Welcome back to Chess News at andrewtitus.blogspot.com!
I would like to congratulate John Michael Burke (JMB). As we know, JMB had a very good tournament at the World Open (he also did well in the DC International before it). He continued his streak with a great performance at the New York International (won by Kamsky). This bumped his rating up from (approximately) 2280 FIDE to 2538 FIDE! 2538 makes him #1 in the U14 list in the World and puts him higher rated than many other young grandmasters. Congratulations JMB!
It also would not be right to leave out the Biel Tournament which had a victory going to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. China and Russia played a match and China won in the mens and in the womens. They have a unique challenge that is similar to a knockout system (check chess.com's ChessNews for more information).
As summer comes to an end, there are still many tournaments coming up. The Asian Championships, the Turkish Super League, and the British Championships (almost finished) are going on today. The Sinquefield Cup will continue the Grand Chess Tour in less than 1 month and there is usually local tournaments in the United States on Labor Day Weekend. My favorite tournament is also coming up soon... The World Cup! It is an amazing tournament to watch especially in the knockout stages. It will be in Baku (Azerbaijan) this year. Since it is a qualifier to the Candidates, Carlsen cannot play, but many other strong players will be there!
July 9th, 2015
It has been a while since my last post due to travel, but I am back with more information. The Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament has finished. Nisiepeanu did not keep his lead, but Caruana did win five games straight to finish in first. Wesley So finished in second on tiebreaks.
1. Caruana 5.5/7
2. So 4/7
3. Nisiepeanu 4/7
4. Kramnik 3.5/7
5. Nepomniachtchi 3/7
6. Naiditsch 3/7
7. Hou Yifan 2.5/7
8. Meier 2.5/7
Also, the DC International and the World Open has finished in Arlington, Virginia. 1st place was an eight place tie for first with Lenderman winning the playoff against Rauf Mamedov in the World Open and the DC International also had a tie for first with players like Luke McShane and Magesh Panchanathan at the top. It is important to note John Michael Burke's 6.5/9 performance with wins against several strong players. IM Andrew Tang also had a strong tournament with 4.5/8 by beating the famous GM Artur Jussupow and drawing Luke McShane and Krikor Mekhitarian, but losing to John Michael Burke. Check chessevents.com for more standings.
Now, we have a tournament in China going on with ten players and two rounds to go. Wang Yue is having a very good performance and has gained 20 rating points so far.
1. Wang Yue 6/7
2. Ni Hua 5/7
3. Ding Liren 4/7
4. Bu Xiangzhi 3.5/7
Wei Yi
Yu Yangyi
7. Bruzon Batista 2.5/7
Sasikiran
Lu Shanglei
10. Wang Chen 2/7
Also, the Dutch Championships have started and Loek Van Wely and Anish Giri are the two favorites so far.
1. Giri 3/4
Van Wely
3. Bok 2/4
Ernst
Van Kempen
6. L'Ami 1.5/4
Tiviakov
8. Prujissers 1/4
The next big tournaments starting are Biel on the 20th, Russian Superfinal next month, and Sinquefield Cup in late August. Should be fun!
June 29th, 2015
Today, many of the tournaments I talked about last week are over. Norway Chess was a terrible tournament for Carlsen, but great for Topalov, Anand, Nakamura, and Giri. Carlsen finished the tournament with a loss to friend and second, Jon Ludvig Hammer.
1. Topalov 6.5/9
2. Anand 6/9 and TB 24.75
3. Nakamura 6/9 and TB 24.50
4. Giri 5.5/9
5. Caruana 4/9 and TB 17.75
6. Vachier-Lagrave 4/9 and TB 15.75
7. Grischuk 3.5/9 and TB 14.50
8. Carlsen 3.5/9 TB 14.25
9. Aronian 3/9 TB 13
10. Hammer 3/9 and TB 11.75
Yu Yangyi crushed the Capablanca Memorial's elite section by 1.5 points.
