Στο προσφατο ματς διεκδικητων ο Καμσκυ απεκλεισε τον Τοπαλοβ με 2,5- 1,5. Στην τελευταια και τεταρτη παρτιδα του μινι ματς , ενω ο Καμσκυ προηγουνταν με ενα ποντο ο Τοπαλοβ εβγαλε καλυτερη θεση με τα λευκα...

With all due respect to Kramnik, this incident was more in his favor than in mine. One can argue on this subject. I think I had done everything that depended on me, I cannot say that I played badly, moreover I felt the victory is close, just no luck. After the incident I immediately remembered the footage of basketball finals at the Seoul Olympics, when USSR beat USA with a direct hit in the last...

Save 10% on: Karpov’s Strategic Wins 1 & 2 Combined . Tibor Karolyi presents a two-volume work (1961-2010) in which he shows how the 12th World Champion outplayed his opponents by strategic means. Karolyi identifies the tools Anatoly Karpov uses and highlights the features that characterize his play. The beauty and educational value of Karpov’s [...]

Ήδη έχει περάσει ένας ολόκληρος χρόνος από την πρώτη ανάρτηση του μπλοκ! Από αυτή την ευχάριστη πρώτη ανάρτηση όπου η ομάδα των Ιωαννίνων με τους Καίσαρη, Βάσσιο, Σιγκούνα και Ζιορίρη σήκωσε το κύπελλο Β.Δ. Ελλάδας στην...

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                               Round 2 on 2011/05/13 at 18:00                               Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts   Name SNo. 1 6 SYFANTOS NIKOLAOS 1   1 IM [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Round 1 on 2011/05/09 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 0 1  -  0 0 [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                             Round 1 on 2011/05/09 at 18:00                             Bo. SNo.   Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo. 1 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 0   0 TSATSOULIS PERIKLIS [...]

KAPPA-52 TOURNAMENT                   Starting rank list                   SNo.   Name NRtg IRtg FED 1 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ 0 2295 GRE 2   KOSTOUROS ALEXANDROS 0 2241 GRE 3   SIENCZEWSKI ZBIGNIEW 0 2196 GRE 4   PANTAZOPOULOS STAYROS 0 [...]

Ο Αλεξάντερ Γκριστσούκ (φωτ.) απέκλεισε τον Αρμένιο Λέβον Αρονιάν που ήταν το φαβορί πριν αρχίσουν τα ματς των διεκδικητών. Ο Ρώσος GM κέρδισε την τελευταία παρτίδα των ράπιντ, ενώ το σκορ ήταν 1,5-1,5 (από μια νίκη ο καθένας...

Favorite Levon Aronian was eliminated today by Alexander Grischuk in the Candidates matches in Kazan, Russia. The Armenian levelled the score after losing the first rapid tie-break game, but after a draw he lost the decisive 4th game. Vladimir Kramnik was on the verge of elimination but eventually knocked out Teimour Radjabov in the second [...]

The fans definitely got their money's worth today, as both the Grischuk-Aronian and Kramnik-Radjabov playoff matches were full of drama. To recap, the tiebreaks had the following format: a four game mini-match with a time control of 25 minutes for the whole game, plus 10 second increments per move, followed, if necessary, by up to pairs of 5' + 3" blitz games followed by an Armaggedon game...

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