MTel Chess 2009

MTel is on! The chess machines of the world are playing.Please click here on my WP-blog to see the results and chess graphics of the rounds too.The link will open in a new window.

Topalov played a game blindfolded before the start of the tournament.

South Africa, Dresden and round 6

Ivanchuk takes Leon Chess

Image:chessdom

Read HERE more on Chessdom.


Game 1: Anand 0-1 Ivanchuk
Game 2: Ivanchuk 0-1 Anand
Game 3: Anand 1/2 Ivanchuk
Game 4: Ivanchuk 1-0 Anand
Ivanchuk wins 2.5-1.5


GM Ivanchuk (2740) - GM Anand (2803) [E55]
Leon Rapid Chess, 01.06.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0–0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.d5 Nc5 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.Nb5 exd5 14.Nc7 Qe4?? (14...Qxe2 +=) 15.Rd4 Qg6 16.Nh4 White wins 1–0

GM Ivanchuk (2740) - GM Anand (2803) [B90]
Leon Rapid Chess - Game 2, 01.06.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0–0 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Ng5 Bc4 13.f4 Nbd7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Rf5 Bb4 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Qe1 h6 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Qg3 Bxf5 20.exf5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Re1 Nxb3 23.axb3 b5 24.h3 Rac8 25.Nxe5 Re8 26.b4 Qd6 Black wins 0–1



Game 1:

GM Anand (2803) - GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B47]
Rapid Chess - Game 1 Final, 01.06.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rd7 16.Bd3 Re8 17.f5 e5 18.Be3 Kh8 19.Bg5 Nh5 20.Qh4 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Nf6 22.Rf3 Qc5 23.Rg3 Rg8 24.Rh3 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Rb1 Rc7 27.Rh6 d5 28.exd5 Qb6 29.Na4 Qd6 30.Rh4 Bxd5 31.Nc3 Rb8 32.Qc1 e4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Qc6 35.Qe3 Qxc2 36.Rg1 f6 37.Qd4 Rd7 38.Nxf6 gxf6 39.Qxf6+ Rg7 40.Rg4 Qxb2 Black wins 0–1


Source: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html

Ivanchuk MTel Masters rounds 4 and 5

MTel Masters was a tournament played earlier in middle May...see other posts about it too... and Ivanchuk was the winner....

Ivanchuk takes MTel Masters

Enjoy the game of round 10, the final round. This is Ivanchuk's game against Cheparinov. Ivanchuk is the winner in the Mtel Masters tournament that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria and which ended the 18th May.

MTel Chess rounds 9 and 10

Ivanchuk...image:Chessdom

Update: Final results...after round 10.
Ivanchuk is the Winner of MTel Masters 2008!

Ivanchuk Vassily 2740 UKR 8
Topalov Veselin 2767 BUL 6,5
Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5,5
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 4
Bu Xiangzhi 2708 CHN 3
Aronian Levon 2763 ARM 3


Results round 10…the final round…
Topalov, V vs Radjabov, T….1/2
Cheparinov, I vs Ivanchuk, V….0-1
Aronian, L vs Xiangzhi, Bu….1/2


Please click HERE to follow the results of the other rounds played in this tournament. I will update this post on the results of rounds 9 and 10. Round 9 is scheduled for today and the final round tomorrow. This tournament is taking place in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Please click on the images for a larger view.

Round 9: ...End position...Radjabov and Cheparinov...1/2

Round 9:...End position....Xingzhi vs Topalov...1-0!!





Round 9: ...End position...Ivanchuk vs Aronian... 1/2

Linares 2008 round 13

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