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  • Ruslan Ponomariov wins the Dortmund Tournament

    Jul 27, 2010 by 365Chess

    Ruslan Ponomariov is the winner of latest edition of the Dortmund Tournament

    Final Standings


    PosNameFedRtgPts
    1Ponomariov,RUKR27346.5
    2Le Quang, L.VIE26815.5
    3Kramnik,WRUS27905
    4Mamedyarov,SAZE27615
    5Naiditsch,AGER26844
    6Leko,PHUN27344

    Ruslan Ponomariov (2734) - Vladimir Kramnik (2790) [E00]
    Dortmund Dortmund GER (2), 2010-07-16
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Nc7 Rc8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qc6 Qe8 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxa6 gxf4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. Nb4 Rxb2 27. Nc6 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 f3 29. h4 h5 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. a4 Ke4 36. Kxg4  1 - 0 (view game)

  • Dzagnidze was the clear winner of 4th Women's Grand Prix at Jermuk

    Jul 6, 2010 by 365Chess

    The 4th Women's Grand Prix took place in Jermuk from 24th June to 6th July 2010. The first place was clearly obtained by Nana Dzagnidze. Her 7.5/8 in the initial rounds assured the victory.?

    PosNameFedRtgPts
    1Dzagnidze, NanaGEO24789
    2Kosintseva, TatianaRUS25347.5
    3Danielian, ElinaARM24736.5
    4Mkrtchian, LilitARM24776.5
    5Stefanova, AntoanetaBUL25606.5
    6Hou YifanCHN25896
    7Cramling, PiaSWE25365.5
    8Shen YangCHN24525.5
    9Chiburdanidze, MaiaGEO25144.5
    10Xu YuhuaCHN24844
    11Kovanova, BairaRUS23663
    12Fierro Baquero, Martha LECU23631.5

  • Carlsen wins Medias two points ahead

    Jun 29, 2010 by 365Chess

    The competition took place from June 14th to 25th 2010 in Medias, Romania. ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade” of Bucharest organized a double round robin tournament with six top GMs: Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Ukrainian GM Ruslan Ponomariov, Boris Gelfand of Israel, the top Chinese player Wang Yue, Teimour Radjabov, the second highest ranked player of Azerbaijan, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the best Romanian player.

    A victory with black pieces against Wang Yue in the last round, left Carlsen an advantage of two points ahead from his immediate followers: Radjabov and Gelfand.

    Final Standings


    PosNameFedRtgPts
    1Carlsen, MagnusNOR28137.5
    2Radjabov, TeimourNOR27405.5
    3Gelfand, BorisAZE27415.5
    4Ponomariov, RuslanISR27334.5
    5Nisipeanu, Liviu-DieterUKR26724
    6Wang YueROU27523

    Wang Yue (2752) - Carlsen,M (2813) [D85]
    4th Kings Tournament Medias ROU (10), 2010-06-25
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bb5 Be6 9. Nge2 c6 10. Bd3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bh6 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nb6 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. b3 f5 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Re1 fxe4 22. fxe4 e5 23. dxe5 Rd3 24. g3 Nd7 25. e6 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Ne5 27. Red1 Kf8 28. Rac1 Ke7 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rc2 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nd4 32. Rc1 Kxe6 33. Rd1 Rxc3 34. Rxd4 Rc2 35. a4 Rxh2 36. a5 Rh5 37. b4 Rh2 38. a6 b5 39. e5 Ra2 40. Rd6+ Kxe5 41. Rxc6 Kf5 42. Rc7 Rxa6 43. Rxh7 Kg4 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 g5 46. Rg7 Rb2 47. Rxa7 Kxg3  0 - 1 (view game)

  • Changes in your Profile page

    Jun 28, 2010 by 365Chess

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  • New feature: Player's opening explorer

    Jun 21, 2010 by 365Chess

    Do you want to know how does Carlsen play with white pieces? or wich moves does Anand choose against 1.e4? Now 365Chess.com has the answers to these questions!

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  • Kamsky wins the US Championship

    May 27, 2010 by 365Chess

    The 2010 US Chess Championship took place from May 13 to May 25 at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, which is hosting the event for the second year in a row.

    Two players were tied for the title. Gata Kamsky and Yury Shulman were to fight for the first place. It is an unusual system: the two players tied for first each secretly bid for the amount of time they would be willing to accept. The player with the lower bid gets that, the choice of colour and draw odds, the opponent has 60 minutes. Gata Kamsky bid 25 minutes and took black. He held Yury Shulman to a draw and with that took the title of US Champion.

    In the third place game, GM Alex Onischuk and GM Hikaru Nakamura also drew and they finish equal third.

