http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-08-02T06:08+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1191294973.shtml Having spent a weekend in Mexico City, I'm in some ways less qualified to offer observations than those who watched the event from the comfort of their own homes, browsing every... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-10-02T03:10+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1191024567.shtml Anand's game, and the round, is now over: he survived the ending by a single tempo and is poised to become the 15th real world champion (sorry, lovers of the FIDE... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-29T00:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1191022400.shtml The third game - Aronian-Svidler - has finished: a draw. The game was an unusual English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.e4 etc.) in... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-28T23:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1191019680.shtml The second game to finish was Leko-Morozevich, and although it's not of any direct importance to the race for the title, it may have some indirect significance. Leko won pretty convincingly,... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-28T22:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1191013849.shtml In one of the two games with relevance to first place, Gelfand and Kramnik agreed to a draw after 26 moves. (Appropriately, I should add - the final position posed no... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-28T21:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1190161638.shtml UPDATE: The games (with my comments) are here.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-19T00:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189995987.shtml A great deal happened after my "Round 4 in progress" post, much of it shocking. Svidler-Gelfand had already been drawn, but the other three games were in progress.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-17T02:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189979907.shtml We're between two and a half and three hours in, and of the four games... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-16T21:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189908854.shtml Even though the game lasted 65 moves, Anand-Kramnik was the first game to finish, ending well before the first time control was completed. Anand prepared an unusual continuation in the current... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-16T02:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189874603.shtml If you're going to see one round this first cycle, I think this is the one to watch. The pairings:... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-15T16:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189833248.shtml Today, the fight was on. Gelfand-Grischuk ended quickly, a Queen's Indian with a Bogo-Indian twist that was drawn in 23 moves, but the remaining games were fascinating struggles.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-15T06:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189727126.shtml Bring back Fischer, Kasparov and Topalov!... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-13T23:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189718784.shtml Ok, two hours in and time for another update.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-13T21:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189713687.shtml As we approach the end of the first hour, here's a quick update of what's going on.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-13T20:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1189706915.shtml I hope to update this page as I learn of more quality websites, so you'll have to let me know what's out there!... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-09-13T18:09+00:00