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FIDE World Cup 2013: Semi-Final – Game 1 26 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Semi-Final – Game 1 RUS Andreikin, Dmitry ½ - ½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS FRA Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½ - ½ Kramnik, Vladimir RUS VideosPhoto gallery Round 5 – Tiebreak: Svidler and Caruana out The two ...
World Cup semi-finals start with two (very) quick draws 26 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
The first day of the World Cup‘s semi-finals was a very short one: Dmitry Andreikin and Evgeny Tomashevsky drew in 14 moves while Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik drew in 16 moves. Photos by Paul ...
World Cup: Caruana & Svidler out, Andreikin & Vachier-Lagrave through 26 Aug 2013 | 04:54 am
Sunday’s tiebreaks of the World Cup in Tromsø saw more upsets as Dmitry Andreikin and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave both managed to beat their higher rated opponents, Peter Svidler and Fabiano Caruana. This ...
Weekly Endgame Study (335) 26 Aug 2013 | 02:11 am
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving! –> IM Yochanan A...
FIDE World Cup 2013: Round 5 – Tiebreak 25 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Round 5 – Tiebreak: Svidler and Caruana out The two ratings favorites in their matches – Peter Svidler and Fabiano Caruana – lost in rapid chess against Dmitry Andreikin and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave res...
Gladwell on chess and the ‘10,000 hours rule’ 25 Aug 2013 | 01:51 pm
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of the best-selling book Outliers, has written a piece on the website of The New Yorker dealing with some of the criticism he’s received over his popularization of the so-...
World Cup R5: Tomashevsky beats Kamsky, Kramnik also through 24 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
On Saturday two Russian grandmasters reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Tromsø: Vladimir Kramnik and Evgeny Tomashevsky. Kramnik was under heavy pressure but held Anton Korobov to a draw, whi...
FIDE World Cup 2013: Round 5 – Game 2 24 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Anton Korobov had good chances to level the score in the second game against Vladimir Kramnik but the former World Champion defended well after time trouble and made a draw. By Anastasia Karlovich Ful...
Kramnik beats Korobov in first game World Cup quarter-finals 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Vladimir Kramnik took the lead in his minimatch with Anton Korobov. The 14th World Champion defeated his Ukrainian opponent from a typical isolated queen’s pawn position with the untypical plan of run...
FIDE World Cup 2013: Round 5 – Game 1 23 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Playing with White Vladimir Kramnik defeated Anton Korobov and took the lead in the match. Other games finished in draws. By Anastasia Karlovich Full results and pairings Videos LIVE games Photo galle...
