by scribe | Aug 28, 2013 | current news, tournaments
The semifinal round of the World Cup had a somewhat surreal aspect to it. Looking at the games, it seems clear that the players were exhausted. The first two “classical” games were drawn in 14 and 16 moves respectively, as the players took a break from the...
by scribe | Aug 25, 2013 | current news, tournaments
We’re down to the final four players now in the World Cup, and it’s a final four that nobody in the world expected. Do you think I’m kidding? Let’s take a look. Evgeny Tomashevsky — 26-year-old Russian grandmaster, according to Wikipedia...
by scribe | Aug 22, 2013 | current news, tournaments
The fourth-round matches in the World Cup are complete, and again they were full of surprises and unbelievably nerve-wracking chess. To briefly summarize a long and sometimes agonizing day, the winners were Dmitry Andreikin (a surprise winner over Sergey Karjakin),...
by scribe | Aug 21, 2013 | chess clubs, current news, games, positions, tournaments
As you can see from the photograph, I am not the only creature in my household who has been following the World Cup with fascination! Ginger Snap is one of our temporary visitors, a foster kitten whom we are taking care of until she is old enough for someone to adopt...
by scribe | Aug 18, 2013 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
“We’re looking for heroes,” said Sergey Shipov in his commentary on the World Cup today at www.chesstv.ru. What Shipov meant was that some of the players with their backs against the wall — Aronian, Grischuk, Adhiban, Moiseenko, Hammer,...
