Author Archives: Yelena Dembo

Books, lessons and time…

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Despite having very many lessons every day I have managed to practically finish studying the “Open Spanish” by GM Mikhalevsky! The next goal after finishing the book is to check the “Play the French” book by IM John Watson for new ideas and plans since not only I play against the French but also many of my students play the French and against it!
I just wish there were more hours in the day! 😀

Reykjavik Open 2013

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A very strong open tournament starts in Reykjavik today. There are 228 participating and the top players include GMs Giri, Vachier-Lagrave , Navara, Cheparinov, etc. The first round will be played later today.

Top 10 pairs of the 1st round

1 GM Giri Anish 2722 – Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2071
2 Mihajlov Svetoslav 2071 – GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 GM Navara David 2710 – Marentini Marcel 2069
4 Hoegener Claude 2059 – GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM Ding Liren 2709 – Mihajlov Sebastian 2059
6 Heerde Thomas 2053 – GM Yu Yangyi 2688
7 GM So Wesley 2684 – Palmqvist Fredrik 2050
8 Ragnarsson Johann 2046 – GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
9 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 – Doell Detlef 2044
10 WFM Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 2041 – GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644

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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic final round

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Yesterday was a another great day for Anand who won against Naiditsch to take the 1st clear place with 6.5 points out of 10 games! Caruana tried to win the game against Fridman for 7 hours but didn’t manage and despite leading the whole event had to settle for 2nd place with 6 points. Adams and Meier shared 3rd-4th.

Results of the final round

Fridman 1/2 Caruana
Adams 1/2 Meier
Naiditsch 0-1 Anand

Final standings

1.Anand 6.5
2.Caruana 6
3-4. Adams, Meier 5
5.Naiditsch 4
6.Fridman 3.5

Games of the final round

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