SUNDAY MAY 16 @ 1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.0 2702 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2.0 2733 2 GM Kudrin, Sergey 1.5 2571 GM Onischuk, Alexander 1.5 2699 3 IM Krush, Irina 1.5 2455 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 1.5 2599 4 GM Christiansen,… Continue reading
Portrait from L’analyze des échecs. London, second edition, 1777. Full name François-André Danican Philidor Country France Born September 7, 1726 Dreux, France Died August 31, 1795 London, England World Champion ~1747–1795 (unofficial) Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence.… Continue reading
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Capablanca chess is a chess variant played on a 10×8 board. The game is named after its inventor, the former world chess champion, José Raúl Capablanca. He proposed this variant while he was world champion, not as a "sour grapes" rationalization after losing his title, as some critics erroneously… Continue reading
[Event “Sparkassen Cat XXI”] [Site “Dortmund GER”] [Date “2001.07.19”] [EventDate “2001.07.12”] [Round “7”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [White “Peter Leko”] [Black “Vladimir Kramnik”] [ECO “B45”] [WhiteElo “2730”] [BlackElo “2802”] [PlyCount “70”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2… Continue reading
Chess anyone? : Chess pieces from an art installation entitled ‘The Tournament at Trafalgar Square’ are pictured in central London. (AFP/Carl de Souza) Continue reading
