Final round of Dortmund Chess 2015 LIVE with GM commentary

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Schedule

Round 1		27 June, 15:00
Jan Nepomniachtschi	-	Fabiano Caruana
Georg Meier	-	Hou Yifan
Vladimir Kramnik	-	Arkadij Naiditsch
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	-	Wesley So
Round 2		28 June, 15:00
Fabiano Caruana	-	Wesley So
Arkadij Naiditsch	-	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Hou Yifan	-	Vladimir Kramnik
Jan Nepomniachtschi	-	Georg Meier
Round 3		30 June, 15:00
Georg Meier	-	Fabiano Caruana
Vladimir Kramnik	-	Jan Nepomniachtschi
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	-	Hou Yifan
Wesley So	-	Arkadij Naiditsch
Round 4		1 July, 15:00
Fabiano Caruana	-	Arkadij Naiditsch
Hou Yifan	-	Wesley So
Jan Nepomniachtschi	-	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Georg Meier	-	Vladimir Kramnik
Round 5		3 July, 15:00
Vladimir Kramnik	-	Fabiano Caruana
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	-	Georg Meier
Wesley So	-	Jan Nepomniachtschi
Arkadij Naiditsch	-	Hou Yifan
Round 6		4 July, 15:00
Fabiano Caruana	-	Hou Yifan
Jan Nepomniachtschi	-	Arkadij Naiditsch
Georg Meier	-	Wesley So
Vladimir Kramnik	-	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Round 7		5 July, 13:00
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	-	Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So	-	Vladimir Kramnik
Arkadij Naiditsch	-	Georg Meier
Hou Yifan	-	Jan Nepomniachtschi

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Grand Prix 2014/2015: Nakamura and Caruana qualify for Candidates 2016

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Watch LIVE Chess Grand Prix Series 2015 with computer analysis: Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix 2015


Revise games from the other stages of Chess Grand Prix Series 2014/15:
Baku 2014 | Tashkent 2014 | Tbilisi 2015

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In the final 11th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura drew their respective games to take the top two spots in the overall Grand Prix standings and qualify for the 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Congratulations!

Results - Khanty-Mansiysk

Caruana, Jakovenko and Nakamura shared the first place in the last Grand Prix tournament with 6,5/11 points each.

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Jakovenko, Dmitry	6.5	34.5
	Caruana, Fabiano	6.5	33.5
	Nakamura, Hikaru	6.5	33.5
4	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	6	34
	Gelfand, Boris	6	32.75
6	Grischuk, Alexander	5.5	29.75
	Svidler, Peter	5.5	29.75
	Giri, Anish	5.5	28.75
	Karjakin, Sergey	5.5	28.5
10	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	5	26.5
11	Jobava, Baadur	4	22.75
12	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	3.5	18.75

Results - Grand Prix 2014/2015

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The Turkish IM Ogulcan - Champion of the 4th International Open LLucmajor

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Review games from LLucmajor 2015 with computer analysis: LLucmajor 2015

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At the tournament LLucamjor, against all odds, the the surprise came from the German player Kohlweyer and the Turkish IM Ogulcan, both starting from positions 37 and 23 respectively, who were not the favourites in a tournament where 22 Grand Masters took part, some with FIDE rating of over 2600.

Photos: Organisers

Both players played an exciting final game where the German was half a point ahead of the Turkish IM, however had to tilt the king against Ogulcan who thus won the title with 7.5/9 points.  
The winner was followed by a group of 6 players with 7/9 points, among whom we see Sergio Estremera, who has done a splendid tournament, however after applying tie-breaking rules GM Prasanna of India and the Ukrainian Sumets came in second and third place respectively.  

The winner Kohlweyer gets the title of Grandmaster while Marta Michna, Titas Stremavicius, and Thiel Tomas get the title of International Master in this tournament where German players have had an important role showing very good results.  

The Mayor of Llucmajor Juan Jaume, with Toni Campos - tourism councilor, Carles Vich Balearic Chess Federation president, John Oliver - Llucmajor club president and International Organizer Sebastià Nadal attended the awards ceremony.  

Sebastià Nadal
International Organizer

Nakamura and Krush US and US Women Chess Champions

Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush have earned the 2015 U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships, recording a career total of 11 national titles between the two.

GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Irina Krush both sealed the deal in Sunday's final round of the U.S. Chess Championships, enshrining their names as 2015's king and queen of American chess.

With a half-point lead over GM Ray Robson entering Sunday, Nakamura silenced his last threat to the U.S. title by dropping 2006 champion GM Alexander Onischuk in a deceptively tricky endgame.

