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Past Chess News & Events
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Russian Chess Championship (December 20
- 29 / Moscow, RUSSIA)
* Alexander Grischuk (6.5/9) & Allisa Galliamova (7.5/9) won the
national title
*
Results &
standings
* Official site
- London Chess Classic (December 8 -
15 / London, U.K)
* Magnus Carlsen (5/7) won the tournament, Kramnik finished in
second place
* Official site
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FIDE World Chess Cup (November 21 -
December 15 / Khanty-Mansiysk, RUSSIA)
* Boris Gelfand beat Ruslan Ponomariov in the tiebreaks to win
the Cup
* Results
*
Official site
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World Blitz Championship (November 16 -
18 / Moscow, RUSSIA)
* Magnus Carlsen´s (31/42) the new World Blitz Champion, Anand
finished in 2nd place while Karjakin was 3rd
*
Results & final standings
* Official site (Russian)
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German Bundesliga (November 14 - 15 /
GERMANY)
* Rounds 3-4 were played this weekend, Werder Bremem leads (9
match points) //
Official site
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Tal Memorial (November 5 - 18 / Moscow,
RUSSIA)
* Vladimir Kramnik (6/9) wins the tournament, Carlsen & Ivanchuk
shared the second place
*
PGN
(TWIC)
*
Official site (Russian)
- 25th European Club Cup (October 3 - 10,
OHRID, MKD)
* Economist Saratov won the tournament
*
Standings, results
* Official
site
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2nd Nanjing Chess Tournament (September
27 - October 9 / Nanjing, CHINA)
* Magnus Carlsen (8/10) won the tournament, Topalov finished in 2nd
place
* Official site
- 6th International
Chess Festival (September 26 - October 4 / Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech
Republic)
*
Official site
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Short vs. Efimenko Chess Match
(September 20 - 26 / Mukachevo, UKRAINE)
* Final score:
Nigel Short won 3.5-2.5
*
Official site
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Karpov vs. Kasparov
Match (September 21 - 24 / Valencia, SPAIN)
* Rapid match: Kasparov won 3-1
* Blitz match: Kasparov won 6-2
*
Official site
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2nd Grand Slam
Masters (September 5 - 12, Bilbao, SPAIN)
* Levon Aronian (4.5/6) won the tournament
*
Official site
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NH Chess Tournament
(August 20 - 31 / Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)
* "Experience" beat "Rising Stars" (27.5-22.5)
* Replay all the
games
* Standings
*
Official site
- FIDE Grand Prix
(August 8 - 24 / Jermuk, ARMENIA)
* Vassily Ivanchuk (8.5/13) won the tournament; Aronian &
Gelfand shared the second place
*
Standings
*
Official site
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Continental Chess
Championship of the Americas (July 25 - August 2 / Sao Paulo, BRAZIL)
* Shabalov & Corrales (9/11) share the
first place
* Final
standings
* Blog -
Official site
- Chess Classic Mainz
(July 27 - August 2 / Mainz, GERMANY)
* Grenkeleasing Rapid WCC: Levon Aronian beat
Nepomniachtchi (3-1) in the final
*
ORDIX Open: Shakriyar Mamedyarov (10/11) won the event //
Final standings
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FiNet Chess960 Open: Alexander Grischuk (9.5/11) won the tournament //
Final standings
*
Chess960 Rapid WCC: Hikaru Nakamura´s the new World Chess960
Champion after beating Levon Aronian (3.5-0.5)
*
Official site
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Czech Open (July 24
- August 1 / Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC)
* Anton Korobov (8/9) won the tournament
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Final standings, results
& pairings
* Official site
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Biel Chess Festival
(July 18 - 31 / Biel, SWITZERLAND)
* Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (6/10) won the tournament
* Official site
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XXVII Andorra Chess
Open (July 18 - 26 / ANDORRA)
* GM Romain Edouard (France) won the tournament
*
Official site
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San Sebastián Chess
Tournament (July 6 - 16 / San Sebastián, SPAIN)
* Hikaru Nakamura won the tournament after defeating Ruslan
Ponomariov on a blitz tiebreak
*
Official site
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Dortmund Chess Tournament (July 2 - 12
/ Dortmund, GERMANY)
* Vladimir Kramnik
(6.5/10) won the tournament
*
Official site
- 37th World Open (June 29 - July 5 /
Philadeplhia, USA)
* Evgeny Najer and Hikaru Nakamura shared the first place; Najer won the
title as there wasn´t an Armageddon blitz play-off (Nakamura left to play
San Sebastián chess tournament)
*
Standings
*
Official site
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3rd King´s Tournament
(June 14 - 25 / Bazna, ROMANIA)
* Vassily Ivanchuk (7/10) won the tournament, Boris Gelfand
finished in 2nd place
*
Official site
- New York International (June 19 - 23 /
New York, USA)
* Hracek, Stripunsky, Kacheishvili, Barbosa & Sam Shankland shared the
first place
* Official site
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XXII León Chess Tournament (June 4 - 7
/ León, SPAIN)
* Final: Magnus Carlsen won the tournament after defeating Ivanchuk in the
final armageddon game
* Semifinals: Ivanchuk - Morozevich: 2.5-1.5 // Carlsen - Wang Yue: 3.5-2.5
*
Official site
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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (June 3 - 7 /
Malmo, SWEDEN)
* Nigel Short (4.5/5, TP 2990!) won the tournament
* Official site
- Anand vs. Leko Rapid Match (June 2 - 7
/ Miskolc, HUNGARY)
* Final score: 5-3 (Anand)
*
Download the games
* Official site
