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London Chess Classic Preview
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Saturday, 07 December 2013 |
By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2504
Gawain Jones and Vishy Anand- set to face off again.
Sadly I won't be playing in the London classic this year, the open that is. That's because I made a couple of big mistakes, the first of which was to turn down the £500 they offered me to play in the open (all the grandmasters in the open get the same I believe. Well maybe if you're 2600 plus it might be slightly different..)
And the second was to book my accommodation for Hastings in advance, thus depriving me of funds to play in London.
Still the upside of this is that I'll just be able to put my feet up, crack open a beer and watch what should be a very exciting rapidplay event. The London classic is of course the brainchild of Malcolm Pein, and knowing Malcolm personally I can say he's a thoroughly nice guy, and deserves to have a successful event.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 December 2013 )
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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week
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Russia Won the World Chess Team Championship
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Thursday, 05 December 2013 |
Russia won 3 out of the last 4 World Chess Team Championships (2005, 2010, 2013). Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniatchi, Nikita Vitiugov and the team coaches - Yury Dokhoian, Alexander Motylev and Vladimir Potkin!
Final standings
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Team
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Match points
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Board points
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SB
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1
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Russia
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7
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1
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1
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15
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23
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126,50
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2
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China
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7
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2
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14
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22
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114,00
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3
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Ukraine
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7
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2
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14
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21
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119,00
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4
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United States of America
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4
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2
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3
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10
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20½
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82,00
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5
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Armenia
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4
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2
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3
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10
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20
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79,50
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6
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Netherlands
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4
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1
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4
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9
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17
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69,75
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7
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Germany
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4
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5
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8
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17
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59,50
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8
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Azerbaijan
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3
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1
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5
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7
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18
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48,50
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9
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Turkey
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1
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1
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7
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3
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12
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19,75
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10
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Egypt
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9
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0
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9½
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0,00
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Board prizes
Board 1: 1. Levon Aronian (2896 peformance) 2. Hikaru Nakamura (2817) 3. Vassily Ivanchuk (2805)
Board 2: 1. Anton Korobov (2801) 2. Sergey Karjakin (2785) 3. Ding Liren (2745)
Board 3: 1. Daniel Fridman (2794) 2. Alexander Onischuk (2738) 3. Wang Yue (2728)
Board 4: 1. Ian Nepomniatchi (2858) 2. Bu Xiangzhi (2844) 3. Yuriy Kryvoruchko (2675)
Board 5: 1. Varuzhan Akobian (2716) 2. Yu Yangyi (2691) 3. Nikita Vitiugov (2689)
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GM Nakamura - GM Kramnik annotated by GM Naiditsch
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Thursday, 05 December 2013 |
By GM Arkadij Naiditsch, #1 German chess player, FIDE 2737
We know that these two players don't like each other too much and recently Nakamura showed great personal results against Kramnik. In the current game it seems like Kramnik manages to almost equalize but not completely and this is where Nakamura is taking over with great positional play and a very pretty final calculation. We will see a great game by the American Number 1.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 December 2013 )
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Odds for Round 8 of World Team Chess Championship
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Wednesday, 04 December 2013 |
By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2504
Victor Korchnoi- matured with age, but for most it's a different experience.
Why do chessplayers get weaker? There are a number of explanations for why chessplayers decline with age, but one of the primary reasons is a loss of motivation. In fact I'd say that was the main reason why most grandmasters tend to have a good career for 15-20 years or so, but then fade away to almost nothing. They lose their mojo.
Take Vishy Anand as an example. Ok I've picked on Vishy more than enough over the last few weeks in this blog, so I have no wish to do so again, but it's clear he's lost motivation.
Compare him to Boris Gelfand. Historically Vishy has been regarded as the stronger of the two. But now is that the case? Boris seems highly motivated over the last few years, to prove himself, but it's easy to see that by comparison, Vishy has lost something. Desire. If they played a match now, my money would be on Boris.
And it's not so difficult to understand why that might be. Vishy has achieved everything that can be done in chess. He's been world champion, he's won many tournaments. What more is there to prove?
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 December 2013 )
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Odds for Round 7 of World Team Chess Championship
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Gunina Wins Rapid Tournament in Berlin
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