

Peng Zhaoqin'sĭefeat of Paul van der Sterren gave her clear 1st in Group 1. The Max Euwe Memorial commemorating the former World Chess Champion and President ofįIDE who died 26th November 1981 took place in Amsterdam 13th-20th November 2011.Ī men's and women's 4 player double round robin and various events including Jan Russian Cup Final w Magnitogorsk RUS Sun 13th Nov 2011 - Fri 18th Nov 2011 Russian Cup Final Magnitogorsk RUS Sun 13th Nov 2011 - Sun 20th Nov 2011 Anastasia Bodnaruk beat Varvara Saulina 2-0. Vadim Zvjaginsev beat Denis Khismatullin 1.5-0.5 in the men's final. 16 players in the men's section (4 rounds) and the women's 8 players (3 rounds) took place in Magnitogorsk 13th-20th November 2011. They had a final knock out event amongst the best performers.

The Russian Cup took place throughout the year. Match winning her second Ragozin Defence in game 6 to take a 4-2 lead with just four games to go. Hou Yifan has taken complete control of the The 10 game Women's World Chess Championship take place in Tirana, Albania 14th-30th November 2011. Tal Memorial 2011 Moscow RUS Wed 16th Nov 2011 - Fri 25th Nov 2011. There is a four way tie on 3/5 between Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi with four rounds to go of the The end of the US Chess League are amongst the other events of another busy week. Plenty of team chess (including the Schachbundesliga), World Youth, World Seniors, British Rapidplay, Stomach pains that seem to have been due to the tension but this seems to be the only Hou Yifan has taken a two game lead with just four left against Humpy Koneru. Us to see something of the personality of the players. In Russian or English is just such great thing for the appreciation of the games and allows Press conferences with the players demonstrating the games either Of the play with lots of cameras which the Russians have pioneered (this must be expensive) and the The Tal Memorial has seen a lot of draws but has been generally hard fought. My thanks to Alexander Prokhorov, Roland Wimmer, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Arthur Brameld,įrank Berry, Jack Peters, Miklos Orso, Peter Boel and everyone else who helped with the issue. TWIC Home| The London Chess Centre| Online-Shopħ) Haye Kramer and Waling Dijkstra tournamentsģ4) Forthcoming Events and Links Games SectionĮ-Mail +44 020-73882404 Fax:+44 020-73882407ĭownload the Chess and Bridge 2011 catalogue in pdf format. The Week in Chess 889 THE WEEK IN CHESS 889 21st November 2011 by Mark Crowther Sponsored by the London Chess Centre
