http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-12-29T19:12+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215397524.shtml Peter Leko came into the final round of Dortmund with a half-point lead, and that's how he left it, drawing Arkadij Naiditsch on the white side of a Marshall Gambit.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-07T02:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215293917.shtml With one round to go, Peter Leko has leaped into the lead, defeating Jan Gustafsson with surprising ease with the black pieces. Gustafsson's novelty, 16.Qb3, left him doubled, backward pawns on... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-05T21:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215226633.shtml Here's the full list. A comment: 2002 really shouldn't be included, as it was a Candidates event to see who would face Kramnik for the world championship.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-05T02:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215198586.shtml Dortmund is a very funny tournament. Either Kramnik wins (this has happened eight times), or else it's a complete outsider who takes the title. This year, it looks like another instance... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-04T19:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215018778.shtml Round 4 of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund saw three more draws, but it had its moments.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-02T17:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214928802.shtml The games were decided early on today, though not all the games were drawn.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-01T16:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214765279.shtml Today's games weren't much longer than round one's, but while all four games were drawn yesterday, three of today's games saw the player with White win.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-06-29T18:06+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214670371.shtml Four draws today, but they weren't too terrible. The first game to finish (barely) was Mamedyarov-Leko, a 4.f3 Nimzo-Indian. Mamedyarov devised a new idea with 12.Ne2, surrendering the extra, forward, doubled... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-06-28T16:06+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214623457.shtml The Dortmund super-tournament starts in the morning (3 p.m. local time in Germany = 9 a.m. ET), and here are the pairings:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-06-28T03:06+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1214059241.shtml Ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik hasn't played in the current rating period, but will re-emerge next weekend in the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany, a tournament in which he has... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-06-21T14:06+00:00