Tournament winner Vladimir Kramnik took some risks, and then unexpectedly loses to Hikaru in the last round of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund. Dortmund 2011 | Round 10 Standings # Name Rtg Perf 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts SB 1 Kramnik,V 2781 2868 ½½ 1½ 1½ 10… Continue reading
This 20th Amber tournament is the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess. The total prize-fund is (euro) 227,000. The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every… Continue reading
20TH AMBER BLINDFOLD AND RAPID TOURNAMENT Rd1 Carlsen(2815)-Nakamura(2774) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 d5xc4 8. a4 c5 9. Bxc4 c5xd4 10. e3xd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bxb4… Continue reading
Nakamura is the winner of the Tata Steel tournament for 2011 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O e6xd5 9. c4xd5 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Ra3 Nxc3 13. b2xc3… Continue reading
Nakamura Leads with 8 points Kramnik v Carlsen 0-1 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 f6 13. Be3 Qb3 14. cxd5… Continue reading
Big win for Magnus,Anand draws.. for 2 way tie for 1st with Nakamura 5 1/2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 c5xd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qd2… Continue reading
Nakamura now Leads… Anand v Carlsen 1/2 1.d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O… Continue reading
Good start for Nakamura 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. c4xd5 e6xd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. d4xc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. b2xc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Qc2 h6 15. f3 Nf6… Continue reading
