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Updated since 16 hours Thursday 02 September 2010
You may have noticed a selection of videos in the recent news items concerning the Arctic Securities event in Kristiansund, but now we have a new one for Subscribers. A must if you are at all interested in the Semi-Slav.
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Leading ladies!
Wednesday 01 September 2010
The top three women stay as they were, but the Kosintseva sisters keep gaining ground, both having their career best in the latest rating list that came out today.
Judit Polgar is still comfortably the No.1 but the race for second place is hotting up!

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Kamsky wins the Baku Open
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Baku is the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan and was the venue for a strong open between the 23rd and 31st of August 2010.
Despite a loss to Rauf Mamedov the American top seed Gata Kamsky won the event with 7.5/9.
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The new Elo ratings are out!
Wednesday 01 September 2010
No change amongst the top three, but Kramnik's poor form has seen him slip behind Aronian into fifth place. Eljanov makes further progress and moves up to sixth by one rating point.
The youngest player in the 2700-club is now Fabiano Caruana who plays for Italy but was born in Miami.
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Carlsen downs Anand
Monday 30 August 2010
Magnus Carlsen has a happy knack of winning when it matters, and so, despite a shaky preliminary phase, it was he who dominated Vishy Anand in the final.
Hammer completed a good final day for the Norwegians in the Arctic Securities tournament by overcoming Polgar in the second game in their battle for the bronze.
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Anand versus Carlsen today!
Monday 30 August 2010
The big clash takes place later this afternoon! Don't miss the opportunity to follow the games live, see below.
For a further taste of top level chess and events in Norway see the latest videos which can be accessed in the article.
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The Leko-Gelfand match in Miskolc
Monday 30 August 2010
Miskolc in Hungary was again the venue for Leko's annual match against an elite opponent.
This year it was Boris Gelfand who went head-to-head against Peter Leko in an eight game rapid match from the 25th to the 29th of August.
Gelfand eventually shading it 4.5-3.5.
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Anand looking good in Kristiansund
Sunday 29 August 2010
Viswanathan Anand coasted into the final scoring 5/6 in the preliminary phase of the Arctic stars tournament. On the other hand his opponent tomorrow, Magnus Carlsen, limped into second place after not winning a single game on Sunday!
See below for Video coverage of the event plus some bonuses.
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Carlsen in action!: Day one
Sunday 29 August 2010
The Arctic Securities Chess stars event in Kristiansund Norway sees four exciting players testing their rapid-play skills. From left-to-right the participants are Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norwegian No.2), Vishwanathan Anand (World champion), Judith Polgar (World No.1 woman) and of course Magnus Carlsen (World No.1).
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Marcote wins Spanish Final
Saturday 28 August 2010
Three wins and three draws saw Escuelo-Kasparov-Mercote defeat Linex-Magic quite comfortably in the final of the 2010 Spanish Honours Division. Vugar Gashimov and Francisco Vallejo Pons were on the top two boards for Mercote throughout.
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The play-offs in Spain
Friday 27 August 2010
Linex (Shirov, Ponomariov) beat the Indian-dominated Solvay team on Friday afternoon and thus made the final.
The other semi-finalists Reverte-Albox and Kasparov-Marcote drew 3-3. The latter team go through due to their superior showing in the first four rounds.
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The Spanish league in Sestao
Friday 27 August 2010
The Spanish Honours division has become one of the strongest national leagues in recent years. The format has been simplified into a one-off six-day event, taking place in Sestao (which overlooks Bilbao) in the Spanish Basque country.
The youthful Kasparov-Marcote team led after the four-round swiss stage.
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Korobov hot in Abu Dhabi
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Another success this summer for Anton Korobov, this time in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from the 12th to the 20th of August 2010 where he finished ahead of 25 other players on 6.5/9.
His opponent in the photo was the highest-placed non-GM Mohseb Sharbaf.
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Young guns outshoot experience.
Sunday 22 August 2010
The fifth edition of the clash of the generations match took place in Amsterdam from the 12th to the 22nd of August.
Boris Gelfand scored heavily for the 'Experience' team but otherwise his team-mates failed to find any consistent form. The Rising Stars quintet won by the narrow margin of 26 to 24.
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Games for subscribers
Sunday 22 August 2010
I have annotated six games these last few days, all by players who have made the headlines in the last month. For subscribers, go to the Notable games section to see the games which can also be downloaded (in .pgn format). If you are not yet a subscriber, sorry, you are missing out again!
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Fressinet is French champion
Saturday 21 August 2010
Laurent Fressinet won the play-off against Romain Edouard and thus becomes French Champion for the first time.
Catching Fressinet's attention in the photo is a certain Anatoly Karpov, the guest of honour in Belfort.
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Fressinet and Edouard on top in Belfort
Friday 20 August 2010
Laurent Fressinet and Romain Edouard both achieved five wins and six draws to score 8/11 and made 2750+ performances to tie for first in the French Championship.
Almira Skripchenko comfortably won the Women's event.

