Tag Archives: Anand
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 …
Baden-Baden
The first Baden-Baden Chess Classic was sponsored by Herr Grenke, the big wheel in a computer company. Thanks to his generosity a double round all-play-all was held in Baden-Baden, 7th-17th February. Three of the six …
London Hosts World Chess Tournament : 14th March-1st April, 2013.
Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov and Peter Svidler. Double round all-play-all at the I.E.T. Conference Venue, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R OBL. Tickets are bookable. www.worldchess.com/candidates. …
London Chess Classic (9)
Three draws out of four but games full of interest? You bet! Last round at Olympia: Adams draw Kramnik, Ruy Lopez/Berlin; Carlsen draw Anand, Ruy Lopez/Berlin; Polgar draw Aronian, Ruy Lopez/Marshall 12.d3; Nakamura 1-0 McShane, …
