Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I'm Back!

OK, it's about ten months since I last post here, but my road to GM is not over yet and i'm here to finish the job! My Fide rating has improved, as I'm getting nearer and nearer to the Candidate Master title. Obviously is not enough, and I know that i must improve much more quickly if I want to become a GM. I'll start again posting videos, tournament reports and analisys on a daily basis.
So...stay tuned!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Mexico R03: Moro Wins, Anand Holds

Another fighting in Mexico, where the big clash of leaders and top favourites Anand and Kramnik saw Vladimir Kramnik on a Black side of a Russian Defense pushing hard in a favourable endgame (yes, Black can also try to win in the Petroff...), but Vishy Anand

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Mexico R02: Kramnik, Anand win.




Well, that's what is called spectacular!!! Fighting chess in round 2! Vladimir Kramnik destroyed Alexander Morozevich with an unexpected (maybe home-cooked?) knight sacrifice, that led to a very unclear position, but Moro went down on the clock, made some poor moves and all ended quickly. Vishy Anand, simply outplayed his Armenian opponent on a black side of a Semi-slav.
He played a strong novelty which required precise play for White, but Aronian wasn't up to the task.
Svidler tried to squueze a win against Peter Leko, but you know how difficult it is to beat Leko in technical positions...
Gelfand-Grischuk was the only game where there was no real fight.
Well, another 12 rounds like this, and Mexico 2007 will be remembered as the greatest chess tournament ever played!


Friday, September 14, 2007

Mexico 2007: Round Two Pairings

Round 2: Friday, Sept. 14th 2007, 14:00h
Peter Svidler
Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand
Alexander Grischuk
Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Morozevich
These are the pairings for round 2 of the World Chess Chapionship.
What do you think the results will be?

Mexico R01: All Games Drawn




Well, not an exciting start, four draws in less than 30 moves. Perhaps they didn't recover yet for the flight, as the positions that arose after the opening were all interesting.
I hope they'll show more fighting spirit in the next rounds!
Having said that... go Vladimir! :D