Archive for October, 2010
Magnus Carlsen defeated Etienne Bacrot in the first round of the 3rd Pearl Spring Masters. Malcolm Pein takes a look.
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The Pearl Spring Masters takes place in Nanjing 18th-30th October 2010. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Etienne Bacrot. 6 players 10 Round Double Round Robin. Round 1 under way. Play starts at
WYCC Round 3 report
Oct 23
The World Youth Chess Championships 2010 continued with round 3 here in Porto Carras, Halkidiki. After multiple surprises and exciting games, leading groups are forming in each section.GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is showing quality in the Open U18 group.
European Club Cup 2010 – 5
Oct 22
The European Club Cup takes place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 16th-24th October 2010. 24 players rated over 2700 Elo will participate. Top rated participant is Levon Aronian (2783) who will play on board 1 for MIKA Yerevan. The team rosters are not quite co
Peter Doggers of ChessVibes and Macauley Peterson (now an independent producer) are producing the official videos from Nanjing.
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The Pearl Spring Masters takes place in Nanjing 18th-30th October 2010. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Etienne Bacrot. 6 players 10 Round Double Round Robin. Round 1 under way. Play starts at
The 14th Unive Tournament takes place in Hoogeveen, Netherlands 22nd-30th October 2010.
The 4 player double round robin sees Alexei Shirov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov compete.
There is an open alongside for which en
In the third round of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, Magnus Carlsen scored his second victory, outpreparing Wang Yue in a Petroff. Viswanathan Anand won with Black against Veselin Topalov in a Lasker Defence – just like their last game
Defending champion Economist I from Russia is the only team left with a 100% score at the European Club Cup in Plovdiv. Today a crucial encounter against Mika Yerevan is scheduled. In the women section AVS from Russia leads with 8/5.
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We have just received: Anand-Topalov, Sofia 2010.
This book tells the exciting story of the great match for the World Chess Champion title. The unexpected event that disturbed the start, the impact of the Sofia Rules, the heroic battles, the dramat