2014-01-31

Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 - Day Two



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Round 2

Second round of Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 finished with 2 draws (Carlsen-Aronian and Gelfand-Caruana) and the win of Nakamura over Anand. Three people in the lead - Carlsen, Aronian and Nakamura with 3 points each.
WhiteELOResultBlackELO
Gelfand, B. 2777½-½Caruana, F. 2782
Anand, V. 27730-1Nakamura, H.2789
Carlsen, M.2872½-½Aronian, L.2812

Some reviews:
Commentary videos
TWIC: Carlsen and Aronian draw in second round of Zurich Classic
ChessBase: Zurich 02: Nakamura with the leaders
ChessVibes: Nakamura Beats Anand in Round 2 Zurich Chess Challenge
Firstpost: As it happened: Nakamura beats Anand in Zurich Chess Challenge

Standings

NameELOPointsS-B
Carlsen, M.287231.25
Aronian, L.281230.75
Nakamura, H.278930.5
Caruana, F. 278221
Gelfand, B. 277710.5
Anand, V. 277300

Please take note, that according the the rules of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 the winner of a classical game earns 2 points for the Overall Standings, in case of a draw each player earns 1 point and the loser 0 points.

Pairings for round 3

Round 3 - tomorrow, 1st February, 15:00 CET.
WhiteELOBlackELO
Aronian, L.2812-Gelfand, B. 2777
Nakamura, H.2789-Carlsen, M.2872
Caruana, F. 2782-Anand, V. 2773


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Zurich Chess Challenge - Day One




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Results

It was a successful day for Carlsen and Aronian at Zurich Chess Challenge 2014.
WhiteELOResultBlackELO
Carlsen, M.28721-0Gelfand, B. 2777
Aronian, L.28121-0Anand, V. 2773
Nakamura, H.2789½-½Caruana, F. 2782

Some reviews:
Commentary videos
The Week in Chess: Favourites Carlsen and Aronian both start with wins in Zurich
ChessVibes: Carlsen & Aronian Start With Wins in Zurich

Pairings for round 2

Round 2 - tomorrow, 31th January, 15:00 CET.
WhiteELOBlackELO
Gelfand, B. 2777-Caruana, F. 2782
Anand, V. 2773-Nakamura, H.2789
Carlsen, M.2872-Aronian, L.2812


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2014-01-29

Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 - Blitz




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Today Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 started with an official ceremony followed by a blitz tournament to determine the colours for the Classical tournament. The time control was 4 min + a 2 sec/move increment. See games from Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Blitz at ChessBomb with computer analysis.

Standings

Rank Name Points Elo
1 Carlsen, M. 3 2872
2 Aronian, L. 3 2812
3 Nakamura, H. 2789
4 Caruana, F. 2782
5 Anand, V. 2773
6 Gelfand, B. 2777
6 players
Average Elo: 2801

Pairings for round 1

Round 1 starts tomorrow, 30th January, 15:00 CET.
WhiteELOBlackELO
Carlsen, M.2872-Gelfand, B. 2777
Aronian, L.2812-Anand, V. 2773
Nakamura, H.2789-Caruana, F. 2782


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2014-01-28

Moscow Open 2014




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The International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2014 is held in Moscow from 31st January to 10th February 2014 at the Russian State Social University.

The festival consists of eight tournaments.
Tournament A – Men’s Cup of Russia Stage
Tournament B – Women’s Cup of Russia Stage
Tournament C – Amateurs’ Cup of RSSU
Tournament D – Veterans’ Cup of RSSU
the tournament E – World Cup Chess Composition
Tournament F – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU
Tournament G – Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (Women)
Tournament H – School Champions’ Cup of RSSU

All tournaments (except E) are played as classical, with the time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move.

Watch also Moscow Chess Championshil Superfinal 2014 (Open and Women) at ChessBomb.

Top players


Full Name FIDE ID FIDE Rating Title Born Federation
1 Moiseenko, Alexander 14102560 2710 GM 1980 UKR
2 Matlakov, Maxim 4168003 2700 GM 1991 RUS
3 Grachev, Boris 4129199 2668 GM 1986 RUS
4 Socko, Bartosz 1107038 2657 GM 1978 POL
5 Khairullin, Ildar 4151348 2653 GM 1990 RUS
6 Bartel, Mateusz 1112635 2650 GM 1985 POL
7 Shimanov, Aleksandr 4198603 2650 GM 1992 RUS
8 Popov, Ivan 4170350 2650 GM 1990 RUS
9 Najer, Evgeniy 4118987 2646 GM 1977 RUS
10 Kovalenko, Igor 14117908 2634 GM 1988 LAT
11 Krasenkow, Michal 1113100 2633 GM 1963 POL
12 Swiercz, Dariusz 1126881 2630 GM 1994 POL
13 Kokarev, Dmitry 4132181 2625 GM 1982 RUS
14 Volkov, Sergey 4122763 2623 GM 1974 RUS
15 Demchenko, Anton 4160258 2617 GM 1987 RUS
16 Amonatov, Farrukh 14700077 2613 GM 1978 TJK
17 Ponkratov, Pavel 4157800 2601 GM 1988 RUS
Full list

