ChessBomb Blog: 2014-11

2014-11-30

Magnus Carlsen vs. Norway

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Happy birthday to the World Chess Champion MAGNUS CARLSEN!

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Happy birthday to the World Chess Champion!

Happy birthday to the World Chess Champion

MAGNUS CARLSEN

who turns 24 today!

Photo by FIDE.

Many more successes in the future!

Other World Chess Champions born in November

José Raúl Capablanca (19 November 1888 - 8 March 1942)

Photo: http://joseraulcapablanca.com/

The famous Cuban chess player became the World Chess Champion in 1921 by beating Emanuel Lasker. He kept his title until 1927 when he lost it to Alexander Alekhine.

One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Due to his achievements in the chess world, mastery over the board and his relatively simple style of play he was nicknamed the "Human Chess Machine".

Capablanca Memorial 2014 took place between 8th and 18th May 2014 in Havana, Cuba. The winner in the Elite group is GM Wesley So with 6.5/10 points.

Mikhail Tal (9 November 1936 - 28 June 1992)

Photo: Wikipedia

Mikhail Tal was a Latvian (Soviet) chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961). He is recognised as one of the greatest chess players of all times for his creative combinatorial style. He will be forever remembered by many people as "The Magician from Riga" and as the most exciting attacking player to ever play chess.

The annual event Tal Memorial 2014 was a blitz chess event held on 13-14 November 2014 in Sochi, alongside the World Chess Championship match. The winner was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with 16/22 points.

2014-11-28

Russian Championship Superfinal 2014 Men and Women

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Broadcast

Live video: English | Russian

Players

Men

Participants	ELO
N.Vityugov	2738
D.Yakovenko	2745
S.Karyakin	2770
V.Zvyagintsev	2655
B.Grachev	2669
P.Svidler	2743
A.Morozevich	2724
D.Hismatullin	2679
Ya.Nepomnyaschy	2714
I.Lysy	2686

Women

Participants	Rating
E.Kovalevskaya	2439
V.Gunina	2522
A.Kashlinskaya	2439
O.Girya	2457
O.Gritsaeva	2335
A.Bodnaruk	2411
N.Pogonina	2480
A.Gallyamova	2471
A.Goryachkina	2438
A.Kostenyuk	2541

Schedule and time controls

Match days: November 28 - December 2, December 4-7.
December 3 - REST DAY.
Start of 1-8 rounds at 15.00, 9 tour will start at 13.00.

Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes before the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the 1st, each participant. Participants are not allowed to enter into negotiations on a draw to the 40th move inclusively.

Chief Justice: Anatoly Bykhovsky.

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2014-11-21

GM Alexander Delchev comments LIVE round 10 of Anand-Carlsen 2014

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

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Our aim is to provide LIVE commentary on most of the games between Anand and Carlsen in their fight for the title of World Champion. Our distinguished commentator GM Alexander Delchev provides live commentary on the game in round 7.

Photo by Vladimir Barsky (Official Website)

Round 10: Anand - Carlsen
Today's game was very interesting, Carlsen boldly challenged Anand even when in the match situation draw was good enough. Anand went for a very unpleasant new idea 12. Bg5 but Carlsen was again well prepared. With very tough defensive moves he neutralized white's initiative and went on to draw comfortably. With only two more games left, he can feel his task almost completed and I don't believe Anand will be able to equalize in the last games... See more

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2014-11-20

World Chess Championship 2014: Live commentary on round 9

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Our aim will be to provide LIVE commentary on most of the games between Anand and Carlsen in their fight for the title of World Champion.

Our commentator today is IM Tihomir Yanev.

