Technical game today with Vichy holding the draw with good defensive play!
Anand has a 1 point lead
Topalov,Veselin (2805) - Anand,Viswanathan (2787)
World Chess Championship Sofia/Bulgaria (5), 30.04.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h5 16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Nf4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Bd2 f6 23.Nxg6+ Nxg6 24.g3 Ne5 25.f4 Nc6 26.Bc3 Bb4 27.Bxb4+ Nxb4 28.Rd1 Nc6 29.Rd2 g5 30.Kf2 g4 31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Ke3 Rd6 33.Rc5 Nb4 34.Rc7+ Kd8 35.Rc3 Ke7 36.e5 Rd7 37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Ke2 Nc6 39.Ke1 Nd4 40.Bd1 a5 41.Rc5 Nf5 42.Rc3 Nd4 43.Rc5 Nf5 44.Rc3 ½-½
vendredi 30 avril 2010
mercredi 28 avril 2010
Anand takes the lead:2,5-1,5
Anand,Viswanathan (2787) - Topalov,Veselin (2805)
World Chess Championship Bulgaria/Sofia (4), 28.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4 19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3 29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0
World Chess Championship Bulgaria/Sofia (4), 28.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4 19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3 29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0
mardi 27 avril 2010
at least a draw!
Topalov,Veselin (2805) - Anand,Viswanathan (2787)
World Chess Chamionship Sofia/Bulgaria (3), 27.04.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h6 16.Ke2 Bd6 17.h5 Bh7 18.a5 Ke7 19.Na4 f6 20.b4 Rgc8 21.Bc5 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Rc7 23.Nb6 Rd8 24.Nxd7 Rdxd7 25.Bd3 Bg8 26.c6 Rd6 27.cxb7 Rxb7 28.Rc3 Bf7 29.Ke3 Be8 30.g4 e5 31.Rhc1 Bd7 32.Rc5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Rb1 b4 35.Rb3 Ra6 36.Kd3 Rba7 37.Rxb4 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Rb7+ Kf8 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 ½-½
cool defensive play from Anand
World Chess Chamionship Sofia/Bulgaria (3), 27.04.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h6 16.Ke2 Bd6 17.h5 Bh7 18.a5 Ke7 19.Na4 f6 20.b4 Rgc8 21.Bc5 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Rc7 23.Nb6 Rd8 24.Nxd7 Rdxd7 25.Bd3 Bg8 26.c6 Rd6 27.cxb7 Rxb7 28.Rc3 Bf7 29.Ke3 Be8 30.g4 e5 31.Rhc1 Bd7 32.Rc5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Rb1 b4 35.Rb3 Ra6 36.Kd3 Rba7 37.Rxb4 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Rb7+ Kf8 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 ½-½
cool defensive play from Anand
lundi 26 avril 2010
dimanche 25 avril 2010
Anand 1 Topalov 1
Anand,Viswanathan (2787) - Topalov,Veselin (2805)
World Chess Championship Sofia/Bulgaria (2), 25.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7 13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.bxa3 N7f6 17.Nce5 Re8 18.Rc2 b6 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1 Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5 25.R1c4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3 g6 28.Rxb6 Ba7 29.Rb3 Rd4 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5 Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8 33.Kg2 Rc2 34.a3 Ra2 35.Nb4 Bxb4 36.axb4 Nd5 37.b5 Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4 1-0
25...Ne3 is probably bad and 34..Ra2 ?? is a blunder
Big game today from Anand who found great moves to keep pressure in a typical Catalane.In some ways this kind of games are more impressive that tactical ones and to play like that ,being one behind ,showed great control.
So far 2 games and 2 decisive results!!
World Chess Championship Sofia/Bulgaria (2), 25.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7 13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.bxa3 N7f6 17.Nce5 Re8 18.Rc2 b6 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1 Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5 25.R1c4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3 g6 28.Rxb6 Ba7 29.Rb3 Rd4 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5 Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8 33.Kg2 Rc2 34.a3 Ra2 35.Nb4 Bxb4 36.axb4 Nd5 37.b5 Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4 1-0
25...Ne3 is probably bad and 34..Ra2 ?? is a blunder
Big game today from Anand who found great moves to keep pressure in a typical Catalane.In some ways this kind of games are more impressive that tactical ones and to play like that ,being one behind ,showed great control.
