Sarkhan Gashimov, the older brother and manager of top GM Vugar Gashimov, won a strong blitz tournament in San Sebastian last week, ahead of many grandmasters. Rated 2351, the amateur player from Azerbaijan defeated Julio Granda Zuniga of Peru in the
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler won the FIDE World up 2011 after drawing the 4th game of the final against Alexander Grischuk today. The grandmaster from St. Petersburg set the final score at 2.5-1.5 and clinched the title and US $120,000 first prize. Va
Sergey Volkov finished clear first at the 2nd Livigno Open. The Russian grandmaster scored 7/9 and ended above GMs Peter Michalik, Georgy Timoshenko and Dmitry Svetushkin, who scored 6.5 points.
During the final game it was enough for Volkov to draw
Sergey Volkov finished clear first at the 2nd Livigno Open. The Russian grandmaster scored 7/9 and ended above GMs Peter Michalik, Georgy Timoshenko and Dmitry Svetushkin, who scored 6.5 points.
During the final game it was enough for Volkov to draw
(FULL REPORT) The second game of the World Cup final between Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler ended in a rather quick draw on Saturday. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, Vassily Ivanchuk took the lead; he beat Ruslan Ponomariov with the black p
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler immediately took the lead in his World Cup final against Alexander Grischuk. In a Kan Sicilian, Svidler's opening set-up looked suspicious but Grischuk's time management even more: in heavy timetrouble he let a nice positi
(FULL REPORT) The second game of the World Cup final between Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler ended in a rather quick draw on Saturday. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, Vassily Ivanchuk took the lead; he beat Ruslan Ponomariov with the black p
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler immediately took the lead in his World Cup final against Alexander Grischuk. In a Kan Sicilian, Svidler's opening set-up looked suspicious but Grischuk's time management even more: in heavy timetrouble he let a nice positi
The tie-break of the World Cup Semi-final between Alexander Grischuk (Russia) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) was played on Wednesday, September 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The players exchanged victories in rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second per move)
The second games of the World Cup Semi-finals were played on Tuesday, September 13 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Peter Svidler (Russia) won as Black against Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), and advanced to the final. Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Ugra, congrat