Welcome to the live coverage of the World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk on Chessdom.com! Join us in the following days for live games commentary together with GM Christian Bauer, NM Pete Karagianis, Jason Juett and many other titled GM special guests.

Chess World Cup 2009 live commentary with GM Christian Bauer Welcome to the live coverage of the World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk on Chessdom.com! Join us in the following days for live games commentary together with GM Christian Bauer, NM Pete Karagianis, Jason Juett and many other titled GM special guests. Besides, there will [...]

Chess World Cup 2009 live commentary with GM Christian Bauer Welcome to the live coverage of the World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk on Chessdom.com! Join us in the following days for live games commentary together with GM Christian Bauer, NM Pete Karagianis, Jason Juett and many other titled GM special guests. Besides, there will [...]

“We’re ready. We’ve been preparing long and hard for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play against the world’s best,” said Antonio, the most-experienced player in the three-man Filipino delegation in the knockout-style tournament

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Welcome to the final day of World Blitz Chess 2009 live coverage on Chessdom.com! Stay tuned with us for live results, games, and information from the World Blitz.

Carlsen took the lead after very dramatic first 7 rounds and a direct match victory against Anand. After a few changes of leadership in the second part of the day, Carlsen managed to keep one point advantage ahead of Anand. Karjakin made a strong day and is within striking distance 14 rounds before the end of World Blitz Chess 2009.

The games will be LIVE in the new improved system for live commenting with Rybka and Toga real time analysis

The World Blitz Chess Championship 2009 will take place after the Tal Memorial, completing a series of very strong events in Russia for this year. The playing site is Moscow, and the blitz championship dates are 16-18.11.2009.

Alsina’s win against top seed Alexey Dreev was arguably his best game of the tournament. He found an important improvement in one of Dreev’s pet lines: the 6…Bd7 Rauzer. This game was played on November 7th, and thanks to ChessVibes Openings its theoretical relevance has become clear already.