1. Yu Yangyi 7/10
2. Andreikin 5.5/10
Elijanov
4. Dominguez Perez 4.5/10
5. Nepomniachtchi 4/10
6. Bruzon Batista 3.5/10
Finally, the Edmonton International finished. Wang Hao was 1 point behind Harikrishna before the last round and needed a win to tie for first. Harikrishna was able to hold Wang Hao to a draw, therefore securing clear first place.
1. Harikrishna 7.5/9
2. Wang Hao 6.5/9
3. Ganguly 6.5/9
4. Ivancuk 6.5/9
5. Shankland 6/9
6. Hambleton 4/9
7. Penchenkin 3/9
8. Haessel 2/9
9. Matras-Clement 2/9
10. Gardner 1/9
The Dortmund Sparkassen tournament has started with a surpising start.
1. Nisiepeanu (2654) 2/2
2. So (2778) 1/2
Kramnik (2783)
Meier (2654)
Nepomniachtchi (2720)
Naiditsch (2722)
7. Caruana (2805) 0/5/2
Hou Yifan (2676)
Will Nisipeanu keep his lead?
June 23rd, 2015
Time for another update on tournaments!
Norway Chess (avg rating 2782) seems to have a definite winner with two rounds to go.
1. Topalov 6
2. Anand 4.5
Nakamura
4. Giri 4
5. Caruana 3
Aronian
Vachier-Lagrave
8. Carlsen 2.5
Grischuk
10. Hammer 2
Also, the Capablanca Memorial is going on in Havana, Cuba. 6 players are playing the elite double round robin with an average rating of 2716.
1. Yu Yangyi 5
2. Eljanov 4
Andreikin
4. Dominguez Perez 3
Bruzon Batista
6. Nepomniachtchi 2
The last important round robin going on is the Edmonton International (Canada) with three 2700s, 2 2600s and a few other people in the 2100-2400 range. Because of the slightly lower rated players, the average rating is only 2479, but with the 5 grandmasters and 1 international masters, it will be an interesting tournament to watch.
1. Harikrishna 3
2. Ivanchuk 2
Ganguly
Wang Hao
Shankland
6. Hambleton 1.5
7. Matras-Clement 1
Pechenkin
9. Gardner 0.5
10. Haessel 0
Coming up in about a week is the Dortmund tournament with Nepomniachtchi, Caruana, Kramnik, Nisipeanu, Naiditsch, Meier, So, and Hou Yifan. Should be an interesting tournament (avg rating 2724). Also, the World Open and the DC International is taking place soon with Luke McShane participating along with some other strong grandmasters.
Hoping to update the Masterpiece section and the Game Anaylsis page soon! See you later on the next Chess News information!
June 18th, 2015
And Carlsen lost again in Round 2! But he has rebounded in Round 3 with a draw, but maintains control of last place at Norway Chess.
Standings:
1. Nakamura 2.5
Topalov
3. Giri 2
4. Caruana 1.5
Anand
Vachier-Lagrave
7. Grischuk 1
Aronian
Hammer
10. Carlsen 0.5
June 17th, 2015
Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating this for a long time. Well, a lot of major tournaments have happened since I have last posted.
First of all, there have been many World Championship matches. Carlsen beat Anand in 2013 at Chennai, but Anand won the Candidates Match in early 2014 to challenge Carlsen again in November 2014 at Sochi. Carlsen once again won this match.
Speaking of World Championships, Carlsen is now the Blitz and Rapid World Champion making him World Champion in all three time controls! The Blitz and Rapid World Championships took place in Dubai.
Also, many people have been changing federations. Wesley So is now playing for the United States flag, Katerina Lagno also changed federations from Ukraine to Russia. Finally, Fabiano Caruana is on the move and will be playing for the United States in the 2016 Olympiad.
Also, you can see live ratings on my homepage and they are updated when a game that affects the banners are finished.
The one tournament I would love to play in is the Olympiad. When you think of this tournament, you might think of Russia or Armenia or Ukraine to win. In 2014, China surpassed all of these teams. And the 2016 Olympiad will have a strong team with Caruana (2800), Nakamura (2800), and So (2780) for the United States of America.
