Svidler wins Russian superfinal, Morozevich 2nd

Morozevich has been doing great since his long lay off. He defeated Svidler in the final round to finish 2nd in the Russian superfinal 2011.



Final round results

Morozevich, Alexander	- Svidler, Peter	1-0
Galkin, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Karjakin, Sergey	½
Timofeev, Artyom	- Grischuk, Alexander	½

Final standings

1.	Svidler, Peter	g	2739	5	2869
2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	2694	4½	2820
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2788	4	2754
4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2746	4	2760
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	2781	4	2755
6.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2711	3	2665
7.	Galkin, Alexander	g	2598	2	2574
8.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	2665	1½	2492

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org

Svidler wins Russian Superfinal with one round to go

Standings after 6 (of 7) rounds

1.	Svidler, Peter	g	2739	5
2-4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2746	3½
2-4.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2788	3½
2-4.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	2694	3½
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	2781	3
6.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2711	2½
7.	Galkin, Alexander	g	2598	2
8.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	2665	1

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org

Svidler wins again, leads Russian Superfinal

Round 5 results

Svidler, Peter	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0
Karjakin, Sergey	- Timofeev, Artyom	1-0
Grischuk, Alexander	- Galkin, Alexander	1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Morozevich, Alexander	½

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org

Svidler leads Russian Superfinal by a full point

Round 5 results

Timofeev, Artyom	- Svidler, Peter	½
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0
Galkin, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	½
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org



Standings after round 5

1.	Svidler, Peter	g	2739	4
2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	2694	3
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2788	2½
4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2746	2½
5.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2711	2½
6.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	2781	2½
7.	Galkin, Alexander	g	2598	2
8.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	2665	1

Svidler and Morozevich lead Russian Superfinal

Round 4 results

Svidler, Peter	- Galkin, Alexander	1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0
Karjakin, Sergey	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1
Morozevich, Alexander	- Timofeev, Artyom	1-0

Standings after 4 rounds

1-2.	Svidler, Peter	g	2739	3
1-2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	2694	3
3-5.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2788	2
3-5.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2746	2
3-5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	2781	2
6-7.	Galkin, Alexander	g	2598	1½
6-7.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2711	1½
8.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	2665	1

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org/

Svidler beat Kramnik to lead Russian Superfinal

Round 1 results

Svidler, Peter	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0
Grischuk, Alexander	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½
Karjakin, Sergey	- Morozevich, Alexander	½
Galkin, Alexander	- Timofeev, Artyom	½

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org/

World Team Chess Championship - Round 4

By Chess Coach William Stewart

Original article along with with interactive PGN's on Round 4 of the World Team Chess Championship available on William's site.

Azerbaijan Beats Russia Convincingly

Grischuk's opening preparation was clearly insufficient as he emerged from the opening down a pawn and in a clearly worse position on the black side of Ruy Lopez. Gashimov continued to actively press, won another pawn, and forced Grischuk's resignation on move 39. Guseinov ensured his team's success with a solid tactical win over Svidler on board 4. Svidler chose an interesting variation of the Sicilian Kan, similar to a Hedgehog formation - however he was unable to achieve any counterplay on the queenside and Guseinov was essentially left a free hand to force through in the center. Svidler's passivity and lack of coordination allowed Guseinov to spectacularly break the black position open with 26. f5!? and 28. Nf5! - leading to a decisive win of material for white.

Guseinov Vs Svidler - Position after 28. Nf5!

Hungary Topples Strong Ukrainian Team

Peter Leko made the difference with the black pieces against Vassily Ivanchuk on board 1 today, as every other game was drawn. Ivanchuk is viable to play any opening, making it extremely difficult for opponents to prepare against him. However, a downside is that sometimes he doesn't know his own opening thoroughly enough. This seemed to happen today, as Leko rapidly achieved a crushing position with the Marshall Attack against Ivanchuk's Ruy Lopez. The idea of sacrificing a piece with 18. ...f4! was not new to Leko as he played very quickly at this point - however Ivanchuk was not prepared and spent 62 minutes on moves 18, 19, and 20. Not only did this hurt the Ukranian #1 on the clock, it landed him in an extremely difficult position due to the complicated imbalances of material and coordination. Ivanchuk tried to put up a defense, however Leko had more than ample time to accurately find and execute the win.

Ivanchuk Vs Leko - Position after 18. ...f4!

Original article along with with interactive PGN's on Round 4 of the World Team Chess Championship available on William's site. Game PGNs and Results at the Official Site

World Team Chess Championship - Round 4

By Chess Coach William Stewart

Original article along with with interactive PGN's on Round 4 of the World Team Chess Championship available on William's site.

Azerbaijan Beats Russia Convincingly

Grischuk's opening preparation was clearly insufficient as he emerged from the opening down a pawn and in a clearly worse position on the black side of Ruy Lopez. Gashimov continued to actively press, won another pawn, and forced Grischuk's resignation on move 39. Guseinov ensured his team's success with a solid tactical win over Svidler on board 4. Svidler chose an interesting variation of the Sicilian Kan, similar to a Hedgehog formation - however he was unable to achieve any counterplay on the queenside and Guseinov was essentially left a free hand to force through in the center. Svidler's passivity and lack of coordination allowed Guseinov to spectacularly break the black position open with 26. f5!? and 28. Nf5! - leading to a decisive win of material for white.

Guseinov Vs Svidler - Position after 28. Nf5!

Hungary Topples Strong Ukrainian Team

Peter Leko made the difference with the black pieces against Vassily Ivanchuk on board 1 today, as every other game was drawn. Ivanchuk is viable to play any opening, making it extremely difficult for opponents to prepare against him. However, a downside is that sometimes he doesn't know his own opening thoroughly enough. This seemed to happen today, as Leko rapidly achieved a crushing position with the Marshall Attack against Ivanchuk's Ruy Lopez. The idea of sacrificing a piece with 18. ...f4! was not new to Leko as he played very quickly at this point - however Ivanchuk was not prepared and spent 62 minutes on moves 18, 19, and 20. Not only did this hurt the Ukranian #1 on the clock, it landed him in an extremely difficult position due to the complicated imbalances of material and coordination. Ivanchuk tried to put up a defense, however Leko had more than ample time to accurately find and execute the win.

Ivanchuk Vs Leko - Position after 18. ...f4!

Original article along with with interactive PGN's on Round 4 of the World Team Chess Championship available on William's site. Game PGNs and Results at the Official Site

Super Russian Championship

The Russian Chess Championships in August will be one of the highlights of the year. The field will be Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Galkin and Artyom Timofeev. The event has taken place in December in recent years but in order to secure the participation of the best players it had to move to avoid clashes with the London Chess Classic and an event in China. This news came as part of an article with an interview with Alexander Morozevich where he reveals that he considered himself retired since January 2010 but now is on the point of resuming his career.

Source: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic