2014-10-28

World Championship 2014


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Previous championships:
Anand-Carlsen 2013 | Anand-Gelfand 2012 | Anand-Topalov 2010

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November is one of the most exciting months for chess fans - the World championship will be held between 7th and 27th November in Sochi, Russia, and we will see the current champion Magnus Carlsen meet the candidate (and 5 times former world champion) Viswanathan Anand.

Carlsen currently holds the titles of World champion in classic, rapid and blitz chess.

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Schedule

The Match is a culmination of the two-year FIDE cycle and is played every two years between the incumbent Champion and the winner of the Candidates tournament. The Match is played over a maximum of twelve games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 6.5 points or more. If the scores are level after 12 games, 4 tie-break are played.

The first game of the Match will start on November 8 at 3PM Moscow time.

Former champions


Year Venue Player Player Champion
2006 Russia Government House,[4] Elista Russia Vladimir Kramnik Bulgaria Veselin Topalov Kramnik
2007 Mexico Hotel Sheraton Centro Histórico, Mexico City India Viswanathan Anand 7 players Anand
2008 Germany Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn India Viswanathan Anand Russia Vladimir Kramnik Anand
2010 Bulgaria Central Military Club, Sofia India Viswanathan Anand Bulgaria Veselin Topalov Anand
2012 Russia Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow India Viswanathan Anand Israel Boris Gelfand Anand
2013 India Hyatt Regency Chennai, Chennai[5] Norway Magnus Carlsen India Viswanathan Anand Carlsen
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2014-10-21

FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014 - live commentary by GM Alexander Delchev


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Live commentary by GM Alexander Delchev

Round 8: Nakamura - Rajabov
Nakamura will try to take the sole lead, as he is playing today with Radjabov, who has not shown up his potential yet in this tournament being in the middle of the tournament table with 50% score. On the other side, everyone knows how unbreakable Teimour is - here as well he has 7 !! draws... See more

Round 7: Jakovenko_- Andreikin
Today's fight between the two Dmitry's - Jakovenko and Andreikin would be a tough struggle. Until now both players seem to be in a great shape. In round 5 Jakovenko won a good game against the leader Vachier and in round 6 Andreikin won an important game against Karjakin in an extremely complicated position which let him break into the leaders' group sharing 1st place with Nakamura on +2. Jakovenko is just one step behind and having white today, he counts on another win against the leader... See more

Round 1: Caruana - Vachier-Lagrave
Vachier is in a fighting mood obviously, challenging one of the most heavily prepared chess player of all times. It is still not clear whose chances are higher and for this reason the position is worth to be tested on such level. Both players will be showing their analytical strength... See more

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2014-10-20

FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014


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The second stage of the Grand Prix series 2014-2015 is held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) from the 20th October until 2nd of November. The tournament follows the first stage which recently finished in Baku - the capital of Azerbaijan. Fabiano Caruano (ITA) and Boris Gelfand (ISR) tied for the first place in Baku Grand Prix and are the leaders in the third GP series.


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Players

Names Fed Rtng
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2844
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2764
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2767
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2757
Giri, Anish NLD 2758
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2764
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2748
Jakovenko, Dmitri RUS 2747
Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2722
Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2726
Jobava, Baadur GEO 2717
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2706
Count 12 2751.7


Schedule

October 21, 2014:00 Round 1 14:00
October 22, 2014:00 Round 2 14:00
October 23, 2014:00 Round 3 14:00
October 24, 2014:00 Round 4 14:00
October 25, 2014:00 Free Day
October 26, 2014:00 Round 5 14:00
October 27, 2014:00 Round 6 14:00
October 28, 2014:00 Round 7 14:00
October 29, 2014:00 Round 8 14:00
October 30, 2014:00 Free Day
October 31, 2014:00 Round 9 14:00
November 1, 2014:00 Round 10 14:00
November 2, 2014:00 Round 11 11:00


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2014-10-09

Millionaire Chess 2014


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Today started the Millionaire Chess 2014. The first seven rounds will be a qualifying round to determine who plays the finals on Millionaire Monday. Four finalists will move on to play two knock-out rounds to determine who wins the top prize. The last two rounds of the Open section will also be played on Millionaire Monday to determine who wins 5th place and under, as well as to give players a chance to acquire norms. In the other sections, the tournament will be officially over by Sunday night, October 12 for players who did not make it to Millionaire Monday.

