Russian Grandmaster Aleksandr Rakhmanov preserved the lead from the penultimate round and won the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship with 7,5/9 points. With the top four boards being drawn and a couple of decisive results further bellow, the number of players on the shared second place grew to eight. Among them is the talented Chinese [...]
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Video from Zurich by Vijay Kumar for Chessdom.com
Video by Vijay Kumar for Chessdom.com
The games were exciting, yet not decisive
Press conferences with all players and interview with Anand
Report of round 8 and videos by Vijay Kumar and GM Damian Lemos
Carlsen, Aronian, Van Wely, and Yifan Hou scored full points at round 6 of the Tata Steel 2013 chess tournament. With this Magnus Carlsen took the lead in the A group, while Yifan Hou proved she deserves to be part of this year’s competition. Video with highlights and interviews by Vijay Kumar for Chessdom.com
Analysis by GM Damian Lemos
The Tata Steel 2013, taking place in Wijk Aan Zee 12-28 January, is officially opened. The drawing of lots gave interesting pairings right from the start. Carlsen – Caruana and Anand – Nakamura in group A, Naiditsch – Movsesian in group B, and Peralta starting vs Goryachkina in group C are the headliners of the [...]
