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Alien vs. chess predator — A bitter political fight between the eccentric, alien-spotting president of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilymuzhinov, and legendary chess champion Anatoly Karpov is splitting the chess world in two. The row over who will lead the World Chess Federation is also creating a schism in Russian chess circles, with both men claiming the support of the national federation – and both bringing in some unlikely heavyweight hitters to support their cause. In Ilyumzhinov’s corner is Kremlin economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich, the chairman of the Russian Chess Federation, while backing Karpov is his longtime rival for the world chess crown, Garry Kasparov – the strongest chess player of all time and now an outspoken ...
Final Four at U.S. Chess Championship Is Set — Holding true to form, the top four players in the U.S. Chess Championship, based on their pre-tournament ratings, qualified for the final on Thursday. They will play a mini-tournament amongst themselves, with each player facing each of the other competitors once, to determine a chess champion. The other 20 players in the chess championship will continue in their Swiss system tournament for another two rounds. They will essentially be playing for places fifth through twenty-fourth. The four finalists — Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Alexander Onischuk and Yuri Shulman — each scored five points in their first seven games and they did it in the same way: They beat most ...
In High-Stakes Chess, Rivals Can Suddenly Become Allies — When it comes to strange bedfellows, politics has nothing on chess. The sight last week of Garry Kasparov at a New York City fund-raiser for his longtime rival Anatoly Karpov, who is running for president of the World Chess Federation, was odd enough. Then there was Viswanathan Anand’s revelation in an interview that Kasparov had given him advice and looked over some of his openings before and during his victorious world chess championship match against Veselin Topalov. Kasparov and Anand also have a history of rivalry, and they competed for the world chess championship in 1995, a match that Kasparov won. Kasparov once even dismissed Anand as a “coffeehouse player.” ...
Kamsky and Shulman Win and Will Play for U.S. Title — They’ll play one game for the title. And if it ends in a draw, they’ll play some more. Gata Kamsky and Yuri Shulman will square off Monday in a game that could determine the United States Chess Champion. Kamsky and Shulman are tied for the lead of the chess championship after both won Sunday. Kamsky, the No. 2 seed, was expected to be a factor in the tournament. Sunday, he beat Alexander Onischuk, the No. 3 seed, in the process breaking Onischuk’s 49-game unbeaten streak in U.S. Chess Championships. It was a tense contest, where neither player had much of an edge for most of the game. According to the Web site of the chess championship, Kamsky even offered ...
Eljanov Easily Wins Final Chess Grand Prix — The last Grand Prix tournament ended somewhat anticlimactically on Monday in Astrakhan, Russia, as Pavel Eljanov of Russia easily secured first place. (He had wrapped up at least a tie with a round to go.) The real drama was over who would gain enough points to earn a spot in the Candidates matches or tournament, as the format has still not been settled on. (Nor has a time or a place been announced, which is par for the course with the World Chess Federation.) With a tie for second, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan finished second in the six-tournament series behind Levon Aronian of Armenia. Radjabov, who was tied for second place in the Grand Prix before the chess ...
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