Chess Superpower

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
Ningbo, China, September 2-12, 2009

1 Poland 10
2 China I 9
3 Ukrain 8
4 Russian 8
5 Armenian 8
6 Georgian 7
7 India 7
8 American 6
9 China II 6
10 Vietnam 1

Two rounds left.

[Haykakan]

Re: Chess Superpower

It is very impressive that Armenia has done so well in both men's and women's chess on the highest level of compitition. I must say that seeing georgia up here is a surprise to me i guess their women are much better then the men in chess.

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

Grand Slam Masters Final
Bilbao - Spain
September 6-12, 2009

Standings after round 3

1 Levon Aronian 6
2 Alexander Grischuk 6
3 Sergei Karjakin 4
4 Alexei Shirov 1

Three rounds left.

3 - Points per win
1 - Point per draw
0 - Point per loss

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
Ningbo, China, September 2-12, 2009

Standings after Round 8

One round left- Armenia will play against Ukrain

1 China I 11
2 Armenian 10
3 Ukrain 10
4 Poland 10
5 Georgian 9
6 Russian 9
7 India 7
8 American 6
9 China II 6
10 Vietnam 2

Haykakan ours are about at the top. Today they won China team II 2.5 - 1.5

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

Grand Slam Masters Final
Bilbao - Spain
September 6-12, 2009

Standings after round 4

1 Levon Aronian 9
2 Alexander Grischuk 6
3 Sergei Karjakin 5
4 Alexei Shirov 2

Two rounds left.

3 - Points per win
1 - Point per draw
0 - Point per loss

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

Grand Slam Masters Final
Bilbao - Spain
September 6-12, 2009

Standings after round 5

1 Levon Aronian 12
2 Alexander Grischuk 7
3 Sergei Karjakin 6
4 Alexei Shirov 2

One rounds left.

Aronian won Shirov and regardless of the last round results he is the winner.
Congratulations he is becoming as firm as Tigran Petrosyan who was famous in terms of strong defense and rarely lost any game.

3 - Points per win
1 - Point per draw
0 - Point per loss

[Haykakan]

Re: Chess Superpower

Grats to Aronian. I thought for a while he was declining but it is good to see him on top again.

[gegev]

Re: Chess Superpower

Grand Slam Masters Final
Bilbao - Spain
September 6-12, 2009

Standings after final round

1 Levon Aronian 13
2 Alexander Grischuk 8
3 Sergei Karjakin 7
4 Alexei Shirov 3

Note please the huge difference between the first and second places; 5 points.


Congratulations he is becoming as firm as Tigran Petrosyan who was famous in terms of strong defense and rarely lost any game.

[Pazooki]

Re: Chess Superpower

Gratz to Mr. Levon Aronian.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Chess Superpower

Chess players Kasparov, Karpov get ready for rematch marking 25th anniversary of famed bout

MADRID, Spain - Chess eminences Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are dusting off their knights and pawns for an exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout - a grueling one that lasted five months and was eventually halted.

The two former champions will play 12 games of two kinds of speed chess starting Tuesday in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia. The four-day match is the highlight of a chess conference organized by the regional government, town hall and corporate sponsors.

Kasparov, 46, is considered by some to have been the best player in chess history. He retired from top-level professional play in 2005, saying that after a career in which he had become chess' youngest-ever champion at age 22 and dominated the game for two decades, he had little left to achieve.

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