So far 2 games and 2 decisive results!!
samedi 24 avril 2010
Topalov 1-0
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World Chess Championship Sofia/Bulgaria (1), 24.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 Kf7 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 1-0
Very good game from Topy but probably a lot of home preparation in this game. 20..Kh8 maybe a better try Gruendfeld specialists will say.
solution of monday exercice
vendredi 23 avril 2010
warm up 5
Anand,Viswanathan (2786) - Topalov,Veselin (2772)
Leon 20th Leon (2.2), 08.07.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Be7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.0-0 d5 13.a5 d4 14.axb6 dxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd7 16.Na4 Rc8 17.Na5 Bg5 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.Rfd1 0-0 20.Kh1 Qf6 21.c4 h4 22.c5 Qh6 23.c6 bxc6 24.Nxc6 Nf6 25.f4 Bxf4 26.Nxb8 Rxb8 27.Nc5 Ng4 28.Rf1 Ne3 29.Qd6 Re8 30.Nxe6 Qg6 31.Rf2 h3 32.gxh3 fxe6 33.b7 Qxe4+ 34.Bf3 Qd4 35.b8Q Rxb8 36.Qxb8+ Kh7 37.Qb7 Nd5 1-0
Leon 20th Leon (2.2), 08.07.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Be7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.0-0 d5 13.a5 d4 14.axb6 dxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd7 16.Na4 Rc8 17.Na5 Bg5 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.Rfd1 0-0 20.Kh1 Qf6 21.c4 h4 22.c5 Qh6 23.c6 bxc6 24.Nxc6 Nf6 25.f4 Bxf4 26.Nxb8 Rxb8 27.Nc5 Ng4 28.Rf1 Ne3 29.Qd6 Re8 30.Nxe6 Qg6 31.Rf2 h3 32.gxh3 fxe6 33.b7 Qxe4+ 34.Bf3 Qd4 35.b8Q Rxb8 36.Qxb8+ Kh7 37.Qb7 Nd5 1-0
jeudi 22 avril 2010
The world championship
here is the new scredule
you can follow it on a lot of site,it seems that commentary by GMI will be done freely on Playchess.
| April 24 – 17.00 EEST (14.00 UTC) – Game 1 April 25 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 2 April 26 – Rest Day April 27 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 3 April 28 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 4 April 29 – Rest Day April 30 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 5 May 1 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 6 May 2 – Rest Day May 3 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 7 | May 4 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 8 May 5 – Rest Day May 6 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 9 May 7 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 10 May 8 – Rest Day May 9 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 11 May 10 – Rest Day May 11 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) – Game 12 May 12 – Rest Day May 13 – Tie breaks |
The world championship latest new
Now it is official :the first game will be played Saturday with Topalov playing white.Anand asked for 3 days report but got only one....war beging.
warm up 4
Topalov,Veselin (2783) - Anand,Viswanathan (2779)
Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 21.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.a4 Nd5 15.cxd5 Bxf1 16.d6 Bxg2 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Kxg2 f5 19.b4 Qd7 20.Qe2 Qd5 21.f3 exf3+ 22.Nxf3 h6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Rad8 25.Bd2 Qd7 26.Kf2 Rc8 27.Bf4 Qd5 28.Re5 Qd7 29.h4 Ra8 30.Bd2 Rac8 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Bc3 Qd6 33.Ne1 b5 34.Qc5 Qd8 35.Nd3 1-0
Tomorrow the world championship will begin,you can follow it on Playchess.
Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 21.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.a4 Nd5 15.cxd5 Bxf1 16.d6 Bxg2 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Kxg2 f5 19.b4 Qd7 20.Qe2 Qd5 21.f3 exf3+ 22.Nxf3 h6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Rad8 25.Bd2 Qd7 26.Kf2 Rc8 27.Bf4 Qd5 28.Re5 Qd7 29.h4 Ra8 30.Bd2 Rac8 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Bc3 Qd6 33.Ne1 b5 34.Qc5 Qd8 35.Nd3 1-0
Tomorrow the world championship will begin,you can follow it on Playchess.
mercredi 21 avril 2010
Marcel DUCHAMP
Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968)is a surrealist artist . Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-second war Western art.
A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing, but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal "art" and naming it fountain . He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant garde circles of his time.He was the first to show that a manufactured thing can also be a artistic thing.
