Her er løsningen på søndagsnøtta.Izoria-Shmeliov:1.Tg8? ble spilt i diagramstillingen og etter 1.-e3 2.Te8 Kd4 3.Kg6 Kd3 endte partiet remis. Etter 1.Kh6! e3 2.Kh5 e2 3.Tg1 Ke4 4.Kg4 Ke3 5.Kg3 og 6.Kf2 hadde hvit vunnet.
Grandmaster Hristos Banikas (GRE 2618) won the Isthmia-tournament after drawing GM Sergey A.Fedorchuk (UKR 2669). Banikas scored 7,5 points in 9 rounds.His countrymen GM Ioannis Papaioannou (GRE 2624) and GM Stelios Halkias (GRE 2567) took silver and bronze with 7 points. GM Sergey Fedorchuk also scored 7 points.
Exworldchampion Vladimir Kramnik was under hard pressure against GM Anton Korobov in the second game in their quarterfinalmatch of the FIDE World Cup in Tromsø. Kramnik managed to save a lost position and advances to the semifinals where he will face the winner of the match between GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Maxier Vachier- Lagrave. They played another draw yesterday and are tied at 1-1. GM Evgeny Tomashevsky exploited on some errors from GM Gata Kamsky and won with black. He is through to the semis after 1,5-0,5 against the American. He will play the winner of the match between GM Peter Svidler and GM Dmitry Andreikin. They played a short draw yesterday and with 1-1 that match is also going to be decided in the playoff today. Read a report from yesterday in Chess Base and follow today`s playoff on the homepage. The playoff will start 3. p.m. (15.00). http://chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4010893/world-cup-52-tomashevsky-kramnik-advance-250813.aspx http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/ Foto:organizer
Der deutsche Grossmeister Vitaly Kunin hat das Turnier in Schwarzach gewonnen. Er sammelte 7 Punkte in neun Runden.Auf den Rängen folgte GM Mladen Palac (CRO) und IM Artem Smirnov (RUS) mit 6,5 Punkten. Kunin gewann dieses Turnier auch in 2010, damals mit 9 Punkten in 9 Runden! Der Topfavorit GM Vladimir Epishin (RUS 2598) enttäuschte mit 5,5 Punkten und nur 11.Platz. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr93204.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=0&wi=821 Foto:Wikipedia
Garma-Barbosa,Asiatisk mesterskap, Manila 2013. Hva skal svart gjøre her? gå med kongen eller d-bonden? Svart trekker og holder remis. Løsningen kommer søndag.
