Gollum Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 GM Tazbir Wins IBCA European Title http://www.chess.com/news/gm-tazbir-wins-ibca-european-title-2885 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 GM Shabalov Wins U.S. Open, Will Return To U.S. Championship http://www.chess.com/news/gm-shabalov-wins-us-open-will-return-to-us-championship-2552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Admiral Jobava Fires His Cannons In Vlissingen http://www.chess.com/news/admiral-jobava-fires-his-cannons-in-vlissingen-8679 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Gelfand On His Trainer: “In A Way He Never Showed Me Anything" http://www.chess.com/news/gelfand-on-his-trainer-in-a-way-he-never-showed-me-anything-3022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Vishy Anand Plays Blind Opponent As "Algorithms" Documentary Launches Touching gesture by the 5 time World Champion http://www.chess.com/news/blindfolded-anand-plays-blind-opponent-as-algorithms-documentary-launches-1715 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 DnXsY6s31Uc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sinquefield Cup, the 2nd part of the Grand Chess Tour to begin in 2 days in St Louis :yay:. This time Wesley So is the 10th player. Can Carlsen mount a fightback or will Topalov/Anand continue to lead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Disastrous start by Anand. Lost his first 2 rounds to Nakamura and Grischuk. Playing at a very weak level right now. But may be that is to be expected at this age, he will never ever be consistent like in the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Karjakin won the Chess World Cup in Baku. Svidler finished 2nd, missing out on the opportunity to equal Vishy who has 2 World Cups, the most by any player in history. Svidler was leading 2-0 in classical and had a winning position in G3 only to blunder repeatedly and lose. Karjakin was also trailing in the rapid tie breaker but Svidler simply choked.The line up for the Candidates 2016 is:1. Anand2. Nakamura3. Caruana4. Karjakin5. Svidler6. Topalov(almost certain based on rating, >99%)7. Giri(90% certain, unless he has a very bad slump the next 2 months he will qualify on the basis of rating)8. Organizer's nominee(depends on host country, Armenia and USA have shown interest as of now, still some time to go) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Karjakin came back from behind so many times in this 128 player KO event, really a clutch player. Also an extremely strong event with only Carlsen and Vishy amongst the elite players to give it a miss. Hats off to the Russian phenom. Such events are so brutal for chess players with hardly any rest days in between. Now think back to 1997/98, where Vishy had to play a title match vs Karpov only 3 days after winning the FIDE knockout. FIDE was so unfair to non Russians in that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 UpdateCarlsen won the World Rapid Championship(2nd one), Grischuk(3rd time) won the World Blitz championship, both held in Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Edited October 22, 2015 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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