Fabiano Caruana won the Young Grandmaster Tournament in Biel today. The Italian was the strongest in a necessary play-off with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, whom he beat in the final.

The play-off final between Fabiano Caruana and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

The Young Grandmaster Tournament was part of the Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland, which takes place July 17-30. Anish Giri, David Howell, Fabiano Caruana, Maxim Rodshtein, Parimarjan Negi, Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son played.

Round 9 & play-off

As leaders Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave drew in the last round, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son was able to catch the two in the standings by beating Giri. In fact the Vietnamese finished first on tiebreak. As regulations dictated, on Thursday morning a rapid play-off was played between the players who finished on shared 1st place. It was decided that the numbers 2 and 3 played each other and the winner would play Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

But first things first: the final round on Wednesday. From a quiet King’s Indian Attack, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son slowly outplayed Anish Giri, who might regret his 17th move (e.g. 17…Rfe8 looks close to equal). After a forced sequence of moves an ending was reached where White had more than enough compensation for the pawn.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Anish Giri
Biel 2010

Position after 28.Rxb7.

The Vietnamese continued to play strongly and although Black might have been able to hold the draw, the win seemed fully deserved.

Rodshtein must have missed a win somehere against Tomashevsky. Both 37.Qd4! and 40.Ne4! seem to lead to a decisive advantage. Andreikin reached equality remarkably easily against So, using the Old Indian. The ending was soon better for Black thanks to his superior knight, but it was never winning. Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave drew relatively quickly to secure the rapid play-off.

Play-off

And so we come to this morning’s action. Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave first both won one rapid game (10 minutes & 10 seconds increment) with the white pieces. What exactly happened in the first game is not yet clear to us – was one more move played (Bxg3) and did the Frenchman touch his queen? It’s more likely that the game was saved incompletely. In any case, he recovered well and won a nice, tactical ending to level the score.

Vachier-Lagrave continued strongly, and reached a promising position again with the white pieces in the Armageddon blitz game.

Vachier-Lagrave-Caruana
Biel 2010

Here 38.Rb2?! allowed 38…Qa4! and the tables turned, as …Qd1 and Ra1 cannot be prevented. White should still be able to hold it, but the defence proved too difficult.

Caruana had an even narrower escape in the first game of the final against Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, as he defended an ending two pawns down to a draw. In the second game he struck decisively.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Caruana
Biel 2010

Here 30.Rc2 should draw. 30.b3?! was answered by the strong 30…a3! and after 31.Ra8 Ra5 32.Rxa5 bxa5 33.Nd4 Nb4 34.Nb5 Nxa2 35.Nxa3 Nc1 Black won a pawn, which was, like in almost any knight ending, decisive.

Games rounds 9 & tiebreak

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Fabiano Caruana with the winner's medal in Biel

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Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are sharing the lead in Biel with one round to go. The two are on 5/8. After five more draws in round 7, the 8th round saw much more spectacle.

The Young Grandmaster Tournament is part of the Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland, which takes place July 17-30. Anish Giri, David Howell, Fabiano Caruana, Maxim Rodshtein, Parimarjan Negi, Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son play.

Rounds 7 & 8

After our last, and slightly critical report on Biel, in which we noted the many short draws between these ten young and ambitious players, the games of the 7th round were more interesting. Nonetheless, all of them ended peacefully anyway!

From all the players it seems that Vietnamese GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son came closest to victory thanks to the tactical shot 16…Nxe5! but then he spoilt his advantage.

Wesley So-Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
Biel 2010

16…Nxe5!

Today no less than four games ended in victories. Only Andreikin and Caruana split the point again; the game always looked equal and in the end Black’s activity compensated for the pawn he lost.

In another game with Black, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son now did manage win, against Tomashevsky. And with creative play, we may add. Thanks to a strong pawn phalanx the exchange sac 27…Rxb6! was the obvious way to continue, and soon White had to give back the material, but more power moves (especially 36…d5!) decided the game.

Evgeny Tomashevsky-Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son
Biel 2010

36…d5!

Giri defeated So in a pawn ending, after some interesting tactics had appeared in the middlegame. The Philippine might still have drawn the game with 35…Qf6! because in that version, if White takes on f4, he will have a distant passer. But since the ending is quite complicated, we’ll refrain from giving a definite conclusion.

Anish Giri-Wesley So
Biel 2010

35…Qf6! instead of 35…Qxh4?

Negi is having a hard time in Biel and after a bad start the Indian is ‘even going for a draw in better positions’, as a Dutch grandmaster said today. He hadn’t seen today’s game yet, but it did look like this. Against Howell’s Alapin, Negi was fine after the opening and could have played for an advantage at some point, but instead he allowed a strong exchange sacrifice and then was outplayed in the subsequent ending.

Vachier-Lagrave played a strong game against Rodshtein but then almost let it slip away. Instead of going for mate, he somehow allowed the Israeli to continue the game, but eventually the rook ending was won anyway for the Frenchman, who thus caught Caruana in the standings.

Tomorrow is the last round with Rodshtein-Tomashevsky, Negi-Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana-Howell, So-Andreikin and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Giri. There’s a possible tiebreak on Thursday morning if two players (or more) finish at the 1st place. In that case two rapid games (10 minutes & 10 seconds increment) will be played and if the result is 1-1, two blitz will be played.

Games rounds 7 & 8

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Today is an official rest day in Biel, but yesterday, the young stars looked determined to make it not one but two breaks in a row.

After the fourth round, we expressed the hope that the youngsters would play more enterprising chess in the rounds to come, but they probably didn’t read our request – or didn’t care – since both in round 5 and 6, a majority of the games ended in quick draws.

For instance, we don’t have to spend much time on such fifth round games as Howell-Tomashevsky (draw in 16 moves) and Negi-Truong Son (draw in 22 moves). And this trend continued in the sixth: Tomashevsky-So (24 moves), Andreikin-Rodshtein (20 moves), Giri-Negi (20 moves) and the needlessly overlong Truong Son-Caruana (31 moves). What’s up with these guys? What are they afraid of? It’s anyone’s guess.

So let’s focus on the few exciting games that were played yesterday and the day before. First of all, there was the surprise loss of tournament leader Wesley So against Fabiano Caruana in round 5.

Black’s knight on g4 is attacked, but White’s knight on h7 is also an instability in the positon. So comes up with an fascinating solution:

16…cxd4! This is probably better than 16…Ngf6 17.dxc5 with an edge for White. However, Black had two other interesting moves, namely 16…Nde5!? and 16…Nxf2!?, the latter with the idea 17.Qxf2 f5! and the knight on h7 is trapped. The result is a double-edged position.

17.exd4 Probably best. After 17.hxg4 Ne5! 18.exd4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxd4 Black is fine despite the fact that he’s a piece down for the moment. Now, So did withdraw his knight, and after 17…Ngf6 18.Bf4 Qe7 the position was roughly equal. However, two moves later Black became active a move too soon:

Black is OK after a move like 20…Nd5, and even 20…Rxd4 seems possible, but after 20…b5? Caruana replied with the cunning 21.Bc7! totally disrupting the coordination of Black’s pieces. After 21…Rd7 22.Qc6 Ra7 23.Bb6 White had an edge due to the bishop pair. Still, it wasn’t all misery for Black until he failed to grab back a sacrificed pawn.

White is a pawn up, but after 33…Bd5! with the idea Nc6, Black seems to have sufficient counterplay. Instead, So played the active-looking 33…Rxf1+? 34.Kxf1 Bf3 but it transpired that White could hold on to his pawn after 35.Ke1 Nc6 36.Rb5 and Black didn’t have enough compensation – he never saw it back.

Also in the 5th round, Maxim Rodshtein played a good game against Anish Giri, basically outplaying him straight from the opening.

Black seems to be winning back the pawn, but alas, White has the strong pseudo-sacrifice 27.Qxc5! Bxc5 28.Rxc5 with a crushing bind, which he converted after a subsequent blunder by Giri. A well-deserved win for Rodshtein.

The only other decisive game of the past two days was Howell-Vachier Lagrave. David Howell is having a pretty miserable time in Biel, and in the sixth round, things went wrong once again after a well-played opening and middlegame phase.

Despite his doubled e-pawns, White has a pleasant plus due to Black’s weakened kingside. There are several attractive plans in the position, such as 26.Rg3 with the idea of doubling rooks, or 26.Rdf1 with the idea Qd1 and perhaps Qg4 to follow, but there’s also the tactical solution 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxg5 after which something like 27…Rf2 doesn’t work in view of 28.Rdg1, winning.

But for some reason Howell played the defensive 26.Nc3? which gave Black to opportunity to grab the initiative with 26…Nf3!.

A few moves later, Black was fully activated:

Now, White’s 26th move might have been useful after all, as 31.Nxa4! seems possible: 31…Nxa4 32.Qa5 with serious counterplay. It wasn’t to be. Howell thought he had time for the solid-looking 31.Ka2? but was surprised by 31…Rh1! after which White has problems holding on to his e-pawns.

After 6 rounds, the Italian Fabiano Caruana has taken the lead with 4/6, closely followed by no less than five players with 3,5. Anish Giri has a bit of a disappointing tournament so far with 2,5 points. For Negi and Howell, the tournament can already be considered lost. Let’s hope the players use their offocial rest day well.

Standings after Round 6:

1. Caruana 4
2. So, Tomashevsky, Andreikin, Vachier Lagrave, Rodshtein 3,5
7. Truong Son 3
8. Giri 2,5
9. Negi, Howell 1,5

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Biel Young Grandmasters Games round 5 & 6

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Le tournoi des Grands-Maîtres

Dix jeunes champions sont les stars de la 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet. Qui de Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave et Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son va l'emporter ?

Le tournoi des Grands-Maîtres

Dix jeunes champions sont les stars de la 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Fabiano Caruana et Maxime Vachier-Lagrave finissent tous trois en tête avec 5,5/9. Départages demain à partir de 11h.

Le tournoi des Grands-Maîtres :

Dix jeunes grands-maîtres sont les stars de cette 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet, en 9 rondes. Après 8 rondes, Fabiano Caruana et le Français Maxime Vachier-Lagrave pointent en tête avec 5 points sur 8. Ronde décisive aujourd'hui !

Superbe reportage vidéo du Festival International d'échecs de Bienne réalisé par BNJ Multimédia, avec l'interview de l'organisateur Olivier Breisacher, qui met en avant le mariage harmonieux entre les échecs et l'internet. Notre sport a eu la chance de se développer avec Internet et ses milliers de passionnés qui suivent les parties en direct.

A voir également le témoignage du grand-maître suisse Yannick Pelletier qui explique la manière de se préparer contre un adversaire, comme celle d'un sportif. Travailler sa condition physique pour tenir la distance et regarder les ouvertures que joue son adversaire. Mais peut-on gagner sa vie aux échecs ? réponse d'Olivier Breisacher.

Dix jeunes grands-maîtres sont les stars de cette 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet, en 9 rondes.

Dix jeunes grands-maîtres sont les stars de cette 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet.

In the fourth round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, the players showed their mature attitude by collectively avoiding too much risk.

Report and analyses by IM Robert Ris

With the help of a Tartakower Defence in a Queens Gambit Declined, Parimarjan Negi secured his first half point of the tournament. Against the Idian, tournament leader Wesley So avoided the critical line in this variarion by going for 11.Bxe7, whereas 11.Bg3 is the main line. The imbalanced feautures of knight vs bishop were soon gone when So opted for 18.Na4. The emerging ending didn’t offer either side any prospects and hence on move 28 the players shook hands.

Hardly more inspiring was Evgeny Tomashevsky’s effort to slay Fabiano Caruana’s favorite Meran Defence. The rock-solid Russian tried to avoid the sharp theoretical lines with the modest 10.Bd2, but Caruana seemed well aware of all finesses in the position.

Here Caruana played the accurate 16…a5! to prevent White from playing b2-b4, burying the bishop on b7. Tomashevsky replied with the theoretically new move 17.Rac1, but it couldn’t change the evaluation of this harmless line. Not surprisinlgy, the players decided to call it a day just four moves later.

In the encounter between Dmitry Andreikin and David Howell, the Englishman totally misplayed his beloved Grünfeld.

In a well-known line, Howell made the surprise move 11…Nb4?! which isn’t likely to attract many followers. (11…Ne7 and 11…Na5 are the main moves, with the last one being played among others by Kasparov against Karpov in Amsterdam, 1988.) Andreikin anticipated strongly to this dubious concept: with natural developing moves, he forced Black’s pieces to retreat until they lacked all coordination.

Howell desperately sacrificed a pawn, which was duly returned few moves later, as White’s rooks entered powerfully on the 7th rank. In a very sad position for Black, it was Andreikin’s turn to convert his advantage into his first full point.

25.Ng5! Bxg2 (25…fxg5 26.Bxe4 +-) 26.Nxh7! A strong intermediate move, threatening Nxf6+ and Rh7 mate. Black resigned four moves later.

In Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son vs. Maxim Rodsthein, the older watchers must have been relieved to see that the lessons of the legendary masters are not forgotten by the computer generation! The first 14 moves were copied from a classic: the twelfth match game Botvinnik-Smyslov, Moscow 1958, which was won by Mikhail Moiseevich.

In this position, Smyslov played 14..Qc7 with the idea Rfc8, but Rodshtein deviated with 14…Rc8, a move that was seen in another old game Ornstein-Ogaard from 1978. In fact, it is considered dubious by GM Marin. (Probably Smyslov was right after all, and Qc7 is the best move here.)

A few moves later, the Vietnamese didn’t play Ornstein’s brave attempt 17.Qxc8!? which needs to be carefully checked again. In the game, although White’s a-pawn might have been quite annoying for Black, Truong Son’s advantage was of marginal value. With precise play, Rodshtein managed to keep the balance and find a move repetition.

Last but certainly not least, there was the theoretical battle between Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier Lagrave. Perhaps fearing his opponent’s thorough preparation, the World Junior Champion opted for a King’s Indian instead of his usual Grünfeld. Giri was not impressed and obtained a pleasant edge, despite Vachier’s improvement in the opening.

15…Nd4 This is better than 15…Bf6 which turned out to be somewhat better for White in Fressinet-Stellwagen, Novi Sad 2009.