Meanwhile, in the Women's Championship, Krush pushed a draw against WGM Katerina Nemcova to capture an outstanding seventh title -- and fourth consecutive.

GRENKE 2015: Tie-Breaks for the first place between Carlsen and Naiditsch

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Tie-breaks: ARMAGEDON


Tie-breaks: Round 4


Tie-breaks: Round 3


Tie-breaks: Round 2


Tie-breaks: Round 1

Final Standings

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Naiditsch, Arkadij	4.5	14.75
	Carlsen, Magnus	4.5	13.5
3	Caruana, Fabiano	4	13.75
	Adams, Michael	4	11.75
5	Bacrot, Etienne	3.5	12.25
	Aronian, Levon	3.5	11.5
7	Anand, Viswanathan	2.5	7.5
8	Baramidze, David	1.5	5.5

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Tata Steel 2015: winners

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The winner of the 77th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament was World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen with a half-point lead. Congratulations!

Carlsen: The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an interesting tournament. You get to play lots of different players and it makes for lots of excitement. This year's edition is a bit of a flashback to 2010 for me, because I have won, but I'm not very happy with the way I have played.

Very strong performance among the Challengers as well. Wei Yi won the victory with 10.5/13 points. This means he has earned a spot in the Tata Steel Masters during the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016.

The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 15th till 31st January 2016 in Wijk aan Zee.

Results: Masters

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	9	53.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	8.5	54.25
	Giri, Anish	8.5	51
	So, Wesley	8.5	49
	Ding, Liren	8.5	46
6	Ivanchuk, Vassily	7.5	45
7	Caruana, Fabiano	7	40.25
8	Radjabov, Teimour	6.5	38.5
9	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	5.5	39.75
	Aronian, Levon	5.5	31
11	Hou, Yifan	5	29.25
12	Saric, Ivan	4.5	23.5
13	Van Wely, Loek	4	21.5
14	Jobava, Baadur	2.5	15

Results: Challengers

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Wei, Yi	10.5	61.25
2	Navara, David	10	58.25
3	Shankland, Samuel L	9	55
4	Van Kampen, Robin	8.5	45.25
5	Salem, A.R. Saleh	7.5	43
	Sevian, Samuel	7.5	41.75
7	Potkin, Vladimir	7	37
8	L'Ami, Erwin	6.5	37.75
9	Gunina, Valentina	5	30.5
10	Michiels, Bart	4.5	22.5
	Klein, David	4.5	22.25
12	Haast, Anne	4	19
13	Dale, Ari	3.5	23.75
14	Timman, Jan H	3	15.75

Commentary on selected games

Round 12: Giri - So
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
So is having an almost perfect tournament so far, and I hope for a big clash today. His first move 1. c4 is an invitation to English opening, which So refused with 1... e6. The same he did against Carlsen in round 1 when the game later transposed to Nimzo-Indian defence ... See more 

Round 8: Jobava - Carlsen
Commentary by IM Tihomir Yanev
Today I comment the game between Baadur Jobava and the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, two of the most entertaining players at Tata Steel (both have 3 draws combined). The Georgian grandmaster has been faithful to his aggressive and creative style thus far, so I expect plenty of action today. Probably you do remember this game back in 2010?... See more

Round 6: Caruana - Carlsen
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
Game of the tournament! The World Champion meets his most advanced rival and Top 2 in the rating list Caruana, who is most probably one of the next contenders for the chess crown. Both players are in the group with +1 and it depends on this game who will challenge the sole leader Ivanchuk on +3. Carlsen is in a series of two consecutive wins, while Caruana lost yesterday against Wojtasek... See more


Round 4: Ivanchuk - Vachier-Lagrave
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
Today in round 4 we have two games in which the tournament leaders with score +2 Ivanchuk and Caruana are meeting the challengers with +1 Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So. I chose to comment the game between Ivanchuk and Vachier, as I think Ivanchuk is showing interesting chess and this game will be the most exciting of today's games. In Ivanchuk's game yesterday against Van Wely, a white storm was trolling over the board. In Sicilian defence he as white chose the rare system with f4 and Qe2. Soon black lost control and Ivanchuk scored a nice victory with an amazing domination of white pieces over the whole board. Hope we enjoy another great performance of him today!?... See more


Round 3: Giri - Caruana
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
Giri had to play Carlsen, Aronian and Caruana in the first 3 rounds - quite a tough start. While against Carlsen he didn't get advantage and soon a draw was agreed, his game yesterday was quite hard - he managed to save the endgame with different colour bishop being two pawns down. I believe today his game against TOP 2 Caruana will be the most important and eventful game of the day... See more


