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GM Caruana - GM Topalov annotated by GM Naiditsch
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Wednesday, 10 September 2014 |
By WGM Irina Bulmaga, Romania.
Best FIDE rating: 2410
Summer ended quite a few days ago, but it feels that it still hasn't left.
What has changed in these 9 days? Hit-nay, no tournaments-nay, late morning coffee- check, game after game-check, white clothes-check, late summer evenings-check :))) So, it is still summer!
Well, on a more serious basis- I am actually playing another tournament, this time- a round-robin in Romania, Braila- "Maria Albulet Memorial". You can check it here.
It is a nice feeling- playing each game (especially after the Turkish League, where I played only 6 games out of 13).
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 September 2014 )
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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week
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Fabiano Caruana Won Sinquefield Cup with a Big Margin
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Hou Yifan Wins FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013-2014
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Sunday, 07 September 2014 |
Hou Yifan tied for first place with Ju Wenjun at Sharjah and won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series
Image from the official site
Sharjah, final standings:
1-2. Ju Wenjun, Hou Yifan - 8.5/11
3-6. Harika Dronavalli, Zhao Xue, Anna Ushenina, Tuvshintugs Batchimeg - 6.5
7. Koneru Humpy - 5.5
8. Elina Danielian - 5
9. Tatiana Kosinseva - 4.5
10. Zhu Chen - 3.5
11. Nafisa Muminova - 3
12. Alina L'Ami - 1.5
Hou Yifan is just a few points shy of overcoming Judit Polgar on the women's live rating list. The Women's World Chess Champion won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2013-2014. Now she will either face the winner of the Women's World Chess Championship-2014 for the title, or, if she defends her crown in October, she will play Humpy Koneru, who finished 2nd in the Grand Prix. You can check out the final standings here.
The Women's World Chess Championship is scheduled for October 11-31, but the venue is still unknown. This is highly unfortunate for the participants who can't book tickets in advance and prepare well enough & have to decline other invitations for the sake of a tournament which might not even happen .
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 September 2014 )
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Monika Socko Won GM Tournament in Erfurt
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Wednesday, 03 September 2014 |
Stephan Oliver Platz reports from Erfurt/Germany
Part I of the report
When GM Monika Socko started with two consecutive losses, nobody thought that she would win the Erfurt tournament, but she did! After 9 rounds she had scored 6 1/2 points winning 6 of the next 7 games with only one draw. Former leader GM Bela Khotenashvili from Georgia came in second with 6 points. In her last game against Tatyana Melamed she missed a promising continuation and the game finally ended in a draw.
IM Shen Yang from China had the chance to achieve a GM norm and catch up with Monika Socko, but in the last round she was defeated by Russian IM Anastasia Bodnaruk while IM Lela Javakishvili and IM Elisabeth Paehtz drew their game. As a result Shen Yang, Lela Javakhishvili and Elisabeth Paehtz had 5 1/2 points each and shared the prizes for 3rd - 5th place. According to tiebreak rules Shen Yang ranks as 3rd, Lela Javakishvili as 4th and Elisabeth Paehtz as 5th in the cross table.
For Anastasia Bodnaruk the tournament had begun terribly with 1 out of 4. At a common supper with the organizers and other players on Wednesday evening she was in a bad mood, kept silent most of the time, but from the next day on a different Anastasia showed up winning three games in a row. In round 8 she lost against Bela Khotenashvili, but won her last game against Shen Yang and became 6th with 5 out of 9, only half a point behind the trio on 3rd - 5th place. IM Lilit Mkrtchian scored 3 1/2 points, followed by GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (3 points), WGM Tatyana Melamed (3) and IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (1 1/2).
Left to right: Monika Socko, Bela Khotenashvili, Shen Yang, Lela Javakhishvili and Elisabeth Paehtz.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 September 2014 )
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Hou Yifan & Ju Wenjun Lead in Sharjah
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FIDE September 2014 Rating List
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GM Saric - GM Carlsen annotated by GM Balogh
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Congratulations to Newly-Elected Grandmasters
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Friday, 29 August 2014 |
The following grandmaster titles were approved at FIDE ongress meeting in Tromso on August 4-15:
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Zilka, Stepan |
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Glud, Jakob Vang |
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Shoker, Samy |
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Arribas Lopez, Angel |
ESP |
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Riff, Jean-Noel |
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Bromberger, Stefan |
GER |
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Stern, Rene |
GER |
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Dambacher, Martijn |
NED |
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Rozum, Ivan |
RUS |
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Bagrationi, Alexander |
UKR |
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Bernadskiy, Vitaliy |
UKR |
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Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy |
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Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra |
BIH |
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Fomina, Tatyana |
EST |
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Duisenova, Madina |
KAZ |
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Enkhtuul, Altanulzii |
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Seps, Monika |
SUI |
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Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung |
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| Guidarelli, Laurent |
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| Akbaev, Kazbek |
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As of today, there are 1459 GMs and 284 WGMs in the world.
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