Finally, many disasters have been happening at the top levels! First, Wesley So was forfeited for writing motivational tips on a separate notation sheet. This changed his tournament from bad to worse, but he still finished in 3rd with two wins on the last two rounds. Also, Magnus Carlsen lost on time against Veselin Topalov because he thought that he was supposed to gain more time on move 60 like they have it in many other top tournaments. Carlsen was completely winning in the position, but rules are rules.
Hope you enjoyed this recap of the last two years. Thanks, Andrew.
October 17th, 2013
Today's first news is that I am back! The World Cup which I talked about a while ago has finished (obviously) with Kramnik beating Andreikin in the finals.
After that, in Minnesota at the Noel Skelton Open, GM Wesley So conquered the field with 5.0/5.0. He could have drawn the last game with NM Andrew Tang, but chose to win.
Meanwhile, many tournaments have finished. The King's tournament finished with Caruana coming in 1st. It was a 5 player round-robin and each person's rest day was the day they didn't play. This left it interesting when Caruana was 1 point ahead of Nisipeanu and Ponomariov, but had the zero point bye. He maintaned the lead while Wang Hao who was struggling to say away from last place, soared to the top, 1/2 a point behind Caruana. Radjabov stayed with the pack, finishing in 4th, with Nisipeanu in 3rd.
Also, the Russian Superfinal finished. Peter Svidler leading most of the tournament ahead of Kramnik, Nepomniatchitchi, Vitiugov, Andreikin, Karjakin, Inarkiev, Goganov, Motylev, and Shomoev. But Nepomniatchitchi caught up to go to playoffs where he lost. Svidler is now the Russian Superfinal Champion.
In Bilbao, it was very interesting because Sofia Rules applied. 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. I think that was very fair, because 2 draws should not equal a win. Draws are easy. Offer a draw on move 15, and he accepts. Anyway, Aronian needed to get back above 2800, so he did getting 10.0 with Sofia Rules against GM Adams, GM Mamedyarov, and Vachier Lagrave. Adams got 9.0 and the others didn't do that good.
In the Indonesia Open, Alexey Dreev won with 8.0. In the Baku Open, IM Irina Krush got her final GM norm. More information is temporarily on uschess.org.
In the Russian Women Superfinal, Valentina Gunina was the winner, with the others close behind. More on women include the interesting fact the Hou Yifan gained her title back from Anna Ushenina who recently won the Women's World Championships.
The TCEC computer championships is still going on with intense play by the computers, some of which I haven't heard about.
The World Championships for Anand and challenger Carlsen is coming up as is the World Youth Championships for the youth player. I look to see how the players I played last year are doing, and one of them, Lukas Leisch is right above me! I showed our game last year on the blog. He is 1719, and I am 1709.
I think that I might have missed some of the important tournaments from the last two months, and that is why I suggest to try some websites:
uschess.org
chessdom.com
chess.com
andrewtitus.blogspot.com
That is all for today on Chess News. When I have time, I will post about my summer, and later the World Youth Chess Championships. Bye!
August 19th, 2013
The only tournament I know of with elimination in chess is going on. The 128 player World Cup (127 this year because GM Adly couldn't make it due to a conflict). Now with 16 players left, Caruana, Kramnik, Nakamura, Svidler, Granda Zuniga, Kamsky, Korobov, Karjakin, Morozevich, Tomashevsky, Ivanchuk, and Mamedyarov are still in with a few others. Top seeded Aronian is out, along with young Giri and Hungarian GM Leko. Nepomniatchitchi got eliminated by the youngest person of the tournament, Wei Yi who also upseted Shirov, but lost to Mamedyarov.
