A sad day for Anand. After beating Aronian last round (See Comments for the only win in Round 9), he crumpled against Caruana. With all due respect, Vishy was unrecognizable throughout. It happens. He was well poised for winning the event and setting up a third shot at… Continue reading
World Chess Candidates/Rd1 Who wants to play Magnus Carlsen for the 2016 Title? Apparently this guy.. GM Viswananthan Anand has jumped into the sole lead of the 2016 Candidates by winning his first round game Rd1 GM Anand(2762) – GM Topalov(2780) 1-0 Anand Viswanathan (IND) vs. Topalov Veselin (BUL) Ruy… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Anand & Nakamura Anand and Nakamura tied for first in the Classical portion of the recent Zurich tournament. Hikaru won the Blitz portion. This was played before the Classical portion and was used not to necessarily score, but to determine who would have… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Viswanathan Anand Anand wins the Zurich Chess Challenge Classic for 2016 – Congratulations ! Nakamura caught up with him in the final round and the two tied for first – Congratulations Again ! Hikaru Nakamura had the only decisive game in the… Continue reading
Hikaru Nakamura Nakamura versus Shirov: – Click On Any Diagram To Step Through The Game. Diag 1 (Top Row Left) – Black, on the receiving end of an Advance French plays for a Terrific Knight versus a Terrible Bishop. Diag 2 (Top Row Middle) – White, in desperation, tries for… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Viswanathan Anand This first round of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016 featured a crush by former World Champion Anand. Aronian was virtually unrecognizable – at least to me. I’m more than willing to admit that there is more to this game than meets… Continue reading
The 2016 Tradewise Chess Festival Jan 25-Feb 4 2016 LIVE games start, Tuesday 26 January, 15.00 CET http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/live2016/masters.htm Pairings are up 1 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 0 0 IM Bellin Robert 2350 132 2 129 FM Shachar Ehud 2353 0 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 2 3… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Alexander Grischuk 7th London Chess Classic 2015.12.07Round “6”White “Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)”Black “Anand, Viswanathan (IND)” 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10.… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Topalov (left) and Anand (right) Viswanathan Anand won a game that to all appearances was in beautiful control throughout. The defining positional trumps in a Najdorf Sicilian were in place right through the ending to the very last move. This served Topalov… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Hikaru Nakamura Nakamura won a beautiful game against Anand in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic 2015. 7th London Chess Classic 2015 (12/07)Round “4”White “Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)”Black “Anand, Viswanathan (IND)” 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3.… Continue reading
