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Special feature: Tata Steel 2012
     All change at the top!
Losses by Levon Aronian and Vassily Ivanchuk, along with wins by Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov, have left the 2012 title wide open, with just two rounds to play. The B-Group leader Pentala Harikrishna also lost on a day of shocks, and in Group C Hans Tikkanen has again caught Maxim Turov.
updated yesterday 23:42   
 
 
Special feature: ELO ratings
     Hou Yifan is No.2
The Chinese women were in great form in 2011, and now have three women in the World's top seven. Hou Yifan is up to second place, with Ju Wenjun sixth and Zhao Xue seventh. Anna Muzychuk had an incredible tournament in Porto Carras and is now fourth, hot on the heels of Humpy Koneru. 13/01/2012 10:16  
 
Volokitin wins the Donostia Chess Festival
Eleventh seed Andrei Volokitin won a strong event in Donostia (the Basque name for San Sebastian, in the Spanish Basque country) and took home the 20,000 Euros first prize. The event from the 28th of December to the 5th of January celebrated the centenary of the famous San Sebastian tournaments of 2011 and 2012 won by Capablanca and Rubinstein. 10/01/2012 22:37
 
Wang Yue dominates Hastings
The traditional Hastings tournament was won by the Chinese star Wang Yue. He finished ahead of the field after never being in danger throughout the nine rounds of the tournament. The Indian contingent impressed and took four of the top seven places, with Babu Lalith and Sundar Shyam both obtaining GM norms. 09/01/2012 21:34   
 
Anish Giri top in Reggio Emilia
The 17 year-old Dutch star won the prestigious category 20 Reggio Emilia tournament after his closest rivals both lost in the last round. The table demonstrates how close it was with three players finishing just behind the leader. Hikaru Nakamura was leading by some way at one point, but a disastrous run-in, including his last round loss, cost him dear. 09/01/2012 13:32  
 
Vachier-Lagrave wins Port-Marly
The sports complex 'Les Pyramides' in Port-Marly (eastern suburbs of Paris) was the venue for the first leg of the new French Federation Rapidplay Grand Prix. Ten 2600 plus players were present including many of the leading French players, including their highest-rated player Etienne Bacrot. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (French No.2) beat the young Brazilian GM Alexander Fier in the final. 09/01/2012 07:23
 
Jobava is European Rapidplay Champion
The Georgian GM Baadur Jobava finished ahead of a group of seven to win the 2011 Championship in Warsaw, Poland. In second place was the young Russian Sanan Sjugirov, and in third the local player Robert Kempinski. 18/12/2011 21:19
 
Melkumyan wins European Blitz in Warsaw
The European Blitz and Rapid Championships are taking place in Warsaw, Poland. The new European Blitz Champion is Hrant Melkumyan, which is something of a surprise result, as the Armenian was only the 28th seed. Aleksey Dreev took silver and Radoslaw Wojtaszek bronze. 18/12/2011 09:06
 
 
Special feature: World Mind Games Festival in China
     Blindfold in Beijing!
The three-day Blindfold rapid has finished with a three-way tie on 5/7 for first place in the mixed event. The Hungarian GM Zoltan Almasi had more victories under his belt and was thus declared the winner ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vugar Gashimov. In the parellel Women's event, Hou Yifan added the Blindfold crown to the Blitz title she won earlier this week. 17/12/2011 11:01   
 
Jan Timman is 60!
The Dutch GM, and former World No.2, has turned 60-years-old today. Once known as an openings pioneer, he has in recent years been closely involved in endgame studies and analysis, which explains why New in Chess have organized a endgame study tournament to commemorate his 60th birthday. 14/12/2011 09:25
 
 
Special feature: London Chess Classic 2011
     Kramnik wins the third London Classic
A draw was enough to ensure first place for Vladimir Kramnik. The only winner in the final round was Hikaru Nakamura who beat the out-of-sorts Michael Adams in the most complicated struggle of the day. The American thus moves up to second place ahead of Magnus Carlsen. The leading English player, and the only one to gain rating points, was Luke McShane in fourth. 12/12/2011 18:26   
 
Gros Xake Taldea wins the Spanish Team Championship 2011
The Spanish Team Championship 2011 took place in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (situated on the North African coast) from the 21st to the 26th of November. It's the first time that Gros (a suburb of San Sebastian) have become Spanish Champions. In the photo, (in blue from left to right) there are Pablo San Segundo, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexei Shirov, Etienne Bacrot, Luc Van Wely, and kneeling, IM Santiago Gonzalez de la Torre. 02/12/2011 11:43  
 