Round 9: Carlsen - Anand
As we are approaching the final game, it looks like Carlsen has full control of the match, but it would be quite interesting if Anand (who is a great specialist in rapid chess) manages to level the score in the next few days. Today for some reason Anand avoided Sicilian (which might be his best effort to play a sharper position) and we'll most likely head into Ruy Lopez. Being a point ahead, Carlsen doesn't mind playing Berlin Defence again. Last time he played a "risk-free" position and he hopes for the same scenario today... See more

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2014-11-18

Live commentary of round 8 of World Chess Championship

Photo by Vladimir Barsky (Official Website)

Round 8: Anand - Carlsen
In yesterday's game Anand survived in an endgame with four pawns and a rook against rook, knight and two pawns. His defence was not at all easy having in mind that the swap of the rooks was in not in his favour. Finally he managed to save it after more than 120 moves which means that he must be a bit tired today. I hope he has enough resources to get back on track and show some fighting spirit. Yesterday's game witnessed a high theoretical clash between analytical teams and in my opinion Carlsen's team prevailed in this competition. For the first 25 moves they repeated an already well known game and only a couple of moves later Anand experienced problems. Then he decided to sac his bishop for white connected pawns hoping to save the resulting endgame. ... See more

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2014-11-17

GM Alexander Delchev comments LIVE round 7 of Anand-Carlsen 2014

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Round 7: Carlsen - Anand
Second part of the match. Anand has black pieces again and he had only one rest day to recover from his painful loss in game 6. Would he repeat Sicilian Kan, or will he opt for something more solid? Anand repeats Berlin - he played it in the second game of the match where he was very close to complete equality. Carlsen agrees to get the Main line - an extremely complicated endgame - where black has damaged pawn structure and his king is stuck in the centre, but having a strong bishop pair in open position... See more

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Nakamura vs. Aronian in Showdown in Saint Louis

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Nakamura, Aronian to go Five Rounds in Showdown in Saint Louis

SAINT LOUIS (November 4, 2014) From the same venue that hosts such high-quality events as the U.S. Championships and the global super-tournament Sinquefield Cup, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis now presents a high-stakes slugfest between two of the world’s heavyweights.

The United States’ super Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will square off with GM Levon Aronian, the pride of Armenia, in the Showdown in Saint Louis from Nov. 21-25. The special head-to-head exhibition will go five rounds, including four classical games of chess and a final round featuring 16 games of Blitz. The two kings will fight for the lion’s share of a $100,000 purse.

Nakamura, the top American player ranked No. 9 in the world, is in the hunt for his first Candidates Tournament appearance and currently sits in second place halfway through the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix cycle. Aronian, a veteran to the world ranks currently at No. 4, has long-been regarded as the main rival to World Champion Magnus Carlsen and reached his career-peak rating of 2830 earlier this year. The Showdown in Saint Louis will settle the score from the players’ last meeting, drawing twice at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup in the U.S. Capital of Chess last September.

GM HIKARU NAKAMURA vs. GM LEVON ARONIAN, SHOWDOWN IN SAINT LOUIS

Friday, November 21 Classical Round 1

Saturday, November 22 Classical Round 2

Sunday, November 23 Classical Round 3

Monday, November 24 Classical Round 4

Tuesday, November 25 Blitz Round (16 games)

As a special feature to the Showdown in Saint Louis, 20 high-tiered chess players will look to prove – and earn – their stripes at the CCSCSL. Surrounding the heavyweight fight will be two 10-player, round robin tournaments designed for players to earn International Master and Grandmaster title norms. The GM norm event features Grandmasters Ben Finegold, Denes Boros and Samy Shoker setting the standard against such players as IM Sam Sevian and IM Priyadharshan Kannappan, both dangerously close to earning their new titles.

The Showdown in Saint Louis and surrounding GM/IM norm tournaments will be streamed live on www.uschesschamps.com and once again feature live play-by-play and analysis from the renowned commentary team of GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Live spectators may take in all the action as it unfolds in the upstairs tournament hall of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, with admission free-of-charge for annual, monthly and day members.

For more information as it unfolds, visit www.uschesschamps.com.

About The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to making chess an important part of our community. In addition to providing a forum for the community to play tournaments and casual games, the club also offers chess improvement classes, beginner lessons and special lectures.

Recognizing the cognitive and behavioral benefits of chess, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center is committed to supporting those chess programs that already exist in area schools while encouraging the development of new in-school and after-school programs. For more information, visit www.saintlouischessclub.org.

2014-11-15

Live commentary of Round 6 of World Chess Championship by IM Yanev

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Our aim will be to provide LIVE commentary on most of the games between Anand and Carlsen in their fight for the title of World Champion.

Our commentator today is IM Tihomir Yanev.