However, Black’s dynamic possibilities didn’t really work out and so White’s positional trumps started to count when he finally succeeded in bringing his kingside pieces into play again. However, suddenly Giri offered a draw in a position where his advantage was really starting to grow.

In the final position, White can play on without any risk and in fact Black’s position seems very annoying to defend. Let’s conclude it’s just my silly opinion…

This round showed that the next generation may be young, but is also wise and knows all about the importance of sometimes taking a draw instead of going for broke. While this may be good for their development, let’s hope for just a little more action in the rounds to come.

Standings after Round 4:

1. So 3
2. Tomashevski, Caruana, Andreikin 2,5
5. Vachier-Lagrave, Giri, Rodshtein, Truong Son 2
9. Howell 1
10. Negi 0,5

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Biel Young Grandmasters Games round 4, analysed by Robert Ris

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Wesley So won his second game in the third round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, grabbing the sole lead in an extremely strong field.

Report and analyses by IM Robert Ris

After a long hard working day yesterday, fellow countrymen Dmitry Andreikin and Evgeny Tomashevsky didn’t really want to hurt each other. The impact of their marathon games was still visible when soon out of the opening, a funny kind of English hybrid, an endgame with opposite coloured bishops was reached. Not much later hands were shaken.

Three rounds into the tournament, at least one thing can be concluded so far: it’s not yet Parimarjan Negi’s week. After two unfortunate losses with Black, the Indian totally lost track against Fabiano Caruana in mishandled Closed Sicilian, which is normally not Negi’s style at all. And indeed, almost everything went wrong for White right from the beginning. Caruana could easily could penetrate on the queenside, whereas White’s forces couldn’t even dream of finding reasonable squares.

Here Negi made a strategical error with 17.Nd5? Better would have been e.g. 17.Nb2 when at least Black can’t immediately force a breakthrough on the queenside.

17…Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxa4 19.bxa4 Rb4 and Black was better already.

“Fortunately” for the Indian, the game ended abruptly after a bad blunder, which may actually make it easier for him to forget the game than if he had been tortured for fifty more moves.

The most dramatic game of the day was the encounter between Maxim Rodshtein and Wesley So. Evidently, both players have studied the recent developments of the topical Grünfeld Indian with 7.Bc4, and it was So’s turn to be the first to deviate from the recently played game Giri-Bok, Dutch Championship 2010, in which after 19 moves the following position was reached:

Bok had played the cautious 19…a6 and indeed, So’s 19…gxf5!? looks very suspicious at first glance -really, who would want to open the residence of his majesty? – but soon Black’s intentions became clear when all his pieces were directed to g2! White’s kingside seemed to be under severe pressure, but the Israeli had everything well protected until move 38.

One move ago, White could have easily transformed the game into an dead equal ending. 38.Qf4 is still possible now, but instead Rodshtein blunders horribly:

38.Qh4?? Bxg2+! 39.Bxg2 Qc1+ and White resigned in view of 40.Kh2 Nf3+ 41.Bxf3 Qg1 mate.

Maxime Vachier Lagrave hasn’t yet reached the level we may expect from a player of his calibre. Against Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, he didn’t get anything with White again, despite Black’s somewhat “modern” opening setup (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6!?) and actually White had to be a little careful.

However, Black’s pawn centre was soon stopped by the white rooks. Further on in the endgame, when Black threatened to get his other rook on the second rank (always a sign for extreme caution), the Frenchman correctly gave a pawn away. His activity assured him a liquidation into a rook ending with f against g+h which was once more proven to be an easy affair: draw.

Finally, David Howell decided to test Anish Giri’s memory in a tricky Petroff with 8.Nc3 and 9.Qe1!?, a line many GMs have fallen victim to. Giri passed the test with honour and accepted his opponent’s proposal for a draw on move 27.

Standings after Round 3:

1. So 2,5
2. Tomashevski, Caruana 2
4. Rodshtein, Vachier-Lagrave, Giri, Andreikin, Truong Son 1,5
9. Howell 1
10. Negi 0

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Biel Young Grandmasters Games round 3, analysed by Robert Ris

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Tournoi de Grands-Maîtres : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave second à 3,5/6

Formule originale cette année pour le tournoi majeur puisque dix jeunes grands-maîtres sont les stars de cette 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet.

Tournoi de Grands-Maîtres : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 6ème à 2,5/5

Formule originale cette année pour le tournoi majeur puisque dix jeunes grands-maîtres sont les stars de cette 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010, qui se tient du 19 au 28 juillet.

Tournoi de Maîtres : Le Français Sébastien Feller seul leader à 4/4 !

En plus du tournoi des jeunes Grands-maîtres, le Festival de Bienne organise de nombreuses compétitions, comme par exemple le très fort tournoi de maîtres avec la participation cette année de 7 joueurs à plus de 2600 points Elo, dont les Français Christian Bauer, Sébastien Mazé et Sébastien Feller, récent vainqueur du Fide à Paris.

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In the second round of the Young Grandmasters Tournament in Biel, four of the five games ended in a draw. Hero of the day was Evgeny Tomashevsky, who managed to grind down Parimarjan Negi.

Report and analyses by IM Robert Ris

Like yesterday, the games in Biel all started quietly. In Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Howell, White opted for a Trompovsky opening, which is a brave choice against an Englishman. Various coffeehouse chessplayers have incorporated this uncompromising opening into their repertoire, though the Vietnamese clearly had other intentions by continuing in the more solid Colle style. From a strategical point of view, however, his opening plays deserves some criticism.

9.Bxf6?! It’s hard to understand why White gives up his bishop voluntarily.

Howell equalized fairly easily after this, despite his huge time investment. This may explain why he overlooked 19…Qd7!, missing an opportunity to punish White for his primitive approach. Quickly after a mass of exchanges took place when neither side could hardly play for anything on.

An even shorter affair was the game between Caruana-Rodshtein, though it had important theoretical relevance. In a 7.Nf3/8.Be3 Grünfeld, the Israeli opted for the topical 8…Bg4, but soon the game returned to very well-known territory.

In this position, Rodshtein’s 13…Nd7! is an important innovation in a line which was considered quite dubious for Black.

Caruana accepted the invitation by taking the pawn, but Black obtained sufficient compensation due to the weakened black squares. White didn’t hesitate to return the pawn in order to mobilize his centre. Black might have prolonged the battle with 18…Nf6!?, but instead opted for liquidation which finally resulted in an unavoidable perpetual.

The third game saw an unusual Grünfeld/Slav hybrid in the duel between Wesley So and Maxime Vachier Lagrave. The Frenchman deviated from the common paths as early as move 8, but had to accept a slight edge for his opponent. The Philipino GM tried everything possible to extend his advantage, but Vachier didn’t crack. On move 64 White stopped his efforts and offered a draw.

The most spectacular encounter of the day by far was the game Giri-Andreikin. The outcome of the opening must have satisfied Black, as Giri couldn’t get anything with White. While White hesitated to execute an central thrust, Black quickly seized the initiative on the queenside. A complex middlegame arose, where Black certainly missed some chances.

Here Black took on f3, whereas 34…Qa5! would have remained better for Black.

Giri showed his tactical abilities and survived the complications. After the time-control Black had to defend a famous ending of rook against bishop with both sides having an h-pawn. Andreikin actually had an extra d-pawn, but as soon his king was driven to the edge, he correctly understood he had to give it up.

(Position after 67…Ke6)

This ending is reminiscent of Kasparov-Yusupov, Linares 1993 (in a mirrored position) and, more recently, Naiditsch-So, Corus 2010. (The famous Timman-Velimirovic, Rio de Janeiro 1979 ending was with pawns on a2 and a3.) Kasparov in fact could have won that Linares game, and it’s instructive to see what Black has to avoid in this ending.

Kasparov-Yusupov
Linares 1993

Here, Kasparov missed his chance with 102.Re7+? allowing the black king to escape. Instead, 102.Rd8!! was the correct way to proceed. White carefully needs to put Black into zugzwang: 102…Kc7 103.Rd4! (targeting a4) Kb7 104.Rd7+ Kc8 105.Kc6 Bc2 106.Rd4 Bb3 107.Kb6 and Black has no move.

Andreikin didn’t let it come that far. On move 109, Giri abandoned the struggle and settled for the inevitable draw.

The only decisive game was Tomashevsky-Negi, with the Indian again as the victim. In a QGD with 5.Bf4, White obtained an edge typical for this variation. When Negi was finally close to equalize, he lost a pawn and had to suffer an unpleasant ending with a minus pawn. However, the Indian fought like a lion and accurately defended – until he missed a clear-cut way to draw.

Now, 64…Kf6 would have probably just been a draw, but unfortunately for Negi, he went for 64…Qe4+? after which he had to suffer for many more moves to come. The Russian Club-2700 member didn’t give him another chance and on move 94, Negi had to resign.

Standings after Round 2:

1. Tomashevsky, So, Rodshtein 1,5
4. Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana, Giri, Andreikin, Truong Son 1
9. Howell 0,5
10. Negi 0

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Biel Young Grandmasters Games round 2, analysed by Robert Ris

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The Young Grandmasters tournament in Biel, Switzerland, has started today. World Junior Champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is back where he won last year.

Report and analyses by IM Robert Ris

The Young Grandmasters Tournament is a single round-robin event with 10 players. It is being held from July 19 to 28. This year, the organizers decided to change the format from last year’s edition, when 6 players battled it out in a double round-robin. Current titleholder and reigning World Junior Champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is back in the town.

His main competitor can be expected to be Evgenij Tomashevsky, who is with 23(!) years the oldest participant. But clearly, the even younger top talents such as Anish Giri and Wesley So will no doubt think differently. With a FIDE Category 17 and an average elo of 2658, this invitation group is the main attraction of the 43rd edition of International Chess Festival in Biel.

Besides this main group, another strong Open is being held with a lot of titleholders, of whom the Russian GMs Alexander Riazantsev (2674) and Boris Grachev (2667) are topping the list of entries. This tournament will consist of 11 rounds and hence will last two days longer, until the 30th of July. Moreover, other activities such as 960 Chess and a Chess-Tennis competition are part of the agenda, which makes the festival one of the popular summer events among both professionals and chess tourists.

The first day of the Young Grandmasters started quite peacefully with two rather uneventful draws between Andreikin-Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Giri-Tomashevsky. In the former game White opted for a French Winawer with the rare 4.Nge2.

Andreikin soon started pushing his kingside pawns, but when Black subsequently castled queenside, he realized that his kingside aggression wouldn’t yield him anything. After a mass of exchanges the players didn’t see any perspective in the rook ending and hence decided to split the point on move 28.

In Giri-Tomashevsky, the veteran of the tournament deviated with 13…Na6 from a game Giri-Bitalzadeh, Hilversum 2009, where White easily took control over the c-file. Giri couldn’t find anything concrete and after the accurate 17…Rfe8 and 18…Rac8 Black easily could take care of the only weakness in his camp on c7. Ten moves later a draw was agreed.

More spectacular was the encounter between Rodshtein and Negi. Against the Catalan Defence, the Indian chose his pet system with 4…dxc4, 5…c6 and 7…Be7 and pretty easily survived the opening when White omitted to play 15.dxe5! The consequences of the positional exchange sacrifice would have certainly offered him better chances for an advantage. A complicated middlegame arose and when Black decided to release the tension by exchanging pieces, the following happened.

26…Rxd4?? 26…Ne1+ will probably lead to a draw – see the game analysis.

27.Na3! Now Black is suddenly lost. He doesn’t have time to cope with all his back rank problems.

27…Nd2 28.Ra2! Nf3 29.Rxd4 Nxd4 30.Rd2 and Black resigned in view of 30…Rc7 31.Rxd4!

In Vachier Lagrave-Caruana, the White player had more luck on his side. In an Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez with 5…Qd6, Black easily obtained equality after 16…f5! Black’s dynamic resources proved to be more valuable than White’s statical trumps. With 22.f4 White took some radical measures to defend his kingside, but soon the new Swiss resident found other ways to attack the weakened kingside. At the moment supreme, however, Caruana missed two excellent opportunities to decide the game in his favor. A few moves later, the following position was reached.

White now found a great defensive resource by means of 38.Re5! covering a lot of important squares around his king. Caruana disappointedly finished the game with a nice rook sacrifice which however only enabled him to give a perpetual check.

The last game of the day, Howell-So, saw a rather weird Exchange Variation of the Caro-Kann with 4.Bd3. During the live broadcasting, it took me some time before I recovered from the shock the Englishman delivered me by playing

10.Kf1!?!

Initially, I assumed some mistake had been made by the live relaying, but the dust in my eyes cleared when a little later, 19.h4 was executed as well. However, White’s original idea was simply punished when So’s heavy pieces entered on the queenside. With time scramble approaching, Howell committed the decisive mistake with 29.Re3? which was easily refuted by 29…Nc1! A rather simple win with Black for So, although we should hope Howell’s creativy will bear its fruits in coming rounds!

Standings after Round 1:

1. Rodshtein, So 1
3. Tomashevshi, Giri, Andreikin, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Vachier Lagrave, Caruana
9. Negi, Howell 0

Games start daily at 14.00 CET, except July 25, which is a rest day.

Biel Young Grandmasters Games round 1, analysed by Robert Ris

Game viewer by ChessTempo

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN via TWIC

In the coming two weeks the articles posted on ChessVibes will appear less frequently than usual, because your editor-in-chief is celebrating a holiday. However, our co-editors will be taking care of the most important news, such as the FIDE elections and the Super GM tournament in Dortmund, so that you don’t have to miss much.

At the moment of publishing this article yours truly has just arrived in Marseille, France to celebrate two weeks of holiday in the Provence. (Sorry for the Madonna pic, but we don’t know of a better way to get into the groove mood and found this high quality video from her Live Aid show recently uploaded to YouTube.)

For two weeks I will be derpived of chess, chess news and internet in general. It will be a challenge, but I suppose I’ll survive.

But don’t worry – my co-editors will make sure that the most important news will appear on the site, so you can still expect round-by-round reports from Dortmund, book reviews, tournament reports and more.

In the mean time I’ll give an overview of the biggest tournaments that will be held in the coming weeks.