Duchamp can be seen, very briefly, playing chess in the short film Entreacte (1924) . He designed the 1925 Poster for the Third French Chess Championship, and as a competitor in the event, finished at fifty percent (3-3, with two draws). Thus he earned the title of National master. During this period his fascination with chess so distressed his first wife that she glued his pieces to the board. Duchamp continued to play in the French Championships and also in the chess olympiad from 1928-1933.
Sometime in the early 1930s, Duchamp reached the height of his ability, but realized that he had little chance of winning recognition in top-level chess. In following years, his participation in chess tournaments declined, but he discovered correspondance chess and became a chess journalist, writing weekly newspaper columns. While his contemporaries were achieving spectacular success in the art world by selling their works to high-society collectors, Duchamp observed "I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position." On another occasion, Duchamp elaborated, “The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.”
In 1932 Duchamp teamed with chess theorist Halberstadt to publish L'opposition et cases conjuguées sont réconciliées .He was a close friend of Alekhine.You can find a lot of his games here:
http://www.chessgames.com/player/marcel_duchamp.html
He was not the only surrealist fascinated by Chess,Chirico,Raymond Roussel ,Man ray were also on the bandwagon,so maybe there is a connection between soul and chess?
(a lot of this article is from Wikipedia who in my wiew underline what knowledges would be: free and build by everyone,each man or woman is a library!)
I want to add something personal:On server a player asked me if I played agains Duchamp?well maybe I am aged but I never played him nor Alekhine or Steinitz and my match agains Morphy was cancelled cause he was afraid of me!
A playful man, Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much by writing, but through subversive actions such as dubbing a urinal "art" and naming it fountain . He produced relatively few artworks, while moving quickly through the avant garde circles of his time.He was the first to show that a manufactured thing can also be a artistic thing.
According himself,the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution.This is very close of what John Cage did in the musical word and in a way very close of the quantic physic about reality and observators.OK all this maybe very nice but we are in the chess blog you can think!Duchamps was also a very strong chessplayer:
Duchamp can be seen, very briefly, playing chess in the short film Entreacte (1924) . He designed the 1925 Poster for the Third French Chess Championship, and as a competitor in the event, finished at fifty percent (3-3, with two draws). Thus he earned the title of National master. During this period his fascination with chess so distressed his first wife that she glued his pieces to the board. Duchamp continued to play in the French Championships and also in the chess olympiad from 1928-1933.
Sometime in the early 1930s, Duchamp reached the height of his ability, but realized that he had little chance of winning recognition in top-level chess. In following years, his participation in chess tournaments declined, but he discovered correspondance chess and became a chess journalist, writing weekly newspaper columns. While his contemporaries were achieving spectacular success in the art world by selling their works to high-society collectors, Duchamp observed "I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position." On another occasion, Duchamp elaborated, “The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.”
In 1932 Duchamp teamed with chess theorist Halberstadt to publish L'opposition et cases conjuguées sont réconciliées .He was a close friend of Alekhine.You can find a lot of his games here:
http://www.chessgames.com/player/marcel_duchamp.html
He was not the only surrealist fascinated by Chess,Chirico,Raymond Roussel ,Man ray were also on the bandwagon,so maybe there is a connection between soul and chess?
(a lot of this article is from Wikipedia who in my wiew underline what knowledges would be: free and build by everyone,each man or woman is a library!)
I want to add something personal:On server a player asked me if I played agains Duchamp?well maybe I am aged but I never played him nor Alekhine or Steinitz and my match agains Morphy was cancelled cause he was afraid of me!
