Showing posts with label Reggio Emilia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reggio Emilia. Show all posts
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Nakamura Express pulls away at Reggio Emilia
GMHikaru tweets "The freight train appears to be back on track!" Hopefully the train will have enough fuel to make it through Wijk aan Zee. Nakamura's defense of his Tata Steel title begins on January 13th.
In today's game, look at all the compensation Nakamura gets for the investment of a mere wing pawn.
One has to feel for Nikita Vitiugov, who's only 24 years old. It's hard for a Russian grandmaster to get foreign invitations when the GM is not one of the elite dozen players in the world. It's doubly hard to play in one's inaugural "2700+ only" event. Even the teenagers Giri and Caruana are grizzled veterans, relatively speaking.
For more coverage of today's action, check out The Week in Chess.
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One has to feel for Nikita Vitiugov, who's only 24 years old. It's hard for a Russian grandmaster to get foreign invitations when the GM is not one of the elite dozen players in the world. It's doubly hard to play in one's inaugural "2700+ only" event. Even the teenagers Giri and Caruana are grizzled veterans, relatively speaking.
For more coverage of today's action, check out The Week in Chess.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Nakamura leads Reggio Emilia
...and is currently #5 in the world on the "live" list!
The gap between the top four and the closely bunched pack at 5 through 10 is substantial, but Hikaru is making progress.
Mark Crowther reports on today's wild Nakamura-Ivanchuk game.
The gap between the top four and the closely bunched pack at 5 through 10 is substantial, but Hikaru is making progress.
Mark Crowther reports on today's wild Nakamura-Ivanchuk game.
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