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Jobava and Efimenko lead

Updated since 3 hours Tuesday 09 March 2010

Montpellier-based Swiss grandmaster Yannick Pelletier caused the biggest upset in the third round by beating David Navara with the black pieces.
In the fourth round Jobava and Efimenko were the winners at the top (both won with Black!) to become the only two on 4/4.
In the Women's event Monika Socko is sole leader.

Thirteen lead after three rounds in Rijeka

Updated since 6 hours Monday 08 March 2010

Vallejo Pons, Jobava and Naiditsch are amongst the lucky thirteen on 3/3.
It's International Women's day today and the Kosintseva sisters were both amongst the leading pack before today's game.
Tatiana won her third game but sister Nadezhda drew. Arakhamia, Socko and Chelushkina make up the four on 100%.

European Individual Begins in Rijeka

Saturday 06 March 2010

Many leading European players will be in Croatia for the next fortnight competing for places for the World Cup, prize-money and of course the title of European Champion!
Former Women's World Champion Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova is top seed in the Women's event.

Carlsen still number one

Tuesday 02 March 2010

The official World Chess Federation (FIDE) rating list has come out with Magnus Carlsen still officially number one, but when Linares is counted Topalov will be pushing him close.
Kramnik has moved up to third place ahead of Anand.

Topalov bounces back!

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Co-leader Grischuk could only draw whereas Topalov managed to overcome Gelfand's pet Petroff's Defence in a long endgame and thus re-took the lead when it mattered, at the very end.

Grischuk gets his revenge!

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Grischuk threw away the whole point in their first encounter but this time kept control until the end. This win enables him to catch Topalov going into the last round.

Grischuk makes a splash in Linares

Sunday 21 February 2010

Alexander Grischuk lands a neat combination to dismantle Gashimov's Modern Benoni and is now the only player with any realistic chances to challenge Topalov for the top honours.

Topalov keeps it solid

Saturday 20 February 2010

With a lead of one-and-a-half points there was no need for anything dramatic today. Gashimov sacrificed a pawn for some pressure, but Topalov defended and steered the game towards an equal endgame.
The lead and his (provisional) World number one status are maintained!

Cappelle finishes with Zherebukh ahead

Saturday 20 February 2010

Cappelle is over for another year and everyone can make their way home with the knowledge that yet another major tournament has been won by a schoolboy! Yaroslav Zherebukh stamps his mark on history with an amazing 7.5/9 and a 2700+ result.

Topalov is Tops!

Saturday 20 February 2010

Vallejo Pons advanced his kingside pawns precociously against the English, which could be described as provocation or even a sign of disrespect for his opponent!
Topalov doesn't mind a scrap and was the most practical player as chalked up yet another win.
On my calculations, if the tournament stopped here Topalov would be number one in the world again!

It's Zherebukh: another rising Ukrainian star

Friday 19 February 2010

Gurevich goes down to the young Ukrainian Yaroslav Zherebukh in the big clash on the first board. Zherebukh, who with 7 points and a handy 2766 performance, demonstrates that yet another Ukrainian has hit the scene.

Three at the top in Cappelle

Friday 19 February 2010

Two players have caught Mikahil Gurevich at the top of the leader board in Cappelle-la-Grande: Bulgarian Julian Radulski and 16-year-old Yaroslav Zherebukh from the Ukraine.

Topalov breaks free

Friday 19 February 2010

At the half-way stage Topalov's victory over Grischuk enables him to be one whole point ahead of the pack.
The other winner of the day was Vugar Gashimov who has every reason to be happy with his first win in Linares. The first black win in Linares 2010 and with his trademark Modern Benoni.

Gurevich wins again to retain lead in Cappelle

Thursday 18 February 2010

The experienced GM Mikhail Gurevich, who has represented Russia, Belgium and now Turkey won against Sergei Fedorchuk and now has a half point lead in Cappelle la Grande.
An appropriate name when we think of the size of the Open!

Final day in the Aeroflot open

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Ian Nepomniachtchi made his way back to the top board in the Moscow Aeroflot event two years after becoming champion.
This time the outcome was less happy for him! He lost in the final round enabling Le (see yesterday's photo) to become outright winner and pocket a handy 21,000 Euros.

The Mega-open: Cappelle la Grande

Tuesday 16 February 2010

For the 26th time the small town of Cappelle la Grande in the north of France near Dunkirk has organized its annual open.
Mikhail Gurevich (now of Turkey) leads alone on 4.5/5 with no less than 26 players on 4/5.

Moscow Aeroflot nears its climax

Tuesday 16 February 2010

With one round to go there are two leaders on 6/8, both of them from Vietnam: Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen and Quang Liem Le (in the photo) who incidentally also had a good tournament in the earlier Moscow open.

Status Quo in Linares

Tuesday 16 February 2010

There was no change in the rankings for the second day running after three rather calm draws today.
Topalov and Grischuk lead, the only two players to have won a game so far.

Three amazing draws in Linares

Monday 15 February 2010

Topalov and Grischuk are still ahead as three really complicated games all led to draws. Veselin Topalov came up with some fireworks to save a dubious-looking position and Vallejo Pons lost his queen but kept fighting and saved the game!

Topalov and Grischuk draw blood.

Sunday 14 February 2010

The favourite Veselin Topalov and in-form Alexander Grischuk both won with direct kingside action.
World Cup winner Boris Gelfand is in Linares as a late substitute, but since his success in Khanty Mansiysk his results haven't been as good.
The other loser Vugar Gashimov is also going through a rough patch.

Linares underway!

Saturday 13 February 2010

The small town of Linares in Andalucia has long been associated with this top level event.
World number two Veselin Topalov starts as favourite but Levon Aronian is the highest rated amongst his rivals.

Moscow: Capital of the Chess World!

Monday 08 February 2010

Yet again our attention comes back to the Russian capital.
In February there are two important open tournaments the first of which has just finished.
Four players finished with 7/9 and 46th seed Konstantin Chernyshov was awarded the title due to a higher number of wins.

Open of the month: Gibraltar!

Thursday 04 February 2010

The GIBTELECOM MASTERS ran from the 26th of January to the 4th of February 2010 and had sufficiently big prizes to entice several big names to play.
Adams won the play-offs beating Vallejo Pons in the final.
Michael seems to have form and luck on his side at the moment as in his win last month over Bacrot in the British League (photo courtesy of Meri Grigoryan-Lyell).

A brand new series of Videos for Subscribers!

Tuesday 02 February 2010

Simon Williams is known as a daring player who is quite willing to take risks in order to seize the initiative and aims to mount an attack. Over the coming weeks he will be giving us some insight into some of his aggressive openings. Some great ideas that we can all learn from and consider trying out in our own games!

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