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(All the latest tournaments and match results.)
(Aug. 2005) You should also consult my "Game of The Month," website. Lately ... I have been trying to give a short synopsis of a recent event, AND an annotated game. [PLUS ... at least one link as well.] Please also see the CB page for events as well. [Go there now.]
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2010
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72nd CORUS Tournament / Wijk aan Zee, (NED) 2010
The young {currently 19} Swedish player, GM Magnus Carlsen won clear first (Group "A") this time around in one of the strongest events of the year. Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov shared second and third places. Anish Giri was the clear winner in group "B" ... a surprise to everyone.
[The official website.] [A YT video on the event.] [The ChessBase page ... with links to all CB reports on this event.] [The CG page for this event.] [The TWIC story.]
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am sad to report that former World Chess Champion Vassily Vasilyevich Smyslov (March 24, 1921 - March 27, 2010) has died at the age of 89.
(Smyslov was one of my favorite players of all
time ... the more I studied his games,
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Chess World Championship / Sofia, Bulgaria
Right now the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS of chess has begun in Sofia, Bulgaria. Topalov won a whirlwind game, sacking a knight ... that was obviously a case of prepared analysis. (Anand had just blundered - in a bad position.) Stay tuned for more developments and maybe some original game analysis.
[The official site for the match.] [The TWIC initial report for the whole match.] [The CB report for round one.] [M. Pein's commentary of Game One.]
Anand struck back and won a game of positional chess in Game Two! (See the CB website for more details.)
Anand easily held the Black pieces in game five ... to maintain a one point lead. [more]Current
standings:
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03 May, 2010: Game Seven was a terse draw. [Replay Game Seven on the CG website.]
11 May, 2010: Its over. GM V. Anand won the final game with the Black pieces to retain the title of World Champion. [The CB report.]
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Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal dies
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The death of Andre Lilienthal just after passing his 99th birthday finally cuts our links with chess going back to the 19th Century. Lilienthal was the only living player to have defeated Emanuel Lasker and Jose Raul Capablanca. He also had a draw against Alexander Alekhine. After the recent death of Smyslov he was also the last of the original FIDE Grandmasters who had their titles awarded in 1950 and indeed he was the oldest living Grandmaster.
Lilienthal was one of the greats of chess. Although never a world champion, he was certainly a great player - in his own right.
[Use Google to search the Internet for more on this player.]
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The 2010 U.S. Championships
In a bizarre final, (bidding for time?!?); Kamsky held Shulman to a draw ... and became the U.S. Champion.
[The CB story.] [ The official site.] [The report from the U.S.C.F. website.]
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Leko vs. Gelfand
Gelfand narrowly edged out Peter Leko in a match ... read about it on the ChessBase server.
Local Chess News
OTHER SITES WITH GOOD CHESS NEWS
For the very latest chess news, there are dozens of sites that offer the very best in chess news. (If my site is not current, be sure to check these.)
A few sites, [I give 8 - not necessarily in the order you should visit them.]; to go to if you want the latest news in the Chess World. (I rate their news coverage in brackets.)
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The official website of the U.S. Chess Federation. [poor to fair]
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Go on-line with the Internet Chess Club or go to their website. [good]
(If you have downloaded and installed their "Blitzin" software, you can
always log on as a guest and catch up on the latest chess news!) -
Go to the very cool London Chess Centre's website. [very good]
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Go to the chess-page on "The Human Internet.". [ok]
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The International Chess Federation's (FIDE) web-site. [fair]
(This site used to be unreliable, but has not failed in a while. A.J.G. May 2007.) -
The TWIC (The Week In Chess) web page. [good to excellent]
(This is actually part of LCC's web site, see # 3 above.) -
The 'ChessBase' site now is one of the best ... very good coverage!
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We have a newcomer. (Feb. 24, 2006) The "Chess Games" server has many
good (short) articles on the events ... and you can replay the games!
[Home] [Annotated Games, # 1] [Annotated Games # 2] [Back to the top of this page.]
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