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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Geneva, Round 6

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Tatiana Kosintseva. Photo from the official website

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Round 6 results:

GM

Alexandra Kosteniuk

2491

0-1

GM

Anna Ushenina

2491

WGM

Wenjun Ju

2544

½- ½   

GM

Kateryna Lagno

2548

GM

Yifan Hou

2617

½- ½   

WGM

Olga Girya

2463

GM

Nana Dzagnidze

2545

½- ½   

GM

Anna Muzychuk

2585

GM

Tatiana Kosintseva

2517

1-0

GM

Viktorija Cmilyte

2522

IM

Bela Khotenashvili

2505

1-0

WGM

Tuvshintugs Batchimeg

2298


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Norway Chess, Round 2 LIVE

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Round 2 pairings:

Aronian (2813)  1-0 Nakamura (2775)
Topalov (2793) 1/2-1/2 Radjabov (2745)
Carlsen (2868) 1/2-1/2 Anand (2783)
Hammer (2608) 0-1 Karjakin (2767)
Wang Hao (2743) 1-0 Svidler (2769)

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Deceptively Simple Chess

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by GM Kevin Spraggett
Warning: his
blog is amazing, but some of the content is parental advisory

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Cuban superstar Leinier Dominguez was born in 1983 and , along with Bruzon and Quesado, has given a fresh new face to Cuba's chess community.  Leinier recently competed in the Capablanca Memorial in Havana and finished a respectable 2nd/3rd place, half a point behind Hungary's Zoltan Almasi. Dominguez was also the only undefeated player in the tournament.

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Dominguez shares much in common with Capablanca, in particular a thoroughly logical style of play aided with a lethal precision that is sometimes mistaken for uninspired simplicity. 
 
Below is what I consider to be the Cuban's best effort in Havana.  Featuring a Spanish Opening, the Black pieces seem to fall into an inferior position without making any real mistake...

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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Geneva, Round 5

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Anna Muzychuk. Photo from the official website

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Round 5 results:

Rtg

 

Name

Result

 

Name

Rtg

2505

IM

Bela Khotenashvili

1 - 0

GM

Alexandra Kosteniuk

2491

2298

WGM

Tuvshintugs Batchimeg

½ - ½

GM

Tatiana Kosintseva

2517

2522

GM

Viktorija Cmilyte

½ - ½

GM

Nana Dzagnidze

2545

2585

GM

Anna Muzychuk

1 - 0

GM

Yifan Hou

2617

2463

WGM

Olga Girya

0 - 1

WGM

Wenjun Ju

2544

2548

GM

Kateryna Lagno

½ - ½

GM

Anna Ushenina

2491


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Norway Chess, Round 1 LIVE

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Round 1 pairings:

CARLSEN Magnus (2868)     1/2   TOPALOV Veselin (2793)   1/2
ANAND Viswanathan (2783)   1/2   ARONIAN Levon (2813)   1/2
NAKAMURA Hikaru (2775)   1   WANG Hao (2743)   0
SVIDLER Peter (2769)   1   HAMMER Jon Ludvig (2608)   0
KARJAKIN Sergey (2767)   1   RADJABOV Teimour (2745)   0

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Blitz Chess Tactics

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Hammer (2608) - Carlsen (2868), 2013, blitz
Black to move


Deliver the decisive strike in blitz-mode!

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GM Valentina Gunina!

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Congratulations to Russian chess player Valentina Gunina who had her GMapplication approved on May 7! She became the 29th woman in the history of chess to be awarded the title.

Full list:

1978 Gaprindashvili

1984 Chiburdanidze

1991 Polgar Susan, Xie Jun

1992 Polgar Judit, Cramling

2001 Zhu Chen

2002 Humpy, Stefanova

2004 Kosteniuk, Peng

2007 Hoang Thanh, Lahno, Xu Yuhua

2008 Dzagnidze, Sebag, Socko, Zhao Xue

2009 Arakhamia-Grant, Hou Yifan, Kosintseva Tatiana

2010 Cmilyte, Zhukova, Danielian

2011 Kosintseva Nadezhda, Dronavalli

2012 Muzychuk Anna, Ushenina

2013 Gunina

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Karjakin wins Norway Chess Blitz

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Round 1, Viswanathan Anand vs. Magnus Carlsen: draw

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A blitz tournament has been played out to determine who would get more Whites in the classical event. Teimour Radjabov crushed all the four of his opponents in the first few rounds to secure 1.5 point lead. After drawing a winning endgame against Hikaru Nakamura, he collapsed and scored only 0.5 points in the remaining rounds.

Before the final round Svidler, Anand and Karjakin had 5.5/8. Carlsen (5) managed to take revenge for a last-round loss with White in the Candidates against Svidler and finished at 6/9. Anand drew his game & Karjakin won.

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Norway Chess: Blitz

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Grischuk gives B+N vs. King Mate in Less than a Minute

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Inspired by the infamous game between Anna Ushenina and Olga Girya.

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