Zurich open repository and archive university of zurich main library strickhofstrasse 39 ch8057 zurich. The icc will give all the participants 6 months of free membership. The 2014 season of the chicago industrial chess league concluded on may 10, 2014 at fermilab. The average rating of its participants is 2801, the highest ever at the time, and it is also the first category 23 tournament ever. If you are not a member you can download a free playchess client there. Chess in zurich question english forum switzerland. The united states chess federation saint louis to host. A total of 143 players from 39 countries are competing in the 9round swiss system. By winning in the final round against toprated argonne labs rooks, the wombats team became the cicls new league champion. Pgn is designed for ease of reading and writing by humans.
The players started with blitz today to determine the pairings, with five. We play regular tournaments against other companies long game, and there are also other events arranged such as blitz tournaments. The opening played in this game is great snake, english, established by the moves 1. Call for applicants us open announcement yes 2 chess. Anand, viswanathan pgn chess games fide rating fide.
The engine supports adjustable strength so the average chess player can still beat it. Chess champ carlsen delights silicon valley with dry wit. Wojtaszek is first at zurich open chess news chessbase. Portable game notation pgn is the most popular standard for the representation of chess games. Select a game from the dropdown list to display it, or download all games of simon abaecherli 1. Jeremy silman, international chess master, is a worldclass teacher, writer and player who has won the american open, the national open and the u. The zurich chess challenge zcc is one of the major recurring international chess.
The 29th geneve international chess open was held concurrently with the zurich open. The competition by the cicls top eight teams in its league championship tournament was fierce. I have been playing on a company chess team now for over 20 years. Only days after the spectacular conclusion to the grenke chess classic weve got more top live chess action. But as the saying goes, the best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. In 20, polish grandmaster radoslaw wojtaszek won the tournament. The tournament began in 1977 and has been held 38 consecutive times. The zurich chess challenge 2014 will be the first encounter. And every week new games from world class tournaments are added to it. Fabiano caruana, vishy anand and levon aronian have made the short trip from badenbaden to zurich, where theyll be joined by vladimir kramnik, hikaru nakamura and sergey karjakin. The norresundby chess club site is an excellent reference page to chess fonts available on the internet, most of which can be downloaded directly from the site. Richard forster is the author of the zurich chess club, 18092009 and. Armenian ambassador charles aznavour visits the zurich chess challenge 2014.
Chesstv feb 3, 2014 29 min 10885 views the first competitive game between anand and carlsen since their world championship match. Zurich chess challenge 2014 zurich chess challenge 20 zurich chess challenge 2012 sg zurich jubilee 2009 sg zurich club homepage german russian chess. The event has grown each year and in the 230 players, are no fewer than seventeen grandmasters, many who came directly from zurich. Round 4 the zurich chess challenge 2014 is the highest rated tournament in chess history, featuring a 6player field topped by world champion magnus carlsen. The fastest growing internet chess community where you can find the biggest chess games database online, news, tactics and strategyies, puzzles and much more. Dec 26, 2014 38th zurich christmas 2014 chess tournament. Richard forster is the author of the zurich chess club, 18092009. Zurich chess challenge blitz 2014 chess tournament.
He will be challenged by viswanathan anand and magnus carlsen, in their first meeting after the world championship match in chennai. Chess champ carlsen delights silicon valley with dry wit forbes. Live chess tournaments follow top events chessbomb. Norway chess 2014 round 7 gotd caruana, topalov b90 sicilian najdorf. When this tournament commenced, i had planned to give a daybyday report of the whole event. Sep 19, 20 the next zurich chess challenge is set to take place from 29th january to 4th february, 2014, in the largest city in switzerland, russian chess federation announced last years winner fabiano caruana will be back to defend the title. Welcome to the tournament database of chess chess is a powerful server dedicated to tournament results. Alpine electronics sells the three high quality fonts known as hastings, linares and zurich. There is an official firmenschach club in zurich with 3 leagues. It turned out to be a bad day in office for anand who lost his way in the middle game and his counter play bid did not materialize.
Zurich international chess tournament, 1953 download. For the 2014 edition, a blitz tournament will determine the color distribution. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30second increment starting from move one. The zurich chess challenge 2014 took place from 29 january to 4 february 2014. Dec 21, 20 the first zurich chess challenge in 2012 was a match between kramnik and aronian. He has also written dozens of articles that have appeared in chess magazines published throughout the world. Weihnachtsopen zurich is an annual chess tournament. The chess pieces are extremely heavy, with a weight of 48 ounces, and features felt base pads on the undersides of the chessmen. In related news due to health reasons chess legend viktor korchnois plan to return to. Its current strength is around 2820 elo on ccrl 4040 which is around 2700 elo on a regular human scale. The tournament players guide download book winning with the torre attack download book the torre attack. Richard forster is the author of the zurich chess club, 18092009 and a member of the organizing schachgesellschaft zurich. The 1953 zurich candidates tournament with fifteen of the strongest players in the world engaged in a strenuous double roundrobin contest to meet mikhail botvinnik for the world championship is often regarded as the strongest tournament in the history of chess.