Round 2: Carlsen - So
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
Today Carlsen will face another young star - the winner of the First Millionaire tournament who recently entered in TOP 10 - Wesley So, originally from Philipines. In his first round game of So against Wojtaczek, on the 57 move in a very sharp position both players blundered and So missed his chance to win. Actually, it is the first game between So and Carlsen, so lets see what approach Magnus will choose ... See more


Round 1: Giri - Carlsen
Commentary by GM Alexander Delchev
After a monstrous performance in Qatar (7 wins, 6 of which in a row ) and a solid + 1 in London, Giri moved to #7 in Top January List. He is fighting for first place here and his age of 20 is giving him slight advantage in this 13 round event. In the first round he catches Carlsen with white and it can be the perfect start for Anish. As I remember, in 2013 Giri prevailed against Carlsen in the last round, so naturally Magnus will be eager to take revenge. Anyway, the score between them is about equal in Classic... See more

Australian Women Masters 2015: winners

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Organisers: Melbourne Chess Club, Australian Chess Federation, Asian Chess Federation

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Bulletins

Rounds 1-3
Round 4
Round 5
Rounds 6-8

Round 9

Round 9 finished with only a one win from WIM Narelle Szuveges. With all games coming to a close at 6pm, the closing ceremony began at 6.30pm. The prize winners were as follows: 1st WGM Julia Ryjanova Russia, 2nd WIM Heather Richards Australia and 3rd WFM Anita Stangl Germany.

The organisers wish to thank each and everyone for participating in the event and we do hope to see you again for the 2016 event.

Gallery

You can find all photos of the event at the following page on facebook.

Final Standings

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Ryjanova, Julia	8	31.5
2	Richards, Heather S	6.5	25.25
3	Stangl, Anita, Dr.	6	21.5
4	Brokko, Margit	4.5	19
	Vahtra, Tuuli	4.5	16.75
6	Guo, Zhi Lin	4	16.25
	Anton, Sarah	4	11.75
8	Stones, Rebecca	3.5	13
9	Szuveges, Narelle	3	8.75
10	Quek, Shi Ning Kristine	1	4.25

Andreikin won 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 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

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Sinquefield Cup 2014 and additional events

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GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2nd Sinquefield Cup after 7 wins in a row and 3 draws in the final rounds, finishing with 8.5/10 points.

Sinquefield Cup events are not over yet. Ultimate Moves will take place today, 8th September, at 2pm local time. Ultimate Moves will feature eight two-man teams made up of a GM and an amateur player each. The teams will compete in a double-round knockout bracket, with teammates alternating moves in games with a time control of 15 minutes and 2-second increments.

On Tuesday, 9th September, there will be an exhibition titled "Ultimate Showdown," a six-game friendly between GMs Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura playing the popular chess variant of Chess960. Both players are former World Champions to the variant, also known as FischerRandom Chess, and will play the exhibition games on iconic furniture used by Fischer and his childhood mentor Jack Collins. The furniture is currently on display at the World Chess Hall of Fame, as part of a presentation titled A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer.

Results from Sinquefield Cup 2014

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Caruana, Fabiano	8.5	36.75
2	Carlsen, Magnus	5.5	23.75
3	Topalov, Veselin	5	19.5
4	Aronian, Levon	4	19.5
	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	4	17
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	3	15

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China and Russia with gold at the World Chess Olympiad 2014

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Tromsø 2014 Open | Tromsø 2014 Women

Previous editions of the tournament with computer analysis:
2012 | 2012 Women | 2010

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Today was the final round of the 41st World Chess Olympiad. Gold medals for China (OPEN) and Russia (WOMEN)! Congratualtions!

Final results - OPEN

#	Team	MP	TB1	TB2
1	CHN	19	422.5	31.5
2	IND	17	382	31
	HUN	17	375.5	29
	RUS	17	352	28.5
	AZE	17	345	28
6	UKR	16	369.5	29
	CUB	16	365	29.5
	ARM	16	350.5	28.5
	ISR	16	349	28
	ESP	16	334.5	28

Full standings

Final results - WOMEN

#	Team	MP	TB1	TB2
1	RUS	20	420.5	32
2	CHN	18	399	32
	UKR	18	383	28.5
4	GEO	17	395.5	31.5
	ARM	17	389	29
	KAZ	17	320	27

Full standings

Interview with GM Alexander Delchev - coach and captain of Norway's 2nd team

Gallery - photos by GM Alexander Delchev

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