Sunday, June 3, 2012
International Chess Olympiad for the Blind in Chennai from Aug 9
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Stefanova Leads Women's World Chess Blitz in Batumi after 9 Rounds; Kosteniuk, Koneru, Harika Right Behind
Fantastic Chess continued on the third of the Batumi Women's World Rapid Chess Championship on Saturday in Georgia. Overnight joint leaders Antoaneta Stefanova and Koneru Humpy had varying fortunes. Stefanova is now sole leader after nine rounds with 7.5 points as she drew with Koneru Humpy, beat Nino Khurtsidze and Kateryna Lahno. Humpy, on the other hand, after drawing with Stefanova, lost to Kateryna Lahno and beat Guo Qi. That dropped Humpy to joint third with Kateryna Lahno and Anna Muzychuk.
Opening ceremony of the Batumi
Women's World Chess Championship.
In hot pursuit behind Stefanova is the very talented 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. Her fiery attacks and sharp play fetched her a draw against Huang Qian, plus two superlative wins over Elisabeth Paehtz and Tan Zhongyi.
Opening ceremony of the Batumi
Women's World Chess Championship.
In hot pursuit behind Stefanova is the very talented 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. Her fiery attacks and sharp play fetched her a draw against Huang Qian, plus two superlative wins over Elisabeth Paehtz and Tan Zhongyi.
Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Batumi: Koneru Humpy Leads with Stefanova; Alexandra Kosteniuk Upsets Top Seed Muzychuk
Exciting chess is defining the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship currently on in Batumi, Georgia. The first six rounds have been played and already the 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has beaten top seed Anna Anna Muzychuk of Slovakia. The attacking champion is in joint second place after six rounds even as India's Koneru Humpy and Bulgaria's Antoaneta Stefanova lead just a half point more. Apart from Humpy, India's other player Harika Dronavalli is doing pretty well too. Here are great video reports of the proceedings so far:
The top standings at the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2012 after six rounds is as follows:
Three rounds would be played on Saturday - 7,8, and 9. The top pairings for Saturday include Stefanova-Humpy, Lahno-Jue, Kosteniuk-Huang, Muzychuk-Cramling, and Zhongyi-Harika.
You can watch the Batumi chess championship live from India time 4.30 pm onwards at the official website.
The top standings at the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2012 after six rounds is as follows:
| 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2589 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 24.5 | 2708 | |
| 2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2518 | 5.0 | 14.5 | 21.5 | 2720 | |
| 3 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2457 | 4.5 | 15.5 | 23.0 | 2714 | |
| 4 | WGM | Huang Qian | CHN | 2417 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 22.5 | 2716 | |
| 5 | Wang Jue | CHN | 2364 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 2706 | ||
| 6 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | UKR | 2546 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 18.5 | 2623 | |
| 7 | GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2549 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 24.0 | 2596 | |
| 8 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2478 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 21.5 | 2588 | |
| 9 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2598 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 2510 | |
| 10 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2491 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 2545 |
Three rounds would be played on Saturday - 7,8, and 9. The top pairings for Saturday include Stefanova-Humpy, Lahno-Jue, Kosteniuk-Huang, Muzychuk-Cramling, and Zhongyi-Harika.
You can watch the Batumi chess championship live from India time 4.30 pm onwards at the official website.
Swell Chess Video Interview with 2012 US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura
The chess future is about Nakamura, Carlsen, and Karjakin! Nakamura looks out for pretty girls when he looks up from his chess board while playing...!
Gary Kasparov...!
You will find these and other interesting comments by the US Chess Champion 2012 Hikaru Nakamura in this great indepth interview with Jennifer Shahade. Surely a chess video not to be missed.
Gary Kasparov...!
You will find these and other interesting comments by the US Chess Champion 2012 Hikaru Nakamura in this great indepth interview with Jennifer Shahade. Surely a chess video not to be missed.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Irritated Viswanathan Anand Spikes Critics (Kasparov Comments Links Updated)
World Chess Champion 2012 Viswanathan Anand, who has just won his fifth world title, hit out at chess great Gary Kasparov and other critics for suggesting that he lacked motivation.
"I think that this is the first time I have played a match where so many people seemed to have negative opinion about my play. And the thing is I do not think I lacked motivation," Anand said about his clash with Israel's Boris Gelfand, whom he beat in Moscow on Wednesday to win his fifth world title. The 42-year-old Anand told a news channel in an interview from Moscow that Kasparov "keeps talking about my age" but Gelfand was slightly older at 44.
