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Channel One (Russia) about the Russian Chess Teams at the Chess Olympiad-2012
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Thursday, 12 July 2012
Chess doesn't get much media coverage even on Russian television. Hence, it was a pleasure to see the most popular Russian TV channel report on the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Istanbul and mention the national men's and women's teams.
Two of the players are too easy to guess, but do you recognize the blonde girl wearing a blue dress? Tip: she is over 2400 FIDE and was born in the same year as Natalia.
Alexander Grischuk is now two-times World Blitz Chess Champion
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
After day 1 of the double round robin Grischuk had 10.5 points out of 15, followed by Karjakin, Ivanchuk and Andreikin (9.5).
During the second part of day 2 Carlsen started winning one game after another, including defeating Sergey Karjakin and overtaking him on the standings. Here is the final table:
As you can see, Alexander Grischuk won the World Blitz Chess Championship again (the first one was in 2006). We congratulate him with this great success! Notably, Magnus Carlsen earned two silver medals (in rapid and in blitz), while Sergey Karjakin got gold in rapid and bronze in blitz. Well done! Altogether (blitz+rapid) Karjakin and Carlsen scored 30 points out of 45 each, while Grischuk - 29. Karjakin's prize money amounted to $67,500; Carlsen's - $66,000; Grischuk's - $58,000.
Grischuk is solemnly listening to the Russian national anthem, while Carlsen and Karjakin keep chucking all the time
The Chess Olympiad is the most important team competition in the life of any chess player. This year over 150 countries will be participating. Let's take a look at the Russian teams:
As you can see, both teams are incredibly strong. The men's team is rated #1, while the women's team is seeded #2 after China. USSR and Russia have been winning the Olympiads almost non-stop from 1952 to 2002, but then Ukraine and Armenia got two titles each in 2004-2010. As to women, they are the reigning champions, but the competition with China and some other countries will be fierce. The more excitement for the spectators!
Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative and entertaining chess tweets from last week:
Congratulations to the World Rapid Chess Champion from the World Chess Champion It can happen to anyone of us Life is about choosing priorities Frank, informative, exciting - Pardon our Blunders show on Chess.com TV Ask Arnie! An excuse to open one's FaceBook again What do we know about the game? Russia vs. China: 77.5-72.5
Russian Chess Federation: Russia wins the match against China
Must-watch! Quote of the week
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Sergei Karjakin Wins World Rapid Chess Championship
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Sunday, 08 July 2012
For the first time in the history of chess the crown of the World Rapid Chess Champion was at stake. Previously there have been unofficial championships held in Mainz, but the event in Astana, Kazakhstan became the first official one. The prize fund of the tournament was $200,000 with $40,000 going to the winner. Much less than what is being distributed in classical chess, but still generally considered to be nice for three days of work.
The field was supposed to be composed of the world's 10 highest-rated chess players, two local players and three winners of the semi-finals. Unfortunately, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana didn't show up. We don't know the reasons for sure, but...
The viewers had a chance to watch the live video from the championship, as well as enjoy GM Robert Fontaine's commentary in English and/or GM Sergei Shipov's musings in Russian. Moreover, Houdini analysis of all the games was available, so one could root for his favorite players without even having to evaluate everything himself.
The time control was 15m/game+10s/move. Depending on what you are looking for, you can find both brilliant strategic and tactical masterpieces. Or, if you need a confidence boost, there were many situations when the world's best chess players overlooked elementary 1 or 2-move winning variations; lost totally drawn endings and so on. Check out the games at the official website.
After day one Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin were tied for first with 4.5/5.
On day two Magnus dispatched his main competitor with White in a very instructive way and obtained a "commanding lead" - 1.5 points ahead of the field. Who would have thought that the world's highest-rated chess player would squander it in just 5 remaining games?
Before round 11 GM Sergei Shipov expressed an opinion that Magnus Carlsen is by far the strongest chess player in the world nowadays. However, he hastily added that the winner of the event will be one of the three leaders: Carlsen had 8.5, Karjakin and Topalov - 7.
In round 11 Magnus Carlsen predictably defeated the lowest-rated player in the tournament with Black, but then things started going downhill for him. The Norwegian chess genius lost to Ivanchuk and Grischuk and drew against Radjabov and Topalov. Meanwhile, Karjakin won against Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Kazhgaleev and Svidler. A last round draw against Kurnosov made him the World Rapid Chess Champion! Congratulations, Sergei!
The praise of a World Chess Champion
Carlsen is usually looking relaxed and bored, but at some point he scores!
On day 2 of the rapid match China managed to draw in the men's section and win the women's confrontation. Overall, Russia was declared the winner of the annual Russia vs. China match, although the Chinese players prevailed in the classical part of the match and won the women's tournament.
