Topalov has not signed contracts for the match with Kamsky and the World Mind Sports Games - Danailov informs Chessdom.com in a short telephone call

Posted by Chessdom - July 24, 2008 on 12:00 pm | In Chessdom | No Comments Chessdom.com has received a telephone call from Silvio Danailov with interesting information. Topalov's manager claims that his client has not signed contracts for a couple of tournaments.

 


FIDE Grand Prix - Sochi 2008 - second in a series of six tournaments

Posted by Chessdom - July 24, 2008 on 11:44 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The second tournament of the FIDE Grand Prix 2008/9 will take place on 30th July - 15th August in famous Russian sea resort - Sochi. Mamedyarov, Leko and Carlsen will sit out from this event, but Ivanchuk, Aronian and Gelfand are entering the stage.

 


Onischuk - Carlsen LIVE! - Live commentary from Biel 2008 with IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic

Posted by Chessdom - July 24, 2008 on 6:57 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic will comment the games from the Biel Chess Festival live at Chessdom.com. The featured game of round 4 is the clash between Alexander Onischuk and Magnus Carlsen. Other pairings of round four are Yannick Pelletier - Evgeny Alekseev and Leinier Dominguez - Etienne Bacrot.

 


Onischuk - Carlsen LIVE! - Live commentary from Biel 2008 with IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic

Posted by Chessdom - July 24, 2008 on 12:56 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic will comment the games from the Biel Chess Festival live at Chessdom.com. The featured game of round 4 is the clash between Alexander Onischuk and Magnus Carlsen. Other pairings of round four are Yannick Pelletier - Evgeny Alekseev and Leinier Dominguez - Etienne Bacrot.

 


GM Boris Savchenko with perfect score at the Politiken Cup - he has won all six games thus far

Posted by Chessdom - July 24, 2008 on 12:26 am | In Chessdom | No Comments GM Boris Savchenko won a wonderful game against GM Jacob Aagaard to move into the sole lead after six rounds of 2008 Politiken Cup. The 22-years old Russian from St.Petersburg attacked the Naidorf Sicilian with an unusual move order and already on 15th move started opening the gates around Black King which was left stuck in the center.

 


World School Chess Championship in Singapore - more than 250 players in Singapore, 25 of them titled

Posted by Chessdom - July 23, 2008 on 7:20 am | In Chessdom | No Comments he Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) is proud to host the 4th World Schools Chess Championships, a mega-event scheduled 23 to 30 July 2008 for some of the world's best chess players aged below 17 as of 1 January 2008.

 


North Urals Cup 2008 - Koneru, Stefanova, Cramling, Sebag, Muzychuk, Yuhua, Ushenina, Pogonina

Posted by Chessdom - July 23, 2008 on 6:08 am | In Chessdom | No Comments North Urals Cup amazes the chess fans with the strongest line-up ever, bringing the average rating up to 2520 and 19th FIDE category! Chessdom.com will be official media partner of the competition.

 


Carlsen - Bacrot LIVE! - live commentary starts at 14 CET

Posted by Chessdom - July 22, 2008 on 7:55 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic will comment the games from the Biel Chess Festival live at Chessdom.com. The featured game of round 3 is the clash between Magnus Carlsen and Etienne Bacrot. Other pairings of round three are Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev and Alexander Onischuk - Yannick Pelletier.

 


World Mind Sports games official participants list - GM Topalov and WGM Yifan Hou top seeded

Posted by Chessdom - July 22, 2008 on 5:43 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The full participants lists for the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing are now available. The lists are impressive and FIDE has done fantastic job collecting the players.

 


The US sending a strong delegation to the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing - Krush, Shalabov, and Akobian to participate

Posted by Chessdom - July 22, 2008 on 3:16 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The US is sending a major delegation to the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing. Krush, Shalabov, and Akobian will participate.

