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  • Kamsky destroys Seirawan's Caro-Kann
    May 17 2012 11:23 PM Gata Kamsky is turning the screws on Nakamura - whom at the time of writing (after 99 moves!) was desperately trying to get something out of an equal position in his game against Lenderman- with a spectacular victory over Seirawan. Kamsky took... Read more...
  • Is getting a draw against Anand this easy?? so it seems!
    May 17 2012 10:14 PM I know that a few days ago I said that if Anand wanted to win this match, he was going to have to play 1.e4. And e4 he did play in the fifth game but... Alas, this is not exactly what I had in mind when I said that! Gelfand had the easiest gam... Read more...
  • You won't see games like this in Moscow!
    May 17 2012 04:53 AM Yesterday's 8th round of the USA Championship was very interesting. Kamsky had won his game earlier, and that meant hat he was virtually 1 point ahead of Nakamura in the standings, until his game was over, of course. At one point of the game,... Read more...
  • More drama from the USA Championship: Kaidanov blunders
    May 16 2012 02:43 AM Whilst GM Stripunky's 11 moves first round loss against Onischuck is still fresh in our minds, today it was GM Kaidanov´s turn to blunder in a very favourable endgame. Here's the position after white's 49th move: [Site "Sai... Read more...
  • WC Championship match, game 4: another boring draw!
    May 15 2012 02:20 PM The game that we saw yesterday was probably an optical illusion, as the game that we saw today was as boring as you can get! Same variation as game 2, and same result for white: nothing out of the opening. Is this the best Gelfand's secon... Read more...
  • Moscow W.C. Match, game 3: another draw
    May 15 2012 04:06 AM Third round, third draw. To be honest, though, this game was hard fought, both players showing a will to win. One gets the feeling that Anand could have got a little bit more out of the position... Gelfand now gets 3 games with the white pieces ou... Read more...
  • 20th Century Blunders, position #6
    May 14 2012 02:26 AM The following position is taken from the game Verner - Riazantseve, Moscow 1998. What follows is a "hypothetical blunder" (it didn't actually happen) White now played 14.exf5, with 2 ideas in mind: a) 14...gxf5 15.Bh5 looks strong.... Read more...
  • WC Championship match, game 2: another dull draw
    May 13 2012 02:04 AM It's only been two rounds so far, but I'm missing the Topalov - Kramnik match already! (that match started with two victories for Kramnik, and then there were the "Toilet gate" accusations by Topalov's team, which got a fai... Read more...
  • WC Match, Moscow: Gelfand draws first game as black.
    May 11 2012 02:24 PM WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH FIDE World Chess Championship Match MOSCOW, STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY, MAY 10 — MAY 31, 2012 The first game is over. A very disappointing dull draw in 24 moves. Few expected Anand to play 1.d4 (mainly because h... Read more...
  • The worst move ever made in a US Championship? probably!
    May 11 2012 05:27 AM 42 year old GM Alexander Stripunsky has, like most other GMs, made some blunders in his professional career. Unfortunately, one the ones he'll be remembered best for is the one he made a few days ago in the first round of the US Championship (... Read more...

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