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Little Drama Through 4 Draws in Chess Championship — 17-May-12, nytimes.com, play chess online
After four games of the World Chess Championship match in Moscow, which began on Friday, Viswanathan Anand, the titleholder, and his challenger, Boris Gelfand, have been unable to make a dent in each other. All four games have been draws, and there has been little drama, as not one has lasted more than 40 moves. The game on Tuesday was 34 moves. The score in the best-of-12 match is 2 to 2. Before the chess match began, some fans on Web bulletin boards expressed concern that the games would be dull because Gelfand, 43, an Israeli, has generally played chess more cautiously in recent years — with the exception of his performances in the World Cup and the Candidates’ matches, which he won to qualify for the title match. Anand ... |
No blood spilled in Moscow's early chess clashes — 15-May-12, washingtontimes.com, play chess online
The world championship chess match in Moscow between Indian titleholder Viswanathan Anand of India and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel has reached the quarter post, with a few fireworks but no decisive results in the first three games of the scheduled 12-game match. Gelfand, the underdog, came under heavy pressure in Monday’s Game 3, but managed to double his rooks on the seventh rank and force a perpetual check. Play continues through the end of the month, and it’s looking like the first chess player to notch a win could gain a decisive edge. It was the underdog Gelfand who scored the first (psychological) point in the very first game, throwing the chess champion off stride with his unusual opening choice of ... |
Chess kings begin Moscow epic with draw — 14-May-12, google.com, play chess online
The opening match of the first chess title to be decided in Moscow since the Cold War ended in a cagey draw on Friday as the rivals probed for weaknesses ahead of an epic three-week series. India's title-holder Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand of Israel shook hands after a compelling start to a clash that chess authorities hope will grip the public as it did when the Cold War shadowed the game in the 1970s and 80s. Moscow is hosting the 12-match series at the State Tretyakov Gallery with a view to bringing back some of the Soviet-era magic to a city that many Russians regard as the game's natural home. The 42-year-old Anand began his third defence of the world chess title since 2007 playing white and ... |
Fast Starts for Top Players at Three Elite Chess Tournaments — 13-May-12, nytimes.com, play chess online
The top-ranked players in three elite chess tournaments — the United States Chess Championship in St. Louis, the Sigeman & Company event in Malmo, Sweden, and the 47th Capablanca Memorial chess tournament in Cuba — took early leads last week. In St. Louis, Hikaru Nakamura, who is No. 7 in the world, scored two and a half points in his first three games, including wins over Robert Hess and Ray Robson, both up-and-coming chess players. One of the tournament’s favorites, Gata Kamsky, the defending chess champion, was tied with Nakamura, having won matches against Alejandro Ramirez and Alexander Onischuk. At the Sigeman chess tournament, Fabiano Caruana, the Italian-American chess star who ... |
Chess Champ Hikaru Nakamura: Next Bobby Fischer? — 12-May-12, npr.org, play chess online
At the U.S. Chess Championships under way in St. Louis, all eyes are on America's top-ranked chess player, and the favorite going into the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura. During the past decade, Nakamura has made a name for himself as the new superstar of American chess, and with it, he's become a kind of spokesperson for a game that hasn't been too popular in this country since the days of world chess champion Bobby Fischer. In an interview with NPR's Michel Martin for Tell Me More's series on Asian-American "game changers," Nakamura says the comparisons with Fischer are always present. In 2003, at the age of 15, Nakamura became the youngest American chess grandmaster. In 2005, he became ... |
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