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Ilyumzhinov to quit as President of Kalmykia

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will not stand for a 5th term as Head of Kalmykia, the Russian press agency Interfax reports. Meanwhile, on a day when the Argentinian Chess Federation switched their support to Anatoly Karpov, Ilyumzhinov published an astonishingly belligerent statement on the upcoming elections. According to Interfax, Ilyumzhinov told ...

Shirov beats Kramnik, leads in Shanghai – VIDEO added

Alexei Shirov won his second game in a row today in Shanghai. He beat Vladimir Kramnik to reach sole first place in the standings. Aronian and Wang Hao drew. Round 4 video now up. Tournament info The first part of the 2010 Grand Slam Masters Final takes place 3-8 September in Shanghai, ...

Kings in Black II

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Shanghai R3: Shirov beats Wang Hao, Aronian escapes – VIDEO added

The third round of the Masters Final in Shanghai saw Alexei Shirov defeating Wang Hao in a game where "many things happened that cannot be expained", as the winner said afterwards. He now shares the lead with Levon Aronian, who had a narrow escape against Vladimir Kramnik. Round 3 video ...

Weekly Endgame Study (185)

Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! D. Gurgenidze 1994 White to play and win Next week the solution. Solution last week J. Fleck & C. Lutz 1999 new PgnViewer( { boardName: "demo", pgnFile: ...

Two draws in rd 2 Shanghai – VIDEO added

Levon Aronian felt that he might have been lucky today in Shanghai with his draw against Alexei Shirov, who went for a known piece sac in return for a dangerous kingside attack. In the second round of the Masters Final Vladimir Kramnik was slightly better against Wang Hao but the ...

Chess in New York City

No, we're not talking about the G-Star thing on the 10th. This is about Channel Thirteen in New York who interviewed the founder and owner of NYC Chess, Russ Makofsky, for its weekly series, “New York on the Clock.� The channel thought we might be interested in sharing the short ...

Aronian beats Wang Hao in round 1 Shanghai – VIDEO added

Levon Aronian took an early lead at the Masters Final in Shanghai by beating local star Wang Hao in the first round. Vladimir Kramnik had Alexei Shirov on the ropes, but couldn't convert a long-lasting advantage. Round 1 video now available. The first part of the 2010 Grand Slam Masters Final ...

Aronian 4th on September rating list

Levon Aronian is the world's number 4 player in the world on the September FIDE rating list. The Armenian is now one place higher than Vladimir Kramnik, who lost ten points in Dortmund this summer. Pavel Eljanov is now 6th while Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10. One of ...

New In Chess 2010/6: beat the system…

"We have to beat the system that they have been building up for 15 years". Anatoly Karpov on his hope to be FIDE president in New In Chess 2010/6. Other highlights from its more than 100 pages: Pono Promo in Dortmund - Genna Sosonko on Savielly Tartakower - Cool Hand Luke ...

Dernière mise à jour : 07/09/2010 @ 04:52