Round 6: Carlsen - Anand
Today I will provide live coverage of Game #6 of the World Championship Match. A bit surprisingly, Anand won immediately after losing in Round 2 and his performance has been quite impressive since then. Would Carlsen regain the lead again?... See more

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2014-11-12

ChessBomb World Championship QUIZ - FINAL ROUND winner

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR TAKING PART IN OUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUIZ!

ROUND 4 Question - 12th November 2014

The longest World Championship game comprised 124 moves and finished in a stalemate. Who were the players and at which World Championship?

Answer: Viktor Korchnoi vs Anatoly Karpov, World Chess Championship 1978.

Today's winner is: Fudo

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BIG PRIZE DRAW - 12th November 2014

The winner BIG PRIZE DRAW among the people who answered correctly all four questions is:

Kafka23

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1. The game takes place on 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th November in 4 rounds. Each day we release 1 question at the start of the round of the World Championship.

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3. All answers should be sent to ChessBomb together with your ChessBomb username as a message on Facebook or Twitter.

4. On each day the deadline for all answers is the end of the game of this round. Answers received after the end of the game will not be considered for the prize draw.

5. On each day all correct answers to the daily question are entered into a prize draw for a monthly ChessBomb premium account. If no correct answers are received on the day, all users who sent answers will be entered into the draw.

6. After the daily prize draw on 12th November, users who gave correct answers to all four questions, will be entered into a draw for an annual ChessBomb premium account. If no user has sent 4 correct answers on all 4 days, all users who have participated and given at least one correct answer on any one day will be entered into the draw.

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Commentary on Round 4 game by GM Delchev

Photo by Vladimir Barsky (Official Website)

Round 4: Carlsen - Anand (½-½)
The match came to its first critical point for Carlsen after he lost yesterday's game and the result was levelled again. How he will play after defeat, I think this is a difficult moment for him as he is losing rather seldom. 1. e4 For the second time in the match Magnus chooses this move. For me it is a signal that he is in attacking mood today... See more

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2014-11-11

Alexander Grischuk won Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014

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The International TASHIR Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian took place between November 3 and 11 at Novotel Moscow City. The tournament is dedicated the 9th World Chess Champion, who would have celebrated his 85 birthday this year.

Brilliant performance by Alexander Grischuk who went undefeated and won with 5.5/7!

Chess tournament

Results

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Grischuk, Alexander	5.5	16.5
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	4.5	13.75
3	Aronian, Levon	4	13
	Gelfand, Boris	4	11.5
5	Ding, Liren	3.5	12.25
6	Leko, Peter	2.5	8
7	Inarkiev, Ernesto	2	6
	Morozevich, Alexander	2	6

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ChessBomb World Championship QUIZ - ROUND 3 winner

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

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For the first four rounds of the World Championship between Carlsen and Anand ChessBomb organises a QUIZ with questions related to the World Championships. Each day (when a round is played) we will give one question to be answered BEFORE the END of the game on that day!

All correct answers will be entered into a daily prize draw for a monthly ChessBomb premium account. On 12th November, all correct answers to all four questions will be entered into a big prize draw for an annual ChessBomb premium account!

ROUND 3 Question - 11th November 2014

Who are the players in the picture and at which World Chess Championship?

Answer: Spassky vs Fischer at the World Chess Championship 1972.

Today's winner is: zugzwang

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Wait for the FINAL question on Wednesday, 12th November, before the start of ROUND 4 of the World Chess Championship! The BiG prize draw for an annual ChessBomb premium account is also on Wednesday!

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1. The game takes place on 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th November in 4 rounds. Each day we release 1 question at the start of the round of the World Championship.

2. You need a ChessBomb registration to be able to enter.

3. All answers should be sent to ChessBomb together with your ChessBomb username as a message on Facebook or Twitter.

4. On each day the deadline for all answers is the end of the game of this round. Answers received after the end of the game will not be considered for the prize draw.

5. On each day all correct answers to the daily question are entered into a prize draw for a monthly ChessBomb premium account. If no correct answers are received on the day, all users who sent answers will be entered into the draw.