Benasque Open: 8-17 July
The annual open in Benasque, Spain with Kiril Georgiev, Pavel Maletin, Viacheslav Zakhartsov and Hrant Melkumyan topping the participants list (though veterans UIf Andersson and Vlastimil Jansa also play). Official website.

Leiden Chess Tournament: 8-18 July
The annual open in Leiden, The Netherlands with Sergey Tiviakov, Predrag Nikolic, Erik van den Doel and Leonid Gofshtein topping the participants list. Official website.

2010 U.S. Women’s and Junior Closed Championships
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St Louis, USA will host this year’s Women’s Ch and Junior Ch together. Top participants: Ray Robson, Sam Shankland (Juniors), Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih (Women’s). Official website.

Canadian Open: 10-18 July
The annual, strong open in Toronto, Canada, with this year Harikrishna, Bareev, McShane and Shabalov topping the participants list. Official website.

Rethymno Open: 13-20 July
The annual open in Rethymno, Crete, Greece with Gabriel Sargissian, Evgeny Najer, David Alberto, Maxim Turon and Viorel Iordachescu topping the participants list. Official website.

Ikaros Open: 13-21 July
The annual open in Ikaros, Greece with Elshan Moradiabadi, Momchil Nikolov and Sergey Zagrebelney topping the participants list. Official website.

Dortmund: 15-25 July
The annual Sparkassen Chess Meeting, with this year Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhryiar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch and Le Quang Liem. Official website.

Czech Open: 15 July-August 1
The annual festival in Pardubice, Czech Republic, with Evgeny Najer, Anton Korobov, Vladimir Potkin and Eltaj Safarli topping the participants list. Official website.

Andorra Open: 17-25 July
The annual open in Andorra, with Lazaro Bruzon, Aleksander Delchev, Csaba Balogh and Edouard Romain topping the participants list. Official website.

Biel: 17-30 July
The annual festival in Switzerland, with this year Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Dmitry Andreikin, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, David Howell, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein in the top group. Official website.

Next to his chess activities world’s number one Magnus Carlsen has started a fashion model career. The 19-year-old Norwegian was contracted by international clothing brand G-Star. In a campain launched today in Berlin, Carlsen stars together with world famous actress Liv Tyler. Update: photos & more info.

The news was under embargo until today, when the official launch of G-Star’s new campaign took place in Berlin, Germany. But a short while ago the Norwegian daily newspapers were the first to tell it to the world: Magnus Carlsen was contracted by G-Star as their latest male model. The Norwegian is starring with Hollywood actress Liv Tyler, famous for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and many other films. The photography for the campaign was done by star photographer Anton Corbijn.

“I think I look tough,” Carlsen said to a journalist of NRK Sports, standing in front of a giant photo of himself. The contract with G-Star, already signed on February 1st but kept a secret until today, is for this year’s autumn and winter collection and includes one of the world’s largest fashion shows. Carlsen will probably go on the catwalk during the New York Fashion Week in September, as NRK reports.

Press Release

G-Star’s Fall/Winter 2010 advertising campaign

combines hollywood glamour with the chess world

Amsterdam, July 2010 – G-Star’s Fall/Winter 2010 advertising campaign, shot by celebrated photographer Anton Corbijn, combines the intelligence of Norwegian chess prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, with the beauty of model and actress, Liv Tyler.

This combination of contrasting and unexpected elements is one of G-Star’s key philosophies, displayed in runway shows, where destroyed denim pants are often paired with tailored jackets from the Correct Line range; and where iconic and fearless performers, such as Benicio Del Toro, interrupt proceedings to deliver spoken-word pieces in a form of ‘art-hijack.’

Already the world chess number one and described as a ‘Mozart of chess,’ Carlsen has the potential to become a similar level of icon. Becoming a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years and 148 days, Magnus is the youngest player in history to achieve the number one rank and his uncompromising approach to the game mirrors G-Star’s own hardcore design philosophy.

Hollywood actress Tyler perfectly embodies the modern G-Star woman’s combination of toughness with controlled sensuality. Her striking looks and assured, independent style have made her a globally recognized model and fashion icon. Liv returns for her second G-Star campaign, having previously presented the elegant Low-T capsule-collection.

The striking black and white images were captured by Anton Corbijn in a Miami shoot that represents his fourth major advertising campaign for G-Star.

G-STAR RAW. Just the Product.

On September 10th, 2010, G-Star travels to the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City to host a global chess competition: The Raw World Chess Challenge. Everyone in the world is invited to play Magnus Carlsen, the no. 1 chess player in the world, together at once, live on the internet. Three Chess Grandmasters, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgár, will suggest a move each to the online registered public. The public can vote online for their favourite move to be played against Magnus. Here you can enter.

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Photo: Anton Cobijn / G-Star

Links

• Slik har du aldri sett Sjakk-Magnus! (NRK Sport)
• Sjakk-Magnus (19) blir moteikon med Liv Tyler (VG)
• G-Star official website

Le 1er Tournoi de Marrakech est à la Une de la chronique hebdo sur les échecs de notre ami Samir Adyel. Prenez donc le temps de découvrir son nouvel article du journal Paris-Normandie, un surprenant voyage dans le monde des cases blanches et noires, raconté avec passion chaque semaine sur notre site échiquéen.

La 85ème édition du Championnat d'échecs de Paris se déroule du 3 au 11 juillet 2010 au Gymnase Pierre de Coubertin.

Début aujourd'hui de la 85ème édition du Championnat d'échecs de Paris, qui se déroule du 3 au 11 juillet 2010 au Gymnase Pierre de Coubertin.

The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.

FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there’s no difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren’t very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.

Carlsen’s fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world’s number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.

At the Kings’ Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list – the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.

Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China’s number one at 2724.

After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.

The women’s list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn’t play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists.

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player’s position in the previous period list

Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2826 (+13)	10 (+10)
	2	2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2803 (-9)	12 (+2)
	3	4	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2800 (+11)	13 (+11)
	4	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2790 (0)	0 (0)
	5	5	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2783 (0)	0 (-10)
	6	6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2761 (-2)	13 (+9)
	7	7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2760 (0)	0 (-18)
	8	9	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2755 (+4)	16 (-4)
	9	10	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2749 (+7)	7 (-3)
	10	13	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2748 (+8)	23 (+23)
	11	14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2747 (+8)	11 (+4)
	12	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739 (-2)	25 (+15)
	13	11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2739 (-2)	23 (+7)
	14	18	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2734 (+1)	23 (+16)
	15	15	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2734 (-1)	18 (+3)
	16	16	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2734 (-1)	13 (+13)
	17	22	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2732 (+10)	16 (+4)
	18	24	Navara, David	g	CZE	2731 (+13)	9 (-15)
	19	19	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2729 (-4)	10 (+6)
	20	21	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2726 (+1)	27 (+17)
	21	23	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2724 (+2)	36 (+26)
	22	30	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2723 (+13)	12 (-3)
	23	25	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2723 (+6)	2 (-33)
	24	32	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2722 (+15)	18 (0)
	25	29	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2720 (+10)	11 (-14)
	26	17	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2719 (-15)	17 (+3)
	27	20	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2717 (-8)	2 (-9)
	28	8	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2716 (-36)	29 (+22)
	29	28	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2716 (+3)	10 (+10)
	30	27	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2715 (0)	0 (0)
	31	36	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2713 (+11)	10 (+1)
	32	26	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2710 (-5)	17 (+6)
	33	31	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708 (0)	0 (-18)
	34	42	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2706 (+11)	20 (0)
	35	41	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2706 (+9)	15 (-4)
	36	38	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2701 (+2)	21 (+12)
	37	40	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2700 (+2)	2 (-7)
	38	39	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2699 (0)	0 (-3)
	39	57	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2697 (+22)	21 (0)
	40	45	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2697 (+8)	8 (-20)
	41	35	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2697 (-6)	4 (-26)
	42	64	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2695 (+27)	28 (+7)
	43	37	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2691 (-9)	23 (+3)
	44	43	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2691 (-3)	13 (+2)
	45	54	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2690 (+13)	18 (0)
	46	48	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2690 (+5)	14 (+5)
	47	53	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2689 (+12)	10 (-19)
	48	34	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2688 (-16)	13 (+4)
	49	49	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2686 (+2)	10 (+6)
	50	33	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2685 (-19)	14 (-7)
	51	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2684 (-2)	18 (-16)
	52	59	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2683 (+11)	21 (+2)
	53	58	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2682 (+8)	15 (-5)
	54	50	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682 (0)	0 (0)
	55	46	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2681 (-6)	9 (-4)
	56	44	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2679 (-11)	9 (+3)
	57	84	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2677 (+24)	27 (+14)
	58	51	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2676 (-5)	26 (+23)
	59	74	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2675 (+13)	13 (-11)
	60	67	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2674 (+9)	18 (+18)
	61	55	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2673 (-4)	16 (+5)
	62	97	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2672 (+30)	25 (+1)
	63	70	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2672 (+9)	12 (-16)
	64	61	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2671 (+2)	13 (-5)
	65	56	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2670 (-6)	8 (-11)
	66	77	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2669 (+10)	9 (+3)
	67	86	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2668 (+16)	35 (+31)
	68	65	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2668 (+1)	13 (-4)
	69	78	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2667 (+10)	9 (-9)
	70	62	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2667 (-2)	7 (-10)
	71	90	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2665 (+19)	27 (+14)
	72	75	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2665 (+4)	20 (+9)
	73	71	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2664 (+1)	1 (-21)
	74	72	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2663 (0)	0 (-11)
	75	73	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2663 (0)	0 (-5)
	76	52	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2662 (-18)	9 (-19)
	77	101	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2661 (+21)	7 (-4)
	78	69	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2661 (-3)	4 (-21)
	79	81	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2660 (+5)	33 (+12)
	80	85	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2660 (+7)	10 (-1)
	81	87	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2657 (+8)	6 (-7)
	82	89	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2656 (+9)	8 (-12)
	83	79	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2656 (0)	0 (-18)
	84	60	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2655 (-17)	9 (+9)
	85	63	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2653 (-15)	10 (-17)
	86	95	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2650 (+7)	10 (+5)
	87	-	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2650 (+)	9 (+)
	88	-	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2648 (+)	13 (+)
	89	88	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2648 (0)	0 (-20)
	90	76	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2646 (-14)	18 (+18)
	91	-	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2646 (+)	16 (+)
	92	92	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2646 (+2)	9 (-9)
	93	66	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2645 (-22)	35 (+28)
	94	82	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2645 (-9)	23 (-13)
	95	68	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2645 (-19)	11 (-16)
	96	94	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2644 (0)	0 (0)
	97	100	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	2643 (+3)	11 (-13)
	98	-	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2642 (+)	31 (+)
	99	83	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2641 (-13)	25 (0)
	100	-	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2639 (+)	16 (+)

FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Diego, libre dans sa tête

Coupe de France : Evry l'emporte 2 à 1 sur Metz, le britannique Michael Adams (en photo ci-contre) donnant le point décisif aux franciliens, en battant Benoît Taddeï en toute fin de rencontre.

Top 12 féminin : Avec 4 victoires face à Naujac, Evry s'adjuge le titre national féminin pour la 2e fois. Philidor Mulhouse prend la 3e place en s'imposant face à Clichy Echecs par 3 à 0.

L'esprit Coupe de France par Christophe Guéneau

Pascal Deiller (en photo ci-contre), le valeureux capitaine du CE Metz Fischer nous explique son début de parcours : " Lors de notre entrée en lice dans la compétition trouver quatre joueurs était très compliqué car le match se situait entre les interclubs et le TOP 16. J'ai finalement aligné une équipe en trouvant des joueurs au dernier moment."

Mais les tours passant l’épreuve gagne en popularité. Les esprits changent et la curiosité remplace progressivement la nonchalance et l’indifférence. L’excitation monte crescendo et la petite dose d’adrénaline commence à faire son effet à mesure qu’approche une possible qualification... jusqu'à la finale !

Portraits croisés de deux joueurs par Christophe Guéneau

Comme pour le Top12 féminin, cette finale se déroulera dans les superbes locaux du Conseil Général de la Marne à Châlons-en-Champagne. Découvrez en avant-première, la présentation détaillée de l'épreuve, signée Christophe Guéneau, le Directeur sportif de l'Echiquier Châlonnais, membre de la dream team de notre ami Diego Salazar, avec l'interview "bord de touche" des deux capitaines.

Pour en savoir plus :L'échiquier Châlonnais

2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés

Diego, libre dans sa tête

Pascal Deiller (en photo ci-contre), le valeureux capitaine du CE Metz Fischer nous explique son début de parcours : " Lors de notre entrée en lice dans la compétition trouver quatre joueurs était très compliqué car le match se situait entre les interclubs et le TOP 16. J'ai finalement aligné une équipe en trouvant des joueurs au dernier moment."

Mais les tours passant l’épreuve gagne en popularité. Les esprits changent et la curiosité remplace progressivement la nonchalance et l’indifférence. L’excitation monte crescendo et la petite dose d’adrénaline commence à faire son effet à mesure qu’approche une possible qualification... jusqu'à la finale !

Portraits croisés de deux joueurs par Christophe Guéneau

Comme pour le Top12 féminin, cette finale se déroulera dans les superbes locaux du Conseil Général de la Marne à Châlons-en-Champagne. Découvrez en avant-première, la présentation détaillée de l'épreuve, signée Christophe Guéneau, le Directeur sportif de l'Echiquier Châlonnais, membre de la dream team de notre ami Diego Salazar, avec l'interview "bord de touche" des deux capitaines.

Pour en savoir plus :L'échiquier Châlonnais

2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés

Pour en savoir plus :L'échiquier Châlonnais

2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés

Extraits choisis

Comme toi, Magnus Carlsen est né en 1990, mais lui est numéro un mondial. Qu'est ce qu'il a de plus que toi??

Il est numéro un mondial?: Pour le moment c'est la terreur. Depuis un an il est de mieux en mieux préparé et surtout il fait très peu d'imprécisions, ce qui lui permet de gagner un nombre incroyable de positions égales. S'il continue à ce rythme, il va être dur à déloger?!

Dans quels domaines dois-tu encore progresser??