 


US chess Olympiad team for Dresden 2008 announced - Gata Kamsky adds the chess Olympiad to his busy schedule

Posted by Chessdom - July 22, 2008 on 2:39 am | In Chessdom | No Comments he United States Chess Federation (USCF) announced the teams and captains for the 38th Chess Olympiad scheduled for November 12 – 25, 2008, in Dresden, Germany.

 


Carlsen - Bacrot LIVE! - live commentary starts at 14 CET

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 8:59 pm | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Miodrag Perunovic and Goran Urosevic will comment the games from the Biel Chess Festival live at Chessdom.com. The featured game of round 3 is the clash between Magnus Carlsen and Etienne Bacrot. Other pairings of round three are Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev and Alexander Onischuk - Yannick Pelletier.

 


Six players leading at the Politiken Cup - The festival is taking place on 17-26th July

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 7:29 pm | In Chessdom | No Comments Four rounds of the 2008 Politiken Cup have been played and so far six players are sharing the lead with perfect score. This massive open tournament with 280 players and strongest participation ever is also acting as 30th Copenhagen Open. The event consists of 10 rounds of FIDE Swiss, last year winner was GM Michal Krasenkow

 


IM Samy Shoker won the 8th Condom Chess Festival - by IA Dominique Dervieux

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 4:56 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Samy Shoker won the 8th Condom Chess Festival that took place last week in France.

 


Surfers Open Paradise, Australia - GM Alexei Shirov to be the briliancy prize judge

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 4:18 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The Surfers Open Paradise will take place in the end of August in Gold Coast Public Holiday, Australia. It will feature many titled players among which last years winner GM Dejan Antic, IM Stephen Solomon, IM David Smerdon, GM Darryl Johanson, GM Shootaj, IM Froelich, FM Jesse Sales, etc.

 


Alekseev - Carlsen LIVE! - Biel Chess Festival live commentary with IM Perunovic and Goran Urosevic

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 4:02 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Carlsen is inching step by step towards the first place in the FIDE rank list. Today, however, he will have a difficult task against the strong and promising Alekseev. Join us for live commentary at 14:00 CET.

 


IM Fidel Corrales Jimenez leading Ciutat de Balaguer by a full point - five players sharing second

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 3:45 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Fidel Corrales Jimenez leading Ciutat de Balaguer open by a full point after round 7. He has 6,5/7 and defeated convincingly GM Delchev, GM Aroshidze, WFM Tsatsalashvili, IM Roder, etc. The only draw was against the untitled Swapnil.

 


World Mind Sports Games participants - FIDE announces the WMSG participants for the chess section

Posted by Chessdom - July 21, 2008 on 3:25 am | In Chessdom | No Comments 63 federations have entered the Men’s Team Rapid and Blitz competitions with China, Germany, India, Cuba and Hungary leading the seedings.

 


Carlsen - Pelletier LIVE! - Biel Chess Festival 2008 live commentary with IM Perunovic and Goran Urosevic

Posted by Chessdom - July 20, 2008 on 2:14 am | In Chessdom | No Comments IM Perunovic and Goran Urosevic will comment the Biel Chess Festival live at Chessdom.com. The featured game of round 1 is the clash between the two Grand Prix participants Magnus Carlsen and Yannik Pelletier.

 


WFM Fiona Steil-Antoni leading the chess festival in Condom - Fiona Steil-Antoni and Mathilde Congiu with WIM norms

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 8:52 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The 8th Condom International Chess Festival took place on 12 – 19th July in Salle Pierre de Montesquiou, at Condom, beautiful vilage in Gers, South-West of France. This year the honors were for the women and two WIM titles were bagged two rounds before the end. Fiona Steil-Antoni (WFM, 2103, LUX) and Mathilde Congiu (WFM, 2196, FRA) managed to get them.

 


Australia announces Dresden 2008 Chess Olympiad team - GM Zong-Yuan Zhao and IM Irina Berezina lead the team

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 8:15 am | In Chessdom | No Comments This week the Australian chess federation has announced the Dresden 2008 Chess Olympiad team. After the multiple financial difficulties the players list is known.