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Naiditsch edges Efimenko in Mukachevo
Friday 20 August 2010
Mukachevo, in the far west of the Ukraine, was the venue for a six-game classical match, from the 12th-18th of August, between two similar strength players: Arkadij Naiditsch and Zahar Efimenko, with the German taking it 3.5-2.5.
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Andreikin and Muzychuk in Chotowa
Wednesday 18 August 2010
The top seeds lived up to expectations and won their respective events in the World Junior Championships.
So Dmitry Andreikin is World junior Champion whereas Anna Muzychuk is World Girls Champion for 2010.
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China edges Russia at rapidplay
Sunday 15 August 2010
After beating their guests in Classical chess (27-23 from the 6th-10th of August) the Chinese also edged the Russians in Rapidplay, this time by the close score of 101-99.
Their men, featuring the experienced Wang Yue, were just too strong in both matches.

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On the up!
Wednesday 11 August 2010
In the last couple of months, amongst the world's leading players four 2700s have made significant rating progress.
Do you know who they are?
Amongst the World's leading women, the two who have gained the most points are sisters!

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Hou Yifan in Ulaanbaatar
Wednesday 11 August 2010
The latest edition of the Women's grand Prix has just finished in Ulaanbaatar, which is the capital of Mongolia.
In the last round Hou Yifan had to face her closest rival Antoaneta Stefanova, but a draw ensured that she remained in first place.
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China beats Russia at Classical Chess
Tuesday 10 August 2010
The Chinese men were in good form in Yinzhou, China as they were able to comfortably overcome their Russian rivals, Bu Xiangzhi scoring highest.
On the other hand, in the women's part of the match, the Russians were able to keep an edge over their hosts.
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Kamsky is World Rapid Champion!
Monday 09 August 2010
With no elite event this year, the Grenke open doubled up as the World Rapid Championship enabling all and sundry to compete for the prestigious title. Gata Kamsky led throughout to win the title with Vugar Gashimov and Lev Aronian joining him on the podium.
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Michael Adams: A class of his own
Saturday 07 August 2010
Michael Adams demonstrated why he is the leading player from the British Isles as he left everyone in his wake in the 97th British Championships in Canterbury (in Kent in the south of England).
Jovanka Houska was the highest placed female in the 78-player swiss event and was thus awarded the title of British Ladies Champion.

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Ponomariov back into top ten
Wednesday 04 August 2010
Having had time to look at the rating consequences of the Dortmund super-GM tournament, I have calculated that Ponomariov will go up from 14th to 10th in the world rankings.
For those who like to see top GM games with annotations, go to the notable games section where I have analyzed some games from Dortmund 2010.
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Korobov dominates Pardubice
Wednesday 04 August 2010
The Czech Open is a candidate for being the European Open as 1314 participants played in the various events during the period from the 15th of July to the 1st of August.
The 310-player Open A was won by Anton Korobov with 8/9.
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Wojtaszek and Fressinet in Pamplona
Monday 02 August 2010
The fourth editon of the AD San Juan international was held between the 24th of July and the 1st of August.
A last round win by Laurent Fressinet at the expense of favourite Alexander Morozevich meant that he caught the leader, but Radoslaw Wojtaszek was still first on tie-break.
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Riazantsev takes the Biel open on tie-break.
Sunday 01 August 2010
Alongside the 'Young Masters' round robin there was the traditional eleven round 'Masters' swiss in Biel, played from the 19th to the 30th of July.
The top seed finished ahead of the pile, but only just(!) as seven players made their way to equal first on 8/11.
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