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2011
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The U.S. Championships: (for) 2011
In the preliminaries, it seemed that the "young guns" (in particular, GM R. Hess) would dominate this event. However, in the final analysis, the older and more experienced players had the last word - at the end, this years event looks a lot like last year's edition of this tournament. (Kamsky defeated Shulman in the finals for the men's title; Anna Zatonskih won the Women's title.) My congratulations to all the players, nearly everyone involved played outstanding chess.
(I quickly reviewed many of the games ... I was constantly downloading the PGN files, and re-playing the games on my computer. In particular, this game gave me a lot of pleasure, it is one of the nicest endgames that I have seen in many years.) Below are a few links.
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U.S. Champ. ("A") and U.S. Champ. ("B") (On the popular "Chess Games" server.)
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The story (Kamsky wins) on the USCF server.
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2011 US Championships: Kamsky and Zatonskih are champions! (The story - on the 'ChessBase' server.)
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Kamsky - On verge. Zatonskih - wins, after marathon. (The stories on the "Chess Center" website.)
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Also see this website for more information.
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2011 (3rd) London Chess Classic
GM
Vladimir Kramnik won this tournament in fine style with four wins and drawing
the rest of his games. GM H. Nakamura came in second with a last minute defeat
(in the last round!) of GM M. Adams ... in a King's Gambit, no less! GM
Magnus Carlsen took third place.
[ The ChessBase page
for this tournament, J. Saunders's report
on the last round.] [The CG page
for this tournament.] [The TWIC report
for this event.]
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Tal Memorial (2011)
This
annual event - held to honor one of the greatest players who ever lived - was
won by GM's Carlsen and Aronian, who tied for first.
[The ChessBase
report on the
final round.] [The CG page
for this tournament.]
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São Paulo / Bilbao Masters (2011)
Many
of the world's top masters showed up for this event, but in the end, GM Magnus
Carlsen won first ... after a blitz tiebreak/play-off.
[The ChessBase
page
for this whole event] [The CG page
for this event.]
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ICT / Dortmund, 2011
GM
Vladimir Kramnik has always seemed to own this event ... and this year's edition
of this tournament was no exception. With an absolute lock on first place with a
full round to go, Kramnik (in a gamble) decided to "go for broke"
against GM H. Nakamura ... played an interesting game - but lost.
[The ChessBase page
for this event.]
[The CG page
(with a crosstable) for this tournament.]
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The (FIDE) 2012 World Championship (Match)
May 19th, 2012: Right now, in Moscow, a match is taking place to decide who is the World Chess Champion. GM Vishy Anand is the Champion, and his challenger is GM Boris Gelfand. The match is to be 12 regular games, right now the score is tied at 3-3, the first six games have all been drawn.
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- The official website. (There is a ton of good content, let's see how long this one lasts before they delete it.)
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- The CG web page ... where you can replay all the games of the match, right on your computer.
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- The ChessBase reports on the whole of the match, there is also a great deal of really good content, analysis, pictures and even video's.
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- The TWIC report ... on game six, Kasparov is present for the game to offer live commentary!
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The match is over, and Anand won ... but just barely. (The champ won one of the tie-breaker games.) For the full story, and analysis of ALL the games, please see the excellent coverage on the ChessBase website.
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The 2012 Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament
This event was a game of musical chairs. First Morozevich and Radjabov were the early leaders. Later, Kramnik and then Caruana were the sole leaders. However, when the dust settled, and all of the games were finished, GM Magnus Carlsen emerged as the sole winner in this hard-fought, action-packed event.
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- The official website, (in English).
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- ChessBase coverage of this event.
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- The CG page for this event.
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