Mon jeu reste évidemment perfectible mais mon sentiment est que le domaine principal où je dois travailler reste la préparation théorique et ensuite la préparation physique afin de mieux tenir dans les tournois longs.

Pour en savoir plus :L'échiquier Châlonnais

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Echec et Mat - Jean Schulteis

Les deux rencontres des demis se disputent aujourd'hui à Marseille : Evry - Marseille et à Noyon : Noyon - Metz.

Ci-contre, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave pour le club d'Evry © Chess & Strategy

Pour en savoir plus :Le site échiquéen officiel

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La croisière s'amuse

Ci-contre, le champion du monde junior Maxime Vachier-Lagrave pour Evry © Chess & Strategy

Rappelons simplement qu'au terme de la phase préliminaire du Top 16, aucun club n'a pu résister à ces 2 équipes de choc, créditées du total des 21 points des 7 premières rondes. Début de réponse ce jeudi pour le lancement à 16h de la phase finale du Top 16 qui se déroule du 3 au 6 juin 2010 à Guingamp en Bretagne. Les parties, retransmises en direct sur le site de la FFE, débuteront aujourd'hui à 16h, puis les 4 & 5 juin à 15h et le dimanche 6 juin à 10h30 avec un certain Châlons - Evry...

Pour en savoir plus :le site de la FFE - L'échiquier guingampais

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Echec à la Dame - Claire et ses radis

Au programme du jour à Porto Vecchio, deux parties, jouées à la cadence 15'+3", retransmises en Direct Live à 11h (partie 1) puis 14h30 (partie 2). C'est une tradition corse d'organiser, chaque année, courant mai, au centre culturel de Porto Vecchio un match entre deux des meilleurs joueurs d'échecs du circuit international. S'étaient déroulés ainsi en 2006 le Match des légendes (Karpov-Spassky), en 2007 le Match des espoirs (Carlsen-Radjabov), en 2008 le Match des champions (Bacrot-Tkachiev), en 2009 le Match des championnes (Kosteniuk-Milliet).

Ce match sera suivi par 350 scolaires la région qui disputeront, le même jour, leur tournoi scolaire. Ce jeune public pourra bénéficier des commentaires des formateurs de la ligue corse.

Pour en savoir plus :La Ligue corse des échecs

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Ce match sera suivi par 350 scolaires la région qui disputeront, le même jour, leur tournoi scolaire. Ce jeune public pourra bénéficier des commentaires des formateurs de la ligue corse. Au programme, deux parties, jouées à la cadence 15'+3", retransmises en Direct Live mardi 11 mai à 11h (partie 1) puis 14h30 (partie 2).

Pour en savoir plus :La Ligue corse des échecs

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Merci à Raymond Gal, correspondant permanent de Chess & Strategy sur la région Ile-de-France

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Le 13 heures de Mourousi

Ci-contre, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave pour Evry

Mais qui pourrait bien empêcher Evry de remporter un second titre de champion de France d'échecs par équipe ? Au terme de la phase préliminaire du Top 16, aucune équipe n'a pu résister au club du département de l'Essonne qui se voit crédité des 21 points des 7 rondes.

Prochaine étape du 3 au 6 juin 2010 à Guingamp en Bretagne pour la phase finale du Top 16.

• Poule Haute: Evry, Marseille, Vandoeuvre, Noyon, Châlons-en-Champagne, Mulhouse, Metz et Clichy.
• Poule Basse : Guingamp, Drancy, Deauville, Montpellier, Cannes, Strasbourg et Lyon.

