Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
World Computer Chess Championships
Rybka duly won the World Computer Chess Championship. Sjeng won the Rapid Computer Chess Championship ahead of strong rivals such as Rybka, Hiarcs, Shredder, and Junior.
1 Rybka USA Cluster, 40 cores 8.0
2 Hiarcs GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 7.0
3 Junior ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 6.0
4 Cluster Toga DEU Cluster, 24 cores 5.5
5 Shredder DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 4.5
6 Falcon ISR Intel Core 2, 2 x 2.1Ghz 4.0
7 Jonny DEU Cluster, 16 cores 4.0
8 Sjeng BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 3.5
9 The Baron NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 2.5
10 Mobile Chess CHN Nokia 6120c 0.0
Rapid Computer Chess Championship
The Final Tally:
1 Sjeng BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 6.5
2 Rybka USA Cluster, 40 cores 6.0
3 Falcon ISR Intel Core 2 @ 2.1Ghz 6.0
3 Hiarcs GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 6.0
5 Shredder DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 6.0
6 Cluster Toga DEU Cluster, 24 cores 4.5
7 Junior ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 4.5
8 The Baron NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 3.0
9 Jonny DEU Cluster, 16 cores 2.5
10 Mobile Chess CHN Nokia phone 0.0
1 Rybka USA Cluster, 40 cores 8.0
2 Hiarcs GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 7.0
3 Junior ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 6.0
4 Cluster Toga DEU Cluster, 24 cores 5.5
5 Shredder DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 4.5
6 Falcon ISR Intel Core 2, 2 x 2.1Ghz 4.0
7 Jonny DEU Cluster, 16 cores 4.0
8 Sjeng BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 3.5
9 The Baron NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 2.5
10 Mobile Chess CHN Nokia 6120c 0.0
Rapid Computer Chess Championship
The Final Tally:
1 Sjeng BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 6.5
2 Rybka USA Cluster, 40 cores 6.0
3 Falcon ISR Intel Core 2 @ 2.1Ghz 6.0
3 Hiarcs GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 6.0
5 Shredder DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 6.0
6 Cluster Toga DEU Cluster, 24 cores 4.5
7 Junior ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 4.5
8 The Baron NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 3.0
9 Jonny DEU Cluster, 16 cores 2.5
10 Mobile Chess CHN Nokia phone 0.0
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Russian Superfinal, 61st Russian Chess Championship - Svidler in Sparkling Form
Peter Svidler seems to be in a hurry to reach back to where he really belongs. He's started with 3/3 in the gruellingly tough event, even beating World No. 2 Morozevich with black on the way.
Key Moments of the game Morozevich vs Svidler 0-1
Svidler played a precise game right from the opening against a surprisingly subdued Morozevich.
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34. Re1 was a mistake, e3 was more sound.
39. Qg4 was another. The simple line 39. f6 Re1 40 Qg4 g6 should have been considered.
By move 43, Svidler was winning and Morozevich played an aimless 44. Qc7 when 44. Qxh6 would have given some him some chance to create confusion.
As it usually happens, Svidler gave a chance by making a mistake on move 52 with Rae1. Morozevich played on and simplified to a Rook vs Rook and pawn ending but it was not enough as the Rook and the King were well placed to nurse the pawn to the 8th rank. Morozevich gave up before this could happen.
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Leader Board after Round 3:
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Svidler 3
Lastin 2.5
Jakovenko, Vitiugov 2
Alekseev, Morozevich, Timofeev, Riazantsev 1.5
Sakaev, Tomashevsky 1.5
Maslak 0.5
Inarkiev 0
Key Moments of the game Morozevich vs Svidler 0-1
Svidler played a precise game right from the opening against a surprisingly subdued Morozevich.
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34. Re1 was a mistake, e3 was more sound.
39. Qg4 was another. The simple line 39. f6 Re1 40 Qg4 g6 should have been considered.
By move 43, Svidler was winning and Morozevich played an aimless 44. Qc7 when 44. Qxh6 would have given some him some chance to create confusion.
As it usually happens, Svidler gave a chance by making a mistake on move 52 with Rae1. Morozevich played on and simplified to a Rook vs Rook and pawn ending but it was not enough as the Rook and the King were well placed to nurse the pawn to the 8th rank. Morozevich gave up before this could happen.
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Leader Board after Round 3:
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Svidler 3
Lastin 2.5
Jakovenko, Vitiugov 2
Alekseev, Morozevich, Timofeev, Riazantsev 1.5
Sakaev, Tomashevsky 1.5
Maslak 0.5
Inarkiev 0
Friday, October 3, 2008
World Blitz Chess Championships at Almaty
The 350, 000 Francs World Blitz Chess Championships will be held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. The time control is 5 minutes for the entire game.
Players
In addition to the following, 4 more players are yet to be announced
Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
Leinier Domiguez Perez (Cuba)
Rafael Vaganian (Armenia)
Sergey Rublevsky (Russia)
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
Vladislav Tkachiev (France)
Peter Svidler (Russia)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Boris Gelfand (Israel)
Judith Polgar (Hungary)
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Murtas Kazhgaleev (Kazakhstan)
Official Web site:
http://worldblitz2008.kz/
Players
In addition to the following, 4 more players are yet to be announced
Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
Leinier Domiguez Perez (Cuba)
Rafael Vaganian (Armenia)
Sergey Rublevsky (Russia)
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
Vladislav Tkachiev (France)
Peter Svidler (Russia)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Boris Gelfand (Israel)
Judith Polgar (Hungary)
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Murtas Kazhgaleev (Kazakhstan)
Official Web site:
http://worldblitz2008.kz/
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Commonwealth Chess 2008
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for 2008 is being held at Nagpur, India. Nagpur is situated right at the center of India.
Live games are available here: http:://www.monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1120
Official site: http://www.commonwealth-chess.com
Some strong players including Nigel Short, current world junior champ Abhijeet Gupta are participating.
Short had a disastrous start losing to a local player. Last heard, he is trying to claw his way up the standings, but will find it difficult to battle against youth. His world ranking has slipped in the recently announced FIDE rankings. If he loses any more games, he'll soon be out of the top 100, unfortunately for him.
Top standings after Round 5
IM Sengupta Deep 2454 IND 5
IM Deshmukh Anup 2284 IND 5
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2631 IND 4½
IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2414 IND 4½
IM Suvrajit Saha 2367 IND 4½
IM Arun Prasad S 2492 IND
IM Ashwin Jayaram 2436 IND 4½
Murali Krishnan B T 2412 IND 4½
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