http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-08-02T06:08+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210952971.shtml Vassily Ivanchuk's once big lead and dominating play are fading into the past. After his third consecutive draw, his lead is down to a single half point, and he was probably... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-16T15:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210889202.shtml The Ivanchuk-Topalov game lived up to expectations but wound up a draw, keeping Ivanchuk a point ahead of his opponent with three rounds to play. Topalov will have an extra White,... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-15T22:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210791479.shtml Nothing like a rest day to kill the momentum! Ivanchuk only managed to draw against Radjabov; in fact, despite having the White pieces, he was even a little worse near the... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-14T18:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210652406.shtml That's five in a row for Ivanchuk, whose current TPR is a ridiculous 3537. (This seems more a quirk of the system when a player's score is at 100% - even... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-13T04:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210527792.shtml It's a good thing he did, too, as the other two games were quick, dull draws. Ivanchuk and Cheparinov went at it hammer and tongs in a Classical King's Indian with... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-11T17:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210468822.shtml Today's round was rather funny. Ivanchuk defeated Bu Xiangzhi easily, as a series of bad moves (which formed a single idea, so perhaps we can award a shared '??' to the... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-11T01:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210352487.shtml Today's round at the MTel Masters in Sofia, Bulgaria, was rather less thrilling than yesterday's, but thanks to the no-draw offer policy the spectators still got a full show.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-09T17:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210314108.shtml There weren't any whiz-bang games, but all the games were long and decisive. Both the locals - Topalov and Cheparinov - won, and they were joined in the winner's circle by... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-09T06:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210049104.shtml These are good times in the chess world, as practically the instant one super-GM tournament finishes, another begins straightaway. This one, the MTel Masters in Sofia, Bulgaria, is a double... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-06T04:05+00:00