6. After the daily prize draw on 12th November, users who gave correct answers to all four questions, will be entered into a draw for an annual ChessBomb premium account. If no user has sent 4 correct answers on all 4 days, all users who have participated and given at least one correct answer on any one day will be entered into the draw.

7. All winners will be drawn at random using RandomResultPicker and can be verified.

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2014-11-10

World Chess Championship 2014 SAMPLE - in-games commentary

Photo by Vladimir Barsky (Official Website)

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Round 11 Commentary

Both the players were under tremendous pressure coming into this game. The championship was precariously balanced with only a point's difference between Anand and Carlsen. A small error on the part of either of them had the power to change the course of the championship dramatically.

Before the match, chess Grandmaster and commentator Susan Polgar tweeted "99.99% of the fans at home can't understand the amount of pressure Carlsen and Anand are going through right now. Very intense! I can tell you from experience playing in WC match. So much pressure at this stage, no matter if you're leading/trailing by 1."

Berlin defence was played in game 11. Learn about Ruy Lopez-Berlin defence here.

As usual Carlsen forced a queen trade-off as early as move 8 in the game. This is the sixth time in this championship that Carlsen has pulled off this manouvre, and he did it in style. As he only needed a draw he was intent on taking the queen off the board to minimise danger.

In move 15, Carlsen placed his Knight in 'D5' which was a powerful move as he gained control at the center. But even uptil this point, the game was open.

From move 18 to 23, Anand managed to place his bishops in better squares and for some time the chess engines showed a slight advantage for Anand. It looked like he had created a comfortable position for black and was all set for a long fight.

Carlsen recounted this in the post-match press conference, "Perhaps I didn't move accurately from 18 to 23 moves. It was tight."

.... all the chess experts gave Anand a clear advantage. Many chess observers felt that if Anand moves 'Be7' then it would be very difficult for Carlsen to take advantage.

At this point, Indian Chess Grand Master Ramesh tweeted, "Anand in driver seat!"

Polgar tweeted, "3 reasonable choices: Be7, Bg7 or Rab8. Strongest is Be7."

Anand went with 'Rab8'. What came next surprised everyone.

Round 10 Commentary

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Round 09 Commentary

2014-11-09

78th anniversary from the birth of Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal - The Magician from Riga

Mikhail Tal (9 November 1936 - 28 June 1992) was a Latvian (Soviet) chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961). He is recognised as one of the greatest chess players of all times for his creative combinatorial style. He will be forever remembered by many people as the most exciting attacking player to ever play chess.

Photo: Wikipedia

Tal had a completely different approach. He continually sought to confuse the issue. He had an incredible ability to judge a complicated tactical thrust without necessarily working out the precise variation in advance. He trusted his instincts on the outworking of a sacrifice. If he liked his chances or if the possibility held intrigue, he invariably went for it.

Tal was also a highly regarded chess writer. He also holds the records for both the first and second longest unbeaten streaks in competitive chess history.

Garry Kasparov:
We calculate: he does this then I do that. And Tal, through all the thick layers of variants, saw that around the 8th move, it will be so and so. Some people can see the mathematical formulae, they can imagine the whole picture instantly. An ordinary man has to calculate, to think this through, but they just see it all. It occurs in great musicians, great scientists. Tal was absolutely unique. His playing style was of course unrepeatable. I calculated the variants quickly enough, but these Tal insights were unique. He was a man in whose presence others sensed their mediocrity.

He led a very unusual life. He didn't think of anything. He lived here and now, and this enormous energy was always around him. The positive energy. Tal was one of the few completely positive people I knew, he wasn't contentious. Chess is very contentious game by its nature, and he wasn't.
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Tal legacy

Tal: Chess, first of all, is Art.

Known as "The Magician from Riga", Tal was the archetype of the attacking player, developing an extremely powerful and imaginative style of play. His approach over the board was very pragmatic. He often sacrificed material in search of the initiative, which is defined by the ability to make threats to which the opponent must respond. With such intuitive sacrifices, he created vast complications, and many masters found it impossible to solve all the problems he created over the board.

Although his playing style at first was scorned by ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov as nothing more than "tricks", Tal convincingly beat virtually every notable grandmaster with his trademark aggression. Viktor Korchnoi and Paul Keres are two of the very few with a significant plus record against him.

