ChessBase News. WBEC Ridderkerk. ChessVibes. Arena. SiliconChess. The Daily Dirt. Wishing the best for Canadian chess with Ilyumzhinov. The origin of "chess tourists. " Svidler wins game one of World Cup final over Grischuk with black. Three more games to play. Ivanchuk-Pono g1 drawn. Exciting tiebreaks see the big names go through. The quarterfinals: Polgar-Svidler, Ponomariov-Gashimov, Ivanchuk-Radjabov, Navara-Grischuk. Round 4 begins Tuesday. Anand wins the Botvinnik Memorial by a wide margin with 4.5/6 undefeated. Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen, Aronian meet in double round robin of rapid in Moscow to commemorate Botvinnik's 100th birthday. Almost all the favorites go through to the round of 32. Most favorites through. Round one Sunday at 5am NY time.
Svidler wins his sixth Russian championship. New install coming, with new features.