    Shulman, Y. (2613) - Kamsky, G. (2702) [D11]
    ch-USA Playoff Saint Louis USA (1), 2010-05-25
    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. b3 Bg4 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Bd6 Bf8 14. Bg3 a5 15. Qc2 Qa7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Be2 Nc8 18. c5 b6 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Be5 b5 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qxc6 Reb8 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Kf2 Ne8 27. Rc2 Ba3 28. e4 Kf8 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Rd8 31. Bf4 Kg7 32. Be3 Nd6 33. exd5 exd5 34. Rc5 Ne8 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Bxb5 Nc7 37. Bd3 Ne6 38. f4 Be7 39. Rh1 Bf6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Bxd4 42. Bxd4+ Nxd4 43. Ke3 Nc6 44. Bb5 Nb4 45. Kd4 Rb8 46. a4 Rc8 47. Re5 Kf6 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Re5 Kf6 50. g5+ hxg5 51. fxg5+ Kg6 52. Re7 Ra8 53. Be8 Kxg5 54. Kc5 f5 55. Rg7+ Kf6 56. Rg6+ Ke7 57. Bb5 f4 58. Rg4 f3 59. Kb6 f2 60. Rf4 Rf8 61. Rxf8 Kxf8 62. Kxa5 Nc6+ 63. Kb6 Nd4 64. Bf1 Nxb3 65. Kb5 Ke7 66. Kb4  ½ - ½ (view game)

  • A brand new design for 365Chess.com

    May 21, 2010 by 365Chess

    After a long road, finally we have a brand new look for our site! We tried to emphasize the clearness and now the site has it. We are very proud of this new look and we hope you like it as much as we do.

    A new phase starts with this change. Through this process we solved some issues, but we have big plans for the future and this is just the beginning. A lot of new features are planned and with your help they will come true.

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  • Vishy Anand retains the World Champion title at Sofia

    May 15, 2010 by 365Chess

    Viswanathan Anand successfully defended his World title by defeating Veselin Toplalov in the last 12th Game of the World Chess Championship. Viswanathan Anand, playing black in the final game, achieved a victory and retained the crown.

    Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D56]
    WCh Sofia BUL (12), 2010-05-11
    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7  0 - 1 (view game)

  • Sofia R11: equal as they began

    May 10, 2010 by 365Chess

    The penultimate game ended in a draw. Topalov, with the balck pieces, equalized the English opening proposed by Anand. The World Champion arrived at an unpleased ending but Topalov maintained the position.

    After 11 rounds the match is tied at 5.5 points.

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [E53]
    WCh Sofia BUL (9), 2010-05-06
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2 exd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 27. Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 Qc3 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Re4 b4 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48. Nd5+ Kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52. Nb6+ Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 a4 62. Rc5+ Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 Qa1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2 b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1+ 83. Kf4  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D86]
    WCh Sofia BUL (10), 2010-05-07
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h3 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 e6 20. Nf4 exd5 21. Nxd5 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Ba6 Nd4 26. Qc4 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Be5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg5 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Ne8 33. Bc1 Nc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Bd2 Bg3 40. g5 Bf2+ 41. Ke5 Bg3+ 42. Ke4 Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7 44. Be6 Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 46. Bc1 Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4 Ba3 49. Bxa3+ Nxa3 50. Ke5 Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Be2 Na3 53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4 55. Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56. Kb3 Nb4 57. Be2 Nxd5 58. h5 Nf4 59. hxg6 hxg6 60. Bc4  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [A29]
    WCh Sofia BUL (11), 2010-05-09
    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qb5 Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3 Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ Re7 54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3 61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7  ½ - ½ (view game)

  • Sofia R8: Topalov wins and the match is tied

    May 6, 2010 by 365Chess

    The World Champion, Viswanathan Anand, seemed recovered from his shocking defeat in the first game of this series and appeared as having all under control. But the Challenger once again demostrate why is his rival and proposed an agresive fight. Anand had got a completely drawn position but blundered in the final moves and the match is tied now.

    Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D17]
    WCh Sofia BUL (3), 2010-04-27
    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26. c6 Rd6 27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [E04]
    WCh Sofia BUL (4), 2010-04-28
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Be8 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6 21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 Rad8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 25. e5 Bxg2 26. exf6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Be4 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxe4 Qf5 32. Re7  1 - 0 (view game)

    Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D17]
    WCh Sofia BUL (5), 2010-04-30
    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ke7 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Bd2 f6 23. Nxg6+ Nxg6 24. g3 Ne5 25. f4 Nc6 26. Bc3 Bb4 27. Bxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Ke3 Rd6 33. Rc5 Nb4 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc3  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [E04]
    WCh Sofia BUL (6), 2010-05-01
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Bxc6 b5 16. Qc2 Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 Qe4 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Nd7 Bf5 23. N7c5 Bb6 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Nf4 Rab8 26. Nd6 Re5 27. Nc8 Ba5 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Na7 Bb6 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Ncb4 a5 32. Nd5 a4 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 Rc6 36. b4 axb3 37. axb3 b4 38. Rxd4 Rxe2 39. Rxb4 Bh3 40. Rbc4 Rd6 41. Re4 Rb2 42. Ree1 Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Nc5 Rdd2 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rb1 Rdxb3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Rd1 Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc2 53. Ra1 Kg6 54. Ra6 Bf5 55. Rd6 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Rc2 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [E10]
    WCh Sofia BUL (7), 2010-05-03
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. f3 Nd5 14. Bd2 e5 15. e4 Bh3 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 exd4 18. a4 Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 Re8 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Rc7 d3 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Ra7 h6 25. Nd2 Bb4 26. Ra1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Re2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne4 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33. Qf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 Kh7 38. Qb1 Qe6 39. Qb5 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. Kf1 Qe7 45. Kg2 Qe6 46. Qd1 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qb1+ Kg7 50. Qd1 Qe3 51. Qc2 Qe2 52. Qa4 Kg8 53. Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56. Qf3 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qd1  ½ - ½ (view game)

    Topalov, V. (2805) - Anand, V. (2787) [D17]
    WCh Sofia BUL (8), 2010-05-04
    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8 20. Rac1 f5 21. e5 Bg5 22. Be3 f4 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26. Bd2 Be7 27. Rc1+ Kd7 28. Bc3 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 Be8 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Kh6 Kg8 47. Bc5 gxh5 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bd4+ Kf7 50. Be5 h4 51. Kxh4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bb5 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Bc6 55. Kh6 Kg8 56. g4  1 - 0 (view game)

  • World Championship Sofia: Tied after 2nd round

    Apr 26, 2010 by 365Chess

    World Chess Championship matches have always had a special flavor when they are contested by players who have held the title at one time or the other. The World Chess Championship 2010 at Sofia which started on Saturday 24th April, a day later than originally scheduled, has reigning Champion Viswanathan Anand of India taking on Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

    The first game of the World Chess Championship match in Sofia was a shocker: in just about an hour Anand was in a lost position. In the middle of some obvious preparation Anand started to think and blundered with 23...Kf7?? which was almost certainly as a result of trying to remember his preparation rather than studying the position.

    Topalov, Veselin (2805) - Anand, Viswanathan (2787) [D87]
    WCh Sofia BUL (1), 2010-02-24
    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 Kf7?? 24.Nxf6!! Kxf6 25.Rh3! Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5! Qxe4 30.Rxc8+  1 - 0 (view game)

    In the first round Viswanathan Anand suffered a painful defeat, casting doubt on his chances at a title defense. So how did he reply: by turtling up and licking his wounds? Not at all – in a dangerous, fighting game the World Champion outplayed challenger Veselin Topalov in positional masterpiece to level the score at 1-1

    Anand showed that a king never loses his majesty, and in a Catalan, the World Champion promptly outplayed Topalov, his challenger, in a positional masterpiece to set the score straight. The betmakers will once again have to reset their predictions as the match starts by living up up to its expectatations with punch and counterpunch

    Anand,V (2787) - Topalov,V (2805) [E04]
    WCh Sofia BUL (2), 2010-04-25
    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 N7f6 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 Bb8 22. a4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 25. R1c4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 g6 28. Rxb6 Ba7 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4  1 - 0 (view game)

  • New Chess Masters Database released

    Apr 8, 2010 by 365Chess

    After some time of development we proudly announce that we just released a new feature: the Masters Database.

    Now you can browse and search a selected database, composed only of games played by both chess masters of 2400 elo and more at the time of the game. So expect to find only the top games of the elite.

    You can use this tool easily. You will find a selector in the Chess Opening Explorer and in the Search Position tools.

    We hope you enjoy it and find this new feature useful!

  • World Champion Vasily Smyslov dies at 89

    Mar 29, 2010 by 365Chess

    Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov was born on March 24, 1921. He was one of the greatest Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. He was World Chess Champion  from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the title on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Smyslov won twice the Soviet Championship (1949, 1955), and won 17 Chess Olympiad medals. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals. He died of heart failure in a Moscow hospital on March 27, 2010, only three days after his 89th birthday.

  • Pawn Sacrifice, the story of Bobby Fisher

    Mar 16, 2010 by 365Chess

    David Fincher will direct Tobey Maguire (Spiderman) as Chess Wizard Bobby Fischer in Sony/Columbia Pictures' "Pawn Sacrifice", according to Deadline Hollywood Daily.

    Fischer, who died in 2008, was the eleventh World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

    The film will tell the life story of American chess icon Bobby Fischer leading up to his historic world championship match against Boris Spassky.

    The flick, which Maguire will also produce, is slated to film this Fall.

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