Schedule

1st Round 1st February, 16.00 p.m.
2nd Round 2nd February, 16.00 p.m.
3rd Round 3rd February, 16.00 p.m.
4th Round 4th February, 16.00 p.m.
5th Round 5th February, 16.00 p.m.
6th Round 6th February, 16.00 p.m.
7th Round 7th February,16.00 p.m.
8th Round 8th February, 16.00 p.m.
9th Round 9th February, 16.00 p.m.

Starting times are Moscow local time (GMT + 4 hours).


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2014-01-27

Zurich Chess Challenge 2014




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This year's Zurich Chess Challenge will take place between 29th January and 4th February 2014, classical chess tournament. It will be held at the Hotel Savoy, Zurich, Switzerland. This year the tournament has the amazing average rating of 2801! All games will be commented by GM Yannick Pelletier and IM Werner Hug.

The Classical tournament is an all-play-all in 5 rounds, 30 January- 3 February. The time control is 40 moves/120 min + 20 moves/60 min + 15 min/rest of the game + a 30 sec/move increment from move 61. A rapid game will follow any draw in under 40 moves.

History

The Zurich Chess Challenge is one of the major recurring international chess tournaments. It takes place in Zurich, Switzerland.

Schachgesellschaft Zürich has a long history dating back to 1809...
Zurich Chess Challenge - 205 years of chess history

You can see games from Zurich Chess Challenge 2013 with computer analysis at ChessBomb (won by GM Fabiano Caruana).

Players 2014

The six players taking part this year, are in the top 10 worldwide, among them the World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and the former World champion Viswanathan Anand of India.
NameCountryELOPlace in ratings
GM Magnus CarlsenNOR28721
GM Levon AronianARM28122
GM Hikaru NakamuraUSA27893
GM Fabiano CaruanaUSA/ITA27826
GM Boris GelfandISR27778
GM Viswanathan AnandIND27739

Schedule

Wed. January 29 19:00  Opening Ceremony & Blitz Watch Blitz
Thu. January 30 15:00  Round 1 Watch Zurich Chess live
Fri. January 31 15:00  Round 2
Sat. February 01 15:00  Round 3
Sun. February 02 15:00  Round 4
Mon. February 03 15:00  Round 5
Tue. February 04 13:00  Rapid Tournament
19:00  Closing Ceremony


More info

Official page
Jubilee webpage
Wikipedia


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Zurich Chess Challenge - 205 years of chess history




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This year's Zurich Chess Challenge starts on 29th January 2014 and has a record average rating of 2801!

One of the top chess tournaments worldwide at present, Zurich Chess Challenge Tournament has a long history dating back to 1809, when the Schachgesellschaft Zürich was first founded, which makes it the oldest chess club in the world. The founders were Sigmund Spöndli (the State cashier of Zurich), Leonhard Ziegler (a paper manufacturer), Johann Escher (a grocer) and the three painters Heinrich Maurer, Carl Schulthess and Heinrich Schulthess.

In the 20th century the Schachgesellschaft Zürich gained popularity with its international tournaments, especially after the end of World War II.

The 125-year-jubilee tournament of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich in 1934 was won by the World Champion Alexander Alekhine.

The 150th anniversary in 1959 was won by MIhail Tal.


1.John Nunn6.0
2.Viktor Korchnoi5.5
Yasser Seirawan5.5
Florin Gheorghiu5.5
Juan Bellón López5.5
Gennadi Sosonko5.5
Boris Spassky5.5
8.Vlastimil Hort5.0
Stefan Kindermann5.0
The 175th anniversary in 1984 was celebrated with an invitational tournament, featuring 8 Swiss players and 14 foreigners, including the World champion Boris Spassky. The surprise winner was GM John Nunn.


