Monday, November 23, 2009

Fide World Cup 2009

The World Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk 20th November - 15th December 2009. The event is part of the next world championship cycle. 7 rounds of knockout chess produce the winner.

Round 1 rapid and blitz playoffs. Start time is around 10am UK time but the eaerly rounds have started later than that, or at least coverage has.

Sergei Movsesian is the top seed to drop out. David Navara and Leinier Dominguez Perez are the leading seeds who will have to win a playoff.

All the rounds but the final take place over three days. There is just one rest day, directly prior to the final.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Carlsen Finally Wins One/Tal Memorial Round 8 2009



[Event "Tal Memorial 2009"]
[Site "Moscow/Russia"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h4 b4 13. Nce2 Nc4 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Qc5 17. Qb3 d5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. Nfxe6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Be7 21.
Qd3 O-O 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. g5 Nh7 24. gxh6 Qh5 25. Qe4 Qxh6+ 26. Kb1 Ra7 27. Nf5
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qf6 29. Rd7 Bxd7 30. exd7+ Kf8 31. Qd5 1-0

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Tal Memorial 2009

The annual Tal Memorial starts on Thursday, November 5th and ends on November 14th. At category 21 (average Elo 2764) it is one of the strongest of all time and includes Anand, Carlsen, Kramnik and Aronian. After this the World Blitz Championship will be he held also.

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