August 6th, 2013
All tournaments have finished. You can look at uschess.org or information, but briefly, I have the whole story of the leaders. First, I have to say my tournament didn't go so great. I played the whole tournament getting 5/9, with 2 draws. I was always playing down, so I did get upseted every time I didn't win. Anyway, I'll blog about that later instead of 12 AM. The people who tied for 1st would have been Lenderman and others or just Lenderman. Lenderman has 7.5 going into the last round, whilec Julio Sadorra, Josh Friedel, Mackenzie Molner, Roberto Martin-Del-Campo, and Sam Schmakel with 7. Lenderman has already beaten Friedel, and drawn to Molner. So Sadorra has to beat Lenderman. He sacs the exchange and pushes for victory and gets it. Meanwhile Molner beats Schmakel, and Friedel beats Martin-Del-Campo. So now there is a 3 way tie for 1st. Sadorra and Friedel with 1 loss, and Molner with 2 draws. 1st in tiebreaks was Molner, second was Friedel, and third was Sadorra, so Sadorra couldn't play in the Armaggedon playoff, even with his last round victory to secure 1st for the others. Molner chose black with 3 minutes and draw odds, so Friedel got white and 5 minutes. Recently, Akobian got black with 3 minutes and was able to hold Quesada's 5 minutes to a draw, and got the title in the World Open. That might have been the reason that Molner chose black. I was a spectator for the playoff, but I didn't choose the best spot, and therefore only knew how much they thought. My cousin said Molner made a blunder, and Friedel won. So Friedel gets the trophy, the extra $200 and a spot to the 2014 U.S Championships. GM's watching were only Lenderman and Ghaem Maghami. But IM Sarkar was there too.
In Dortmund Adams edged out Kramnik by 1/2 a point. While in Biel Vachier Lagrave, Ding Liren, Moiseenko, and Bacrot got in the playoffs, but Vachier Lagrave beat Moiseenko in the finals.
July 28th, 2013
Today is the day that we have 3 tournaments going on.
A tournament in Dortmund Is going on with GM Naiditsch, GM Meier, GM Fridman, GM Khenkin, GM Andreikin, GM Caruana, GM Kramnik, GM Wang Hao, GM Leko, and GM Adams.
Also in Biel, a tournament going on. GM Rapport, GM Nepomniatchtchi, GM Bacrot, GM Vachier-Lagrave, GM Moiseenko, and GM Ding Liren.
The US Open Traditional schedule, the Barber, and the Denker started yesterday. I happen to go on Tuesday for the 6-Day schedule.
Remember the Candidates Match between Carlsen and Anand? That's this fall at Chennai, India, Anand's home town. I think it's going to be interesting. Who do you want to win? Comment it!
Today is the 4 month anniversary of the Chess News Column of andrewtitus.blogspot.com. It feels good to have 1/3 of a year done on this. I hope that this goes on for another 8 years until I go of to college. I will still blog about this stuff, but maybe not as much.
Notice
Remember, to get a good sleep before your morning rounds, to keep stress out of the way.
July 20th, 2013
Great news! The US Open is in coming up, I however I am going to the 6-Day schedule, so I have 10 days more. Looking at the Advanced Entries, you will see that there is not much Grandmasters fight now, but trust me, there will be more.
In Beijing Karjakin's losses put him our of chances, but Mamedyarov and Grischuk were down to the top, until Mamedyarov edged ahead. Mamedyarov had 2 losses at the end of the tournament, but he won. Topalov is still leading the Grand Prix standings by tying for third in this tournament.
Check out the tournaments going on right now.
July 11th, 2013
First looking at the FIDE ratings, now this July, Caruana is number 3 in the world behind Carlsen and Aronian. Another thing to notice is the rating lists are now very different unlike a month ago.
In Beijing, Karjakin got an early lead, but two losses puts him 1 behind from Mamedyarov and Grischuk.
The World Open was a ten-way tie with Varuzhan Akobian, Quesada Yuniesky, Sergey Erenburg, Alejandro Ramirez, Parimarjan Negi, Yury Shulman, Lazaro Bruzon, Viktor Laznicka, Conrad Holt and Tamaz Gelashvili.
The U.S Open is coming up, not as confusing as the World Open, with the Traditional, the 6-Day, and the 4-Day. One huge section, a bunch of quads, a swiss, a blitz tournament, and the Barber and the Denker alongside from the nation's youngest stars (unfortunately I am not in it as losing on round 2 certainly does not help). There's probably a scholastic, I haven't checked about it recently.