mardi 20 avril 2010
warm up 3
Anand,Viswanathan (2786) - Topalov,Veselin (2772)
Leon 20th Leon (2.4), 08.07.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxb4 d5 12.Nxa6 Bxa6 13.exd5 Bd6 14.h3 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Bb7 17.Qc4 Bc6 18.b4 Qb7 19.Rad1 Be7 20.b5 Bxg2 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Qg4+ Ke8 23.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxa4 25.b6 Ra5 26.Rd1 Bg5 27.b7 Ke7 28.Bb6 Re5 29.Bd8+ 1-0
Leon 20th Leon (2.4), 08.07.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxb4 d5 12.Nxa6 Bxa6 13.exd5 Bd6 14.h3 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Bb7 17.Qc4 Bc6 18.b4 Qb7 19.Rad1 Be7 20.b5 Bxg2 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Qg4+ Ke8 23.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxa4 25.b6 Ra5 26.Rd1 Bg5 27.b7 Ke7 28.Bb6 Re5 29.Bd8+ 1-0
lundi 19 avril 2010
warm up 2
Anand,Viswanathan (2799) - Topalov,Veselin (2780)
Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 20.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.0-0-0 Nb6 13.Qa5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 Rh8 19.Rc1 Qc7 20.Bh3 Rce8 21.Rhd1 Re7 22.a3 Rd8 23.Nd2 Nbd7 24.Qc3 a5 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.f4 Nf6 27.Rf1 b6 28.h3 Qd7 29.f5 Rf8 30.Qe3 e4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Re5 33.Rf4 Qd8 34.g5 Nh5 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rxe4 Rfe8 37.Ka2 a4 38.Rc3 Qc7 39.Qd4 Qc5 40.Qxc5 1-0
Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 20.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.0-0-0 Nb6 13.Qa5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 Rh8 19.Rc1 Qc7 20.Bh3 Rce8 21.Rhd1 Re7 22.a3 Rd8 23.Nd2 Nbd7 24.Qc3 a5 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.f4 Nf6 27.Rf1 b6 28.h3 Qd7 29.f5 Rf8 30.Qe3 e4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Re5 33.Rf4 Qd8 34.g5 Nh5 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rxe4 Rfe8 37.Ka2 a4 38.Rc3 Qc7 39.Qd4 Qc5 40.Qxc5 1-0
Eyjafjallajökull and chess players
Volcano eruption in Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
Very often there are troubles in world Championship most of the time it is money sometimes it is more surprising issues :Paranormal in some Karpov-Korchnoi battles,Chimical Products in Fischer-Spassky and even toilets in Kramnik –Topalov.This time it is Vulcanology! ,in Europe no planes can fly so Anand asked for a 3 days posponement of the first game.
dimanche 18 avril 2010
Warm up 1
Until the beginning of the word Championnship I offer you to look at some of their last decisive Games.
Topalov,V (2777) - Anand,V (2798)
Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (4), 05.09.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Na6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 0-0 19.Rad1 Nc7 20.Rd7 Ne6 21.Qe4 Qe8 22.Nf3 c4 23.Qh4 Nc5 24.Re7 Rd8 25.Rf1 1-0
Topalov,V (2777) - Anand,V (2798)
Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (4), 05.09.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Na6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 0-0 19.Rad1 Nc7 20.Rd7 Ne6 21.Qe4 Qe8 22.Nf3 c4 23.Qh4 Nc5 24.Re7 Rd8 25.Rf1 1-0
samedi 17 avril 2010
Live rating
| 01 | Carlsen | 2813,0 | 0 | |||||
| 02 | Topalov | 2812,2 | ||||||
| 03 | Anand | 2791,2 | ||||||
| 04 | Kramnik | 2790,0 | ||||||
| 05 | Aronian | 2783,2 | ||||||
| 06 | Mamedyarov | 2762,7 | ||||||
| 07 | Grischuk | 2760,3 | ||||||
| 08 | Wang Yue | 2752,2 | ||||||
| 09 | Eljanov | 2751,0 | ||||||
| 10 | Shirov | 2741,5 | To know more: http://chess.liverating.org |
Solution of monday exercice
1)18.. Rc7 19.Nc6 Rxb7 20.Nxa5
2)18...Rb8 19.Nc6 Rxb7 20.Nxa5;
3)18...Nb6 19.Bxc8 Nxc8 20.Nc6 Rd5 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.Rc4 Bxb2 23.Rxa4;
4)18...Rcc5 19.Nc6 Rxc6 20.Rxd7 Rc2 21.Rxe7 Kf8 22.Rd7 Rxb2 23.a3 Ra2 24.Bc6 Rxa3 25.Bd2 Ra1+ 26.Kg2 Ra6 27.Bb4+ Ke8 28.Rd1+
Smyslov,Vassily - Donner,Jan Hein
Capablanca mem Havana (9), 1965
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 a5 13.Be3 Ra6 14.Nd4 a4 15.Rac1 Qa5 16.Qxa5 Rxa5 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxb7 1-0
Very pretty win by the late Smyslov.
vendredi 16 avril 2010
jeudi 15 avril 2010
Anand -Topalov soon
Next week the 21th April the world Championship will begin between Anand, the world champion (who won his match against Kramnik in September 2007) and Topalov. What is not really clear to me is why Topalov is the challenger but he is a very interesting player so the match will probably be exciting.