Players

1  So, Wesley 2755
2  Bu, Xiangzhi 2710
3  Le, Quang Liem 2706
4  Yu, Yangyi 2697
5  Negi, Parimarjan 2669
6  Dreev, Aleksey 2654
7  Akobian, Varuzhan 2640
8  Azarov, Sergei 2639
9  Najer, Evgeniy 2635
10  Shankland, Samuel L 2633
11  Robson, Ray 2628
12  Gareev, Timur 2612
13  Naroditsky, Daniel 2601
14  Kacheishvili, Giorgi 2597
15  Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 2594
16  Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2592
17  Lenderman, Aleksandr 2589
18  Zhou, Jianchao 2580
19  Felgaer, Ruben 2577
20  Ramirez, Alejandro 2574
21  Holt, Conrad 2571
22  Kaidanov, Gregory S 2569
23  Kulaots, Kaido 2564
24  Brunello, Sabino 2552
25  Margvelashvili, Giorgi 2540
26  Chirila, Ioan-Cristian 2529
27  Stopa, Jacek 2515
28  Pakleza, Zbigniew 2509
29  Ivanov, Alexander 2508
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Schedule

Round 1: Thursday, October 9 @ 12:00 p.m.

Round 2: Thursday, October 9 @ 7:00 p.m.

Round 3: Friday, October 10 @ 11:00 a.m.

Round 4: Friday, October 10 @ 6:00 p.m.

Round 5: Saturday, October 11 @ 11:00 a.m.

Round 6: Saturday, October 11 @ 6:00 p.m.

Round 7: Sunday, October 12 @ 11:00 a.m.

Qualifying Round: Sunday, October 12 @ 6:00 p.m.

Round 8: Monday, October 13 @ 10:00 a.m. (Semifinal)

Round 9: Monday, October 13 @ 5:00 p.m. (Final)


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2014-10-08

FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014 - live commentary


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After his record in Sinquefield cup gaining 35 ELO points starting with the unbelievable 7/7 followed by "only" 5/6 in Bilbao Club Championship, Caruana now is only 19 points behind the World's No. 1 Carlsen. Here in Baku he is proving again his progress - with 3.5/5 he is leading together with Gelfand. In his first four games Caruana had a thematic debate - and the subject was exchange sacrifice. Mamedyarov, Karjakin and Gelfand were trying to turn the logic of the games hoping to escape from the IRON Man, but only Gelfand with a bit of luck managed to claim a draw by perpetual.

Round 10: Dominguez-Caruana

Lenier Dominguez is having his nightmare tournament. With his first move he shows that he is not too ambitious today. He would like to avoid the immediate complications and just keep the game going. In the same time Caruana had very disappointing 3 rounds losing his games with Andreikin and yesterday against Grischuk in a quite painful way. So I expect he would be pressing to regain his leadership... See more

Round 9: Caruana-Grischuk

Caruana is repeating the opening line which brought him victory against Svidler in round 5. It is well known that Svidler and Grischuk are working together. So Caruana challenges both of them with this very sharp system... See more

Round 7: Andreikin-Caruana

I was surprised to see Andreikin playing 1.e4. He probably counted on 1...e5 hoping to get a slightly better and risk-free position in Spanish game - most probably Berlin. But I was twice more surprised to see Caruana playing Scandinavian. Later I checked in the database that he already played it twice in 2012 so it might not be such a big surprise for Andreikin... See more

Round 6: Caruana-Svidler

In this round Caruana faces Svidler with white when the other leader has a difficult game with black against Karjakin who I believe will try to get back on top. I believe that Svidler will bravely meet Caruana 1.e4 - with his beloved Sicilian Paulsen or Tajmanov although in their last game from Norway Chess Challenge he suffered a deadly attack already in the opening phase... See more

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2014-10-04

FIDE Grand Prix Baku 2014


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Players

IDNameFEDTITLEOCT 14
2020009Caruana, FabianoITAGM2844
4126025Grischuk, AlexanderRUSGM2797
14109603Karjakin, SergeyRUSGM2767
13401319Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarAZEGM2764
2016192Nakamura, HikaruUSAGM2764
3503240Dominguez Perez, LeinierCUBGM2751
2805677Gelfand, BorisISRGM2748
4102142Svidler, PeterRUSGM2732
13400924Radjabov, TeimourAZEGM2726
4158814Andreikin, DmitryRUSGM2722
14200244Kasimdzhanov, RustamUZBGM2706
4147235Tomashevsky, EvgenyRUSGM2701

Schedule

2nd October 20141st round – 1500h
3rd October 20142nd round – 1500h
4th October 20143rd round – 1500h
5th October 20144th round – 1500h
6th October 2014Free Day
7th October 20145th round – 1500h
8th October 20146th round – 1500h
9th October 20147th round – 1500h
10th October 20148th round – 1500h
11th October 2014Free Day
12th October 20149th round – 1500h
13th October 201410th round – 1500h
14th October 201411th round – 1300h
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