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Ivanchuk & Gelfand are Leading FIDE Grand Prix in Paris
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Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Laurent Fressinet as Black to catch up with Boris Gelfand
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Round 4 results:
GM Wang Hao 2736 ½ - ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 0 - 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ - ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 ½ - ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 1 - 0 GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 ½ - ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2764

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Current standings:
1-2. Gelfand, Ivanchuk - 3/4
3-4. Caruana, Nakamura - 2.5
5-7. Dominguez, Tomashevsky, Ponomariov - 2
8-11. Bacrot, Fressinet, Grischuk, Wang Hao - 1.5
12. Giri - 1

Pairings and odds for round 5:

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Humpy Koneru in Sole Lead again at FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Tashkent
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
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Ju Wenjun defeated Zhao Xue and Bela Khotenashvili back-to-back: quite an achievement!
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Round 7 results (Black scored rather heavily!):

4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 ½ - ½ GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 12
5 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 ½ - ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 3
6 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 0 - 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 2
7 GM Zhao Xue 2579 0 - 1 GM Danielian Elina 2470 1
8 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 0 - 1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 11
9 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 0 - 1 WGM Girya Olga 2439 10

Current standings:
1. Koneru - 5.5/7
2-3. Lagno, Dronavalli - 5
4-5. Ju Wenjun, Khotenashvili - 4
6. Zhao Xue - 3.5
7-9. Girya, Kosteniuk, Stefanova - 3
10-11. Danielian, Muminova - 2.5
12. Nakhbayeva -1

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 September 2013 )
 

How will the Anand-Carlsen WCC Match Unfold?
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
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By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA

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As readers of my books or learning tips will know, I always recommend ambitious chess players to study the history of the game the old masters and the defining games and events in chess history. Chess is a knowledge game (among other things) and we are fortunate to have easy access to lessons from the past. With the World Championship match Anand-Carlsen just a few weeks away, it is interesting to consider what chess history may reveal about such a match-up: a young, first-time challenger vs. an older, experienced World Champion.

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Four Decisive Games in Round 3 of FIDE Grand Prix in Paris
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
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Fabiano Caruana (pictured) and Alexander Grischuk must try to win the Grand Prix stage if they want to qualify for the Candidates
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Round 3 results:
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 1 - 0 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757
GM Giri Anish 2737 ½ - ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ - ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756
GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 - 0 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731  1 - 0 GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 1 - 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723

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Current standings:
1. Gelfand - 2.5/3
2-4. Caruana, Ivanchuk, Nakamura - 2
5-7. Fressinet, Tomashevsky, Ponomariov - 1.5
8-12. Bacrot, Dominguez, Grischuk, Giri, Wang Hao - 1

Pairings and odds for round 4:

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Lagno Catches Up with the Leaders at FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Tashkent
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
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Kateryna Lagno defeated Antoaneta Stefanova in Round 6
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Round 6 results:

GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 - 0 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307
WGM Girya Olga 2439 0 - 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514
WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 1 - 0 GM Zhao Xue 2579
GM Danielian Elina 2470 ½ - ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 ½ - ½ GM Dronavalli Harika 2475
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1 - 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496

Current standings:
1-3. Lagno, Koneru, Dronavalli - 4.5/6
4. Khotenashvili - 4
5. Zhao Xue - 3.5
6. Ju Wenjun - 3
7-9. Kosteniuk, Muminova, Stefanova - 2.5
10. Girya - 2
11. Danielian - 1.5
12. Nakhbayeva -1

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 September 2013 )
 

David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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In this special weekly column we will be looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary.

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Chess Tactics
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
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Izzat (2347) - Shimanov (2655), 2013
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David vs. Goliath tactics. White to move.

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Fressinet wins in Round 2 of FIDE Grand Prix in Paris
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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The drawfest continues. Fressinet Laurent was the only winner in R2
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Round 2 results:
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 ½ - ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2764
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 ½ - ½ GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 ½ - ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 ½ - ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Wang Hao 2736 ½ - ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 1 - 0 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785

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Pairings and odds for round 3:

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India Leads FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Tashkent
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Local player WGM Nafisa Muminova (2293) pulled off an upset by defeating Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun (2535)
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Round 5 results (5 wins for White!):

GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1 - 0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 ½ - ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2607
GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 1 - 0 GM Danielian Elina 2470
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 1 - 0 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535
GM Zhao Xue 2579 1 - 0 WGM Girya Olga 2439
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 1 - 0 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307

Current standings:
1-2. Koneru, Dronavalli - 4/5
3-4. Lagno, Zhao Xue - 3.5
5. Khotenashvili - 3
6. Stefanova - 2.5
7-9. Girya, Ju Wenjun, Muminova - 2
10. Kosteniuk - 1.5
11-12. Danielian,  Nakhbayeva -1

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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 September 2013 )
 

Chess Week on Twitter
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative chess tweets from last week. A digest of the most important chess news in one short post:

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