STI INTER-HIGH SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009

STI COLLEGE-ORMOC

in coordination with AGYLA’s Chess Club (ACC-EKCC)

(Active Genuine Youth Leaders Association’s Chess Club-EVSU Knights Chess Club)

presents:

“STI INTER-HIGH SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT”

4th District of Leyte

to be officiated by:

ACC-EKCC Officiating Arbiters/Committees

9:00 AM, February 21, 2009 at STI Campus
3rd Floor Centrum Building, Ormoc City

Kamsky - Topalov Candidates Match in Sofia.

Kamsky - Topalov Candidates Match in Sofia. Game 1 drawn. Notes now up. Game 2 won by Topalov who outplayed Kamsky on the black side of a Berlin.

Aeroflot Open. Round 2 under way. Unfortunately the Aeroflot site seems to be struggling with the weight of traffic so game updates will be a bit flakey.

Linares starts Thursday

UEP bid for the World Championship Candidates 2010 and World Championship 2011 Corus Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Sergey Karjakin took the tournament after winning with black against Leinier Dominguez Perez. Magnus Carlsen lost. The rest of the players tied going into the round drew. Nigel Short had the group-B in his grasp but somehow missed perpetual and lost to the tournament winner Fabiano Caruana. Wesley So confirmed his victory in the C-Group after a quick draw.

YOUTH CONQUERS CORUS 2009

Sergei Karjakin, who was the youngest player ever to become a Grandmaster, fulfilled expectations and won one of the world's most prestigious tournaments, main group of Corus Wijk aan Zee. He was the only winner, with 8 points, but six players were on shared first prior to the last round. Karjakin was the only to win, with Black against Dominguez.Corus B finish was a thriller. "Crazy" Motylev beautifully sacrificed his Queen in the early opening against the leading Kasimdzhanov and went on to win after 70+ moves. At the same time Fabiano Caruana kind of swindled against another leader Nigel Short and won to become lone winner.Corus C is always the most interesting tournament because of many decided games. Those people are fighting like they will never play chess again. Manuel Leon Hoyos made 5 wins, 8 losses, without draws. Eduardo Iturrizaga made a single draw and this put him half a point ahead of Leon Hoyos. The winner was 15 years old Wesley So, pride of Philippines, who collected fantastic 9,5 points.