Shankland er amerikansk mester


GM Samuel Shankland (t.v.) stod for en stor prestasjon da han
overraskende gikk til topps i det amerikanske mesterskapet i St.Louis.
Shankland vant sine siste tre partier og scoret +6,totalt 8,5 av 11.
VM-utfordrer GM Fabiano Caruana endte på 2.plass med 8 poeng,
som normalt skulle holdt til seier. GM Wesley So ble nummer 3 med
6,5 før GM Hikaru Nakamura på 4.plass med 5,5 poeng. I dameklassen
blir det omspill mellom Nazi Paikidze og Annie Wang. Begge scoret
8 av 11.IM Irina Krush tok 7 mens IM Anna Zatonskih scoret 6,5.
Positivt med omspillet er at vi slipper Krush slenging av brikker som du
ser av denne videoen fra et omspill med Zatonskih for noen år siden…

The 1.Bundesliga finishes


The German 1.Bundesliga has its last three rounds from Sunday
til Tuesday. All the teams play together in the Mariott hotel in Berlin.
Before the 13th round today Baden-Baden and Solingen have 21
points. Hockenheim has 18 points.The 13th round starts today at
14.00. Follow all the games live on the homepage of the organizer.
On the picture we see GM Daniel Fridman (left) who plays for Mülheim
Nord.

Magnus won Shamkir


World Champion Magnus Carlsen (left) played an excellent
tournament in Shamkir and won with 6 points after 9 rounds. Magnus
had a great finish, beating Topalov and Giri and drawing Liren in the
last round. This was the first time since ages, that Magnus beat
Topalov. A very important victory. Magnus also destroyed Giri with
the black pieces. To win a real top tournament with many of the best
players in the world must give Magnus a boost. Ling was second with
5,5 points. Solid Karjakin was third with 5 points after beating Topalov
in the final round.