The sevenround master tournament, for players rated over 2000, drew 118 participants of which 50 were titled. Chesszone download free chess software, chess games. London chess classic 2014 super rapidplay open london start. First held in 1999 by the dubai chess and culture club with the aim of giving exposure to young talent in uae. View pgn in plain text download pgn anand, viswanathan ind vs aronian, levon arm. Hilton basel chess festival is scheduled for 15th january, 2014, in basel, switzerland. Daniel king analysed all ten games in video format.
Sulskis closely follows the new world champion throughout his first tournament as the official king of chess. Jan 15, 2014 january chess life online 2014 2014 national scholarchessplayer award. This opening was very rarely played by rene tueckmantel. Zurich candidates, moscow open, the best games and tactics with annotations by our expert im anton sitnikov. Various freeware and commercial chess fonts are now available on the internet. He will be challenged by viswanathan anand and magnus carlsen, in their first meeting after the world championship. Vladimir kramnik beat vishy anand and hikaru nakamura overcame local hero yannick pelletier as the new classical section of the 2017 zurich chess challenge began on friday. Round 3 dubai open chess championship 2014 youtube. It looked as though we would get three decisive results but peter svidler, playing the sicilian, somehow managed to survive after castling into a withering attack from ian nepomniachtchi. The event started with the zurich chess challenge blitz 2014 29 january, to determine colors for the classical section, and ended with the zurich chess challenge rapid 2014 4 february. At age 23, hes the new chess champion of the world. January chess life online 2014 2014 national scholarchessplayer award.
The united states chess federation saint louis to host 2014. Jan 30, 2014 2014 zurich chess challenge blitz chess. The tournament archive of chess contains more than 415. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zurich international chess tournament, 1953 dover chess. Chess games from this tournament for viewing and download will be available soon.
If you register for the tournament, you will be presented with an icc coupon. From wednesday, 29 january to tuesday, 4 february 2014, they. Norway chess 2014 round 6 gotd topalov, kramnik e21 nimzoindian. Magnus carlsen won the tournament the opening day included five rounds of blitz to decide the draw, which was won by carlsen. Boris gelfand magnus carlsen, zurich chess challenge 2014 rapid some, you win and some you lose. Gm sarunas sulskis concluded in his interception column. Apr 20, 2017 after winning the exceptionally strong gibraltar open for the third consecutive time in february, hikaru nakamura has now also managed to win the zurich chess challenge three years in a row. The next tournament in switzerland is hilton basel chess festival which started on 1st january 20 in basel. The strongest tournament in chess history the zurich chess challenge 2014. Norway chess 2014 round 2 gotd topalov, grischuk b90 sicilian najdorf. Zurich without its traditional swiss cheese fondue is inconceivable. You can play online against zurichess on the free internet chess server. Many annotated games from the world team championship, f.
The loss may prove quite costly as every win here is worth. By popular request, the icc is making the entire broadcasts of the zurich chess challenge available so you can live and relive each game. The sevenround master tournament, for players rated over 2000, drew 118 participants of which 50 were titled, including 23 grandmasters from around the world. In 2014, german grandmaster arkadij naiditsch won the tournament. According the the rules of the zurich chess challenge 2014 the winner of a classical game earns 2 points for the overall standings, in case of a draw each player earns 1 point and the loser 0 points. Dec, 20 the 37th zurich weihnachtsopen is taking place from 26th to 30th december at the crowne plaza zurich in zurich, switzerland the master tournament for players rated over 2000 and general tournament u2050 will each be played over 7 rounds of swiss system. The a10 is the sixth most frequently played parent class opening by milos pavlovic, used in more than 6% of his games.
The second event in 20 was a doubleround robin with kramnik, anand, caruana and gelfand. The next zurich chess challenge is set to take place from 29th january to 4th february, 2014, in the largest city in switzerland, russian chess federation announced last years winner fabiano caruana will be back to defend the title. Zurich international chess tournament, 1953 dover chess. Magnus the king magnus displays willpower, calculated risk and strong nerves to win the zurich chess challenge 2014. The small fee allows you to own the videos, you can download them and view at your own convenence, no internet connection required. In 2014, german grandmaster arkadij naiditsch won the tournament the tournament has been. The event featured an opening blitz tournament, a new classical game in 45 minutes with a 30 second increment segment, and a blitz finish. The korchnoi open is a 7round swiss open taking place from 17 april in zurich, switzerland. Chess games, play style, ranking, tournament history and community comments. The strongest tournament in chess history the zurich chess challenge 2014 was the first encounter between the newly crowned world champion, norways magnus carlsen, and the former title holder, indias viswanathan anand after their recent match in chennai.
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