I guess most of the big tournaments are pretty much done, but in the next 7 days, a bunch of tournaments will start. If you go to worldopen.com, you will see future events and see them.
July 4th, 2013
To all Americans, Happy Independence Day!!
First, we have the Grand Prix event now in Beijing. Participants are Gelfand, Kamsky, Giri, Topalov, Morozevich, Wang Yue, Grischuk, Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Leko, Wang Hao, and Mamedyarov.
In Geneva, Kramnik and Mamedyarov made the semifinals in Group A and Bacrot and Nakamura made the semifinals from Group B. Kramnik and Mamedyarov made the finals, where Mamedyarov won.
Carlsen won the match against Predojevic. Final score, 2.5-1.5.
The World Open has started. There are many sections including the 2 weekend schedule (June 29-30 and July 5-7), the July 1-7, the July 3-7, the July 4-7 and the July 5-7. The Open section will have the 2 weekend schedule, the July 1-7 and the July 3-7. The U2400 and the U2200 has the July 3-7, the July 4-7 and the July 5-7 and the 2 weekend schedule (June 29-30 and July 5-7). The U2000, the U1800, the U1600, the U1400, and the Adult U1200 will have the July 3-7, the July 4-7 and the July 5-7. The U1000 has just the July 5-7. There are side events like the U2300, the Women's Championship, the U13 Championship (finished), the U13 Championships U1400, the U1000, and the U600 (all finished). There's also a Senior Amateur U2010, U1810, U1610, and U1410 (all finished), and even a 7 minute championship. There was even a warmup (finished). Check worldopen.com for more information.
You might have been noticing all of these notices, that is part of my summer notices for all of us to have a non-stressed out chess summer.
Notice
Going to a tournament. If you have registered, book a hotel now before you lose places close by, especially for a small town, where there are not much hotels.
June 28th, 2013
Funny how the Tal Memorial ended. Gelfand won, and Nakamura got 6th after an awesome start. Carlsen got 2nd.
IM Matikozyan won the Southern Californian Championships by 1/2 a point.
Daniel Naroditsky won the U.S Junior Championships by 1/2 a point over Luke Harmon-Velloti and Sam Sevian.
The New York International just finished with Tamaz Gelashvili winning the tournament by 1/2 a point.
A tournament is going on in Geneva with Mamedyarov, Polgar, Kramnik, and Pelletier in the A secon and Nakamura, Bacrot, Kosteniuk, and Edouard in the B section. In the Semifinals, the winner of the A section will play the 2nd place fo the B section. The winner of the B section will play the second of the A section. Then there will be the finals. Kramnik had a bad start, but will still try to stop Mamedyarov and even try to win the whole thing if he can get 2nd.
There is a match between Carlson and Predojevic. Time Control 25/10. Same as Geneva.
NOTICE:
Remember, if you want to check about tournaments you can always look at your local chess club's website for tournaments at your chess club, uschess.org for national tournaments, uschess.org for more chess news with stuff like new rating supplements and stuff like that which I don't mention on my blog. Want to see live games from titled players? I suggest to like at your internet club, there happens to be a lot of titled players playing a speedy game, on internet clubs. If you want to have a fun chess summer full of chess, I suggest going to the U.S Open. Remember to look at Chess Life for additional tournaments around the U.S. Also to note, there is Nationals all year long for children, and side tournaments for adults. Have any kids, I bet they would love Chess Life for Kids, stories that aren't more adult like, that children will love. Easy to learn.
June 22nd, 2013
I have talked about big tournaments this summer. We are having a lot of them.
Another strong tournament, the Tal Memorial, coming to an end. After round 7, Gelfand had 5, with Nakamura with 4.5, Carlsen and Mamedeyarov had 4 along with Andreikin, Caruana with 3.5, Karjakin had 3, Anand and Morozevich had 2.5, and finally Kramnik has 2. Caruana drew to Karjakin in 140 moves. Karjakin had the rook and knight, while Caruana had the rook. Karjakin tried to win, but a draw was the only thing there with Caruana's great play.
