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Gelfand finally breaks through against Anand to take 4-3 World Championship lead
World Chess Championship 2012 7
Mark Crowther (Sun May 20 21:03:00 2012)
Gelfand was satisfied but hardly seemed excited at the press conference following his win in game 7. Here he chats with Anand after the game finished. Photo © | http://moscow2012.fide.com
Boris Gelfand won the 7th game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow against Viswanathan Anand finally breaking the deadlock after 6 draws. This is his first win against Anand at a classical time control since a 29 move game at the Biel Interzonal of 1993. Gelfand played 6.c5 against Anand's Semi-Slav and got a small positional advantage. Anand soon didn't much like his position and he said after "I started to drift a little bit in the opening and the rest revolved around my bishop on c8", Anand added he didn't like his 20....Rab8. 21....Ne4 seems to have been a real error and 23...g5 showed he was desperate "In a bad position usually all moves are bad". Gelfand confidently moved in for the kill, calmly ignored Anand's inadequate counter-attack and threatened mate himself to force resignation. This was one of the most interesting openings and this decisive game will hopefully intensify the battle for the remaining games. IM Malcolm Pein looks at the game and has quotes from Peter Leko and Anatoly Karpov who were in the commentary box. Game 8 Anand-Gelfand Monday 12pm BST. 15:00 Moscow time. Read more ....
World Chess Championship 2012 (Moscow RUS)
Fri 11th May 2012 - Wed 30th May 2012 -
Official Site
World Championship (2 players 12 Rds Match Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
US Chess Championship Recaps for 2012
US Chess Championships 2012 Videos
Mark Crowther (Thu May 17 17:44:00 2012)
US Championships 2012 Recaps. Photo © | http://www.USChessChamps.com/video
The live coverage of the US Chess Championships fronted by Jennifer Shahade, Ben Finegold and Mike Klein and produced by Macauley Peterson has been a lot of fun as have the player interviews. Watch the daily recaps. Read more ....
US Championship 2012 (Saint Louis USA)
Tue 8th May 2012 - Sun 20th May 2012 -
Official Site - Live
ch-USA w Playoff (2 players 3 Rds Match Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Women Playoff | Live Women PO
ch-USA 2012 (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Games
ch-USA w 2012 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Women Games
20th Sigeman and Co Malmo 2012
20th Sigeman and Co Malmo 2012 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed May 16 21:40:00 2012)
Venue, the Savoy Hotel in Malmo. Photo © | http://www.sigeman-chess.com/
The 20th anniversary of the first Sigeman and Co tournament took place in Malmo 9th-16th May 2012. Top seed Fabiano Caruana added yet more rating points this year with 5,5.7 and a 2853 performance. Peter Leko took second place with 5/7. Anish Giri won in the final round to hold on to most of his rating points with 4/7. Giri has had exams this year and his play has gone slightly backwards but I think school is important and there isn't much to worry about. Nils Grandelius gained a lot finishing on the same score. Read more ....
20th Anniversary Sigeman & Co 2012 (Malmo SWE)
Wed 9th May 2012 - Wed 16th May 2012 -
Official Site - Live
20th Sigeman & Co (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:30m) - Games in PGN: Games
Win a Playstation 3 and PURE Chess Game in Caption Competition
Caption Competition PS3 and Pure Chess
Mark Crowther (Fri May 11 11:03:00 2012)
Karpov at Disney. Just come up with a caption. | http://www.chess.co.uk/twic
CHESS Magazine in conjunction with PURE Chess has a fantastic caption competition where the prize is a PlayStation 3 with Pure Chess' new chess software on it. Full details as to how to enter below. Closing date for entries: 31st May 2012. Winner will be announced in early July 2012. Read more ....
Ivanchuk leads Capablanca Memorial at the half way stage
47th Capablanca Memorial 2012 5.2
Mark Crowther (Wed May 9 16:25:00 2012)
Vassily Ivanchuk leads the 47th Capablanca Memorial with 3.5/5 going into the rest day. Ivanchuk completely outplayed Viktor Laznicka in a complex Nimzo Indian. Vladimir Potkin beat Yuniesky Quesada Perez with a conversion to a winning King and Pawn ending that proved deceptive for his opponent. Ian Nepomniachtchi's disappointing play continues with a dull draw against Leinier Dominguez Perez. Read more ....
XLVII Capablanca Memorial 2012 (Havana CUB)
Thu 3rd May 2012 - Mon 14th May 2012 -
Official Site - Live- Daily reports
Capablanca Mem Elite (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Capablanca Mem Prem (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Premier Games
Capablanca Mem Ab1 (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
Capablanca Mem Ab2 (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
The Week in Chess Magazine
TWIC 914 14th May 2012 - 1763 games V2 15th May Copenhagen Challenge corrected
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| TCh-HUN 2011-12 | Budapest | HUN | 11 | ||||
| Serbia Cup Final | Kragujevac | SRB | 09:00 | 7 | |||
| ch-CZE 2012 | Kouty nad Desnou | CZE | 09:00 | 9 | |||
| 71st ch-GEO 2012 | Tbilisi | GEO | 12:00 | 7 | |||
| 10th Somov Mem | Kirishi | RUS | 12:00 | 8 | |||
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Anand-Gelfand World Championship Game 5 another draw
World Chess Championship 2012 5
IM Malcolm Pein (Sat May 19 15:20:00 2012)
Anand held with white easily by Gelfand. Photo © | http://moscow2012.fide.com
A dreadfully dull game left the world championship match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand tied 2.5-2.5 at Moscow. Game 5 saw Anand play white and he switched to 1.e4 perhaps in an attempt to sharpen the play. For the second time in the match the challenger wrong-footed the champion by playing a defence not previously in his repertoire and Anand was left somewhat unprepared. Gelfand usually plays the Sicilian Najdorf or Petroff Defence but he uncorked the Sicilian Sveshnikov and equalised easily. Read more ....
Anand and Gelfand deadlocked at 2-2
World Chess Championship 2012 4
IM Malcolm Pein (Thu May 17 14:25:00 2012)
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IM Malcolm Pein (Wed May 16 14:23:00 2012)
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