The first game will be played the 23rd April, 12 games in the match and 4 games rapid tiebreak if needed.
The first game will be played the 23rd April, 12 games in the match and 4 games rapid tiebreak if needed.
April 21 – 17:00 CET - Official opening
April 23 – 14:00 CET - Game 1
April 24 – 14:00 CET - Game 2
April 25 – Rest Day
April 26 – 14:00 CET - Game 3
April 27 – 14:00 CET - Game 4
April 28 – Rest Day
April 29 – 14:00 CET - Game 5
April 30 – 14:00 CET - Game 6
May 1 – Rest Day
May 2 – 14:00 CET - Game 7
May 3 – 14:00 CET - Game 8
May 4 – Rest Day
May 5 – 14:00 CET - Game 9
May 6 – 14:00 CET - Game 10
May 7 – Rest Day
May 8 – 14:00 CET - Game 11
May 9 – Rest Day
May 10 – 14:00 CET - Game 12
May 11 – Rest Day
May 12 – Tie breaks
mercredi 14 avril 2010
Hi all I am back!
Hi all I am back!
Internet troubles are always very strange,nobody can explain you why and when it will work again then suddlently everything is ok again;the webb is on , and you get 5000 mails in a row!...well it is life!
I lost my ANCL game by forfeit not being able to connect and my opponement claimed a win,.... well that's life also!
Having no internet I had more time to think and I wondered about the Chess Bundesliga. I read Baden is the new champ ,having a team full of strongs GMI under 2700 ,what I dont really understand is :Is it really so important to be champ that it is worth buying so much strangers players?Is it interresting to be champ that way?I could ask the same question to football fans whith teams towns with not even a single native in the team.
Probably it is a no politicaly correct question or probably the answer is:Only the result matter....that is life!
To be more blog connected,Saturday you will found at least the solution of the last monday exercice.
Kiss to the girls,handshake to boys.
vendredi 9 avril 2010
mercredi 7 avril 2010
Remembering Smyslov
Smyslov Vassily born 24th march 1921 died a few days ago from heart failure the 27 th March 2010 was world champion from 1957 to 1958.He was a great positional player very good in endings who played 3 world championships against Botvinnik (the latter wrote a book called 3 matches!)he tied the first 12-12 in 1954 and Botvinnik keep the title.In 1957 Smyslov took the tittle 12.5-9.5 becoming the 7 th world champion in the history of chess. Next year Botvinnik took back the tittle 12.5-10.5.Amazingly in 1983 at the age of 62 he went to the candidate semi final losing only to Kasparov .
A variation of the Ruy Lopez is namedafter him:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6.
I once meet Smyslov not behind a chess board but simply in a shop in Paris I remember a very tall man wearing a green coat,probably knowing he was World Champion made him a giant in my young eyes.
Smyslov-Tal (1-0)
Vassily was also an Opera Tenor .Very impressive in our time of specialists.
A variation of the Ruy Lopez is namedafter him:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6.
I once meet Smyslov not behind a chess board but simply in a shop in Paris I remember a very tall man wearing a green coat,probably knowing he was World Champion made him a giant in my young eyes.
Smyslov-Tal (1-0)
Vassily was also an Opera Tenor .Very impressive in our time of specialists.
lundi 5 avril 2010
Monday exercice:Remembering smyslov
here in the Diag he is white and Donner is black.In this Position he found a winning move!As usual try to find the most variations you can and compare with solution next saturday.
Good luck!
samedi 3 avril 2010
Solution of the monday exercice 2
Solution
1...Nxe5!! using the back rank . 2.Nxe5 Qc3! 3.Qe2 [3.Qxc3 Rxd1+] 3...Qxe5 4.Be3 [4.Qxe5 Rxd1+] 4...Nf5 5.Qf3 Rxd1+ 6.Rxd1 Nd4 7.Bxd4 cxd4 8.Qd3 Rd8 9.g3 Qc5-+ 0-1
Sokolov - Yusupov
Riga, 1986
vendredi 2 avril 2010
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