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Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings - The Guardian

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 12:22pm

The Guardian

Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings
The Guardian
There was another world title default when Vlad Kramnik stayed away from a game against Veselin Topalov during their 2006 Toiletgate dispute. Hou's action led to a fierce online debate where some argued that the pairings must have been tweaked for her ...

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Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings - The Guardian

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 2:00am
Hou Yifan resigns after five moves in protest over her Gibraltar pairings  The Guardian

Hou Yifan, the women's world champion, unhappy at being matched against women in seven of the 10 rounds in Gibraltar, handed victory to Babu Lalith after ...

Sjakk-skandale: Hevder verdensener tapte med vilje - NRK

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 8:15am

Sjakk-skandale: Hevder verdensener tapte med vilje
NRK
Peter Heine Nilsen, Magnus Carlsens faste sekundant, mener det ikke er helt på nivå med skandalen under den såkalte «Toiletgate» under sjakk-VM i 2006, da Vladimir Kramnik tapte med vilje mot Veselin Topalov. – Men stort. Mer absurd, verdens beste ...

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21-Year-Old Anton Leads Nakamura, MVL In Gibraltar - Chess.com

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 3:08am

Chess.com

21-Year-Old Anton Leads Nakamura, MVL In Gibraltar
Chess.com
The exceptions were Veselin Topalov and Fabiano Caruana, who won their games as Black. First the Bulgarian number-one was under some pressure for most of the game against Emil Sutovsky (although the computer prefers Black all the time!) but then ...

Gibraltar Rd09: David Anton leads, eight follow - Chessbase News

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 2:00am
Gibraltar Rd09: David Anton leads, eight follow  Chessbase News

The Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2017 is set for an exciting finale. David Anton Guijarro is the surprise leader of the tournament with 7.5/9. He beat Topalov in ...

Te toca jugar con Krysa: un nuevo Gran Maestro del ajedrez argentino - Notas

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 5:35pm

Notas

Te toca jugar con Krysa: un nuevo Gran Maestro del ajedrez argentino
Notas
Fue luego de un torneo en Gibraltar a 9 rondas, en el cual terminó además con una performance de 2613 de ELO y con resultados fantásticos como las tablas con Fabiano Caruana (actual número dos del mundo) o con Veselin Topalov (ex-campeón ...

Te toca jugar con Krysa: un nuevo Gran Maestro del ajedrez argentino - Notas

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 5:35pm

Notas

Te toca jugar con Krysa: un nuevo Gran Maestro del ajedrez argentino
Notas
Fue luego de un torneo en Gibraltar a 9 rondas, en el cual terminó además con una performance de 2613 de ELO y con resultados fantásticos como las tablas con Fabiano Caruana (actual número dos del mundo) o con Veselin Topalov (ex-campeón ...

Wesley emerges No. 2 in the world - The Manila Times

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 8:51am

Wesley emerges No. 2 in the world
The Manila Times
... Harikrishna of India (2758.2), Michael Adams of England (2755.7), Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (2749.1), Yu Yangyi of China (2746.0), Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland (2745.1), Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria (2744.5), and Peter Svidler of Russia (2740.6).

A very big win by Wesley So - BusinessWorld Online Edition

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 7:12am

A very big win by Wesley So
BusinessWorld Online Edition
He was sole winner in 2003 and 2004 and shared the titles in 1989 (with Predrag Nikolic, Zoltan Ribli, and Gyula Sax), in 1998 with another world champion (Vladimir Kramnik), and in 2006 with still another world champion (Veselin Topalov). Garry ...

Gibraltar Rd07: With Love, from Hou Yifan - Chessbase News

Tue, 01/31/2017 - 2:00am
Gibraltar Rd07: With Love, from Hou Yifan  Chessbase News

Once again there was an impressive percentage of decisive games amongst the top boards – 14 out of the top 20 – and we now have four players on the ...

Веселин Топалов: Крамник е надценен, като Мерил Стрийп - Блиц

Thu, 01/26/2017 - 3:42pm

Веселин Топалов: Крамник е надценен, като Мерил Стрийп
Блиц
Бившият световен шампион Веселин Топалов направи реми за 35 хода срещу слабо известния французин Жан-Ноел Риф във II кръг на шахматния фестивал в Гибралтар, а след това изнесе лекция. Темата бе "Грешките в ситуации, в които ...

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Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites - Sun.Star

Thu, 01/26/2017 - 9:28am

Pestaño: Open tournaments patronized by elites
Sun.Star
The top 10 players are Fabiano Caruana - 2827 [USA], Maxime Vachier-Lagrave- 2796 (France), Hikaru Nakamura - 2785 (USA), Vassily Ivanchuk - 2752 (Ukraine), Michael Adams - 2751 (England), Peter Svidler - 2748 (Russia), Veselin Topalov - 2739 ...

Chess Champions and Their Queens - Huffington Post

Wed, 01/18/2017 - 4:38pm

Huffington Post

Chess Champions and Their Queens
Huffington Post
When Magnus Carlsen sacrificed his Queen against the Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin last month in New York, it won him not only the world title match, but it was the most brilliant final move of any world chess championship in history. It will be ...

Chess Champions and Their Queens - Huffington Post

Tue, 01/17/2017 - 2:00am
Chess Champions and Their Queens  Huffington Post

When Magnus Carlsen sacrificed his Queen against the Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin last month in New York, it won him not only the world titl...

Carlsen-rival raser mot FIDE. Blir svart med totalslakt - Dagbladet.no

Fri, 01/13/2017 - 2:10pm

Carlsen-rival raser mot FIDE. Blir svart med totalslakt
Dagbladet.no
Veselin Topalov kommer med sterke anklager mot det internasjonale sjakkforbundet ( FIDE), som svarer med å hevde at det hele er et politisk spill. 13. januar 2017 kl. 21.10 Del på Facebook. Thomas Haarstad Thomas Haarstad ...

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