Chess - General Thread

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:27 am

guys sorry.. since the contest was in general thread.. i missed it.. we should have one of the moderators unlock the contest thread locked by indian..

And somebody should out the results too..

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:44 am

Anand bounces back in round 4 and defeats Ponomariov to be in second place with 3 points (3W, 1L). Kamsky leads with 3.5 points.

Suresh

Source: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/mtel06/mtel0.html

Round 1 (May 11, 2006)

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 64 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 71 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Bacrot, Etienne - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 54 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian

Round 2 (May 12, 2006)

Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 103 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

Round 3 (May 13, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 57 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 66 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Bacrot, Etienne - Svidler, Peter 1/2 32 D85 Gruenfeld Defence

Round 4 (May 14, 2006)

Kamsky, Gata - Svidler, Peter 1-0 24 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 56 B19 Caro Kann
Bacrot, Etienne - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 29 E20 Nimzo Indian

Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 1. .. =. 1. 3.5 3084
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** .. 1. 1. 1. 3.0 2923
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. .. ** =. 1. =. 2.0 2730
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 .. 0. =. ** =. =. 1.5 2661
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =. 0. 0. =. ** .. 1.0 2562
6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. 0. =. =. .. ** 1.0 2562
-------------------------------------------------------------

Round 5 (May 15, 2006)

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bacrot, Etienne
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan
Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata

Round 6 (May 17, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Bacrot, Etienne
Kamsky, Gata - Ponomariov, Ruslan
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter

Round 7 (May 18, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Svidler, Peter

Round 8 (May 19, 2006)

Kamsky, Gata - Anand, Viswanathan
Svidler, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne
Topalov, Veselin - Ponomariov, Ruslan

Round 9 (May 20, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter
Bacrot, Etienne - Ponomariov, Ruslan
Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin

Round 10 (May 21, 2006)

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan
Svidler, Peter - Kamsky, Gata
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Mon May 15, 2006 3:29 pm

Round 5 (Results)

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2
Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata 1- 0

So Anand catches up with Kamsky to jointly lead with 3.5 points. Topalov and Svidler are T3 with 2.5 points. Next, Anand is playing Bacrot with white and is expected win based on current form and ranking.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Thu May 18, 2006 4:20 am

Round 6 (May 17, 2006)

Kamsky, Gata - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 50 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 0-1 61 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik

Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 1. 0. 1. =1 4.5 2948
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** =. 1. 1= 1. 4.0 2853
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. =. ** =1 =. 1. 3.5 2811
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1. 0. =0 ** =. =. 2.5 2677
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. 0= =. =. ** =. 2.0 2635
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 0. 0. =. =. ** 1.5 2540
-------------------------------------------------------------

With this victory again Gata Kamsky leading the pack with 1/2 pt advantage.

Jaydeep.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Fri May 19, 2006 4:06 am

Round 7 (May 18, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 61 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 52 D15 Slav Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Svidler, Peter 1-0 53 B42 Sicilian Paulsen

Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 0. 1. 1= =1 5.0
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** 10 =. 1= 1. 4.0
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1. 01 ** =0 =. =. 3.5
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. =. =1 ** =. 10 3.5
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0= 0= =. =. ** =. 2.5
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 0. =. 01 =. ** 2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------

Veselin Topalov defeated Anand in 61 moves with Sicilian Scheveningen opening playing with black ... With this win Topalov is now only 1/2 pts behind 2nd place Anand ... Gata Kamsky continue with his good performance and with drawing his game he took 1 pt lead over rest of the field.

Today Anand having very important match against Kamsky with whom he lost in his last two matches.

Jaydeep.

Prashant · Post by **Prashant** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:32 pm

Kamsky & Anand drew in 39 moves. Topalov is in a somewhat inferior position to Ponomariov. You can watch games live at

http://www.mtelmasters06.com/

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:31 pm

Jaydeep, can you please post the updates on the Vishy's thread..

insideout · Post by **insideout** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:19 am

My predictions

A. Anand's games predictions

Veselin Topalov 1, 0.5
Peter Svidler 0.5, 0
Ruslan Ponomariov 1,1
Etienne Bacrot 0.5,0.5
Gata Kamsky 1, 1

B. Winner: Anand
C. Winning Score: 7
D. Winner's Win, Draw, Loss=5,4,1

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:46 am

Arvind, contest was for MTEL Masters and which ended on Monday where Anand finished 3rd ... Tell me in which part of the world u lives?

Jaydeep.

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Wed May 24, 2006 2:00 pm

Talking of the contest, where are the results? I also vote that we accept Arvind's picks since he just came out of a time warp

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:21 am

How to beat Capablanca

This is a title of a paper that appeared on the mathematics e-print arxiv. It is available at the
URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0606252 .

Author: Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda

Abstract
This paper shows the fastest way to force a win with rook and king against king on an m*n board. In the classical case, this gives a faster win than what Capablanca suggested in his book 'Chess Fundamentals'.

I hope you enjoy the paper.

Suresh

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:34 am

Indian boys and girls swept the under 8 and under 10 titles at World Youth Championship , Batumi.

WORLD CHAMPIONS
BU18: IM Arik Braun, Germany
GU18: WGM Harika Dronavalli, India BU16: FM Jacek Tomczak, Poland
GU16: WFM Sopiko Guramishvili, Georgia
BU14: Durarbeyli Vasif, Azerbaijan
GU14: WFM Klaudia Kulon, Poland
BU12: Robert Aghasaryan, Armenia
GU12: Danelia Mariam, Georgia
BU10: Koushik A Girish, India
GU10: Ch Sahajasri, India
BU 8: Ch Mohineesh , India
GU 8: Ivana Maria Furtado, India

congratulations to Sahajasri, Koushik, Mohineesh, Ivana and Harika.

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:23 pm

Nigel Short is India for the Commonwealth Chess Championship. Looks like he had some interesting comments to make.

Abolish all chess titles: Nigel Short http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full ... _id=146821

Give me $ 5,000, I’ll make you a GM
http://www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday ... 16892.html

Kumar · Post by **Kumar** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:04 pm

An interesting article about chess player who got tips from the phone (banned for ten years)

An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday.

The player, Umakant Sharma, had logged rating points at a rapid pace in the last 18 months and also qualified for the national championship, arousing the suspicion of officials and bemusing rivals.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2710555

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:00 am

Fide Chess Ranking - January 2007

1 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2783
2 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779
3 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2766
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2754
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2750

21 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700
33 Harikrishna, P. IND 2673

Other players in Indian top 10 list -

4 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2571
5 Koneru, Humpy IND 2567 87
6 Sandipan, Chanda IND 2561
7 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2538
8 Kunte, Abhijit IND 2532
9 Singh, D.P. IND 2523
10 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2504

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