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London Chess Classic 2009 – Korchnoi guest of honour
20.11.2009
– Viktor Korchnoi is an all time great of chess. He fought two world title matches against Anatoly Karpov and generously replayed a match he had won by default against Garry Kasparov. In December you can hear Korchnoi comments at the Chess Classic or play him in a simultaneous display. To get you in the mood tournament director Malcolm Pein has annotated a
recent Korchnoi brilliancy.
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World Blitz Championship: closeup video footage
20.11.2009
– Some watched it live in the GUM mall in Moscow. You probably followed the action
on Playchess, perhaps with webcam images
from the official site running as well (they had a strange two-minute lag to
the game moves). Now you have a chance to see highlights of the World Blitz
Championship close up in video with a JavaScript
replay board. A unique experience –
you don't want to miss it!
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Kramnik: It is especially nice to win in Moscow
19.11.2009
– "I fell ill," the winner of the super-strong 2009 Tal Memorial tournament reveals. "But for some reason I achieved my best results when I had to take tablets to control my temperature." Vladimir Kramnik speaks about his chances in the Candidates tournament, the cooperation Carlsen-Kasparov, and Anand's chances in Sofia. We have added a brief Aronian statement to this
Sport Express interview.
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Carlsen: I am constantly in touch with Kasparov
19.11.2009
– "Until recently I was a schoolboy," says a candid Magnus Carlsen, "I am not very accustomed to rigid, hard and painstaking work. Only by working with Garry Kasparov have I become aware of just how important it is." The 18-year-old winner of the 2009 World Blitz Championship, and the inofficial world number one player, gives credit where it's due in this
Vremya (Time) interview.
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World Blitz Championship: Pictorial impressions
19.11.2009
– It was a spectacular event, a three-day frenzy of blitz chess, with World Champion Anand finishing three full points ahead of the field – and one Magnus Carlsen, 18-year-old youth from Norway, three points ahead of him. Oh the excitement! We brought you the results and games of the third and final day. Here now is a
photo report by Misha Savinov.
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World Blitz Championship: Carlsen wins by three-point margin
18.11.2009
– Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess phenomenon, has won this event with 31.0 points from 42 games, three points ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who himself finished three points ahead of the next-closest rival (Sergey Karjakin). Carlsen's overall performance was 2894, Anand's 2835. In fourth place we find Vladimir Kramnik.
Results, games and statistics.
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Trials and Tribulations of a Blitz Player
18.11.2009
– Three minutes for the entire game, two seconds' increment per move – this
fast version of chess produces its own brand of drama, with wonderful chances
and bitter tragedies going hand in hand. There was plenty of that at the World
Blitz Championship in Moscow – you can watch it all unfold on the Playchess
server. Here
are some
highlights from day two.
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ChessBase Magazine: From Rags to Riches
18.11.2009
– Our electronic bimonthly has come a long way. "These days one gets approximately
three Gigabytes of high-quality content, and the twenty-four page booklet has
a sophisticated design worthy of standing next to other chess books in my bookshelf,"
writes Louis Lima. You can Order
CBM #132 now or first read the Chess
Cafe review, which is permanently archived in this
PDF file.
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Wednesday night training on Playchess
18.11.2009
– He has never been the world chess champion or the #1 ranked player (though
he has come close on both counts). But Vassily Ivanchuk is one of the world’s
greatest and most original players for the past 20 years. The Ukrainian GM is
the subject of the Playchess lecture
at 9 p.m. ET by FM Dennis Monokroussos. Before that IM Merijn van Delft discusses
current games.
Schedule.
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World Blitz Championship day two: Carlsen takes over
17.11.2009
– Yesterday World Champion Vishy Anand was leading Magnus Carlsen by two points, today the Norwegian caught and overtook his Indian friend, finishing with 21.0 points from 28 games, with just two draws on his account. Both lost a game to Alexandra Kosteniuk. Anand is now second, one point behind, followed by Sergey Karjakin, 1.5 points below Anand.
Results, games and statistics.
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World Blitz Championship – pictorial impressions from Moscow
17.11.2009
– The Tal Memorial and the World Blitz are tremendously exciting events, followed with great enthusiasm by fans all over the world. But both have been characterised by an unusual dearth of pictures on our news pages. Put it down to the flu. But with our photographers recovered we can return to normal reporting and present you with a
big photo report by Misha Savinov.
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Kramnik: I am counting on regaining the world title
17.11.2009
– A few days ago former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik won the brutally strong Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow, scoring 6.0/9 with a 2883 performance that increases his FIDE rating by 13.7 points. He is now on fourth place in the "live rankings" – and clearly striving for more. Kramnik talks about the event and his aspirations in this
Interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
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