Sunday, 8 May 2011
Candidates Matches, Quarter Finals, Game 4
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2808 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | |||||
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2747 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2785 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | |||||
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2775 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1.5 | |||||
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2.5 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | |||||
| Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE | 2772 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1.5 |
Kamsky and Gelfand are through to the semis next Thursday. Aronian, Grishuk, Krammnik and Radjabov play tiebreaks tomorrow.
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Candidates Matches, Quarter Finals, Game 3
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2808 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1.5 | ||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2747 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1.5 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2785 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1.5 | ||||||
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1.5 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2775 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1.0 | ||||||
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.0 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE | 2772 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1.0 |
Friday, 6 May 2011
Candidates Matches, Quarter Finals, Game 2
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Rpd3 | Rpd4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2808 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 | |||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2747 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Rpd3 | Rpd4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2785 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 | |||||||
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Rpd3 | Rpd4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2775 | ½ | 0 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | ½ | 1 | 1.5 |
Nat. | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | Rpd1 | Rpd2 | Rpd3 | Rpd4 | Tot. | Perf | |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 | |||||||
| Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE | 2772 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
Chess Today
A Buckley Mold player has appeared in 4th May edition of Chess Today in their Beware: Blunder! column. Oh, the shame...
Our last example came from one of our readers:
"Hi, Alex!
In CT-3825 you said "Blunders don't get worse than the one made in a recent match in the London Chess League", so I thought I would send you my recent blunder:
S. Dunning – J. McCabe
Wirral Chess League 2, 22.04.2011
I had a winning position (for example, White can play 61.f4! gxf4 62.¦d3), but threw it all away in one move: 61.¦g2?? hxg2 0–1
The interesting question is why we make such mistakes. Tiredness at the end of a long game (and day) is one reason. In this case I think I had convinced myself that the pawn on h3 could not move...
Our last example came from one of our readers:
"Hi, Alex!
In CT-3825 you said "Blunders don't get worse than the one made in a recent match in the London Chess League", so I thought I would send you my recent blunder:
Wirral Chess League 2, 22.04.2011
I had a winning position (for example, White can play 61.f4! gxf4 62.¦d3), but threw it all away in one move: 61.¦g2?? hxg2 0–1
The interesting question is why we make such mistakes. Tiredness at the end of a long game (and day) is one reason. In this case I think I had convinced myself that the pawn on h3 could not move...
With best regards,
Stephen Dunning"y
Stephen Dunning"y
Candidates Matches, Quarter Finals, Game 1
Nat. | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2808 | ½ | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2747 | ½ | 0.5 |
Nat. | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2785 | ½ | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | ½ | 0.5 |
Nat. | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2775 | ½ | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | ½ | 0.5 |
Nat. | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | ½ | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE | 2772 | ½ | 0.5 |
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Message From Chester & Distict Chess League Mailing List: (edited)
Hi All,
There are only 5 remaining fixtures unaccounted for.
Division 1
As previously mentioned, Wrexham are champions. Colwyn Bay secured 2nd place ahead of Chester after beating them 3.5-1.5.
The battle to avoid the wooden spoon is between Rhyl and Buckley/Mold, who have a game outstanding. A draw or better for Buckley/Mold will be enough to keep them off the bottom.
Richard Dineley of Wrexham has won the Division 1 player of the year.
Division 2
Colwyn Bay 2 lead having played all their games. Frodsham can overtake them but only if they can defeat Chester 3 4.5-0.5 or better. 3rd place Capenhurst are out of the title race but could take 2nd if they defeat Chester 3 and Frodsham fail to.
At the other end Buckley/Mold are bottom however Chester 3 could fall below them if they suffer 2 heavy defeats in their outstanding fixtures.
Gordon Sommerville of Buckley/Mold leads the top scorer charts, but Colin White of Chester could overtake him if he scores 1.5 points or better in his next 2 games.
Division 3
Wrexham 2 have won promotion into Division 2, ahead of Penyffordd 2, Rhyl 2 and Chester 4, who all have games outstanding.
Corwen and Ruthin will finish in last place regardless of how Chester 5 do against Penyffordd.
Top Scorer is currently Jim Hanson of Buckley/Mold, due to having played the most games. However a draw or better from either Mike Friel (Penyffordd) or Ben Roberts (Rhyl) will see one of them claim the prize, or possibly shared.
Knock Out
Wrexham defeated Penyffordd 4-2 to claim a league and cup double.
There are only 5 remaining fixtures unaccounted for.
Division 1
As previously mentioned, Wrexham are champions. Colwyn Bay secured 2nd place ahead of Chester after beating them 3.5-1.5.
The battle to avoid the wooden spoon is between Rhyl and Buckley/Mold, who have a game outstanding. A draw or better for Buckley/Mold will be enough to keep them off the bottom.
Richard Dineley of Wrexham has won the Division 1 player of the year.
Division 2
Colwyn Bay 2 lead having played all their games. Frodsham can overtake them but only if they can defeat Chester 3 4.5-0.5 or better. 3rd place Capenhurst are out of the title race but could take 2nd if they defeat Chester 3 and Frodsham fail to.
At the other end Buckley/Mold are bottom however Chester 3 could fall below them if they suffer 2 heavy defeats in their outstanding fixtures.
Gordon Sommerville of Buckley/Mold leads the top scorer charts, but Colin White of Chester could overtake him if he scores 1.5 points or better in his next 2 games.
Division 3
Wrexham 2 have won promotion into Division 2, ahead of Penyffordd 2, Rhyl 2 and Chester 4, who all have games outstanding.
Corwen and Ruthin will finish in last place regardless of how Chester 5 do against Penyffordd.
Top Scorer is currently Jim Hanson of Buckley/Mold, due to having played the most games. However a draw or better from either Mike Friel (Penyffordd) or Ben Roberts (Rhyl) will see one of them claim the prize, or possibly shared.
Knock Out
Wrexham defeated Penyffordd 4-2 to claim a league and cup double.
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