tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:35:52 +0000World press chess news and curiosities...http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Chess)Blogger1188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114730010981703688Wed, 10 May 2006 22:28:00 +00002006-05-10T22:28:29.936Z"M-Tel Masters" 2006 gathered in Sofia the chess elite for a second successive year. Three world chess champions entered the competition.Bulgarian fans of the ancient game will be able to see the present World Champion Vesselin Topalov and the two former champions of the planet Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov. The other three participants will be Gata Kamsky, Etienne Bacrot and Peter http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/05/m-tel-masters-2006-gathers-world-chess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114606965058281298Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:40:00 +00002006-04-26T16:40:50.663ZThe President of the world chess federation (FIDE) will be a guest to Bulgaria's top tournament next month. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrives for the Mtel Masters, which starts on May 10, media revealed Tuesday.Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, who is the patron of the match series, will officially open the contest, participated by the country's world champion - Vesselin Topalov.The young http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/worlds-chess-head-arrives-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114517143289688918Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:10:00 +00002006-04-16T07:10:32.896ZIraqi men play chess in a Baghdad cafe February 1, 2006. Since the February 22 bombing of an important shrine in Samarra that unleashed a wave of sectarian killings, Iraqi authorities have extended a curfew from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)http://news.yahoo.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/iraqi-men-play-chess-in-baghdad-cafe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114517133821946617Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:08:00 +00002006-04-16T07:08:58.306ZSanta Clara, Cuba, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Grand Master Lenier Dominguez recovered the national chess title defeating counterpart Lazaro Bruzon.Dominguez displaced Bruzon Friday with a tie in two matches planned for 25 minutes that ended with a tie after 27 moves of a Ruy Lopez started by Dominguez.The tie came with 26 moves in a Dame's Gambit by Bruzon with the whites so the match for the http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/cuban-dominguez-chess-champion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114513351856147603Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:38:00 +00002006-04-15T20:38:38.643ZThe much-awaited match between FIDE World champion Bulgarian Vaselin Topalov and former champion Vladimir Kramnik will take place in September.FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Elista, the capital of Kalmykia will host the 12-game match which is considered a unification match. The prize money guaranteed for the match is USD 1 M. According to the latest Fide ratings, the 36-year-old Topalov is http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/world-chess-king-topalov-faces-rival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114421845852938487Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:27:00 +00002006-04-05T06:27:38.606ZWorld chess champion Vesselin Topalov will face the European title holder, Romanian Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, in a demonstration game in Bucharest.According to the rules to be used in the tournament, the game can end in a draw only with a decision of the arbitrator. The aim of such tournaments is for the game to be attractive for the audience. The tournament in Romania is considered one of the mosthttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/bulgarias-topalov-faces-european-chess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114407697555400937Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:09:00 +00002006-04-03T15:09:35.640ZWorld Champion Vesselin Topalov of Bulgaria leads Top Players in the April FIDE Rating List effective from April 1 to June 30. Under the FIDE regulations, Garry Kasparov, who has been inactive in the last 12 months, has dropped from the Top Player List. Vesselin Topalov, who holds the magical 2801 ELO mark, occupies FIDE leadership with 2804 points, one more than runner-up Viswanathan Anand of http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/chess-king-topalov-tops-fide-ranking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114405528325759455Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:08:00 +00002006-04-03T09:08:03.346ZNew Delhi: Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand joined the ELO 2800 club in the latest FIDE ratings. Anand, who was knocking on the 2800 door for quite sometime, finally saw it happen at the Corus super Grandmasters tournament, which he won for a record fifth time in January. The Indian ace began the event with 2792 points and gained 11 points to breach the landmark, but missed the top rank by just one http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/anand-in-2800-club.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114387169302341834Sat, 01 Apr 2006 06:08:00 +00002006-04-02T10:48:44.156ZChina's Xu Yuhua smiles during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 30, 2006. Xu Yuhua arrived in Beijing on Wednesday after winning the title of 2006 World Women Championships of Chess in Russia.(...)http://english.people.com.cnhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/04/world-chess-queen-meets-press.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114314172753532809Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:22:00 +00002006-03-23T19:22:07.613ZBY MIKE THOMAS Staff ReporterThe game of chess is more than just a game, they say. It's life, and life-improving. It's critical thinking, socialization, focus, sportsmanship, discipline and grace under pressure.It's also mostly male -- which is why millionaire chess superstar Garry Kasparov, the Michael Jordan of his realm, was in town last week to promote chess for girls. If they're hooked younghttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/03/champion-is-out-to-move-girls-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114138194365214359Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:32:00 +00002006-03-03T10:32:23.800ZNigeria is to host the 9th edition of the World University International Chess Championship slated for August 27- September 3 at the Eko Hotel, Lagos.Leaders of the Federation of International University Sports who visited Lagos during the week gave the assurance after a fact finding mission to the country.Leader of the group, Professor Walter Decleir, said he was impressed that for the first http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/03/nigeria-to-host-world-chess-in-august.