round 8 and share the lead on 7/9 with five other chess players. Peter Wells and Gawain Jones both have 5/9 and excellent rating performances as they have faced strong opposition. Wells defeated GM Alexander Huzman of Israel in the game below but then spoilt a good position against Tomas Markowski of Poland in the ninth round and lost. A Huzman – P Wells; IX EICC (8) Plovdiv; Queen’s Gambit; 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 (The sharp Vienna Variation, a Wells speciality) ...

04.05.2008 03:00 Elsewhere on the Web : Death of the Short Draw?

03.05.2008 17:52 Barden on chess

Fide's Grand Prix circuit, six chess tournaments spread over 19 months, is a new project to encourage more host nations. Russia's Alex Grischuk led after nine rounds of the launch event at Baku, which is live on the internet today. Shak Mamedyarov is a top ten chess grandmaster and playing in his home city. The Azeri came up with a home-brewed plan (7 Re1! then 12 Nd3! with ideas of Nf4-h5 in some lines) so Black was always on the defensive. The pressure told with 28...Qb6? (Be7 is only slightly worse) and then Magnus Carlsen missed the tactic 31 Bxa5! At the end White wins nicely after Kh7 38 Qxa8 Rxa8 39 Rf7 Rd8 40 Rxd7 Rxd7 41 Nxf8+. S Mamedyarov v M Carlsen 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Bb7 ...

03.05.2008 03:00 Join the Discussion : WuChess

02.05.2008 14:00 Follow-Ups : Leonardo and Kasparov

02.05.2008 12:31 Quiet at the Top in Baku

Grischuk clear leader in Baku Grand Prix with three rounds to play.

01.05.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Queen's Indian pickle

Former chess champion Emil Sutovsky of Israel leads the European Individual Chess Championship on tie break after seven rounds. Sutovsky has 6/7 level with Pavel Tregubov of Russia and Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia the winner of the Wijk aan Zee B Group. Gawain Jones has 4/7 and five of his opponents...

30.04.2008 23:06 French Defence

GM Neil McDonald analyses novelties from the FIDE Grand Prix tournament

30.04.2008 09:52 Telegraph chess: Still in the balance

There was only one decisive game in the fifth round of the FIDE/Global Chess Grand Prix at Baku as Wang Yue outplayed the former chess prodigy Sergei Karjakin from a completely level endgame. I suspect the game would have ended much earlier in a draw were it not for the rule forbidding draw offers t...

30.04.2008 03:46 English and Flank Openings

Carsten looks at some recent games from the Amber tournament

30.04.2008 00:48 Reenter the Dragon

Gashimov, Wang Yue, and Grischuk lead Baku Grand Prix on +2 after eight rounds with five to go.

29.04.2008 03:00 Every Move Explained : 1969 Sarajevo, Kovacs vs Korchnoi

28.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Zero tolerance on greed

Emil Sutovsky, a former winner of the chess event was one of only three chess players on maximum points after four rounds of the 2008 European Individual Chess Championship being contested at Plovdiv. Sutovsky won a fine game in round one which we saw on Friday where his opponent had the temerity to...

27.04.2008 03:00 Elsewhere on the Web : Resources for Computer Chess

26.04.2008 09:52 Telegraph chess: Adams looks ahead

Michael Adams scored his second win at the Grand Prix chess tournament in Baku, defeating the Czech GM David Navara to reach 2.5/4. The opening went wrong for Adams but a far sighted pawn sacrifice enabled the England number one to create decisive threats with two rooks and a knight against two rook...

26.04.2008 03:00 Join the Discussion : Baku Grand Prix

25.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Bring on the pawns

Long technical endgames were the order of the day in the third round of the Grand Prix chess tournament at Baku as three players successfully exploited the advantage of an extra pawn. When all the remaining pawns are on the same side of the board the game will often be drawn but it was not the case ...

25.04.2008 03:00 The Dark Side of the Chess Board

24.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: English master stroke

Michael Adams has made a great start to the Grand Prix chess tournament at Baku. In round one Adams drew solidly as Black against Teimour Radjabov whose Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation achieved no advantage. Adams even got the edge but had to accede to perpetual check in a queen and pawn endgame. In ro...

23.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Big guns out in Baku

The new FIDE/Global Chess Grad Prix is underway with England number one Michael Adams participating at the first event, a 14 player all play all in Baku. The Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen is the top seed. The full line up is 1. Magnus Carlsen, Norway, 2765; 2. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbai...

22.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Champions of child's play

More kids are coming. Last week there were three notable successes for young chess players around the world. In Dubai, 14-year-old Wesley So of the Philippines won a very strong Open chess tournament. So is one of the youngest chess players ever to be a GM and scored 7/9 to finish level with GMs Mer...

21.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: When disaster strikes

The field for the 2008 Staunton Memorial has been announced and will be the strongest yet with eleven of the twelve chess players being holders of the Grandmaster title. The twelfth player, IM Bob Wade may well be setting a world record. At the age of 87 he is thought to be the oldest chess player e...

21.04.2008 11:30 Beasts Loose in Baku

Kamsky and Grischuk win in first round of Baku Grand Prix.

21.04.2008 03:00 Catching Up with Kasparov

20.04.2008 09:52 Speelman on Chess

I reported last week on the Russian team chess championship in Dagomys near Sochi where the top seeds Ural Ekaterinburg were in the driving seat. Ural, the only chess team which averaged over 2700(!), duly confirmed their victory last weekend, guaranteeing the win with a round to spare with the help...

20.04.2008 03:00 Elsewhere on the Web : Wii Chess, Xbox 360 Chess

19.04.2008 01:52 Chess by Larry Evans

Chess was popular in Italy by the 16th century, and Italian chess players were regarded as the best in the world. But Ruy Lopez, a Spanish priest, defeated them on his visit to Rome on ecclesiastical business connected with the election of Pope Pius IV in 1560. A year later, his book, Libro de la in...

18.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Pole is poles apart

The former world chess champion Piotr Murdzia of Poland outperformed the finest line up of British solvers ever assembled at the Final of the 2007-2008 Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship held at Oakham School on 16th February. Murdzia led throughout and won by a big margin. Thirty thr...

18.04.2008 16:00 King's Indian

GM Victor Mikhalevski's update is based on games from the Amber tournament

18.04.2008 13:39 Grand Prix! Euro Ch!

Carlsen heads the first Grand Prix field in Baku, Azerbaijan. Over 100 GMs in Euro Individual Ch in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Both open Sunday.

18.04.2008 12:17 Winners and Losers

Kaidanov wins Gausdal. Adams wins Merida. Caruana takes Ruy Lopez thematic. Recent rating movement.

17.04.2008 20:39 d-Pawn Specials

The noose is tightening round the Veresov!

17.04.2008 17:52 Telegraph chess: Tsk, tsk, Tomsk

Last week I wondered how Tomsk 400, a chess team composed almost exclusively of world class players could be performing so badly at the Russian Team Chess Championships recently concluded at Dagomys in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The chess tournament was won by Ural of Ekaterinburg. It has emerge...