Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Chess News -
At the Women's World Championship 2008, Nalchik, Russia

Round 1 -
Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) bt Yorsa Alaa El Din (EGY,1959) 2-0
Dronavalli Harika (IND,2461) bt Vera Nebolsina (RUS,2350) 2-0
Nisha Mohota (IND,2354) l Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS,2460) 0-2
Tania Sachdev (IND,2432) l Zongyi Tan (CHN,2387) ½ -½1

Round 2 -
Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) Bye
Dronavalli Harika (IND,2461) bt Anna Muzychuk (SLO,2504) 1-1 (in tie-break 1½ -½)

Harika scored upset win over higher Elo rated.
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At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)

First Round -
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen 0-1

Anand managed draw with whites but Carlsen had excellent start with blacks.

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