Tal contributed little to opening theory, despite a deep knowledge of most systems, the Sicilian and the Ruy Lopez in particular. But his aggressive use of the Modern Benoni, particularly in his early years, led to a complete re-evaluation of this variation. A variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence bears his name.

Tal was a prolific and highly respected chess writer. He wrote four books: one on his 1960 World Championship with Botvinnik, his autobiography The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, Attack with Mikhail Tal co-authored by Iakov Damsky, and Tal's Winning Chess Combinations co-authored by Viktor Khenkin. His books are renowned for the detailed narrative of his thinking during the games.

The Mikhail Tal Memorial has been held in Moscow annually since 2006 to honour Tal's memory, and many distinguished chess players has honour his memory by taking part.

Sources

Wikipedia
LAPOS
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ChessBomb World Championship QUIZ - ROUND 2 winner

ROUND 2 Question - 9th November 2014

Who are the two players with most wins against undisputed world champions who have never become world champions themselves?

Answer: Paul Keres and Viktor Korchnoi are the only chess players to have defeated nine undisputed world champions each. Neither has been a World Champion himself.

Today's winner is: cafestream

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Wait for the THIRD question on Tuesday, 11th November, before the start of ROUND 3 of the World Chess Championship!

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Live commentary on Round 2: Carlsen-Anand 2014

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Our aim will be to provide LIVE commentary on most of the games between Anand and Carlsen in their fight for the title of World Champion.

Our commentator today is the young IM Tihomir Yanev sharing his thoughts about the round 2 game.

Round 2: Carlsen - Anand
As we saw yesterday, players are quite familiar with each other and they went straight to the action by move 1. Now Carlsen has white pieces, so don't expect any popular opening but a rare and complicated position instead. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 This is the common way to keep more pieces on the board and it perfectly suits Carlsen's style... See more

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2014-11-08

ChessBomb World Championship QUIZ - ROUND 1 winner

ROUND 1 Question - 8th November 2014

One of the shortest decisive World Championship games finished in 17 moves. Who were the players and in which Chess Championship?

Answer: Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand in game 8 of the World Chess Championship 2012.

Today's winner is: largoking

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Wait for the second question at the start of ROUND 2!

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1. The game takes place on 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th November in 4 rounds. Each day we release 1 question at the start of the round of the World Championship.

2. You need a ChessBomb registration to be able to enter.

3. All answers should be sent to ChessBomb together with your ChessBomb username as messages on Facebook or Twitter.

4. On each day the deadline for all answers is the end of the game of this round. Answers received after the end of the game will not be considered for the prize draw.

5. On each day all correct answers to the daily question are entered into a prize draw for a monthly ChessBomb premium account. If no correct answers are received on the day, all users who sent answers will be entered into the draw.

6. After the daily prize draw on 12th November, users who gave correct answers to all four questions, will be entered into a draw for an annual ChessBomb premium account. If no user has sent 4 correct answers on all 4 days, all users who have participated and given at least one correct answer on any one day will be entered into the draw.

7. All winners will be drawn at random using RandomResultPicker and can be verified.

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Live commentary on World Chess Championship 2014

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Our aim will be to provide LIVE commentary on most of the games between Anand and Carlsen in their fight for the title of World Champion. Starting now, with a live commentary provided by our distinguished commentator GM Alexander Delchev.

Round 1: Anand - Carlsen
In the last match the intentions of both players were quite clear. Carlsen was trying to avoid the heavy theoretical debacle, opting for a more middlegame oriented openings like 1. Nf3 2. g3 with white and with black he defended against e4 with ultrasolid Berlin. On the other side, Anand was desperately trying to catch Carlsen on an early clash in sharp lines or at least deeply worked lines with unclear consequences. That's why the opening chosen by Carlsen came as a little surprise. Grunfeld was the main choice of previous contender for the throne - Gelfand, so it was for sure thoroughly studied by Anand's team. On the other side, Gelfand was quite successful with it, which probably is the main reason for choosing this dynamic and always fresh with ideas opening system... See more

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2014-11-07

Anand starts with white

Opening Ceremony

The official opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship match between the reigning champion Magnus Calsen (Norway) and the challenger and former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand (India) took place at the Congress Hall of the Radisson Blu hotel in Sochi on November 7th, 2014.