The Southern Californian Championships are going on with Matikozyan, Aldama, Yankovsky, Bryant, Kretchetov, Landaw, Sevillano, and Khachiyan.
The U.S Junior Championships in St. Louis is being held. Luke Harmon-Velloti was leading most of the event, but he lost one game giving Naroditsky the lead, won the lead back, then lost again, and now Naroditsky is leading the tournament with Sevian and Harmon-Velloti 1/2 a point behind, Troff, Shen and Perez 1 point behind, Liou and Xiong 2 points behind, Shetty 2.5 points behind, and Chiang, Sarah 4.5 points behind (I mentioned her 1st name to sort out confusion with her and her brother).
The New York International is going on, check marshallchessclub.org/tournaments/international for information.
The National Open finished in Las Vegas with Wesley So, Jaan Elvhest, Alejandro Ramirez, Varuzhan Akobian, Manuel Leyon Hoyos, and Enrique Sevillano being the co-champions.
The World Open is in 5 days, and the US Open in about a month.
June 6th, 2013
I have talked about a lot of big tournaments in the USA recently. The US Senior and Junior Open just finished. In the Senior tournament, Alex Ivanov tied for 1st with Surgey Kudrin, James Rizzitano, and Nathan Resika. In the U21 of the Junior, Justus Williams got clear 1st. In the U15, Andrew Liu and Alexander Crump tied for 1st. In the U11, Daniel Levkov and Edwin Jin tied for 1st. And finally, in the U8, the co-champs were Mamimilian Lu, Hamilton Shillingford, Benjamin Medina, Nathaniel Shuman, Jay Lalwani, Merric Hu, and Caden Jung.
We were talking about the Grand Prix in Thessalonki. Kamsky was 1/2 a point ahead of Dominguez, and 1 ahead of Caruana. He was playing Caruana, while Topalov was against Dominguez. Dominguez won, and Caruana won, making Dominguez 1st, Kamsky and Caruana sharing 2nd and 3rd, and Nakamura with a bad start, winning a game happily to end the tournament in an okay mood.
NOTICE:
There are also Internet Tournaments if you are part of some club that you can always join if you are a member of that club. And there are many clubs out there, so you have so many choices if you are not a member of a club yet. The Internet Clubs usually have quick tournaments if you don't want to sit for a long time waiting for every game to be finished, so you can be paired.
June 1st, 2013
A tournament in Sweeden started, but now it ended. Participants were Rapport, Grandelius, Sokolov, Short, Hector, Tikannen, Berg, and Van Wely. Short, Grandelius, and Rapport tied for 1st.
Next, the Chicago Open in Chicago started and ended. A huge field because it was an open came. In the Open section, Ray Robson, Nikola Mitkov, and Josh Friedel tied for first, even after Alex Lenderman's 2 defeats of his last two rounds. Lenderman was doing very good. There was other sections. Check chicagoopen.net for complete results.
Karjakin won in Norway, by 1/2 a point on Nakamura and Carlsen. Very good tournament for Wang Hao after his bad start, beating both Anand and Carlsen.
A tournament in Greece started and is on way, with surprising results. So far Kamsky, one of the lowest in the field, is winning the tournament with Caruana and Dominguez Perez 1/2 a point behind.
This marks the 2 month anniversary of the Chess News Column.
May 14th, 2013
And yesterday, Kamsky beat Ramirez to take the U.S Championships. Meanwhile, Nakamura is playing in Norway. Here are the standings:
1 Karjakin 2767 4.5
2 Carlsen 2868 4
3 Aronian 2813 3.5
Nakamura 2775
5 Anand 2783 3
Svidler 2769
7 Topalov 2793 2.5
Radjabov 2745
9 Wang Hao 2743 2
10 Ludvig Hammer 2608 1.5
Notice that Carlsen and Anand are playing in the World Chamipionships in Chennai, and they are both playing in Norway, both of their homes.
