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Boris Gelfand won the 7th game of the World Chess Championship in
Moscow against Viswanathan Anand finally breaking the deadlock after 6 draws. This is his first win at a classical time control since a 29 move win at the Biel
Interzonal of 1993. Gelfand played 6.c5 against Anand’s Semi-Slav and got a small positional
advantage. Anand however didn’t much like his position and he said after
“I started to drift a little bit in the opening and the rest revolved around my bishop on c8″,
Anand added he didn’t like his 20….Rab8. 21….Ne4 seems to have been
a real error and after 23…g5 showed he was desperate “In a bad position usually all moves are bad”.
Gelfand moved in surely for the kill and calmly ignored Anand’s inadequate counter-attack
and threatened mate himself to force resignation. This was one of the most
interesting openings, and the decisive game should hopefully intensify the battle for the remaining games.
IM Malcolm Pein looks at the game and has quotes from Peter Leko and Anatoly Karpov who
were in the commentary box.

Source: The Week in Chess

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The motto of the World Chess Federation is “Gens una sumus,” which is Latin for “We are one family.” The stories of two boys show how chess can live up to that lofty ideal, or fall short. One of the boys, Fahim Mohammad, 11, won the French national chess championship for boys under 12 last month. Fahim and his family, originally from Bangladesh, arrived in France and sought to become legal residents, but they were turned down. They struggled to survive and were often taken in by members of the Cr?teil Chess Club. The Mohammads were ordered deported in 2010 but remained in the country illegally. But after Fahim won the chess championship, the family’s immigration status became public and the effort to …

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After six straight draws in the first half of the World Chess Championship between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand in Moscow, the second half of the match finally produced a decisive game.
Vishy Anand had the black pieces for the second game in a r…

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Top seeds China 1, India draw in Asian Nations Cup

The top two seeds China 1 and India played to a 2:2 draw to set the pace after 3 rounds of the Asian Nations Cup in Zao Zhuang, China. Tied for the lead are Iran and China 2 men. In the Women’s China 1 beat China 2 by 3:1 to grab solo lead of the round robin tournament.

In an all-GM battle, Wang Hao beat Sasikiran and Ding Liren beat Negi to score for China. But Hari Krishna beat GM Wang Yue and Gupta beat Yu Yangyi to even the score for India.

Visit chess-results.com for pairings and standings. Watch live games for the Open and the Women’s. Please look at the video report from the Opening Ceremony & Round 1 of the Asian Nations Cup 2012 in Zaozhuang, China: http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMzk5MTQwMzk2/v.swf

China 2 edged Vietnam 2?-1?. Games were drawn on boards 1 to 3 but GM Wen Yang scored the winning point against IM Nguyen Van Huy.

More here: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/6163-top-seeds-china-1-india-draw-in-asian-nations-cup.html

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The 9th edition of Deltalift Open was held on 17-19th May in Halmstad, Sweden. The tournament was organzied by the Harplinge Schacks?llskap and offered 4100 EUR in prizes.

130 players competed in the Swiss event with 8 rounds. First four rounds were quickplay with 45 minutes per player, while the remaining four were played with 2 hours / 40 moves + 30 minutes for rest of game.

Grandmaster Emanuel Berg took a clear first place with 7/8 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack. Hans Tikkanen and Jonny Hector also arrived directly from the Sigeman & Co tournament.

Final standings (Swedish elo) – top finishers:

1 GM Berg Emanuell SWE 2627 – 7
2 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2636 – 6.5
3 GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger SWE 2663 – 6.5
4 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2555 – 6.5
5 IM Ziegler Ari SWE 2418 – 6.5
6 Mohammadi Amir SWE 2324 – 6.5
7 GM Hector Jonny SWE 2630 – 6
8 Lundstedt Peter SWE 2200 – 6
9 ?stling H?kan SWE 2269 – 6
10 Lindgren Philip SWE 2304 – 6
11 ?berg Anton SWE 2403 – 6
12 Arnelind Mikael SWE 2256 – 5.5
13 Lind Jan-Olov SWE 2238 – 5.5
14 Rosell Tomas SWE 2200 – 5.5
15 FM Frisk Kockum Anton SWE 2410 – 5.5
16 Fransson Peter SWE 2312 – 5.5
17 Nilsson Patrik SWE 2113 – 5.5
18 Lindh Fredrik SWE 2290 – 5.5
19 Lindborg Patrik SWE 2230 – 5.5
20 Madebrink Lars SWE 2271 – 5.5
21 Kumar Rahul SWE 2252 – 5.5
22 J?nsson Krister SWE 2133 – 5.5

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Garry Kasparov visited the World Chess Championship match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand in Moscow on Friday, and gave some typically blunt opinions in a press conference.
Selected questions from the media and answers from Kasparov are bel…

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Garry Kasparov attended the World Chess Championship on May 18th 2012 during game 6. After the well reported press appearances he gave a simultaneous exhibition against some Russian and European Juniors. He drew two games. Three of the games and some photos below.

Source: The Week in Chess

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Anand and Gelfand start the World Chess Championship 2012 all games start at 14:00 CET. It will be commented by the European Team Champion GM Arkadij Naiditsch live on Chessdom.com.

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