After the ceremony, the Chief Arbiter of the match Andrzej Filipowicz (Poland) called for the drawing of lots. In the first game Vishwanathan Anand will play with white. The first game of the World Chess Championship match takes place November 8th, at 3 pm local Moscow time.

A total of 12 games will be played with classical time control: 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves, and then 15 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game. If the match is tied, the tie-break with quick time controls will take place on November 27th.

Press Conference

The Opening Press Conference followed the Ceremony on 7th November 2014. Among the officials were FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Russian Chess Federation President Andrei Filatov, but there were also numerous World Champions, including Boris Spassky, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Anatoly Karpov.

Carlsen: Thanks for having me here in Russia. I’m looking forward to start the match and thanks to all the people who are here for being here.

Anand: I’d like to thank everyone who made this event happen here in Sochi. I’ve enjoyed the week here and I’m looking forward to the match starting.

Commentary

Peter Svidler and Sopiko Guramishvili, both elite level chess players, will be the English voices of the 2014 World Chess Championship match.

Peter Svidler and Sopiko Guramishvili are going to be the lead hosts at the upcoming match in Sochi. A number of special guests will also join the studio conversation. One of them will be Vladimir Kramnik, the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. Also, there will be Russian language commentary provided by Sergei Shipov, Ilya Smirin and Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Information

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2014-11-05

GM Alexander Delchev live commentary on selected games from Tashir 2014

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Live commentary by GM Alexander Delchev

Round 2: Gelfand - Grischuk
Original play by black. The main goal is to execute e5 break as soon as possible - to use slight delay in development of white kingside pieces. Would this be the second win in a row for Grischuk?... See more

2014-11-04

Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014

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The Tashir Group of Companies and the Russian Chess Federation are the organisers of the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian, which is to take place between November 3 and 11 at Novotel Moscow City. The tournament is held in memory of the 9th World Chess Champion, who would have celebrated his 85 birthday this year.

Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian (born June 17, 1929, Tbilisi - died August 13, 1984) played for the Soviet Union and is the 9th World Chess Champion from 1963 until 1969. Petrosian is an international chess master (1952), honoured master of sports of the USSR (1960), the four-time champion of the USSR (1959, 1961, 1969, 1975), the three-time champion of Moscow.

Doctor of Philosophy, chess theorist and journalist, editor of the Chess Moscow monthly magazine (1963-1966), founder and chief editor of the “64” monthly magazine (1968-1977), the nine-time winner of the World Chess Olympics as a member of Team USSR. Nicknamed Iron Tigran for his unsurpassed skills in defence.

Players

Player	ELO
Levon Aronian	2797
Alexander Grischuk	2795
Vladimir Kramnik	2760
Boris Gelfand	2759
Peter Leko	2731
Ding Liren	2730
Alexander Morozevich	2724
Ernesto Inarkiev	2688

Schedule

Round 1: 04/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 2: 05/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 3: 06/11/2014 15:00:00
Free day: 07/11/2014
Round 4 08/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 5 09/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 6 10/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 7 04/11/2014 13:00:00

Watch LIVE Tashir International Chess Tournament - Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014 with computer analysis: Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014

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2014-11-02

Andreikin won FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

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Tashkent 2014 | Baku 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 winner is Dmitry Andreikin with 7/11 points.

Results

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	7	38.75
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	6.5	34.5
	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	6.5	32
4	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	6	32.5
	Caruana, Fabiano	6	31
	Karjakin, Sergey	6	30
	Jobava, Baadur	6	29.75
8	Radjabov, Teimour	5.5	30.25
9	Giri, Anish	5	27.5
10	Jakovenko, Dmitry	4.5	24.5
11	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	3.5	19
	Gelfand, Boris	3.5	18.75

Live commentary on Tashkent 2014 games by GM Alexander Delchev

Next stages

Tbilsi, Georgia 14-28 February 2015
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 13-27 May 2015

Watch LIVE FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014 with computer analysis:
Tashkent 2014 | Baku 2014

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