Tag Archives: Gelfand

London Candidates (8)

London Candidates (8)

Posted on 24th March 2013

A round of great excitement. Kramnik, ex-World Champion, and ‘safe pair of hands’, won his first game. Ivanchuk lost on time! And poor Radjabov complained “Nothing worked out!” M Carlsen (5) draw L Aronian (5), …

London Candidates (6)

London Candidates (6)

Posted on 21st March 2013

All the wins were with the Black pieces. Is this a rare event or what?? Magnus Carlsen was the first to score the full point at the FIDE Candidates this evening but he was eventually …

London Candidates (2)

London Candidates (2)

Posted on 16th March 2013

M Carlsen (0.5) draw V Kramnik (0.5) Symmetrical English A Grischuk (0.5) draw P Svidler (0.5) Closed Lopez 8.a4 T Radjabov (0.5) 1-0 V Ivanchuk (0.5) Leningrad Dutch L Aronian (0.5) 1-0 B Gelfand (0.5) …

London Hosts World Chess Tournament : 14th March-1st April, 2013.

London Hosts World Chess Tournament : 14th March-1st April, 2013.

Posted on 15th January 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. …

British Chess Magazine (10/12)

British Chess Magazine (10/12)

Posted on 2nd November 2012

Contents: Editorial 507 Judith Polgar: record breaker 508 The First Tournament of the Second Cycle 510 Quotes & Queries 511 Olympiad 513 Game of the Month 518 The Sofi a Polgar Interview 522 Spot the …