World Youth Championships
This year the World Youth Championships took place from the 18th to the 26th of November in Caldas Novas, Brazil, perhaps the biggest hydro-thermal resort in the World. The Armenian Samvel Ter-Sahakyan won the Under-18s open by a whole point, while Meri Arabidze from Georgia became the World Girls (u-18) Champion. Russia with three golds was the most successful country. 28/11/2011 16:03
 
Vladimir Okhotnik wins World Seniors
The 21st World Senior Championships took place in Rijeka, Croatia from the 15th to the 26th of November. A last round victory with Black enabled Vladimir Okhotnik (now of France, formerly of the Ukraine) to beat Bojan Kurajica, and finish the tournament with 9/11. The Russian Galina Strutinskaya is the new Women's Senior Champion. 27/11/2011 12:06
 
 
Special feature: Tal Memorial in Moscow
     It's Carlsen and Aronian
Magnus Carlsen has a habit of finishing strongly in major tournaments. Here a last round win against Hikaru Nakamura enabled him to catch the previous leader Levon Aronian, who drew his game. Aronian had to defend carefully in a long game in order to avoid defeat, and now provisionally becomes the World No.2 for the first time. The other winner was Peter Svidler who beat an out-of-sorts Vladimir Kramnik. 25/11/2011 17:46   
 
 
Special feature: Women's World Championship in Tirana
     Hou Yifan retains World Championship
A solid draw today was sufficient. Hou Yifan wins the Women's World Championship match against Humpy Koneru by the convincing margin of 5.5-2.5. The Chinese World Champion was never in any danger throughout the match and thoroughly deserved her victory. 24/11/2011 23:10   
 
 
Special feature: European Team Championships 2011
     Mamedyarov gets the highest performance
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov made a 2866 performance in Porto Carras, helping his team on the way to a silver medal. Gold medal winner on board one was Michael Adams of England. Anna Muzychuk's 8.5/9 left her well ahead of her rivals in the women's ranking list with Kateryna Lahno in second place. 14/11/2011 16:05  
 
 
Special feature: Bastia
     Anand is Corsican Masters Champion
Viswanathan Anand beat last year's winner Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by the convincing score of 2-0 in the final of the 2011 Corsican masters. The earlier rounds were played at the Theatre in Bastia, but the Final took place in the 'Palais de Congrès' in Ajaccio, Corsica's second city. 31/10/2011 18:33  
 
 
Special feature: US news
     Le Quang Liem wins the Spice cup
A win in the final round over close rival Leinier Dominguez Perez sealed the Vietnamese No.1's victory in the strongest ever US invitational round robin, held in Lubbock, Texas. Georg Meier was equal second, along with the Cuban Dominguez, who was actually leading before his stumble at the final hurdle. 30/10/2011 20:37   
 
 
Special feature: Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen, Netherlands
     Kramnik gets back to 2800!
Two draws in the final round of the Unive Crown group have left matters as they were. So former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik finished first ahead of Anish Giri. A score of 4½/6 was sufficient for Kramnik to gain enough points to get his virtual rating back over the 2800 mark. 22/10/2011 22:13   
 
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 Further Tal Memorial decisive games
The decisive moments from the latter stages of the recent Tal Memorial which was won by Magnus Carlsen ahead of Levon Aronian on tie-break. Victories by both players feature below in a selection of six annotated games.
 Tal memorial, early games
I've had a look at some of the key moments from the recent Tal Memorial. Here are a selection of the decisive phases in the early rounds. At the end, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian finished equal first, with Carlsen getting the nod for the title on tie-break. You can see in the notes below how all this could have been different as Aronian missed a win in their individual encounter!
 The games that decided the World Cup
In my final review of key moments from the 2011 World Cup, I've been looking at games from the final three rounds. It was here that the World Cup was won by Peter Svidler, who never lost a game throughout. The main highlights of the final stages are analyzed below, enjoy them as well as the other five articles on 'key moments from Khanty Mansiysk' (for subscribers only) available on the site.
 Fourth round frolics!
Another selection of key moments and critical continuations from the fourth round of the recent World Cup, for subscribers only. I hope that you enjoy these highly instructive examples in which the quality and drama shine through!
 Third round adventures
A couple of dramatic matches stood out in the third round, Judit Polgar against Sergey Karjakin, and Vassily Ivanchuk against Emil Sutovsky. They both feature in our 'key moments' from the third round review.
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