Pour en savoir plus :Marseille échecs - Philidor Mulhouse

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Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682 (0)	0 (0)
	2	2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2600 (-22)	11 (+11)
	3	3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2577 (-12)	36 (+24)
	4	7	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2562 (+28)	11 (0)
	5	4	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560 (0)	0 (-16)
	6	5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2551 (-2)	10 (-1)
	7	9	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2535 (+8)	4 (+1)
	8	8	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2527 (-2)	21 (-1)
	9	12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2527 (+13)	7 (-17)
	10	10	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519 (-5)	7 (-7)
	11	11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2519 (0)	0 (-6)
	12	6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2517 (-19)	25 (+4)
	13	13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514 (0)	0 (0)
	14	18	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2504 (+13)	29 (+20)
	15	14	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501 (0)	0 (-6)
	16	16	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2499 (0)	0 (-17)
	17	25	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2498 (+20)	23 (+12)
	18	15	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2496 (-4)	26 (+26)
	19	22	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2488 (+4)	2 (0)
	20	20	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2485 (0)	0 (-30)
	21	19	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2482 (-5)	9 (+9)
	22	28	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2480 (+6)	6 (+5)
	23	21	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2477 (-8)	4 (-17)
	24	41	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2476 (+21)	24 (+1)
	25	27	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2476 (0)	12 (+12)
	26	23	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2474 (-8)	11 (0)
	27	31	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2470 (0)	0 (-11)
	28	30	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2470 (0)	0 (-27)
	29	24	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2469 (-13)	9 (-2)
	30	26	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2468 (-9)	11 (0)
	31	32	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2468 (0)	0 (-15)
	32	34	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2466 (0)	0 (0)
	33	35	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2465 (0)	0 (-20)
	34	17	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2462 (-31)	26 (+18)
	35	39	Gunina, Valentina	wg	RUS	2462 (+5)	9 (-6)
	36	37	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2461 (-3)	26 (+24)
	37	36	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2458 (-6)	8 (-9)
	38	45	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2454 (+2)	10 (+10)
	39	43	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2452 (0)	0 (-32)
	40	46	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2451 (+2)	9 (-7)
	41	40	Polgar, Sofia	m	HUN	2450 (-7)	5 (+5)
	42	51	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2447 (+10)	17 (+14)
	43	48	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2447 (0)	0 (-16)
	44	38	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2446 (-14)	6 (-16)
	45	49	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2444 (0)	0 (-5)
	46	47	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2443 (-5)	18 (+7)
	47	33	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2442 (-24)	17 (-3)
	48	50	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2440 (0)	0 (-32)
	49	44	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2435 (-17)	13 (+10)
	50	52	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434 (0)	0 (-29)
	51	56	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2433 (+16)	12 (-5)
	52	29	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2431 (-42)	11 (-1)
	53	62	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2423 (+13)	18 (-2)
	54	65	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2422 (+13)	9 (-1)
	55	59	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2421 (+8)	11 (-2)
	56	57	Peptan, Corina-Isabela
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/carlsen-23-points-ahead-of-topalov/
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:50:48 +0000
Echecs & Classement : le Elo Fide de Juillet 2010
Les 25 meilleurs joueurs d'échecs au Monde © site de la Fide Dans le Top 100 mondial de Juillet qui vient de paraître, Magnus Carlsen consolide sa place de leader. Le champion d'échecs norvégien Carlsen est classé numéro un pour la 4ème fois consécutive, après Janvier (2810), Mars (2813), et Mai (2813). Cette fois, Carlsen établit un nouveau record personnel avec 2826 dans la liste Fide de Juillet. Son résultat provient de sa récente performance au tournoi de Bazna, où il a gagné 13 points Elo après un excellent parcours ponctué de 5 victoires et 5 nulles. Magnus Carlsen devance désormais de 23 points le bulgare Veselin Topalov et de 26 points l'actuel champion du monde d'échecs, l'Indien Vishy Anand. Rappelons que le record historique appartient toujours à Garry Kasparov avec 2851 points, établi en Juillet 1999 et Janvier 2000. Les Français : Belle remontée pour le numéro 1 tricolore Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2723, +13 points). Le champion du monde junior 2009, occupe désormais la 22ème place du classement général grapillant 8 places en 2 mois. Etienne Bacrot (2720, +10 points) remonte de la 29ème à la 25ème position en engrangeant 10 points Elo. Côté féminin, Marie Sebag (2519, -5 points), reste la dixième joueuse mondiale et règne toujours sans partage en France. Pour en savoir plus : Top 100 - Top 100 féminin - Top 20 Juniors - Top 20 Girls - Top français - Top féminin français 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-classement-le-elo-fide-de.html
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:49:00 +0000
Echecs en Suisse : Le Festival de Bienne est annoncé
Dix jeunes grands-maîtres seront les stars de la 43ème édition du Festival d'échecs de Bienne 2010 du 19 au 28 juillet. En tête de liste, nous retrouverons le numéro un français Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Le joueur tricolore, vainqueur de l'épreuve précédente - on se souvient de sa partie gagnée contre le Russe Alexander Morozevich -, a conquis depuis le titre de champion du monde junior et sera le grand favori de l'épreuve. En plus du tournoi des jeunes Grands-maîtres, le Festival de Bienne organise de nombreuses compétitions, comme par exemple l'Open principal avec la participation cette année de 7 joueurs à plus de 2600 points Elo, dont le lorrain Christian Bauer. Pour en savoir plus: Le site officiel - Notre partenaire Chessdom 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-en-suisse-le-festival-de-bienne.html
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:55:00 +0000
Biel Chess Festival 2010 - Biel Young Grandmaster Super Tournament
Ten young Grandmasters will be the stars of the 43rd edition of the Biel Chess Festival. The list is headed by last year's winner Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and he is joined by Evgeny Tomashevsky, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Anish Giri, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodhstein, and David Howell will enter the category 17 tournament with average rating of 2657 ELO.
http://previews.chessdom.com/2010/biel-chess-2010
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:45:41 +0200
Coupe de France d'Echecs & Top12: Evry everywhere !
Le Club d'échecs d'Evry Grand Roque remporte le doublé Coupe de France d'échecs et Top 12 féminin.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/coupe-de-france-dechecs-top12-evry.html
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:48:00 +0000
Coupe de France d'Echecs : Metz - Evry en Live à 13h
Evénement magique, la Coupe de France d’échecs 2010 va se jouer ce dimanche 27 juin entre le club francilien d'Evry Grand Roque, grandissime favori, et le petit poucet lorrain, Metz Fischer.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/coupe-de-france-dechecs-evry-metz-en.html
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:33:00 +0000
Echecs & Star : l'interview de Jean-René Koch
Après MVL, Christophe Guéneau, le Directeur sportif de l'échiquier Chalônnais nous offre l'interview du fort Maître International d'échecs français, Jean-René Koch, soit JRK. Les dossiers de l'écran A découvrir, la présentation d'un atout-maître de l'équipe de Metz, à la veille de la finale de la coupe de France face au tenant Evry. Joli coup, Christophe ! Ci-contre, Jean-René Koch face à la numéro un française, Marie Sebag © efe Metz Extraits choisis Jean-René, pourrais-tu avoir la gentillesse de te présenter ? Je suis né en Alsace le 8 novembre 1970. Je suis marié, j'ai quatre enfants. Je suis ingénieur. Sur le plan échiquéen je suis MI depuis 1989. J'ai deux normes de GMI à mon actif. Je compte quelques titres de champion de France chez les jeunes et un titre de vice-champion à Angers en 1990. Par équipes j'ai obtenu quelques titres de champion de France et aussi quelques coupes?! Depuis un peu plus de vingt ans au plus haut niveau, je n’ai joué que pour quatre clubs?: Strasbourg, Clichy, Mulhouse et Metz. Depuis quand es-tu licencié au club de Metz-Fischer et pour quelle raison as-tu choisi ce club plutôt qu'un autre?? C’est ma 4e saison avec le club. Lorsque j’ai dû, dans l’urgence en septembre 2007, trouver un club jouant le Top 16, c’est avec Metz que j’ai eu les contacts les plus rapides et les plus sérieux. Je pense avoir fait le bon choix et aujourd'hui personne ne regrette cette collaboration.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-star-linterview-de-jean-rene.html
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:18:00 +0000
Echecs & Star : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave interviewé
Christophe Guéneau, le Directeur sportif de l'échiquier Chalônnais nous a aimablement communiqué son interview du meilleur joueur d'échecs français, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Sept sur Sept Un entretien du champion du monde junior 2009 qui tombe à pic, à quelques jours de la finale dimanche de la coupe de France entre Evry, son club, et Metz. Un grand Merci à Christophe !
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-star-maxime-vachier-lagrave.html
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:11:00 +0000
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave par Natalia Pogonina
Bonne nouvelle, la belle grand-maître d'échecs russe Natalia Pogonina a l'air d'apprécier la France et ses habitants ! L'auteure de Chess Kama Sutra publie ce matin sur son site le portrait de notre n°1 aux échecs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, champion du monde junior 2009. Grand-maître à 14 ans et 4 mois, Max la menace a notamment battu Alexander Morozevitch à Bienne en 2009, et avec les Noirs ! Heavy Cross - Gossip Avis à la population masculine, la brune incendiaire sera en Alsace à partir du 30 juin pour participer au Festival d'échecs de Sausheim, près de Mulhouse. Welcome in France, Nat ! 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/maxime-vachier-lagrave-par-natalia.html
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:06:00 +0000
Echecs & Coupe de France : le choc Evry-Marseille
Ce week-end se jouent les avant-derniers actes de la Coupe de France d'échecs. Ils ne sont plus que 4 protagonistes à entrer en scène ce dimanche 13 juin pour les demi finales. Lorsque le rideau se baissera dce soir soir, seuls deux d'entre eux se retrouveront face à face pour la finale qui se jouera à Châlons-en-Champagne le 27 juin.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-coupe-de-france-le-choc-evry.html
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:45:00 +0000
Chalons en Champagne wins French League
Chalons en Champagne, led by Loek van Wely and Anish Giri, Sunday won the French league. The team finished just ahead of Evry Grand Roque, who played with Eljanov, Gashimov, Svidler and Vachier-Lagrave. The winners | Photo French Chess Federation The last four playing days (rounds 8-11) of the French League Top 16 were held in the stadium of the French soccer club En Anan in Guingamp, a commune in the Côtes-d’Armor department in Brittany in north-western France. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the games with 30 seconds per move from move one. The last round saw the clash between the two leading teams, Chalons en Champagne and favourite Evry Grand Roque, which had four players rated above 2700. Peter Svidler did his job and defeated Anish Giri with Black in a sharp Grünfeld. Giri had scored 2/3 in rounds 8-10 against Bauer, Bacrot and Housiaux. The game showed remarkable resemblance with the recent computer game Stockfish-Rybka, which we included for comparison. (All details will be explained in this week’s ChessVibes Openings by guest commentator GM Sipke Ernst!) Loek van Wely, the other Dutchman in the Chalons en Champagne team (mainly for ‘playing Giri’s chauffeur’, as he joked last week) did well by beating Vugar Gashimov with the black pieces. Marie Sebag then managed to hold Pavel Eljanov to a draw, and Sebastien Cossin did the same against Arnaud Hauchard. This way Chalons ended first on tiebreak and became French Team Champions for the first time. French Team Championship Top 16 2010 | Final Standings Selection of games rounds 8-11 Game viewer by ChessTempo Outside the stadium there were activities for children... ...including simuls Inside many top GMs played - on the right we see Bacrot-Giri Different generations in France: Vachier-Lagrave vs Andrei Sokolov Pavel Eljanov, who scored a mediocre 1.5/3 this weekend GMs Khazgaleyev (right) and Tkachiev, who seems to be going for more healthy drinks these days Laurent Fressinet Etienne Bacrot Photos © Échiquier Guingampais Chess Club Anish Giri, part of the winning team... ...with compatriot Loek van Wely, who scored an important victory in the last match, with Black against Vugar Gashimov Photos © Dominique Primel Links Official website Games in PGN via TWIC
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chalons-en-champagne-wins-french-league/
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:37:50 +0000
La chronique échecs de Samir
La volonté de vaincre est à la Une de la chronique hebdo sur les échecs de notre ami Samir Adyel. Prenez donc le temps de découvrir son nouvel article du journal Paris-Normandie, un surprenant voyage dans le monde des cases blanches et noires, raconté avec passion chaque semaine sur notre site échiquéen. Jamais loin de toi - Laam Au sommaire cette semaine, un mat en 2 coups signé T. Kardos, tiré de la revue Magyar Sakkelet de 1951. Place ensuite à la partie Mahia - Quinteros du tournoi de Buenos Aires (Argentine) millésime 80 pour illutrer la volonté de vaincre. Aux échecs, ce ne sont pas deux intelligences qui s’affrontent mais deux volontés ! Dans cette partie, les blancs ont la rage de vaincre. Ils ont attaqué sans relâche le roi noir. Ce dernier, pourtant bien abrité derrière son roque, était obligé de faire appel à sa dernière… volonté ! Voici un fait très rare pour être signalé dans la partie Kovacs (2225) – Barth (2305) du tournoi de Balatonbereny (Hongrie) en 1994: les blancs obtiennent dans cette partie des pions quadruplés ! Place ensuite à la technique avec la traditionnelle finale de la semaine cette fois entre Vachier-Lagrave (2710) et Hamdouchi (2609). Malgré la présence des tours noires, le roi blanc va monter pour soutenir la promotion du pion h6. Puis une citation du peintre et écrivain français, Serge Rezvani et pour finir ce festin de Roi, un piège d'ouverture dans la partie Melgarejo - Wanzek à Berlin en 1996. Merci Samir !
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/la-chronique-echecs-de-samir_10.html
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:25:00 +0000
Echecs & Olympiades : la sélection Française
Les capitaines sélectionneurs de l'équipe de France et de l'équipe de France féminine, Arnaud Hauchard et Glenn Flear, viennent d'annoncer la composition des deux équipes tricolore qui se rendront aux 39èmes Olympiades d'échecs, à Khanty-Mansiysk (Russie), du 19 septembre au 4 octobre 2010. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman La composition de chaque équipe est la suivante (par ordre alphabétique) : Équipe de France mixte : Etienne Bacrot, Sébastien Feller, Laurent Fressinet, Vladislav Tkachiev et Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Équipe de France féminine : Silvia Collas, Pauline Guichard, Sophie Milliet, Marie Sebag et Almira Skripchenko. Du pain et des jeux, la formule de Juvénal ne s'appliquerait-elle pas aux échecs ? Chess & Strategy déplore l'absence de Nino Maisuradze dans la sélection nationale. Pourtant, la jolie joueuse native de Tbilissi a montré toute l'étendue de son talent lors de la Mitropa Cup, en réalisant une performance de 2390 points Elo. Pour la petite histoire, Nino avait reçu en cadeau une brioche, du pain comme cadeau royal signe qu'elle méritait bien les jeux ! Ben alors, Glenn ? 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-olympiades-la-selection.html
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:58:00 +0000
Shirov in Univé Tournament
