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Jul
4
Dortmund R2: Carlsen is the leader
From July 2nd to 12th is taking place the 37th eition of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting. Six of the world's strongest grandmasters are taking part in this tournament.

Each player has to play two games against each other, one with white and one with black pieces. The winner of this tournament will be determined after ten rounds.

In this round Jakovenko won against Naiditsch but Carlsen with a draw in black pieces against Leko leads the tournament.

Current standings after 2 rounds: Carlsen 1.5, Leko, Kramnik, Bacrot and Jakovenko 1.0, Naiditsch 0.


Jun
26
Ivanchuk wins Bazna with a full point lead
Ukrainian super-GM Vassily Ivanchuk drew Teimour Radjabov on the black side of a sharp Najdorf to take clear first place by a full point (and with a 2872 performance) in the Romgaz King's Tournament in Romania. Gata Kamsky drew Boris Gelfand in 32 moves, while Alexei Shirov got a plus one score with a fine victory against Liviu-Dieter Nisepeanu.
Bazna: King's Tournament new editionJun 17
ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade" of Bucharest are organizing a new ...read chess news
Anand won Miskolc Rapid Chess TournamentJun 12
In the final day both games were drawn after a tough struggle. Anand pressed hardly but Leko ...read chess news
Miskolc: Anand leads 4:2 after 6 gamesJun 6
This rapid chess match between Vishy Anand and Peter Leko is taking place in Miskolc, Hungary ...read chess news
GM Boris Gelfand was the winner of Odessa ACP World RapidMay 28
From 22nd-24th May 2009, in the Odessa National Academy of Law of Ukraine, took place this ...read chess news
Rybka is the new Computer Chess ChampionMay 19
In Pamplona, Spain took place the 17th World Computer Chess Championship. The chess program ...read chess news
Levon Aronian wins the Nalchik FIDE Grand PrixMay 3
The round before the last, Aronian and Leko were leading the table. Aronian led the white pieces ...read chess news
Nalchik R10: Only two games were drawn!Apr 27
What a round! Only two games of seven ended in a draw. That's very strange in a tournament ...read chess news
Nalchik R7: Karjakin and Eljanov win and Aronian leadsApr 23
A very exciting game was played by Sergey Karjakin and Gata Kamsky and the ucranian GM achieved ...read chess news
Nalchik R4: Grischuk still the leaderApr 19
In a very exciting game Kamsky won his game against Svidler. Kamsky needed 74 moves to knock ...read chess news
Grischuk leads the fourth FIDE Grad Prix in NalchikApr 18
Between April 14th and 29th is taking place in the russian city of Nalchik the fourth FIDE ...read chess news
Russian Premier League: Tomsk-400 is the best russian teamApr 14
This team won the Russian Team Championship in 2007 but didn't perform very well last year. ...read chess news
New FIDE Rating - Topalov at first positionApr 1
Veselin Topalov has once again crossed the 2800 mark, missing his highest-ever rating, 2813, ...read chess news