May 13th, 2013
Yesterday, we got ourselves a U.S. Women's Champion, Irina Krush with a .5 lead on Zatonskih. In the men's section, Alejandro Ramirez and Gata Kamsky shared first with 6.5/9. IM Kayden Troff (U14 World Youth Gold Medalist) drew to GM Alexander Onischuk, getting Troff a GM norm.
Meanwhile in Norway, Sergey Karjakin is leading by 1 finally losing to Magnus Carlsen who had all draws before. Karjakin has beaten Aronian yesterday, and that was with an interesting battle.
Many big tournaments are coming up in the U.S. this summer.
May 2nd, 2013
I must mention that the Capablanca Memorial finished today, but started on the 20th. Players were Inarkiev, Harikrishna, Dominguez Perez, Quesada Perez, Andreiken, and Almasi. It finished with Almasi in first and Quesada Perez shared 2nd with Dominguez Perez. Standings:
| 1 | Almasi | HUN | 6.5 |
| 2 | Quesada Perez | CUB | 6 |
| Dominguez Perez | CUB | 6 | |
| 4 | Andreikin | RUS | 4.5 |
| 5 | Inarkiev | RUS | 4 |
| 6 | Harikrishna | IND | 3 |
Next up, we have the Alekhine Memorial. Anand and Aronian made comebacks after round 1. Aronian won on tiebreaks to Gelfand for 1st. Anand just 1/2 a point behind. Kramnik did not have his best tourney. Standings:
1 Aronian ARM 5.5
Gelfand ISR 5.5
3 Anand IND 5
4 Vitiugov RUS 4.5
Fressinet FRA 4.5
Kramnik RUS 4.5
Adams ENG 4.5
Vachier-Lagrave FRA 4.5
9 Ding Liren CHN 3.5
10 Svidler RUS 3
The tournament in Zug finished 2 days ago. Topalov won with a 1.5 point lead over 2nd place, Nakamura. Radjabov beat Ponamoriov and Morozevich suffered a few losses taking them off of the lead. Then it was up to Caruana and Karjakin to stop Topalov. Both lost. Standings:
1 Topalov BUL 8
2 Nakamura USA 6.5
3 Ponomariov UKR 6
Caruana ITA 6
5 Kamsky USA 5.5
Morozevich RUS 5.5
7 Karjakin RUS 5
Giri NED 5
Leko HUN 5
10 Radjabov AZE 4.5
Mamedyarov AZE 4.5
Kazmidzhanov UZB 4.5
The U.S Championships tomorrow. I can't wait to see how the swiss turns out. I think Gareev may be able to walk home with the Championships, because Kamsky might have jet lag after a pretty good performance at Zug.
April 21st, 2013
Today, I have three things. First of all, the Alekhine Memorial started today with Anand, Adams, Svidler, Kramnik, Liren Ding, Vachier-Lagrave, Fressinet, Gelfand, Vitiugov, and Aronian. Upsets do happen, Anand loses to Adams and Aronian loses to Liren Ding. Here are their standings:
1st: Kramnik 2801 1.0 RUS
Adams 2727 1.0 ENG
Liren Ding 2707 1.0 CHNz
4th: Svidler 2747 0.5 RUS
Gelfand 2739 0.5 ISR
Vachier-Lagrave 2722 0.5 FRA
Fressinet 2706 0.5 FRA
8th: Aronian 2809 0.0 ARM
Anand 2783 0.0 IND
Vitiugov 2712 0.0 RUS
Ok, now that we got all that figured out, let's get back to Zug. Why I want to adress it today is because the top USA players (Nakamura and Kamsky) played today. I thought they would go for a quick draw, but they fought until the end, where they finally drew.
