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Monday, 07 December 2009 |
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Carlsen wins London Chess Classic!
The London Chess Classic 2009, the highest level tournament held in London for the last 25 years, took place at the Olympia Conference Center in London from December 7th to December 16th 2009.
England's four leading grandmasters, Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell, faced a world class field that included former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, 18 year old Magnus Carlsen ranked world number two and widely seen a future holder of the world crown, one of China's finest players, Ni Hua and US Champion Hikaru Nakamura.
Magnus Carlsen is the winner of the tournament, after scoring 3 wins (one crucial win against Kramnik in the 1st round) and 4 draws), while Kramnik took second place. Howell and Adams scored the same points but Howell finally took third place because of better tie-break criteria.
Final standings after round 7 (3 pts for win, 1 pt for draw):
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2801 13pts
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 12pts
3. Howell, David g ENG 2597 9pts
4. Adams, Michael g ENG 2698 9pts
5. McShane, Luke g ENG 2615 7pts
6. Ni Hua g CHN 2665 6pts
7. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2715 6pts
8. Short, Nigel g ENG 2707 5pts
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 December 2009 )
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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
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Boris Gelfand wins World Cup 2009!
The FIDE World Cup took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from November 20th until December 15th 2009. Seven rounds were played in a knock-out system (each one consisting of two games except for the last one which consists of four, plus tie-breaks if needed).
Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov played in the final. Gelfand won the final match 7-5 in tie-breaks.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 December 2009 )
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
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Kramnik wins Tal Memorial 2009!
The Tal Memorial takes place in Moscow between the 4th and 19th of November 2009. Participants of this year's very strong tournament are the following 10 top players: Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko and Ruslan Ponomariov.
Final standings after round 9:
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 6.0
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739 5.5
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2801 5.5
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2786 5.0
5. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 5.0
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2758 4.5
7. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2739 4.0
8. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2754 3.5
9. Leko, Peter g HUN 2752 3.0
10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2750 3.0
Carlsen wins World Blitz Championship
The World Blitz Championship took place right after the Tal Memorial tournament between the 16th and 18th of November in Moscow. Apart from the 10 participants of the Tal Memorial super tournament, the following 12 players also competed: Anatoly Karpov, Sergei Karjakin, Vugar Gashimov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Evgeny Bareev, Dmitry Jakovenko, Alexander Grischuk, Vladislav Tkachiev, Judit Polgar, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Arkadij Naiditsch.
Magnus Carlsen took first place, while Anand and Karjakin finished second and third respectively.
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