The XVII Pampona International took place 21st-29th December 2007 in Pamplona, Spain. GM Francisco Vallejo Pons won the event with a score of 4.5/7 and a performance rating of 2752! Now lets take a look at one of his key victor...
The XX Carlos Torre Memorial took place in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2007. GM Vassily Ivanchuk has won the event after defeating GM Pentala Harikrishna in a Rapid playoff 2-0. GM Ivanchuk now has 3...
The 2007 National Collegiate Championship was held in Houston, Texas from December 7-9, 2007. Rising talent Chaitanya Vaidya won the event with an impressive score of 6/7! Now lets take a look at one of his key victories in the event. Here is FM ...
The 2007 Tal Memorial was held from November 9-19, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. GM Vladimir Kramnik dominated the event with 6.5/9, an amazing +4 score in such a strong field! Now lets take a look at one of the key victories for Kramnik wh...
The 2007 Polfinal Mistrzostw Polski Seniorow took place from November 3 to November 11, 2007. GM Marcin Dziuba won the event with 7/9, an impressive +5 score! Now lets take a look at one of his key victories which led him to win the event. ...
The Magistral "Ciutat de Barcelona 07" was held from October 18-27, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the event with 7/9 at a +5 score! He led the event at every round from start to finish. Now lets take a look at a...
The Calvia Chess Festival was held from October 15 - 23, 2007 in Mallorca, Spain. GM Mikhalevski won the event with an impressive +7 score (8/9)! The final standings were: 1) GM Mikhalevski (8/9) 2) GM Spragett (7/9) 3-11) GM Wojtaszek...
The Essent Tournament was held from October 14-20, 2007 in Hoogeveen, Netherlands. Final standings: 1) GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov (4.5/6) 2) GM Loek van Wely (4/6) 3) GM Ruslan Ponomariov (3.5/6) 4) GM Zaven Andriasyan (0/6) Mamedyarov finishe...
In the men's section the Linex-Magic team were the champions by winning 6 out of 7 matches ending up with a total of 13 match points. The players for Linex-Magic included GM Adams, GM Kamsky, GM Rublevsky, GM Sargissian, GM Cheparinov, IM Pere...
The 2007 Isle of Man event had an exciting finish with 6 players tying for first! The final standings were: 1-6) GM Kobalia, GM Roiz, GM Efimenko, GM Bartel, GM Yakovich, GM Golod (6.5/9) Now I will provide full commentary and annota...
There was an eight way tie for first in the 2007 Miami Chess Open! The final standings were: 1-8) GM Nakamura, GM Izoria, GM Mikhalevski, GM Shabalov, GM Akobian, GM Sadvakasov, GM Panchanathan, IM Sarkar (6.5/9) 9-11) GM Becerra, IM...
Anand is the new world Champion! He was undefeated throughout the event and finished on a +4 score. The final round games were: GM Anand - GM Leko, 1/2-1/2 GM Kramnik - GM Aronian, 1-0 GM Svidler - GM Grischuk, 1-0 GM Morozevich - GM Gelfan...
Anand and Gelfand both draw their games to give Anand a solid lead heading into the last round while Leko defeated Morozevich to get back on an even score. The games were: GM Leko - GM Morozevich, 1-0 GM Grischuk - GM Anand, 1/2-1/2 GM Gel...
Boris Gelfand fights back with a win over Aronian to threaten Anand's lead with two rounds to go. The games were: GM Svidler - GM Anand, 1/2-1/2 GM Aronain - GM Gelfand, 0-1 GM Kramnik - GM Leko, 1-0 GM Morozevich - GM Grischuk, 1-0 &nb...
Amazingly in Round 11 Anand pulled out another win against Morozevich to take a commanding lead with a score of +4! The games were: GM Anand - GM Morozevich, 1-0 GM Gelfand - GM Svidler, 1/2-1/2 GM Grischuk - GM Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 GM Leko - G...
Round 10 saw Aronian defeating Grischuk to get back on an even score. The games were: GM Aronian - GM Grischuk, 1-0 GM Kramnik - GM Anand, 1/2-1/2 GM Gelfand - GM Leko, 1/2-1/2 GM Svidler - GM Morozevich, 1/2-1/2 Standings after 10 o...
There was some exciting action in round 9 with Morozevich defeating Kramnik and Grischuk defeats Gelfand to shake up the standings. The games were: GM Morozevich - GM Kramnik, 1-0 GM Grischuk - GM Gelfand, 1-0 GM Anand - GM Aronian, ...
Peter Leko defeats Alexander Grischuk to get back on an even score after 8 rounds. This was the only decisive game as all other games were drawn. The games for the round were: GM Leko - GM Grischuk, 1-0 GM Gelfand - GM Anand, 1/2-1/...
Anand defeats Grischuk to take the clear lead with an impressive +3 score at the half way point! This was the only decisive game of the round, as all the other games ended in a draw. The games for the round were: GM Anand - GM Grischuk, 1-...
Boris Gelfand defeats Morozevich to join Anand in the lead! This was the only decisive game of the round, the other 3 games were all drawn allowing Gelfand to join Anand at the top of the leaderboard. The games for the round were: GM Gelfan...
Anand takes a win off of Svidler to take first place after 5 rounds! After a rest day round 5 saw 3 decisive games shaking up the standings. The games for round 5 were as follows: GM Anand - GM Svidler, 1-0 GM Gelfand - GM Aronian, 1-0 GM Grischuk...
Levon Aronian bounces back with a win to move out of last place! The FIDE World Championship Tournament is really starting to heat up with some exciting and combative chess. The games for round 4 were as follows: GM Aronian - GM Leko , 1-0 G...
GM Maxim Sorokin suddenly dies after suffering injuries from a recent car accident. While traveling back from the recent candidate matches in Elista he was involved in a car accident. Originally when he arrived at the hospital and the doctors were...
The Dortmund Tournament was held from June 23rd to July 1st. The last round pairings were: Alekseev-Kramnik, Carlsen-Anand, Leko-Mamedyarov, Naiditsch-Gelfand All the final round games were drawn. Kramnik clinched the Dortmund title with a f...