And the US Championships are coming to you in St. Louis. We have a 24 person swiss in the men section, without Nakamura. In order: GM Kamsky, GM Gareev, GM Onischuk, GM Robson, GM Shankland, GM Akobian, GM Stripunsky, GM Kaidanov, GM Ivanov, GM Hess, GM Christiansen, GM Shulman, GM Shabalov, GM Arnold, GM Khachiyan, FM Sammour-Hasbun, GM Benjamin, Yaacov Norowitz, GM Ramirez, GM Holt, GM Finegold, FM Bryant, IM Troff, and Sam Sevian. And the women is a round robin with 10 people: IM Zatonskih, IM Krush, WGM Abrahamyan, WGM Foisor, WGM Baginskaite, WIM Ni, WIM Zenyuk, WGM Belakovskaia, WFM Chiang, WFM Kats
April 18th, 2013
The Grand Prix started its third event, in Zug (the 1st one in London and 2nd in Tashkent). Players are Radjabov, Nakamura, Caruana, Karjakin, Giri, Topalov, Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Leko, Kamsky, Morozevich, and Kasimdzhanov.
April 7th, 2013
The Supernationals finished today. Congratulations to everybody and the people who have gotten scholarships. You can check on uschess.org, but briefly:
K12: Atulya Shetty 2438 (6.5)
K9: Akshat Chandra 2277 (6.5)
K8: Siddharth Banik 2117 (6.5)
K6: David Peng 2087 (6.5)
K5: Rayan Taghizadeh 2021 (6.5)
K3: Aydin Turgut 1852 (7)
K1: Chinguun Barayaa 1644 and Drew Justice 981 (7)
K12 U1600: Tommy Zhang, Eric Hon, Jonathan Warren (6.5)
K12 U1200: Sam Miller, Michael Goldenberg, Mariell Rancel, Tim Ellebracht (6.5)
K12 U800: Robert Newman (6.5)
K12 Unrated: Aaron Willer (7)
K9 U1250: Jason Selvaraj (6.5)
K9 Unrated: Lucas Radtke (6.5)
K8 U1000: Michelle Flores (6.5)
K8 U750: Kiana Hobbs (7)
K6 U1000: Nathan Lu (7)
K6 Unrated: Praneeth Somisetty and Nathan Gaid (6.5)
K5 U900: Alexander Hydrie and Marcus Scott (7)
K3 U800: Achilles Imundi, Nico Laffont, and Jeyasri Venkatasubramani (7)
K3 Unrated: Sarvagna Velidandla
April 1st, 2013
Carlsen won yesterday to Radjabov, while Kramnik drew to Gelfand. That left them both with 8.5. But today, Carlsen and Kramnik both lost in the final round staying with 8.5! But on tiebreaks, since Carlsen has more wins, Carlsen goes to challenge Anand. Interesting game by Aronian and Radjabov. Look at that endgame. Here are the Final Standings:
1st place: Carlsen 2872 NORWAY 8.5 WON ON TIEBREAKS!!!
Kramnik 2810 RUSSIA 8.5
3rd place: Svidler 2747 RUSSIA 8
Aronian 2809 ARMENIA 8
5th place: Gelfand 2740 ISRAEL 6.5
Grischuk 2764 RUSSIA 6.5
7th place: Ivanchuk 2757 UKRAINE 6
8th place: Radjabov 2793 AZERBAIJAN 4
But who was the real hero of the tournament? Well, obviously Ivanchuk!! Beating both of the co-champs!
Also, supernationals coming up on Thursday. Good luck to every person who plans to attend... it is a very good site of the Grand Opryland Resort.
March 30th, 2013
Carlsen lost to Ivanchuk yesterday while Kramnik beat Aronian, giving Kramnik a 1/2 point lead with 2 rounds to go. Kramnik drew all of the first six rounds, but now leads.
March 28th, 2013
The Candidates Tournament is going on between Magnus Carlsen 2872, Vladimir Kramnik 2810, Levon Aronian 2809, Teimour Radjabov 2793, Alexander Grischuk 2764, Vassily Ivanchuk 2757, Peter Svidler 2747, and Boris Gelfand 2740.
After 11 rounds, the Standings to challenge World Champion, Vishy Anand:
Carlsen 7.5
Kramnik 7
Aronian 6.5
Svidler 5.5
Gelfand 5
Grischuk 5
Ivanchuk 4
Radjabov 3.5
With 3 rounds to go, Carlsen has to beat Svidler, Ivanchuk and Radjabov, while Kramnik has to beat Aronian, Gelfand, and Ivanchuk.
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