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Copper State International (May 29 - June 3 /
Phoenix, USA)
* GM Timur Gareev (7/9) won the tournament
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Final standings
*
Official
site
- Ivanchuk vs. Navara Rapid Match (May 27
- 31 / Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC)
* Vassily Ivanchuk beat David Navara (5.5-2.5)
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Results
*
Official site
- 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup (May 22 - 24,
Odessa, UKRAINE)
* Boris Gelfand beat Peter Svidler (3-1) in the final
*
Official site
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M-Tel Masters (May 12 - 23 / Sofia,
BULGARIA)
* Alexei Shirov wins the tournament after defeating Magnus Carlsen during
the final round
* Official site
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Bosna Chess
Tournament (May 8 - 18 / Sarajevo, BOSNIA)
* Pavel Eljanov (7/10) won the tournament undefeated
*
Official site
- U.S Chess Championship (May
8 - 17 /
St. Louis, USA)
* Nakamura wins the title after beating Friedel in just 22 moves
* Final
standings
*
Official site
- Azerbaijan vs. Rest of the World (May 7
- 9 / Baku, AZERBAIJAN)
* Final score: 10.5-21.5 (ROTW), Vladimir Kramnik scored 6.5/8
*
Official site
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FIDE Grand Prix (April 15 - 29 /
Nalchik, RUSSIA)
* Levon Aronian won the tournament after defeating Leko during
the last round
* Final
standings
* Official site
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Foxwoods Open Chess Tournament (April 8
- 12 / Foxwoods, USA)
* Darmen Sadvakasov beat Yury Shulman in a blitz tie-break to take the
title of Foxwoods Open Champion, the bonus money and the hotel room for next
year
* Official site
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Amber Chess Tournament (March 14 - 26 /
Nice, FRANCE)
* Levon Aronian (14/22) won the tournament, Kramnik & Anand share the
2nd place
* Final
standings
*
Official site
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Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Online Blitz
Tournament (March 13 - 21 / Internet Chess Club)
*
Dmitry Kononenko won the tournament after defeating Zaven Andriasyan
(3.5-1.5)
*
Brackets
here
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FIDE Women Grand Prix (March 7 - 19 /
Istanbul, TURKEY)
* Humpy Koneru (8.5/11) won the tournament after winning her last
round game
* Results -
Final standings
* Official site
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10th Individual European Chess
Championship (March 6 - 17 / Budva, MONTENEGRO)
* Evgeny Tomashevsky won the title after the tiebreaks
*
Final standings
*
Official site
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Linares Chess Tournament (February 19 -
March 8 / Linares, SPAIN)
* Vassily Ivanchuk & Alexander Grischuk (8/14) shared the
first place, Grischuk won the tournament having scored more wins
*
Official site
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Kamsky vs. Topalov Match (February 16 - 28 /
Sofia, BULGARIA)
* Veselin Topalov won the match and will play vs. Anand for the World
Chess Champion title later this year
* Final score: 2.5-4.5
*
Download all the games
(PGN)
*
Official site
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Aeroflot Chess Open (February 17 - 26 /
Moscow, RUSSIA)
* Etienne Bacrot & Alexander Moiseenko tied for first, Bacrot won
by better tiebreak
*
Official site
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Bunratty Chess Festival (February 20 -
22 / Bunratty, IRELAND)
* Peter Svidler (5.5/6) retained the Bunratty Masters
title he won last year
* Official site
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23rd Cannes Chess Festival (January 9 - 15 /
Cannes, FRANCE)
* Christian Bauer & Hichem Hamdouchi shared the first
place with 7 points each
* Official site
- Polish Chess
Championship (January 26 - February 6 / Chotowa, POLAND)
* Bartlomiej Macieja won the title after defeating Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the
tiebreak (1.5-0.5)
* Official site
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Gibtelecom Masters (January 27 -
February 5 / Gibraltar)
*
Peter Svidler won the tournament after beating Vadim Milov in a rapid
tiebreak for first place
* Chessville Coverage:
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Rd 7
Rd 8
Rd 9
Final Report
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Games
(PGN)
*
Pairings & standings
*
Official
site
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Karpov - Ghaem Maghami Match (January
26 - February 3 // Teheran, IRAN)
* Classical: 2 - 2 // Rapid: 2-2 // Blitz: 5.5-6.5
*
Download the games
(TWIC)
*
Official site
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Marienbad Open (January 17 - 25 /
Marienbad, CZECH REPUBLIC)
* GM Bartlomiej Heberla (7.5/11) won the tournament
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Standings & results
*
Official site
- FIDE Grand Prix in
Karlovy Vary officially cancelled (January 19 / Prague)
* Chessbase.com has
all the
details
- Corus Chess Tournament (January 16 - February, 1 // Wijk aan Zee,
NETHERLANDS)
* Sergey Karjakin won the tournament, Aronian, Radjabov & Movsesian
shared the 2nd place
* Official site
- Prague Open (January 9 - 16 / Prague, CZECH
REPUBLIC)
* Milko Popchev & Stepan Zilka shared the 1st place
*
Final standings
* Official site
- Aker Chess Challenge (January 2 - 5 //
Gjovik, NORWAY)
* Peter Svidler won the tournament after defeating (1.5-0.5)
Magnus Carlsen during the final; Nakamura finished in 3rd place
* Download the games
* Official site
- Ivanchuk
vs. Leko Rapid Match (January 3 - 5 / Mukachevo, UKRAINE)
* Vassily Ivanchuk beat Peter Leko (3.5-2.5) to win the match
* Official site
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