by National Life Master Loal Davis All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Fabiano Caruana & Magnus Carlsen Yes they will be playing for the World Chess Championship later this year; November 9th through November 28th. That match will take place in London. But – that’s later. Right… Continue reading
Fabiano Caruana Well – That’s It ! Fabiano Caruana wins the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin – by a full point ! Caruana also won his final game against Alexander Grischuk and that game was the single decisive game of the Final Round. Once again Fabiano played the… Continue reading
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov The tournament leader and the runner-up both won their games, the only decisive games, in the penultimate round of the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin. Prior to this round Fabiano Caruana had 7 points and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had 6.5 points. With them both winning their games… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis There were two decisive games in the 12th round of the Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin. The most important one involved Sergey Karjakin defeating the tournament leader Fabiano Caruana. It was a victory that knocked Caruana out of the exclusive lead and… Continue reading
Sergey Karjakin Sergey Karjakin notched the single decisive game in round 11 of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. It was at the expense of Levon Aronian who unfortunately is in last place; shocker; Aronian was one of the top favorites entering this tourney. The game was a long… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik executed the only decisive game in the 10th round of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. As long or as short as the other games were, they all looked like they were headed for a draw. Even Kramnik versus… Continue reading
Piet Roozenburg (24 October 1924 in Rotterdam – 27 April 2003 in Ochten) was a draughts player from the Netherlands. He was an important figure in the game, having been the world’s draughts champion in 1948, 1951, 1952 and 1954. He created the “Roozenburg system” of play and wrote on… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Sergey Karjakin Sergey Karjakin soundly defeated Vladimir Kramnik in the 9th Round of the Candidates 2018 in Berlin. Kramnik was deflated; he really needed a good game here; he avoided the press conference at the conclusion of the game. I think Kramnik… Continue reading
Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. Alexander Grischuk’s Win Over Vladimir Kramnik There was a single decisive game in Round 8 of the Candidates Tournament of 2018 in Berlin. Alexander Grischuk pushed Pawns forward on move 8. They looked very over extended, flimsy, weak, etc. In hindsight if… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. There were two decisive games in the 7th round of the Candidates 2018 tournament in Berlin. The most important was yet another win from Fabiano Caruana. At the expense of Levon Aronian, this victory once again places Fabiano in the lead… Continue reading