 


Biel Chess Festival 2008 - Carlsen, Alekseev, Bacrot, Dominguez, Onischuk, Pelletier

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 6:08 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The 41st Biel International Chess Festival will take place 19th July - 1st August 2008 in Switzerland. It will be a double round robin tournament and will feature some of the fastest progressing players in the world.

 


Topalov, Mamedyarov, Shirov, and Ponomariov top seeded at the Villarrobledo chess festival - 30 players 2500+ to take part at the chess competition

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 4:36 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Besides them a total of 45+ titled players will participate among which GM Vadim Milov, GM Vladimir Malakhov, GM Predrag Nikolic, GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Loek Van Wely, GM Ilia Smirin, GM Arizmendi, GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic, GM Agrest, IM Elizabeth Paehtz, etc.

 


GM Aleksander Delchev takes the sole lead at Balaguer Open - GM Bruzon, IM Corrales, GM Pogorelov, and IM Roeder sharing second

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 3:40 am | In Chessdom | No Comments The round 5 derby will be between the current leader and the member of the Cuban Olympic team GM Bruzon. Other top matches feature IM Roeder - IM Corrales, IM Colovic - GM Pogorelov, GM Balkan - IM Van Riemsdijk, Swapnil - GM Burmakin, FM Bruned - GM Mirzoev.

 


Cuban Teams for the Chess Olympiad - Leinier Dominguez to play on the top board

Posted by Chessdom - July 18, 2008 on 1:32 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Dominguez, who is currently rated 2708 and ranked 25th on the FIDE list, will be accompanied by the national champion GM Yuniesky Quesada (2573), GM Lazaro Bruzon (2592), GM Holden Hernandez (2582) and GM Jesus Nogueiras (2574). This lineup has an average rating of 2606.

 


Ikaros Chess photo report - GM Evgeny Postny wins blitz tournament

Posted by Chessdom - July 17, 2008 on 6:52 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Interesting development at the first derby matches of the Ikaros Chess Festival.

 


Interview with GM Mateusz Bartel - a talented Polish Grandmaster speaks for Chessdom

Posted by Chessdom - July 17, 2008 on 1:04 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Mateusz Bartel is a 23-years old Polish Grandmaster, currently rated 2579 FIDE (peak rating in January was 2613). He was U18 European Champion on 2003 and vice-champion on 2002, vice-champion of European Union on 2005 and Polish Champion on 2006. On the international chess scene, he was winner or co-winner in Legnica (Poland) 2001, Drammen International (Norway) 2004/2005, I Open Illes Medes (Spain) 2006/2007 and Monarch Assurance International (Isle of Man) 2007.

 


Germany announces Chess Olympiad team for Dresden 2008 - Arkadij Naiditsch and Elisabeth Pähtz lead the olympic team

Posted by Chessdom - July 16, 2008 on 7:57 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Arkadij Naiditsch, the current German Champion Daniel Fridman, and Jan Gustafsson. The team is completed by Igor Khenkin and David Baramidze.

 


Balaguer open chess tournament in Spain collects over 40 titled players - GM Balkan, GM Burmakin, and GM Delchev are top seeded

Posted by Chessdom - July 16, 2008 on 5:22 am | In Chessdom | No Comments Over 100 players, 40 of which titled, started playing in Ciutat de Balaguer open tournament this week. GM Balkan, GM Burmakin, and GM Delchev are top seeded from a strong field.

 


GM Zlatko Ilincic still leading First Saturday - Hou Yifan, Peter Prohaszka, and Denes Boros sharing second

Posted by Chessdom - July 16, 2008 on 3:57 am | In Chessdom | No Comments GM Zlatko Ilincic is still leading the First Saturday chess tournament. He has 8,5/11 with 7 victories, 3 draws, and 1 loss. Ilincic loss came from the second in the current standings - WGM Hou Yifan.

 


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