Saturday, 22 May 2010 @ 1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 5.0 2699 GM Kamsky, Gata 5.0 2733 2 GM Onischuk, Alexander 5.0 2613 GM Shulman, Yuri 5.0 2702 3 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 4.5 2570 GM Christiansen, Larry 4.5 2578 4 GM… Continue reading
Thursday, 20 May 2010 @1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Shulman, Yuri 4.5 2613 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.5 2699 2 GM Christiansen, Larry 4.0 2578 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 4.5 2733 3 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.5 2702 GM Shabalov, Alexander 3.5 2585 4 GM Kraai,… Continue reading
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 @1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.0 2699 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.0 2702 2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 3.5 2733 GM Kraai, Jesse 3.5 2492 3 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 3.5 2570 GM Shulman, Yuri 3.5 2613 4 GM Akobian,… Continue reading
Tuesday May 18 @ 1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Shulman, Yuri 3.0 2613 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 3.0 2733 2 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 2702 GM Christiansen, Larry 3.0 2578 3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 3.0 2699 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.0 2599 4 GM Stripunsky,… Continue reading
MAY 17 @1400 CDT Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2.5 2733 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2.5 2699 2 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2.5 2599 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 2702 3 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 2590 GM Shulman, Yuri 2.0 2613 4 GM Ehlvest, Jaan… Continue reading
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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[Event “World Championship 31st”] [Site “Moscow RUS”] [Date “1984.09.24”] [Round “5”] [White “Karpov, Anatoly”] [Black “Kasparov, Gary”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Bf3 Nc6 11.a4 Re8 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Qd3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 e5 16.Ba7… Continue reading
