John Nunn is the rare player who is both excels at tournaments and at chess problem-solving.
RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan won the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s Kings Invitational tournament.
A team led by Gata Kamsky of the United States won the European Club Championships by eking out narrow victories in all but one match.
Two officers of the nation’s leading chess organization have been accused of posting inflammatory remarks on the Internet under false names to win election to the group’s board.
A highlight of the first Miami Open was the play of Hikaru Nakamura, who had not stood out since winning the National Open in June and tying for first in the World Open in July.
Viswanathan Anand, an Indian grandmaster and the first Asian to win the World Chess Championship, will not have a lot of time to rest on his laurels.
The 2nd Obert Internacional de les Illes Medes is starting tomorrow and goes on until 4 January 2008. There will be 9 rounds played with Swiss tournament system and time control is 90 minutes + 30 sec increment. Polish GM Mateusz Bartel will defend the last year trophy.
Top players (96 registered):
GM Bartel Mateusz (POL 2608), GM Moskalenko Viktor (UKR 2575), GM Buhmann Rainer (GER 2567), GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel (ESP 2563), GM Narciso Dublan Marc (ESP 2546), GM Aroshidze Levan (GEO 2523), IM Czakon Jakub (POL 2510), IM Fluvia Jordi (ESP 2508), GM Oms Pallise Josep (ESP 2506), IM Rasmussen Karsten (DEN 2495), FM Rasmussen Allan Stig (DEN 2485), IM Edouard Romain (FRA 2472)
The 4th Singapore Masters Open International took place on 16-22 December as part of the Singapore International Chess Convention 2007. GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili and GM Zhang Zhong finished tied on first place among 44 participants.
Standings:
1-2. GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili GEO 2606 and GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2634 - 7; 3. GM Chanda Sandipan IND 2593 - 6.5; 4-9. IM Julio Catalino Sadorra PHI 2414, GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2530, IM R R Laxman IND 2395, GM Susanto Megaranto INA 2569, IM P D S Girinath IND 2448, GM Wu Shaobin SIN 2449 - 6.0; 10-13. IM Oliver Dimakiling PHI 2491, GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2537, GM Mark Paragua PHI 2514, Lin Chen CHN 2363 - 5.5 etc
International Open Championship of Croatia was held on 16-22 December in Petrcane, near Zadar. 50 players from Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia took participation. Serbian delegation dominated through the event, but Bulgarian GM Aleksander Delchev managed to capture the trophy on better Bucholz coefficient. GM Hrvoje Stević, GM Ognjen Cvitan, GM Alojzije Janković and IM Saša Režan have qualified for the 2008 Croatia individual championship.
Standings:
1-2. GM Aleksander Delchev 2613 BUL and GM Nikola Sedlak 2605 SRB - 6.5
3-8. GM Aleksandar Kovačević 2554 SRB, GM Igor Miladinović 2603 SRB, GM Hrvoje Stević 2531 CRO, GM Robert Zelčić 2578 CRO, GM Ognjen Cvitan 2543 CRO and GM Alojzije Janković 2548 CRO - 6
9-15. IM Saša Režan 2398 CRO, Radoslav Dimitrov 2332 BUL, GM Nenad Ferčec 2487 CRO, FM Saša Martinović 2362 CRO, GM Ognjen Jovanić 2492 CRO, GM Mladen Palac 2567 CRO, IM Ivan Šarić 2466 CRO - 5.5 etc
The United States has a shot at the world championship again. Gata Kamsky won the World Cup last weekend in Russia, and is one match victory away from the title match.
