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Malcolm Pein reports on day one of the FIDE Candidates in Kazan.

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Gata Kamsky defeated Veselin Topalov in the first decisive game of the Candidates in Kazan, Russia. Topalov varied from a previous Kamsky game with a very risky queenside castling idea, things went bad pretty quickly and Kamsky pressed home his advantage impressively. Grischuk-Aronian, Gelfand-Mamedyarov and finally Kramnik-Radjabov were all drawn without too many adventures.

Gata Kamsky defeated Veselin Topalov in the first decisive game of the Candidates in Kazan, Russia. Topalov varied from a previous Kamsky game with a very risky queenside castling idea, things went bad pretty quickly and Kamsky pressed home his advantage impressively. Grischuk-Aronian, Gelfand-Mamedyarov and finally Kramnik-Radjabov were all drawn without too many adventures.

Ο Γκελφαντ με τα μαυρα επιχειρησε να αιφνιδιασει τον Μαμεντιαροβ και να παιξει την γραμμη της Σικελικης Ναιντορφ που επαιζε για χρονια πριν ξεκινησει να παιζει Αμυνα Πετροφ εναντιον του 1. ε4.. Το ερωτημα βεβαια ειναι...

Η πρωτη παρτιδα του ματς των διεκδικητων μεταξυ Τοπαλοβ και Καμσκυ θυμισε λιγο την προσπαθεια καποιου ( Καμσκυ) να κλεισει μια τιγρη σε κλουβι ( Τοπαλοβ). Σε καθε μια ποζισιονελ αποφαση του Καμσκυ να...

Αφου ο Κραμνικ σκοτωσε το 1. ε4 χρησιμοποιωντας την Πετροφ και κανοντας ισοπαλια στο 99% των παρτιδων του στα ματς των διεκδικητων με αντιπαλο τον Ρατζαμποβ απειλει να σκοτωσει και το 1. δ4 σαν κανονικος...

Το Σάββατο 30 Απριλίου 2011 πραγματοποιήθηκε με μεγάλη επιτυχία στο Grand Hotel της Θεσσαλονίκης η ημερίδα για τον αθλητισμό και το σκάκι με θέμα "Αθλητισμός ώρα μηδέν".Την εκδήλωση τίμησαν με την παρουσία τους αρκετοί...

GM Danielsen provides analysis on the first decisive game from the Candidates matches, where Kamsky defeated Topalov with black. Part 1 concentrates on the opening and the game up to Rd2, while the second part makes a post Rd2 analysis.

The 46th Capablanca Memorial is set to take place from 9th to 21st May at the Riviera Hotel in Havana, Cuba. A number of different tournaments will take place - Elite Group, Premier Group, Open Group I, Open Group II and Open Group Children. In addition, there will be FIDE Arbiters Seminar, Conference about Jose Raul Capablanca, Exhibition of artwork, books and objects related to chess, and...

Σε μια ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέρουσα και χορταστική παρτίδα στο δεύτερο γύρο των ματς των διεκδικητών, ο Γκάτα Κάμσκι (φωτ.) κέρδισε με τα μαύρα τον Βεσελίν Τοπάλοβ και προηγείται στο σκορ έναντι του αντιπάλου 1,5-0,5. Οι άλλες...

Veselin Topalov had White against Gata Kamsky and a new idea in the Quasi- or Pseudo-Gruenfeld, and a very provocative idea at that. Despite the presence of black knights on b6 and c6 and black bishops on g7 and e6 pointing at the queenside, White played 9.Qa3 and then castled long. Perhaps this idea has a future, but Kamsky played aggressively, handled the complications better and mangled him in...

Gata Kamsky defeated Veselin Topalov in the second game of his Candidates match in Kazan, Russia. With two more games left, the American leads 1.5-0.5. The games Grischuk-Aronian and Gelfand-Mamedyarov have ended in draws already; Kramnik is still trying to win an ending that should be drawn. Later more. General info The Candidates matches take [...]