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114077503847331609Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:57:00 +00002006-02-24T09:57:18.566Z By Brad Spurgeon International Herald TribunePARIS When the world No. 1, Garry Kasparov, announced last spring that he was retiring from professional chess at age 41, it marked a turning point from which the game has yet to recover.The chess world is grappling with a paradox. Never has chess been so popular a pastime, and yet its supreme champions are almost unknown. There is sharp disagreement http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/02/chess-booms-on-web-but-whos-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-114017097231979226Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:09:00 +00002006-02-17T10:09:32.420ZThe proposed International Chess City project has been taken from Dubai to another emirate, as yet unnamed, because of the crush of other projects going on in Dubai, developers told 7Days. Originally to cost $2.6bn and consisting of 32 towers each representing a chess piece, the project will now be bigger in size and budget, said Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, principle of Sulaiman Al Fahim Group.http://http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/02/chess-city-moves-from-dubai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113956652874441470Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:15:00 +00002006-02-10T10:15:28.743ZDouble Grandmaster norm holder Parimarjan Negi gave himself the best birthday present by scoring a fluent win over former Women's World Champion Zhu Chen of China in the first round of Group 'A2' in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament at Hotel Delta-Gamma.(...)http://www.outlookindia.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/02/negi-begins-with-win-on-his-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113956641215389777Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:13:00 +00002006-02-10T10:13:32.223ZOn the heels of the Brickenden nominated Into the Woods, the Faculty of Education is bringing Tim Rice's musical, CHESS, to the stage from February 21 to 25.Rice's lyrics and the music of Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (of ABBA fame) create an unforgettable match that is played on the board and in life.CHESS takes place at the World Chess Championship during the Cold War, and centres around an http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/02/chess-musical-recreates-cold-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113896015395628889Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:49:00 +00002006-02-03T09:49:14.046ZRussia's chess legend Boris Spassky blows out candles on a cake during celebrations of his 69th birthday in the Carlsbad Plaza Hotel, Karlovy Vary, the Czech Republic, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/CTK, Ivan Babej)http://news.yahoo.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/02/russias-chess-legend-boris-spassky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113775124497620779Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:00:00 +00002006-01-20T10:00:45.056ZWijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 20: Viswanathan Anand assumed sole lead by outplaying Peter Leko in the fifth round and settled an account dating back to the previous edition of Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament here.The revenge also earned Anand four points and placed him in a good position to win a record fifth title at Corus, his favourite hunting ground. Last year, Leko beat Anandhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/corus-chess-anand-takes-sole-lead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113759879377348132Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:39:00 +00002006-01-18T15:39:53.876Z BRIAN CHURCH IN SOFIACHESS computers will be almost unbeatable in ten years' time and may bring about radical new rules for the ancient game, the world champion, Veselin Topalov, predicts."At the present moment I don't fear humans. Computers I think are very strong," the Bulgarian grandmaster said in an interview."Probably they will be better than 99.9 per cent of human beings" in a decade from http://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/computer-chess-game-unbeatable-in-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113735395682422036Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:39:00 +00002006-01-15T19:39:16.826ZWith the start of Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament, eyes are fixed on the much awaited clash between World Champion Vesselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand.The game is set at the penultimate round of the tournament held in Dutch town of Wijk Aan Zee.On Saturday, white-armed Topalov defeated in 25 moves Russian turned American Gata Kamsky who came back to competitive chess recently after ahttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/chess-king-topalov-with-victorious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113735376186335954Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:36:00 +00002006-01-15T19:36:01.933ZViswanathan Anand cruised to a brilliant victory against world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the first round of the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, on Saturday.Anand's victory with black pieces really came in handy, as the Indian stalwart was able to match world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria who also scored a thumping victory over Gatahttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/anand-crushes-karjakin-in-first-round.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113717932159229134Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:08:00 +00002006-01-13T19:08:41.653ZWijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan. 13. (PTI): Four-time winner Viswanathan Anand faces a tough field as he vies for a record fifth title in the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament that gets underway here tomorrow.Anand has been seeded second here behind world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. (...)http://www.hindu.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/anand-chasing-record-fifth-title-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113708415039647572Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:42:00 +00002006-01-12T16:42:30.463Z(AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)Balinese shop employees play chess while waiting for customers in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 2, 2006.http://news.yahoo.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/ap-photofirdia-lisnawati-balinese-shop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113647516247097508Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:32:00 +00002006-01-05T15:32:42.550ZBulgarian Veselin Topalov became the third player in history to cross the magical 2800 ELO mark according to the new rating list enforced by Fide in the beginning of 2006.Topalov thus emulated world's top rated Garry Kasparov of Russia and his compatriot Vladimir Kramnik who are the only other players in the history of chess to reach the 2800 ELO mark.(...)http://www.novinite.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2006/01/topalov-passes-2800-elo-mark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113597547902232770Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:44:00 +00002005-12-30T20:44:39.023ZViswanathan Anand, officially, finished the year as the World No.1, officially that is. He would have rather wanted to end the year as the world champion, instead. The most consistent, gentle and uncomplicated player in world chess suffered rare fits in San Luis. He was, sometimes, too defensive for his good. One Veselin Topalov erased the word caution from his lexicon.(...)http://dnaindia.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2005/12/anand-still-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388051.post-113597529335274065Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:41:00 +00002005-12-30T20:41:33.430ZPamplona , Spain: Former World Chess Champion Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov lifted the Pamplona Title after he drew his 7th round game with India’s Pentala Harikrishna.Ponomariov, who lost in the finals of the recently concluded world Cup to Levon Aronian, scored 5 points from 7 games while Harikrishna finished with 4.5 points. (...)http://www.newkerala.comhttp://xadrezdiario.blogspot.com/2005/12/ponomariov-wins-pamplona-title-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chess)0