Ivanchuk wins 5th game and the match
Showing amazing persistance, Ivanchuk managed to win an almost dead drawn ending in game 5, and then drew the 6th and last game of the match using the Scandinavian Defence. The Ukrainian won the Revanche Match against Leko deservedly, after showing better preparation and… better chess.
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Svidler wins Aker Chess Challenge
Peter Svidler won the Aker Chess Challenge yesterday by beating Magnus Carlsen 1.5-0.5 in the final. He won the second game with the Black pieces. Nakamura came 3rd; he beat Lie, also with 1.5-0.5. full story »
Ni Hua wins in Reggio Emilia
Almasi started with 4/4, but a round before the end first seed Ni Hua aready secured first place at this year’s Torneo di Capodanno in Reggio Emilia. The Chinese GM scored 7.5/9 and a performance rating of 2834. full story »
Two more fighting draws in Ivanchuk-Leko
After two more fighting draws the score is still level in the 6-game rapid match between Ivanchuk and Leko in Mukachevo, Ukraine. Again, in one of the games Ivanchuk probably missed a win. full story »
Carlsen and Svidler qualify for final
After six rounds Carlsen, Nakamura and Svidler had all collected four points (Lie lost all six games) and so a playoff was needed to determine the finalists of the Aker Chess Challenge. Not in top form in the blitz session, Nakamura lost both to Carlsen and Svidler, who thus qualified for tomorrow’s final. full story »
Rematch Ivanchuk-Leko starts with two draws
From 3rd to 5th January, Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko are playing a 6-game rapid match in Mukachevo, Ukraine. It’s a return match of a previous encounter between the two, in October 2007, that ended in 6-6 after which Ivanchuk won the blitz tiebreak. Yesterday the first two games ended in a draw. In the first Ivanchuk missed a clear win in the ending. full story »
Svidler leads after first two days in Gjøvik
Russian GM Peter Svidler started the Aker Chess Challenge, a rapid event that’s part of the International Chess Festival in Gjøvik (Norway), with two wins and two draws. Carlsen and Nakamura follow on 2.5/4 while Lie lost his first four games. full story »
Recent headlines
• Ivanchuk wins 5th game and the match 6/1, 15:48 (2) • Svidler wins Aker Chess Challenge 6/1, 11:17 (5) • Ni Hua wins in Reggio Emilia 5/1, 18:31 (0) • Two more fighting draws in Ivanchuk-Leko 5/1, 11:09 (1) • Carlsen and Svidler qualify for final 4/1, 23:18 (0) • Rematch Ivanchuk-Leko starts with two draws 4/1, 13:10 (0) • Svidler leads after first two days in Gjøvik 3/1, 19:18 (3) • Weekly Endgame Study (102) & Corus Chess and Studies Day 3/1, 10:00 (0) • Grandmaster norms in Groningen 2/1, 12:32 (12) • Annual Survey 2008: a year in videos 31/12, 19:14 (8) » older postsCurrent
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Recent comments
• Theo, 6 January 2009, 23.38: A big congrats to Kramnik for being a father since last week!• Antonio, 6 January 2009, 21.52: It should be called the rematch
• guitarspider, 6 January 2009, 21.07: Yeah really, they’re not very helpful.
• Peter Doggers, 6 January 2009, 20.25: Why do I write photo captions…?
• MamedyarovFan, 6 January 2009, 19.58: GM Carlsen’s prize of 16,000 was in Norwegian Kroner (which equals approximately 1,700 Euro), presumably because his native currency would be...
• leigh, 6 January 2009, 19.47: Svidler won. his award was 3000. Carlson lost. his award was 16000. What was the reason????
• Michel, 6 January 2009, 11.46: A good result for Svidler. I think he needed that!
• Daan Zult, 6 January 2009, 10.10: @Bartlomiej Ow, I see now I wrote used Macieja for your name, I inteded to use Bartlomiej
sorry for that and thanks for the thought provoking ideas!...• Daan Zult, 6 January 2009, 10.06: An interersting discussion! I use the system of Elo ratings in my work so I like to add something to the discussion, since I think two important points...
• Bartlomiej Macieja, 6 January 2009, 6.46: xtra, so many people speak about the inflation, but the problem is that everybody understands something else. If they mean that “less...
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Live ratings - updated January 3, 2009
| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Topalov | 2809,2 | +13,2 | 10 |
| 02 | Anand | 2791,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03 | Morozevich | 2771,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04 | Carlsen | 2770,6 | -5,4 | 2 |
| 05 | Ivanchuk | 2763,2 | -15,8 | 10 |
| 06 | Radjabov | 2761,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07 | Kramnik | 2759,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08 | Aronian | 2754,2 | +4,2 | 10 |
| 09 | Jakovenko | 2752,9 | -7,1 | 5 |
| 10 | Leko | 2751,0 | 0 | 0 |
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