Category Archives: Reports
BCM Dragons breathe fire!
Whilst most eyes were focused on Guildford I versus Barbican 4NCL I, BCM Dragons overcame their Celtic namesakes, South Wales Dragons 5-3. Round 9 of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) at the Hinckley Island …
London Candidates (14)
Two loses by the favourites and leaders threw the pack in the air leaving only conjurers to catch the cards. (And did you catch the games?). Nobody caught Magnus! Top players are only human and …
London Candidates (13)
With only two rounds remaining you could cut the air with a chainsaw. Ivanchuk tried the French and was quickly losing. Gelfand got two rooks on the seventh and forced a draw. Carlsen won a …
London Candidates (12)
Having been ahead from the beginning the favourite lost today as did the number two seed, Aronian. This leaves the former World Champion, Russian Vlad Kramnik, ahead of a tired and nervous pack. And how …
London Candidates (11)
A Grischuk (4.5) draw M Carlsen (7), Gruenfeld 5.h4?! V Kramnik (6) 1-0 T Radjabov (3.5), Symmetrical English P Svidler (4.5) 1-0 L Aronian (6.5), Nimzo-Indian, Samisch V Ivanchuk (3.5) draw B Gelfand (4.5), Gruenfeld …