#Ti.PlayerRtngFEDPts.BH
1GMAreshchenko Alexander2651UKR50
2GMAvrukh Boris2641ISR47
3GMDreev Alexey2660RUS750
4GMMikhalevski Victor2631ISR748
5GMMorozevich Alexander2751RUS51½
6GMKuzubov Yuriy2635UKR50
7GMSutovsky Emil2675ISR49
GMGolod Vitali2599ISR49
9GMMeier Georg2658GER48
10GMPelletier Yannick2574SUI47½
GMHess Robert L.2560USA47½
12GMSandipan Chanda2585IND47
GMGeetha Narayanan Gopal 2575IND47
GMBosiocic Marin2551CRO47
15GMGharamian Tigran2615FRA46½
16GMFridman Daniel2665GER45
17GMMiroshnichenko Evgenij2696UKR44½
GMHou Yifan2584CHN44½
GMBischoff Klaus2551GER44½
20GMBauer Christian2602FRA44
21IMBromberger Stefan2510GER42½
22IMHirneise Tobias2429GER40½
23GMIvanisevic Ivan2629SRB36
In 2009 Zurich Chess Challenge celebrated its 200th Anniversary. The winner of the Open tournament was GM Alexander Areshchenko. The event also featured a Champions Simultan against a World Chess Champion: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov – each of these players had simultans with 25 selected amateurs players.


The Schachgesellschaft Zürich has seen almost all the most famous players, including the World champions Lasker, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik, and many other exceptional players from the newer generations.

Series of articles on the Schachgesellschaft Zürich's history:
Part I (1809-1914) 
Part II (1914-1945) 
Part III (1945-1961) 
Part IV (1975-to the present)

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014


This year's Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 will take place from 27th January to 6th February 2014 in Gibraltar. It will be played as a 10-round Swiss tournament. See schedule below.

History

The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is a chess tournament played annually at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar since 2003.

You can see games from previous issues of the Festival with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Gibraltar festival 2013 (Winner Nikita Vitiugov)
Gibraltar festival 2012 (Winner Nigel Short)
Gibraltar festival 2011 (Winner Vassily Ivanchuk)
Gibraltar festival 2010 (Winner Michael Adams)

All past winners of Gibraltar Chess Festival:

Year Winner(s)
2003 Greece Vasilios Kotronias, England Nigel Short
2004 England Nigel Short
2005 Armenia Levon Aronian, Ukraine Zahar Efimenko, Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev, Spain Alexei Shirov, Russia Emil Sutovsky
2006 Bulgaria Kiril Georgiev
2007 Armenia Vladimir Akopian
2008 United States Hikaru Nakamura
2009 Russia Peter Svidler
2010 England Michael Adams
2011 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk
2012 England Nigel Short
2013 Russia Nikita Vitiugov


Women:

Year Leading Female(s)
2003 Hungary Nora Medvegy
2004 Sweden Pia Cramling
2005 Georgia (country) Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Lithuania Viktorija Cmilyte, Sweden Pia Cramling, Poland Iweta Radziewicz, France Almira Skripchenko
2006 China Zhu Chen, Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova, Ukraine Natalia Zhukova
2007 England Jovanka Houska
2008 Scotland Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Lithuania Viktorija Cmilyte, India Harika Dronavalli, Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova
2009 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze
2010 Ukraine Natalia Zhukova
2011 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze
2012 China Hou Yifan[2]
2013 China Zhao Xue

Players in 2014

The top players taking part at the Festival this year:

Title Country Rating
1 400041 Adams, Michael g ENG 2754
2 623539 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2745
3 14100010 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739
4 4152956 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2737
5 14102951 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2733
6 4147235 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2715
7 2000024 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2709
8 5007003 Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2706
9 309095 Navara, David g CZE 2702
10 738590 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2691
11 400025 Short, Nigel g ENG 2683
12 2806851 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2682
13 8604436 Li, Chao b g CHN 2680
14 310204 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2677
15 4100107 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2673
16 2905540 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2672
17 2802007 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2663
18 13900048 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2661
19 633429 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2658
20 2900017 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2653 *
21 1500015 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2627
22 5002150 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2619
23 24126055 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2614
24 5004225 Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2609
25 8603405 Wei, Yi g CHN 2607
26 1020854 Van Kampen, Robin g NED 2602

Full list

Schedule - MASTERS


Date Time Round
Tuesday
28 Jan 2014
15.00hrs Round 1
Masters
Wednesday
29 Jan 2014
15.00hrs Round 2
Masters
Thursday
30 Jan 2014
15.00hrs Round 3
Masters
Friday
31 Jan 2014
15.00hrs Round 4
Masters
Saturday
1 Feb 2014
15.00hrs Round 5
Masters
Sunday
2 Feb 2014
15.00hrs Round 6
Masters
Monday
3 Feb 2014
15.00hrs Round 7
Masters
Tuesday
4 Feb 2014
15.00hrs Round 8
Masters
Wednesday
5 Feb 2014
15.00hrs Round 9
Masters
Thursday
6 Feb 2014
11.00hrs Round 10  Masters (followed by play-off  for 1st Prize if required)


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