The Daily Dirt Chess News Blog: September 2011 Archives

Svidler's Black Attack

By Mig on September 17, 2011 03:26 | Permalink | 884 comments

Tags: black power, Grischuk, Svidler, World Cup, zeitnot

Svidler wins game one of World Cup final over Grischuk with black. Three more games to play. Ivanchuk-Pono g1 drawn.

World Cup 2011 r5: Cuban Tiebreak Crisis

By Mig on September 9, 2011 01:21 | Permalink | 108 comments

Tags: Gashimov, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Navara, Polgar, Ponomariov, Radjabov, Svidler, World Cup

Exciting tiebreaks see the big names go through. The quarterfinals: Polgar-Svidler, Ponomariov-Gashimov, Ivanchuk-Radjabov, Navara-Grischuk.

World Cup 2011 r4: Lady's First

By Mig on September 6, 2011 02:04 | Permalink | 153 comments

Tags: endgame, Ivanchuk, Navara, Polgar, scandal, sportsmanship, upset, World Cup, Zherebukh

Round 4 begins Tuesday. Sweet 16: Polgar-Dominguez, Svidler-Kamsky, Ponomariov-Bruzon, Gashimov-Nielsen, Bu-Ivanchuk, Radjabov-Jakovenko, Zherebukh-Navara, Grischuk-Potkin.

Speed Wasn't a Bad Movie

By Mig on September 3, 2011 22:53 | Permalink | 84 comments

Tags: Anand, Aronian, Botvinnik Memorial, brilliancy, Carlsen, Kramnik, rapid

Anand wins the Botvinnik Memorial by a wide margin with 4.5/6 undefeated. Aronian and Kramnik on 3 and Carlsen loses all three games on second day to finish with 1.5.

Botvinnik Memorial 2011

By Mig on September 3, 2011 04:08 | Permalink | 132 comments

Tags: Anand, Aronian, Botvinnik Memorial, Carlsen, Kramnik

Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen, Aronian meet in double round robin of rapid in Moscow to commemorate Botvinnik's 100th birthday. Anand leads on +1 after three rounds of six.

World Cup 2011 r3: Elo's a Bitch

By Mig on September 3, 2011 00:23 | Permalink | 72 comments

Tags: Kamsky, Le Quang Liem, Morozevich, Ponomariov, Potkin, Svidler, Vitiugov, World Cup

Almost all the favorites go through to the round of 32. Biggest matchup in 3rd is Morozevich-Grischuk.

September 2011 Archives