Yesterday it was the day D. The long-time awaited match between the current world champion Vishy Anand and his challenger Veselin Topalov started in Sofia, Bulgaria. The first game was very attractive. Topalov sacrified a pawn for initiative. And later even knight. It seems that Anand’s first own move (out of his home prepration) was [...]
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World Chess Championship Match: First game, first blood: Vishy Anand – Veselin Topalov 0:1
April 25th, 2010 
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Judit Polgar won match against David Navara with the final score 6:2
April 25th, 2010 petrs The best women chess player of the world Judit Polgar (2682) knocked down the best Czech chess player David Navara (2708) in their rapid chess match with outstanding score 6:2. The match was decided after the day 2, when the score was 4,5:1,5. The match was held in Prague (see the article Polgar – Navara [...]
Top 50 chess tweeters to follow on Twitter
April 23rd, 2010 petrs If you are an active user of Twitter then you may remember Friday madness called Follow Friday. In short, the Follow Friday is used to call attention to other Twitter users that they should be checked out and followed. I publish my tweets with recommened users each Friday on my Twitter account PetrS. But why [...]
Polgar – Navara match begins in Prague today
April 22nd, 2010 petrs The most famous and the world’s best female chessplayer Judit Polgar is coming to Prague at the end of April to play a match with the best Czech chess player David Navara and also to play simul against businessmen, artists and sportsmen. Judit Polgar has been for over ten years by far the strongest player [...]
Field Finalized for 2010 U.S. Chess Championship
April 21st, 2010 petrs SAINT LOUIS, April 20, 2010–The final four spots have been filled for the 2010 U.S. Championship, which is set for May 13-25 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL). The 24-player field was finalized today with the four, official wildcard selections: Grandmaster Alexander Stripunsky (NJ), Grandmaster Vinay Bhat (CA) and International [...]
FIDE World Chess Championship postponed 1 day
April 21st, 2010 petrs According the FIDE site the match between Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov will start on Saturday (instead of Friday). Here is the official message: “In accordance with chapter 7.4 of the match regulations as well as article 2.4 of the 2010 World Chess Championship Agreement, the 1st game of the match will be postponed by [...]
Anand – Topalov match should start on Friday (no postponement)
April 20th, 2010 petrs As I wrote two days ago in the post Will the World Championship Match Anand-Topalov be Delayed over Volcanic Cloud?, Wishy Anand had problems to get in Sofia, Bulgaria (where the match will be held) in time and he asked for 3 days postponement of the beginning of the match. It was expected that the [...]