Alexei Shirov will play in the Crown Group in Hoogeveen this year. At the annual Univé Tournament, the world’s number 10 will meet Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov. This was confirmed in a press release by the organization today. Alexei Shirov (Spain) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) will be making their debut in the traditional 4-player round-robin, the international Univé Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands. The tournament will be held from 22 to 30 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen. Two Dutch participants of 2009 will play again in the Crown Group this year: (by then 16-year-old) Anish Giri and Sergey Tiviakov. Giri will defend his national title in Eindhoven from 10 to 20 June, and Tiviakov is currently the highest rated Dutchman and the winner of the Univé Crown Group in 2009. With an average rating of 2682 the Crown Group is even stronger than in 2009, when Giri and “Tivi” played with Ivanchuk and Polgar. Currently the world’s number 10, Alexei Shirov should be considered favourite to win this year. No rest day The opening ceremony of the Crown Group will take place Sunday, October 24. The first round follows a day later and the traditional rest day halfway the tournament, on Wednesday, October 27, has been canceled. This way the participation of Shirov and youth World Champion Vachier-Lagrave is possible, as both have commitments for their clubs in the European Club Cup in Bulgaria through Saturday, October 23. This means the participants of the Crown Group will play six days in succession. The organization of the Univé tournament considered the participation of two world class players of great importance and so this move in the tournament schedule was made. Open tournament Besides the Crown Group, again there will be the Univé Open with a strong international field of ninety players from different countries. This will include a large number of GMs and IMs. There will also be two amateur tournaments, each with more than eighty participants. Both open tournaments begin on Friday, October 22 and end on Saturday, October 30, and will be played over nine rounds.
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/shirov-in-unive-tournament/
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:44:04 +0000
Echecs & Top 16 : la phase finale en Live à 16h
Mais qui pourrait bien empêcher Evry ou bien Châlons de remporter le titre de champion de France 2010 d'échecs par équipe ?
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/06/echecs-top-16-la-phase-finale-en-live.html
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:45:00 +0000
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http://skakistiko.blogspot.com/2010/05/2009.html
Thu, 20 May 2010 16:08:00 +0000
Echecs & Match : le Direct Live à 11h et 14h30
Le Match des générations met aux prises, le champion du monde Senior le Croate Miso Cebalo, 65 ans, au champion du monde Junior, le Français Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 19 ans.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/05/echecs-match-le-direct-live-11h-et.html
Tue, 11 May 2010 04:46:00 +0000
Echecs & Match : Cebalo face à Vachier-Lagrave
C'est une tradition corse d'organiser, chaque année, courant mai, au centre culturel de Porto Vecchio un match entre deux des meilleurs joueurs d'échecs du circuit international. S'étaient déroulés ainsi en 2006 le Match des légendes (Karpov-Spassky), en 2007 le Match des espoirs (Carlsen-Radjabov), en 2008 le Match des champions (Bacrot-Tkachiev), en 2009 le Match des championnes (Kosteniuk-Milliet). Place en 2010 au Match des générations qui opposera le champion du monde Senior le Croate Miso Cebalo, 65 ans, au champion du monde Junior, le Français Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 19 ans.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/05/echecs-match-miso-cebalo-maxime-vachier.html
Mon, 10 May 2010 04:56:00 +0000
Echecs & Prix : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave récompensé !
Remise du Prix de l'espoir masculin pour les échecs ! © Téléssonne Le 1er avril 2010, le monde sportif essonnien s'était donné rendez-vous à l’Opéra de Massy pour participer à la cérémonie 2010 des 9ème Podiums de l’Essonne. Patrick Montel, journaliste sportif à France Télévision a remis à Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, numéro un des échecs français le prix du jeune espoir sportif 2010. L'article dans Essonne Mag d'Avril 2010 : Échec et mat pour l'enfant prodige du Grand Roque d'Evry ! À 19 ans à peine, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave est le numéro un français de la discipline, quatorze ans après avoir poussé ses premières pièces sur l'échiquier… Quelques années plus tard, Maxime a obtenu le titre de grand-maître international, décerné par la Fédération internationale du jeu d'échecs. Et en novembre dernier, nouvelle consécration pour le jeune phénomène licencié au club d’Évry Grand Roque: il est sacré champion du monde junior, en Argentine. Ce qu’il aime dans son sport ? “L’esprit de compétition lors de parties qui parfois durent six heures d’affilée”, répond cet étudiant en licence de mathématiques. Actuellement 30e mondial, Maxime vise le top 10 dès 2010. Une ambition qui passe par des entraînements intensifs et des victoires aux quatre coins du monde. Félicitations Maxime !
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/05/echecs-prix-maxime-vachier-lagrave.html
Wed, 05 May 2010 23:53:00 +0000
Games from the 4NCL, French and Italian league
Last weekend a number of strong chess players were active behind the chess board in team chess competitions: Bacrot, Bologan, Caruana, Giri, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Shirov and Vachier-Lagrave, to name just a few. We bring you a brief update and some high-level games from England, France and Italy. French league From last Thursday till Sunday the second weekend of the The French League Top 16 took place. Group A was in Marseille and Group B in Mulhouse. The top 4 in each group qualified for the “Poule Haute” (Top Group). The final final rounds will be played in Bretagne, June 3-6. From group A Evry Grand Roque, Marseille Echecs, Vandoeuvre and Noyon qualified; from B Chalons en Champagne, Metz Fischer, Clichy and Mulhouse Philidor. 4NCL This year’s 4 Nations Chess League was won by Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher 1 with on top boards Jon Ludvig Hammer and Luke McShane. Second came Pride and Prejudice with Adams and Howell. The competition started in October last year and ended this weekend. Italian league The Italian Team Championship also took place from last Thursday till Sunday. The top group consisted of 14 teams and the biggest name was Alexei Shirov, who played for the Pesaro team. GMs Paco Vallejo, Macieja and Marin played for Chieti while Hübner, Gyimesi and Godena were in the Marostica team and Caruana in the Padova team. Obiettivo Risarcimento from Padova won the Italian Team Championship with a round to go. Second came Scavolini Punto Esclamati (Pesaro) and third Chieti. Selection of games Game viewer by ChessTempo Links 4NCL French league Italian league Games in PGN via TWIC
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/games-from-the-british-french-and-italian-league/
Tue, 04 May 2010 10:25:26 +0000
Echecs & Top 16 : carton plein pour Evry
La seconde phase du Top 16, l'élite du championnat de France des échecs par équipe, s'est déroulée du jeudi 29 avril au dimanche 2 mai.
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/05/echecs-top-16-carton-plein-pour-evry.html
Mon, 03 May 2010 07:14:00 +0000
La Lista FIDE di maggio 2010!
Pubblicata la Lista FIDE con aggiornamento primo maggio 2010. Un rapido “excursus”, anche se ci rendiamo conto che con la cadenza bimestrale le variazioni sono spesso minimali (in due mesi i Top Players giocano un paio di tornei se va bene), a differenza di quanto accadeva quando la cadenza era semestrale se non annuale. Questi i primi quaranta giocatori al mondo per Elo: Magnus Carlsen, ancora in vetta...senza giocare. Conferma in linea di massima dei 37 giocatori Over2700 della precedente lista: rientrano Jobava e Rublevsky, fuoriescono Adams e Kasimdzhanov. La TopFive (Carlsen, Topalov, Kramnik,  Anand e Aronian) sembra consolidata, difficile che ci possano essere inserimenti da parte di altri giocatori, almeno durante il 2010. I migliori risultati parziali nelle posizioni di rincalzo sono quelli di Eljanov (+15), Karjakin (+14, guadagnati tutti con la magnifica prestazione nel Campionato Russo a squadre) e Jobava (+20, tutti ottenuti col secondo posto al Campionato Europeo); debacle per Vachier-Lagrave (-17) e per Svidler (-15). Da segnalare Ian Nepomniachtchi che raggiunge il suo massimo storico, 2695 (grazie soprattutto alla vittoria nel Campionato Europeo) con un +39 che gli vale il 42° posto in classifica; Fabiano Caruana si piazza al 57° posto, in lieve flessione, con 2675 punti (-5); entra per la prima volta nella Top100 il 15enne Anish Giri. Ian Nepomniachtchi, proiettato verso grandi imprese Fabiano Caruana, qui impegnato nel Master di questi giorni Anish Giri Per quanto riguarda la speciale classifica riservata agli Juniors, primeggiano sempre i “classe 1990”: Come già detto, Anish Giri sta facendo grandi progressi: è suo il massimo incremento del periodo, +18, se non consideriamo appunto i ‘1990’. Sbirciando nelle classifiche dei giovanissimi per annata: non in discussione la leadership di Caruana tra i ‘1992’, di Wesley So tra i ‘1993’ e di Giri tra i ‘1994’; tra i ‘1995’ primeggia sempre l’azero Nijat Abasov (2525) grazie anche alla flessione di Jorge Cori, mentre tra i ‘1996’ l’ucraino Illya Nyzhnyk, 2544, ha ora un insidioso antagonista nell’ungherese Richard Rapport, 2509, che recentemente ha conquistato anche le attenzioni della stampa “generalista” per la sua conquista del titolo di GM. Wesley So Illya Nyzhnyk Richard Rapport Tra le donne la leader è sempre Judit Polgar che recentemente ha dichiarato di voler rientrare pienamente nell’attività agonistica; alle sue spalle Koneru Humpy è l’unica altra Over2600 di sempre (Judit però è stata anche Over2700); Hou Yifan registra il più consistente incremento del bimestre (+18) ma ultimamente procede a singhiozzo. Judit Polgar La situazione nella classifica per federazioni: L’Italia è al 38° posto, questa la Top20: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4494-may-2010-fide-rating-list.html
http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=8583
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:18:48 +0000
Eljanov is Ukraine’s number one
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world’s top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too. FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there’s not a big difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). Only Anand’s and Topalov’s ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier. The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn’t Ukraine’s number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12. With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn’t play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand’s seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40. One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time. The women’s list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn’t play, so the gap is still 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE. FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS Legend: black color – player remained on the same position green color – player moved up in the list red color – player moved down in the list blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2813 (0)  0 (-13)  2  2  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2812 (+7)  10 (+10)  3  3  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2790 (0)  0 (-13)  4  4  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2789 (+2)  2 (-11)  5  5  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2783 (+1)  10 (+1)  6  6  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2763 (+3)  4 (-5)  7  7  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2760 (+4)  18 (+2)  8  10  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2752 (+3)  7 (+7)  9  16  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2751 (+15)  20 (+20)  10  14  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2742 (+5)  10 (-3)  11  9  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2741 (-9)  16 (+9)  12  11  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2741 (-7)  10 (-3)  13  13  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2740 (0)  0 (-7)  14  21  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2739 (+14)  7 (-6)  15  8  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2735 (-15)  15 (+6)  16  18  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2735 (0)  0 (-13)  17  12  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2734 (-6)  14 (+7)  18  15  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2733 (-4)  7 (+7)  19  17  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2733 (-2)  4 (-17)  20  23  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2725 (+5)  11 (+2)  21  20  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2725 (0)  10 (-4)  22  22  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2722 (+1)  12 (+5)  23  25  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2722 (+7)  10 (+10)  24  31  Navara, David  g  CZE  2718 (+10)  24 (+24)  25  29  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2717 (+8)  35 (+25)  26  40  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2715 (+20)  11 (+2)  27  24  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2715 (0)  0 (-6)  28  27  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2713 (0)  0 (-13)  29  26  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2710 (-4)  25 (+6)  30  19  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2710 (-17)  15 (+6)  31  36  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2708 (+7)  18 (+4)  32  28  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2707 (-3)  18 (+3)  33  32  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2704 (-1)  21 (+3)  34  38  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2704 (+7)  9 (+1)  35  30  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2703 (-5)  30 (+20)  36  34  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2702 (0)  9 (-19)  37  37  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2700 (0)  20 (+11)  38  44  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2699 (+12)  9 (0)  39  35  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2699 (-3)  3 (+3)  40  39  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2698 (+1)  9 (+9)  41  33  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2697 (-7)  19 (+9)  42  78  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2695 (+39)  20 (+2)  43  43  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2694 (+6)  11 (+2)  44  46  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2690 (+4)  6 (-27)  45  56  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2689 (+19)  28 (+18)  46  42  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2687 (-2)  13 (-22)  47  41  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2686 (-5)  34 (+12)  48  47  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2685 (-1)  9 (-4)  49  48  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g  UKR  2684 (-2)  4 (+4)  50  51  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (0)  51  50  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2681 (-1)  3 (-15)  52  54  Kurnosov, Igor  g  RUS  2680 (+6)  28 (+19)  53  -  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2677 (+)  29 (+)  54  80  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2677 (+22)  18 (0)  55  53  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2677 (+2)  11 (-4)  56  73  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2676 (+17)  19 (+19)  57  52  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2675 (-5)  21 (-1)  58  71  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2674 (+14)  20 (+11)  59  68  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2672 (+11)  19 (+6)  60  55  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  g  IND  2672 (0)  0 (-13)  61  63  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2669 (+2)  18 (+9)  62  59  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2669 (+1)  17 (+8)  63  -  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2668 (+)  27 (+)  64  49  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2668 (-16)  21 (+3)  65  60  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2667 (0)  17 (-10)  66  62  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2667 (0)  7 (-6)  67  64  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2665 (0)  0 (-22)  68  86  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2664 (+12)  27 (+21)  69  45  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2664 (-23)  25 (+16)  70  65  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2663 (-2)  28 (+10)  71  57  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2663 (-7)  22 (+22)  72  61  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2663 (-4)  11 (-7)  73  70  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2663 (+3)  5 (-13)  74  58  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2662 (-7)  24 (+6)  75  89  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2661 (+11)  11 (-9)  76  69  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2660 (0)  0 (-27)  77  87  Smeets, Jan  g  NED  2659 (+8)  6 (-8)  78  76  Khismatullin, Denis  g  RUS  2657 (0)  18 (0)  79  101  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2656 (+13)  18 (+9)  80  79  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2656 (0)  0 (0)  81  82  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2655 (+2)  21 (+12)  82  90  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2654 (+4)  36 (+26)  83  -  Sokolov, Ivan  g  BIH  2654 (+)  25 (+)  84  -  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2653 (+)  13 (+)  85  -  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2653 (+)  11 (+)  86  91  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2652 (+2)  4 (-5)  87  66  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2649 (-14)  13 (+4)  88  -  Kobalia, Mikhail  g  RUS  2648 (+)  20 (+)  89  93  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2647 (-1)  20 (-9)  90  92  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2646 (-3)  13 (-5)  91  77  Beliavsky, Alexander G  g  SLO  2645 (-12)  25 (+25)  92  -  Socko, Bartosz  g  POL  2644 (+)  18 (+)  93  88  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2644 (-7)  3 (+2)  94  98  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2644 (0)  0 (0)  95  96  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2643 (-2)  5 (-4)  96  100  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2643 (0)  0 (-9)  97  -  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2642 (+)  24 (+)  98  83  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2642 (-10)  17 (-1)  99  -  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  g  VIE  2642 (+)  0 (+)  100  95  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2640 (-6)  24 (+14)  101  75  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2640 (-17)  11 (-8)  102  -  Vuckovic, Bojan  g  SRB  2640 (+)  11 (+)  103  -  Sandipan, Chanda  g  IND  2640 (+)  2 (+) FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN Dès 20h30, Patrick Montel, journaliste sportif à France Télévision a pris une nouvelle fois son micro pour animer cette soirée placée sous le signe de l’engagement sportif. Maxime, numéro un des échecs français a reçu le prix du jeune espoir sportif 2010. Une dizaine de prix ont été décernés aux acteurs du milieu sportif essonnien. L'article dans Essonne Mag d'Avril 2010 : Échec et mat pour l'enfant prodige du Grand Roque d'Evry ! À 19 ans à peine, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave est le numéro un français de la discipline, quatorze ans après avoir poussé ses premières pièces sur l'échiquier… Quelques années plus tard, Maxime a obtenu le titre de grand-maître international, décerné par la Fédération internationale du jeu d'échecs. Et en novembre dernier, nouvelle consécration pour le jeune phénomène licencié au club d’Évry Grand Roque: il est sacré champion du monde junior, en Argentine. Ce qu’il aime dans son sport ? “L’esprit de compétition lors de parties qui parfois durent six heures d’affilée”, répond cet étudiant en licence de mathématiques. Actuellement 19e mondial, Maxime vise le top 10 dès 2010. Une ambition qui passe par des entraînements intensifs et des victoires aux quatre coins du monde. Félicitations Maxime ! 