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Chess Classic Mainz 2008 starts next week
23.07.2008 – The annual Chess Classic in Mainz, Germany, will be held from July 28th to August 3rd, 2008. The big event is the Grenke-Leasing Rapid Chess World Championship with Anand, Morozevich, Carlsen and Judit Polgar. There are a number of Chess 960 events, one a Woman World Championship, and one a category 29 (!) Chess960 Computer World Championship. Full details. |
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Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record
29.07.2008 – Simultaneous events are chess spectacles. Only a few games make it to the textbooks, and the atmosphere is informal and noisy. But Vishy Anand seems undisturbed, concentrating only on breaking a record. He does, finishing with a single draw conceded. The record he broke (four draws in 40 games) was set in Mainz in 1994 – by Vishy Anand! Report on simul and press conference. |
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Mainz 2008: Kosteniuk wins Chess960, Rybka and Shredder qualify
01.08.2008 – Alexandra Kosteniuk won the 2nd FiNet Chess960 Women's Rapid World Championship, beating Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lahno in the final of this shuffle chess variant. On the second day of the computer Chess960 world championship Rybka scored nine points out of twelve games, easily qualifying for the final against Shredder (6.5/12).
Reports and games. |
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Mainz 2008: Anand on Carlsen, Morozevich and Polgar
01.08.2008 – The Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Championship begins on Friday. The record winner, Vishy Anand, is the favourite to win it again. Or is he? Magnus Carlsen, who is developing faster than anyone else; Alexander Morozevich, the most dangerously unorthodox player; and Judit Polgar, the most uncompromising – Anand weighs his chances against these opponents. Indepth interview. |
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Mainz 2008: Anand to face Carlsen in Grenkeleasing final
03.08.2008 – The qualifier stage of the 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Championship in Mainz ended with a victory by World Champion Vishy Anand, who beat Alexander Morozevich twice. Magnus Carlsen beat Judit Polgar to qualify for the final on Sunday against Anand. In the Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship Rybka beat Shredder to take the title. Big illustrated report. |
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Mainz 2008: Anand punishes Carlsen in Grenkeleasing final
04.08.2008 – The final of the 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Championship in Mainz – four 20'+2" rapid chess games – was a one-sided affair. World Champion Vishy Anand took the first two games fairly effortlessly, after which the young challenger Magnus Carlsen got two draws. In the match for third place Alexander Morozevich struggled to beat Judit Polgar in the final game. Big illustrated report. |
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Mainz 2008: Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Ordix Open
05.08.2008 – It was a dramatic last round: when other title contenders were playing short draws Ian Nepomniachtchi showed his fighting spirit and beat world-class GM Evgeny Bareev. "Nepo" shared the top place with Pavel Eljanov (but beat him on tiebreak points). A splendid performance was given by Kateryna Lahno, 18, who scored half a point less and ended up in fifth place. Big illustrated report. |
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Mainz 2008: photographic impressions by Fred Lucas
06.08.2008 – In an age when two billion photographers are loose on the planet it is good to see a few professionals who take their work seriously. One is Fred Lucas of The Netherlands, who was providing us with stunning portraits before digital cameras became essentially a grocery store item. Fred was in Mainz, busy and creative. Here is a sample of his work. |