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés    Pour en savoir plus:Le site officiel - La Grille - La Ronde 14 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games  1  1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682 (0)  0 (0)  2  2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2622 (0)  0 (-10)  3  3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2589 (+19)  12 (-6)  4  4  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2560 (+5)  16 (+6)  5  5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2553 (-1)  11 (-7)  6  9  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2536 (+13)  21 (0)  7  7  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2534 (+10)  11 (-7)  8  6  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2529 (-4)  22 (+9)  9  10  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2527 (+9)  3 (+3)  10  12  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2524 (+18)  14 (+5)  11  8  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2519 (-5)  6 (-4)  12  23  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2514 (+29)  24 (+14)  13  11  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2514 (0)  0 (0)  14  16  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2501 (+5)  6 (-1)  15  15  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2500 (0)  0 (-9)  16  17  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2499 (+7)  17 (+7)  17  19  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2493 (+3)  8 (-10)  18  28  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2491 (+18)  9 (-15)  19  20  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2487 (0)  0 (-9)  20  22  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2485 (-1)  30 (+21)  21  33  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2485 (+20)  21 (+13)  22  26  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2484 (+6)  2 (+2)  23  21  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2482 (-5)  11 (+11)  24  14  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2482 (-18)  11 (-8)  25  24  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2478 (-1)  11 (-9)  26  13  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2477 (-26)  11 (+11)  27  27  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2476 (0)  0 (-7)  28  25  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2474 (-5)  1 (+1)  29  18  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2473 (-18)  12 (+10)  30  36  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2470 (+9)  27 (+17)  31  39  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2470 (+13)  11 (+11)  32  44  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2468 (+16)  15 (+15)  33  30  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2466 (-1)  20 (-11)  34  31  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND  2466 (0)  0 (-11)  35  29  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2465 (-7)  20 (+15)  36  41  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2464 (+8)  17 (+17)  37  34  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2464 (0)  2 (+2)  38  37  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2460 (+1)  22 (+14)  39  38  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2457 (0)  15 (-3)  40  40  Polgar, Sofia  m  HUN  2457 (0)  0 (0)  41  35  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2455 (-6)  23 (-1)  42  42  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2455 (0)  0 (0)  43  49  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2452 (+8)  32 (+19)  44  50  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2452 (+8)  3 (+3)  45  43  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2452 (0)  0 (0)  46  47  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2449 (+2)  16 (+6)  47  56  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2448 (+14)  11 (-2)  48  52  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2447 (+9)  16 (+7)  49  48  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2444 (-1)  5 (+5)  50  53  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2440 (+3)  32 (+25)  51  51  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2437 (-2)  3 (+3)  52  57  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2434 (0)  29 (+29)  53  54  Zhang, Xiaowen  wg &nb   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/eljanov-is-ukraines-number-one/ Sat, 01 May 2010 08:28:59 +0000       Echecs & classement : le nouvel Elo Fide de Mai 2010 Les 20 meilleurs joueurs d'échecs au Monde © site de la Fide Dans le Top 100 mondial, le prodigieux norvégien Magnus Carlsen se maintient à la place de numéro 1 avec 2813 points Elo. Il devance d'un petit point le bulgare Veselin Topalov à 2812. Viennent ensuite le Russe Vladimir Kramnik qui grille la politesse au champion du monde en titre Anand. Rappelons que le record historique appartient toujours à Garry Kasparov avec 2851 points, obtenu en Janvier 2000. Les Français : Dégringolade pour le numéro 1 tricolore Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2710, -17 points). Le champion du monde junior 2009, occupe désormais la 30ème place du classement général perdant 11 places en 2 mois. Etienne Bacrot (2710) retrograde de la 26ème à la 29ème position en abandonnant 4 points Elo. Côté féminin, Marie Sebag (2524, =), dixième joueuse mondiale règne toujours sans partage en France. Pour en savoir plus : Top 100 - Top 100 féminin - Top 20 Juniors - Top 20 Girls - Top français - Top féminin français 2007-2010 © Chess & Strategy - tous droits réservés   http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/04/echecs-classement-le-nouvel-elo-fide-de.html Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:27:00 +0000       Caro-Kann Defense, Fantasy Variation There has been a lot of interest of late in the Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3!?), which is looking more and more like one of the more viable alternative to the mainstream Advance Variation (3.e5), Classical (3.Nd2 or 3.Nc3) and Exchange / Panov Attack (3.exd5). Though there was Nikolai Minev's pamphlet Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation and Nigel Davies chapter in Gambiteer I (see games at Chessgames), the line otherwise seems mostly discussed in books from the Black perspective (including by Ian Rogers in SOS #3 on 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5!?).  It does seem a fertile territory for analysis since there is not yet a lot of theory and the lines can get very sharp (so computers can be of great assistance here).  ChessBase points out the line's popularity in the recent European Individual Championships and has published a few articles from their ChessBase Magazine. For those with subscriptions, I have also seen videos online by Bryan Smith (at ChessLectures.com), by Boris Alterman (at ICC) and by Nigel Davies for Foxy Videos.  As my interest is piqued, I figured I'd put together a little webliography.  As always, I welcome additions. Fantasy Variation Analysis by Marcus Schmuecker at ChessBase Magazine Online Analyzes the innovative 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3!? dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4! 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.c3! (instead of 7.O-O first).  This is probably the most important line to know since it is widely recommended for Black, including by Jovanka Houska in Play the Caro-Kann. Fantasy Variation EICC from ChessBase A collection of games featuring the line from the recent European Individual Championships. Analysis by Alfredo Cueva at ChessBase A reader's analysis of the line1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.c3 b5 8.Bd3! Nepomniachtchi-Jobava by Knaak at ChessBase An interesting recent game from the European Ch that began with 3...Qb6 4.a4. Winning Moves in the Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation by W.T. Harvey A collection of puzzles from fantasy variation games might make for good tactical training.  Also available in a more interesting form at Chess.com. Preview: Gambit Guide: Caro-Kann, Fantasy Gambit by Boris Alterman A good introduction to the basics of the line, especially for amateurs.  You can see the complete series online at ICC if you are a member. The Fantasy variation with 3.f3, Parts One, Two and Three, by kingscrusher Uses three videos to discuss a particularly intricate game arising from the Caro Kann Fantasy variation with 3...e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Be3. Confusing Names by Sverre Johnsen Discusses one of the author's losses as Black after 3...e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qd3 Qa5!? Fantasy (Opening Lanes #13) by Gary Lane Lane is a big fan of the Blackmar-Diemer, so he is naturally interested in the line as White. Gibraltar Chess Festival with annotations by Sunil Weeramantry You will find annotated the game Vachier-Lagrave-Zatonskih from the Gibraltar Chess Festival.  Identical content available at Chessville. Morozevich - Bologan, Russian League 2004 annotated by Boris Schipkov Features 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Ne7 6. Qd3 b6. NJKOs Lose to New York Knights by Michael Goeller Annotates the game Benjamin-Kacheishvili, USCL 2009 with 3...Qb6!? Canning the Caro, The Milner Barry Gambit, Part One and Part Two by Tim Mcgrew Covers the 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3!? gambit originated by British GM Milner-Barry, which can transpose.    http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2010/03/caro-kann-defense-fantasy-variation.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0000       Echecs & Prix : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave distingué Notre ami Raymond Gal, correspondant permanent de Chess & Strategy sur la région Ile-de-France, nous signale une nouvelle distinction pour Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Le 1er avril dernier, le monde sportif essonnien s'était donné rendez-vous à l’Opéra de Massy pour participer à la cérémonie 2010 des Podiums de l’Essonne.   http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/04/echecs-prix-maxime-vachier-lagrave.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:44:00 +0000       Bundesliga 2009/10: ultimi due turni Rush finale nella Bundesliga XIV l'OSG Baden Baden supera il Mulheim ed è ad un passo dal titolo il Werder Brema travolge il Solingen XV e ultimo turno Domenica Live h. 10 in caso di arrivo a pari merito si svolgerà uno spareggio alla fine di aprile In questo fine settimana Fabiano Caruana rischia di diventare, in un sol colpo, campione nazionale a squadre tedesco e russo! Sabato e domenica si svolgeranno, infatti, gli ultimi due turni del campionato tedesco e la squadra di Fabiano, l'OSG Baden Baden, è in piena corsa per la conferma del titolo. Ovviamente il nostro portacolori, impegnato in questi giorni nel campionato russo, non verrà schierato così come  non giocherà il Campione del Mondo Anand, che si sta dedicando alla preparazione dell'ormai imminente sfida mondiale con Topalov. I Campioni in carica presentano comunque una formazione di altissimo livello: Shirov, Bacrot, Adams, Naiditsch, Vallejo Pons, Nisipeanu, Gustafsson e Dautov!  In  classifica generale due squadre sono appaiate in testa:  l'OSG Baden Baden e la sorpresa del SG Solingen (Smeets e Nikolic). La squadra del Baden Baden è nettamente in vantaggio nella somma dei punti individuali (76 a 66), che però non saranno rilevanti in caso di a pari merito, visto che in questo caso è previsto uno spareggio alla fine di aprile. Il Werder Brema di Gashimov, unica squadra che sinora ha sconfitto la capolista, insegue ad un punto di distacco. L'incontro del penultimo turno contro la quarta in classifica, l'SV Mulheim-Nord di Vachier-Lagrave e Tregubov, rappresenta l'ultimo ostacolo significativo per Shirov e company.  Nello stesso turno il Solingen ed il Werder Brema si affronteranno in uno scontro diretto decisivo per stabilire la  seconda concorrente al titolo. L'ultimo turno contro il Katernberg, che schiera  solo 3 GM, 3 MI, e una WIM, potrebbe rivelarsi solo una passarella trionfale per il quinto titolo consecutivo del Baden Baden! Vachier-Lagrave - Shirov, una sfida che promette scintille Turni precedenti Nel dodicesimo e tredicesimo turno l'OSG Baden Baden ha colto due nette vittorie. Potrete trovare queste ed altre informazioni nell'articolo di Scacchierando pubblicato il 20 marzo. Nel decimo turno la squadra dell'OSG Ban Baden, nonostante la discesa in campo di Anand, ha perso lo scontro diretto con il Werder Brema (Gashimov e Mamedyarov). Potrete trovare questa ed altre informazioni nell'articolo di Scacchierando pubblicato il 26 febbraio. Nell'ottavo e nel nono turno la squadra del OSG Baden Baden ha schierato Fabiano Caruana. Potrete trovare i visori delle due vittorie di Caruana ed altre informazioni nell'articolo di Scacchierando pubblicato il 6 febbraio. Le due partite del OSG Baden Baden Quattordicesimo turno, sabato 10 aprile ore 14 Bo. 7   OSG Baden-Baden Rtg - 6   SV Mülheim-Nord Rtg 4½:3½ 7.1 GM Shirov Alexei 2730 - GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2718 ½ - ½ 7.2 GM Bacrot Etienne 2709 - GM Tregubov Pavel 2649 ½ - ½ 7.3 GM Adams Michael 2682 - GM Fridman Daniel 2661 ½ - ½ 7.4 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2685 - GM Golod Vitali 2602 1 - 0 7.5 GM Vallejo Francisco 2696 - GM Berelovich Alexander 2551 0 - 1 7.6 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2664 - GM Levin Felix 2481 ½ - ½ 7.7 GM Gustafsson Jan 2622 - IM Hausrath Daniel 2528 ½ - ½ 7.8 GM Dautov Rustem 2596 - GM Schebler Gerhard 2486 1 - 0 Qundicesimo ed ultimo turno, domenica 11 aprile ore 10 Bo. 5   SF Katernberg Rtg - 7   OSG Baden-Baden Rtg 0 : 0 8.1 GM Chuchelov Vladimir 2598 - GM Shirov Alexei 2730   8.2 IM Seel Christian 2493 - GM Bacrot Etienne 2709   8.3 GM Bischoff Klaus 2561 - GM Adams Michael 2682   8.4 IM Zaragatski Ilja 2475 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2685   8.5 GM Siebrecht Sebastian 2456 - GM Vallejo Francisco 2696   8.6 IM Scholz Christian 2373 - GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2664   8.7 WIM Hoolt Sarah 2225 - GM Gustafsson Jan 2622   8.8 Kotainy Jens 2243 - GM Dautov Rustem 2596 NB l'elo considerato è quello che i giocatori avevano all'inizio della manifestazione Tutti gli incontri del XIV e XV turno Quattordicesimo turno No. Team Team Res. : Res. 1   Erfurter SK   SF Berlin 4 : 4 2   FC Bayern München   SK König Tegel 4½ : 3½ 3   SC Eppingen   SV Wattenscheid 5½ : 2½ 4   SG Trier   SK Turm Emsdetten 3 : 5 5   Werder Bremen   SG Aljechin Solingen 5½ : 2½ 6   Hamburger SK   SC Remagen 5½ : 2½ 7   OSG Baden-Baden   SV Mülheim-Nord 4½ : 3½ 8   SV Heidelberg Handschuhsheim   SF Katernberg 4 : 4 Quindicesimo ed ultimo turno No. Team Team Res. : Res. 1   SF Berlin   FC Bayern München :   2   SK König Tegel   Erfurter SK :   3   SV Wattenscheid   SG Trier :   4   SK Turm Emsdetten   SC Eppingen :   5   SG Aljechin Solingen   Hamburger SK :   6   SC Remagen   Werder Bremen :   7   SV Mülheim-Nord   SV Heidelberg Handschuhsheim :   8   SF Katernberg   OSG Baden-Baden : Classifica ad un turno dal termine 1. OSG Baden-Baden 26 2. Werder Bremen 25 3. SG Solingen 24 4. Mülheim Nord 20 5. Hamburger SK 17 6. SC Eppingen 16 7. SV Wattenscheid 16 8. SC Remagen 15 9. Turm Emsdetten 14 10. SF Katernberg 13 11. SG Trier 12 12. SF Berlin 8 13. Bayern München 7 14. Heidelberg-HSH 6 15. Erfurter SK 3 16. SK König Tegel 2   Regolamento Calendario il torneo vede la partecipazione di 16 squadre e si svolge con un girone all'italiana di sola andata  (15 turni).  Sistema di punteggio i match si disputano su 8 scacchiere e vengono assegnati 2 punti per la vittoria, 1 per il pareggio e 0 per la sconfitta. In caso di arrivo a pari merito, non si considera la somma dei punti individuali ottenuti ma si svolgerà uno spareggio alla fine di aprile. Tempo di riflessione 100' x 40 mosse + 50' x 20 mosse + 15'  per terminare la partita più 30" di incremento per mossa dalla prima mossa. Visore Per vedere le altre partite spostare il Visore a destra e scegliere Bremen, Eppingen o Erfurt SITI UTILI Sito ufficiale   Risultati su Chessresult   http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1796 2010-04-10T12:00:00+01:00       Echecs en Allemagne : la ronde 14 en Live à 14h Choc décisif ce samedi en Bundesliga - le championnat allemand d'échecs par équipes - entre le leader OSG Baden-Baden (24 points) et Mülheim Nord (20 points). Ce match clé de la Bundesliga mettra aux prises à 14h les équipes de deux joueurs d'échecs français de premier plan, Etienne Bacrot (n°2) et Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (n°1) pour le compte de l'avant-dernière ronde. Notons au passage la forte participation française dans ce championnat allemand d'échecs d'un niveau très relevé, avec Laurent Fressinet pour Brême et Romain Edouard pour Solingen. Dimanche aura lieu la 15ème et dernière ronde, à suivre bien sûr en Direct Live sur Chess & Strategy.   http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/04/echecs-en-allemagne-la-ronde-14-en-live.html Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:02:00 +0000       Last, decisive weekend Bundesliga This weekend the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga will be played. At the playing venues Baden-Baden and Bremen most probably it will be decided who will win the championship. Two rounds before the end of the season Baden-Baden, Solingen and Bremen are fighting for the title in the Schachbundesliga. Most probably the following pairings will decide who will win the championship. 14th round: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Bremen: Werder Bremen – Solingen Playing venue Baden-Baden: OSG Baden-Baden – SV Mülheim Nord These are the four best teams of the league so anything can happen. In the case that two teams have the same team points at the end of the season there will be a tiebreak at the end of April. The board points are not relevant as second criteria for the title. As in the previous rounds the Schachbundesliga publishes the lineups of the teams involved at the venue, where Baden-Baden is playing: 14th round: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2 pm Playing venue Baden-Baden OSG Baden-Baden SV Mülheim Nord 1 Alexei Shirov 2730* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 2 Etienne Bacrot 2709 Pavel Tregubov 2649 3 Michael Adams 2682 Daniel Fridman 2661 4 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 Vitali Golod 2602 5 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 Alexander Berelowitsch 2551 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 Felix Levin 2481 7 Jan Gustafsson 2622 Daniel Hausrath 2528 8 Rustem Dautov 2596 Gerhard Schebler 2486 SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim SF Katernberg 1 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 Vladimir Chuchelov 2598 2 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 Christian Seel 2493 3 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 Klaus Bischoff 2561 4 Vadim Chernov 2433 Ilja Zaragatski 2475 5 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 Sebastian Siebrecht 2456 6 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 Christian Scholz 2373 7 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 Sarah Hoolt 2225 8 Jean-Luc Roos 2260 Jens Kotainy 2243 *Ratings at the beginning of the season This match and of course all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live on the internet. At the day of the matches you can get access via the website of the Schachbundesliga. Here are all matches of the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga. Playing venue Bremen Werder Bremen - SG Solingen Hamburger SK - SC Remagen Playing venue Eppingen SC Eppingen - SV Wattenscheid SG Trier - SK Turm Emsdetten Playing venue Erfurt Erfurter SK - SF Berlin Bayern München - SK König Tegel 15th round: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10 am Playing venue Baden-Baden SF Katernberg OSG Baden-Baden 1 Vladimir Chuchelov 2598 Alexei Shirov 2730 2 Christian Seel 2493 Etienne Bacrot 2709 3 Klaus Bischoff 2561 Michael Adams 2682 4 Ilja Zaragatski 2475 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 5 Sebastian Siebrecht 2456 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 6 Christian Scholz 2373 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 7 Sarah Hoolt 2225 Jan Gustafsson 2622 8 Jens Kotainy 2243 Rustem Dautov 2596 SV Mülheim Nord SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 2 Pavel Tregubov 2649 Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 3 Daniel Fridman 2661 Vladimir Gurevic 2470 4 Vitali Golod 2602 Vadim Chernov 2433 5 Alexander Berelowitsch 2551 Erasmus Gerigk 2335 6 Felix Levin 2481 Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 7 Daniel Hausrath 2528 Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 8 Gerhard Schebler 2486 Jean-Luc Roos 2260 Playing venue Bremen SG Solingen - Hamburger SK SC Remagen - Werder Bremen Playing venue Eppingen SV Wattenscheid - SG Trier SK Turm Emsetten - SC Eppingen Playing venue Erfurt SF Berlin - Bayern München SK König Tegel - Erfurter SK Live coverage All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via this website. Bundesliga 0910 | Current Standings Teams 1. OSC Baden-Baden 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2788 2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2772 3 Svidler, Peter GM RUS 2739 4 Shirov, Alexei GM ESP 2732 5 Bacrot, Etienne GM FRA 2721 6 Movsesian, Sergej GM SVK 2716 7 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2699 8 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2697 9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco GM ESP 2693 10 Nielsen, Peter-Heine GM DEN 2680 11 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GM ROU 2675 12 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2670 13 Gustafsson, Jan GM GER 2622 14 Dautov, Rustem GM GER 2596 15 Doettling, Fabian GER 2571 16 Schlosser, Philipp GER 2560 17 Dinger, Florian GER 2391 18 Hager, Joshua Aarasch GER 2217 9. SF Katernberg 1 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2678 2 Chuchelov, Vladimir GM BEL 2598 3 Firman, Nazar IM UKR 2571 4 Seel, Christian IM GER 2493 5 Bischoff, Klaus GM GER 2551 6 Halkias, Stelios GM GRE 2564 7 Glek, Igor V GM GER 2528 8 Zaragatski, Ilja IM GER 2472 9 Senff, Martin IM GER 2469 10 Ris, Robert IM NED 2421 11 Thesing, Matthias IM GER 2436 12 Siebrecht, Sebastian GM GER 2458 13 Scholz, Christian IM GER 2373 14 Hoolt, Sarah WIM GER 2240 15 Rosen, Bernd FM GER 2355 16 Geilmann, Ulrich GER 1837 17 Kotainy, Jens GER 2270 2. Werder Bremen 1 Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2740 2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2717 3 McShane, Luke James GM ENG 2620 4 Eljanov, Pavel GM UKR 2716 5 Efimenko, Zahar GM UKR 2654 6 Fressinet, Laurent GM FRA 2667 7 Meier, Georg GM GER 2658 8 Areshchenko, Alexander GM UKR 2651 9 Roiz, Michael GM ISR 2658 10 Nyback, Tomi GM FIN 2627 11 Hracek, Zbynek GM CZE 2608 12 Babula, Vlastimil GM CZE 2566 13 Llaneza Vega, Marcos IM ESP 2521 14 Fish, Gennadij GM GER 2508 15 Skripchenko, Almira IM FRA 2450 16 Knaak, Rainer GM GER 2484 17 Lichman, Peter GER 2317 10. SK Turm Emsdetten 1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM GEO 2592 2 Giri, Anish GM NED 2518 3 Spoelman, Wouter IM NED 2546 4 Hector, Jonny GM SWE 2556 5 Feygin, Michael IM GER 2546 6 Janssen, Ruud IM NED 2527 7 Cramling, Pia GM SWE 2525 8 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel GM ESP 2445 9 Brandenburg, Daan IM NED 2463 10 Breder, Dennis IM GER 2435 11 Fiebig, Thomas GER 2426 12 Pruijssers, Roeland IM NED 2401 13 Kabatianski, Alexandr IM GER 2425 14 Richter, Christian FM GER 2417 15 Zumsande, Martin IM GER 2403 16 Bosman, Michiel FM NED 2356 3. SC Eppingen 1 Tiviakov, Sergei GM NED 2674 2 Postny, Evgeny GM ISR 2647 3 Berkes, Ferenc GM HUN 2647 4 Balogh, Csaba GM HUN 2595 5 Gyimesi, Zoltan GM HUN 2591 6 Ruck, Robert GM HUN 2561 7 Acs, Peter GM HUN 2550 8 Braun, Arik GM GER 2529 9 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2516 10 Medvegy, Zoltan GM HUN 2547 11 Guliyev, Namig GM AZE 2555 12 Muzychuk, Anna IM SLO 2542 13 Paehtz, Elisabeth IM GER 2474 14 Mann, Christian IM GER 2454 15 Vogt, Lothar GM GER 2422 16 Dekan, Hans GER 2179 17 Noe, Christopher GER 1798 11. SF Berlin 1 Nataf, Igor-Alexandre GM FRA 2529 2 Markos, Jan GM SVK 2555 3 Miezis, Normunds GM LAT 2572 4 Lauber, Arnd IM GER 2517 5 Polzin, Rainer GM GER 2491 6 Kraemer, Martin IM GER 2481 7 Schneider, Ilja IM GER 2508 8 Berndt, Stephan IM GER 2442 9 Agopov, Mikail IM FIN 2442 10 Brynell, Stellan GM SWE 2471 11 Thiede, Lars IM GER 2452 12 Thinius, Marco IM GER 2375 13 Degtiarev, Evgeny FM GER 2373 14 Rudolf, Henrik FM GER 2353 15 Wintzer, Joachim Dr. FM GER 2384 16 Lundin, Jan FM SWE 2382 17 Abel, Dennes GER 2328 18 Glantz, Robert GER 2239 4. SV Mülheim-Nord 1 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2672 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2703 3 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2710 4 Tregubov, Pavel V. GM RUS 2652 5 Landa, Konstantin GM RUS 2655 6 Fridman, Daniel GM GER 2665 7 Potkin, Vladimir GM RUS 2619 8 Golod, Vitali GM ISR 2599 9 Malakhatko, Vadim GM BEL 2570 10 Berelovich, Alexander GM GER 2550 11 Levin, Felix GM GER 2491 12 Hausrath, Daniel GM GER 2519 13 Saltaev, Mihail GM UZB 2505 14 Schebler, Gerhard GM GER 2486 15 Litwak, Aleksej FM GER 2268 16 Kaufeld, Juergen FM GER 2274 17 Wittenberg, Andreas GER 2129 18 Kahleys, Kevin GER 1986 12. SG Trier 1 Lupulescu, Constantin GM ROU 2620 2 Bobras, Piotr GM POL 2568 3 Cyborowski, Lukasz GM POL 2498 4 Haslinger, Stewart GM ENG 2538 5 Gordon, Stephen IM ENG 2537 6 Jaracz, Pawel GM POL 2539 7 Erdoes, Viktor GM HUN 2565 8 Flumbort, Andras IM HUN 2507 9 Gonda, Laszlo IM HUN 2499 10 Galyas, Miklos IM HUN 2457 11 Seger, Ruediger IM GER 2405 12 Kolbus, Dietmar IM GER 2383 13 Cioara, Andrei Nestor IM ROU 2437 14 Goriachnik, Dmitry MDA 2324 15 Rat, Dan Ovidiu FM ROU 2315 16 Jeitz, Christian LUX 2221 17 Korman, Maxim GER 2172 5. SG Solingen 1 Stellwagen, Daniel GM NED 2630 2 Smeets, Jan GM NED 2632 3 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2602 4 Buhmann, Rainer GM GER 2603 5 Werle, Jan GM NED 2575 6 Edouard, Romain GM FRA 2597 7 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2570 8 L'Ami, Erwin GM NED 2593 9 Ragger, Markus GM AUT 2563 10 Ernst, Sipke GM NED 2598 11 Naumann, Alexander GM GER 2522 12 Hoffmann, Michael GM GER 2502 13 Gabriel, Christian GM GER 2507 14 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian IM GER 2455 15 Wegerle, Joerg IM GER 2430 16 Schaefer, Markus IM GER 2378 17 Hobusch, Alexander GER 2103 18 Hannewald, Anton GER 1931 13. FC Bayern München 1 Bezold, Michael GM GER 2517 2 Bromberger, Stefan IM GER 2510 3 Schenk, Andreas IM GER 2509 4 Marcelin, Cyril GM FRA 2498 5 Boensch, Uwe GM GER 2511 6 Stangl, Markus GM GER 2455 7 Reiss, Tibor IM HUN 2414 8 Renner, Christoph IM GER 2431 9 Belezky, Alexander IM UKR 2446 10 Meissner, Bernd IM GER 2410 11 Meister, Peter IM GER 2396 12 Reich, Thomas IM GER 2368 13 Rodewis, Thomas Dr. GER 2367 14 Unzicker, Ferdinand Dr. GER 2332 15 Deglmann, Ludwig FM GER 2329 16 Lentrodt, Thomas FM GER 2304 17 Jorczik, Julian FM GER 2352 18 Graf, Felix GER 2291 6. Hamburger SK 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslav GM POL 2637 2 Kempinski, Robert GM POL 2601 3 Ghaem, Maghami Ehsan GM IRI 2589 4 Baramidze, David GM GER 2527 5 Adly, Ahmed GM EGY 2548 6 Rogozenco, Dorian GM ROU 2541 7 Hansen, Sune Berg HDEN 2554 8 Rasmussen, Allan Stig GM DEN 2536 9 Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. GM SVK 2525 10 Mueller, Karsten Dr. GM GER 2523 11 Heinemann, Thies IM GER 2484 12 Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. IM GER 2461 13 Reeh, Oliver IM GER 2442 14 Huschenbeth, Niclas IM GER 2416 15 Sebastian, Dirk GER 2443 16 Van Delft, Merijn IM NED 2360 17 Carlstedt, Jonathan GER 2309 18 Bracker, Frank GER 2280 14. Erfurter SK 1 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2589 2 Haba, Petr GM CZE 2533 3 Michiels, Bart IM BEL 2451 4 Kuczynski, Robert GM POL 2505 5 Casper, Thomas IM GER 2395 6 Votava, Jan GM CZE 2561 7 Enders, Peter GM GER 2467 8 Mueller, Matthias IM GER 2410 9 Voekler, Bernd FM GER 2393 10 Schoene, Maria WIM GER 2274 11 Troyke, Christian IM GER 2350 12 Schuetze, Norman GER 2278 13 Brueggemann, Joachim IM GER 2356 14 Krueger, Rainer Dr. GER 2211 15 Troyke, Doreen WFM GER 2105 16 Duzy, Stefan GER 1545 17 Friedt, Marius GER 1885 7. SV Wattenscheid 1 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2681 2 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2663 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej GM POL 2612 4 Bartel, Mateusz GM POL 2619 5 Czarnota, Pawel GM POL 2530 6 Rustemov, Alexander GM RUS 2532 7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend GM NOR 2553 8 Appel, Ralf GM GER 2552 9 Holzke, Frank Dr. GM GER 2526 10 Handke, Florian GM GER 2513 11 Souleidis, Georgios IM GRE 2435 12 Dinstuhl, Volkmar Dr. IM GER 2417 13 Tereick, Benjamin FM GER 2378 14 Straeter, Timo FM GER 2347 15 Thiel, Thomas FM GER 2280 16 Gohla, Ulf GER 2181 17 Koerber, Matthias GER 1898 15. SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 1 Ikonnikov, Viacheslav GM RUS 2556 2 Svetushkin, Dmitry GM MDA 2607 3 Ginsburg, Gennadi GM GER 2537 4 Gurevic, Vladimir GM UKR 2470 5 Chernov, Vadim IM ROU 2433 6 Solomunovic, Igor IM GER 2421 7 Gerigk, Erasmus FM GER 2335 8 Schwalfenberg, Joerg FM GER 2317 9 Maier, Christian IM GER 2347 10 Vatter, Hans-Joachim FM GER 2302 11 Syska, Albert FM GER 2268 12 Nippgen, Georg GER 2272 13 Roos, Jean-Luc IM FRA 2250 14 Neunhoeffer, Helmut Dr FM GER 2281 15 Pielmeier, Thomas GER 2231 16 Schott, Reimund FRA 2019 8. SC Remagen 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily GM UKR 2703 2 Fedorchuk, Sergey GM UKR 2655 3 Gharamian, Tigran GM FRA 2615 4 Goloshchapov, Alexander GM UKR 2580 5 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2557 6 Huebner, Robert Dr. GM GER 2605 7 Degraeve, Jean-Marc GM FRA 2559 8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre GM BEL 2516 9 Mainka, Romuald GM GER 2521 10 Swinkels, Robin IM NED 2516 11 Teske, Henrik GM GER 2536 12 Popovic, Petar GM SRB 2496 13 Polaczek, Richard IM BEL 2381 14 Kipper, Jens GER 2393 15 Schulz, Klaus-Juergen IM GER 2385 16 Bok, Benjamin FM NED 2360 16. SK König Tegel 1 Rabiega, Robert GM GER 2551 2 Stern, Rene IM GER 2498 3 Muse, Mladen GM CRO 2448 4 Von Herman, Ulf IM GER 2400 5 Muse, Drazen IM CRO 2374 6 Fruebing, Stefan FM GER 2305 7 Tomczak, Rainer FM GER 2287 8 Mielitz, Heinz GER 9 Sarbok, Torsten FM GER 2319 10 Breier, Andreas FM GER 2405 11 Giemsa, Stephan FM GER 2301 12 Jahnz, Fabian GER 2191 13 Jaehnisch, Frank GER 2230 14 Roth, Josef GER 2152 15 Schulz, Stefanie GER 2109 16 Rausch, Manfred GER 1689 17 Kachibadze, Georg GER 2224   http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/last-decisive-weekend-bundesliga/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:14:37 +0000       Bundesliga 2009/10: XII e XIII turno XII Shirov-Mchedlishvili 1-0 Vachier Lagrave-Mamedyarov 1/2 XIII Najer-Shirov e Bacrot-Bartel  Domenica Live h. 10   In questo fine settimana si svolgeranno  il XII e il XIII turno del campionato tedesco a squadre, stagione 2009/10. Questa volta la squadra del OSG Baden Baden schiera Shirov e, reduci da un campionato Europeo deludente, Bacrot, Naiditsch e Vallejo Pons. In  classifica generale tre squadre sono appaiate in testa: OSG Baden Baden, Werder Brema e la sorpresa del SG Solingen (Smeets e Nikolic). La squadra del Baden Baden è comunque nettamente in vantaggio nella somma dei punti individuali (64 a 56). Gli avversari di Shirov: Mchedlishvili e Najer Nel decimo turno la squadra dell'OSG Ban Baden, nonostante la discesa in campo di Anand, ha perso lo scontro diretto con il Werder Brema (Gashimov e Mamedyarov). Potrete trovare questa ed altre informazioni nell'articolo di Scacchierando pubblicato il 26 febbraio. Nel'ottavo e nel nono turno la squadra del OSG Baden Baden ha schierato Fabiano Caruana. Potrete trovare i visori delle due vittorie di Caruana ed altre informazioni nell'articolo di Scacchierando pubblicato il 6 febbraio. Le due partite del OSG Baden Baden Dodicesimo turno, sabato 20 marzo, ore 14 Bo. 3   SK Turm Emsdetten Rtg - 7   OSG Baden-Baden Rtg 2½:5½ 5.1 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2613 - GM Shirov Alexei 2730 0 - 1 5.2 GM Giri Anish 2552 - GM Bacrot Etienne 2709 ½ - ½ 5.3 GM Spoelman Wouter 2554 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2685 1 - 0 5.4 IM Feygin Michael 2546 - GM Vallejo Francisco 2696 ½ - ½ 5.5 IM Janssen Ruud 2520 - GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2687 0 - 1 5.6 IM Brandenburg Daan 2480 - GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2664 ½ - ½ 5.7 IM Pruijssers Roeland 2415 - GM Gustafsson Jan 2622 0 - 1 5.8 IM Richter Christian 2412 - GM Schlosser Phlipp 2555 0 - 1 Tredicesimo turno, domenica 21 marzo, ore 10 OSG Baden-Baden   SV Wattenscheid   1 Alexei Shirov 2741 Evgeniy Najer 2681 2 Etienne Bacrot 2709 Mateusz Bartel 2609 3 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 Pawel Czarnota 2537 4 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 Leif Erlend Johannessen 2532 5 Peter Heine Nielsen 2687 Ralf Appel 2551 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 Florian Handke 2513 7 Jan Gustafsson 2622 Georgios Souleidis 2429 8 Philipp Schlosser 2555 Timo Sträter 2347 NB l'elo considerato è quello che i giocatori avevano all'inizio della manifestazione Tutti gli incontri del XII e XIII turno Dodicesimo turno turno No. Team Team Res. : Res. 1   FC Bayern München   SC Eppingen 4 : 4 2   Erfurter SK   SG Trier 1½ : 6½ 3   SK König Tegel   SG Aljechin Solingen 2½ : 5½ 4   SF Berlin   SC Remagen 4 : 4 5   SK Turm Emsdetten   OSG Baden-Baden 2½ : 5½ 6   SV Wattenscheid   SV Heidelberg Handschuhsheim 4 : 4 7   SF Katernberg   Hamburger SK 2½ : 5½ 8   SV Mülheim-Nord   Werder Bremen 4 : 4 Tredicesimo turno No. Team Team Res. : Res. 1   SC Eppingen   Erfurter SK : 2   SG Trier   FC Bayern München :