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The Kings Chess Tournament 2012 is shaping up to an incredibly entertaining event, scheduled to take place June 23rd – July 4th in Medias, Romania. The event will feature many of the world’s strongest chess players, promising a clash of the titans with an all-star guest list. The world’s highest rated chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has already confirmed his appearance and will look to repeat on his 2011 first place finish at the 5th King’s [...]

The final round of 5th Kings was absolutely fantastic with Carlsen giving Karjakin a good run for his money. In the end Carlsen took the prize (just barely) after being slightly ahead on tie-breaker points. Carlsen is now #1 highest rated on this planet, and Karjakin the highest rated player in Russia. My USA favorite Nakamura finished 3rd for a solid win (though this tournament has clearly showed that he is still no match for [...]

Round 9 of the 5th Kings Chess Tournament was quite exciting with many interesting wins. Round 8 wasn’t too exciting as every game was drawn.  Round 9 was a different story,. Karjakin destroys Ivanchuk Karjakin destroyed Ivanchuk’s Pirc Defense to catch up to Carlsen at 6/9 points.  I appreciate Ivanchuk’s creativity, especially in the opening, but he simply played too slowly in this game.  He has been having a tough tournament, uncharacteristically displaying many inconsistencies [...]

Magnus Carlsen achieved a very solid positional victory against Vassily Ivanchuk, grinding down his experienced opponent in an endgame that appeared drawish at first.  White emerged from the opening with a very slight advantage due to his opponent’s isolated d-pawn.  Carlsen then went on to provoke multiple weaknesses as Ivanchuk defended passively.  Carlsen certainly deserved the win and taught Ivanchuk that passive defense is not enough to stop a win from Carlsen. I do believe [...]

Sergey Karjakin caught up to Magnus Carlsen today by winning against Nisipeanu with excellent opening preparation and precise technical conversion.  Carlsen maintained his 1st place status with a draw against Nakamura in a Ruy Lopez and Ivanchuk easily achieved and maintained equality against Radjabov.  Nakamura is a point back from the lead with 3/6, although I expect he will make a push in the last 4 rounds to teach Carlsen that even if your the [...]

Round 5 of the 5th Kings Bonza Tournament was full or more excitement with Carlsen continuing his solid dominance of the tournament, as well as an interesting game by Nakamura & Radjabov that ended in a draw brought about by Nakamura’s wild tactics Magnus Carlsen continues to dominate Magnus Carlsen demonstrates yet again what it takes to have the highest rating in the world with a convincing 31 move victory against 2660 Nisipeanu.  The game [...]

In a fighting 37-move draw with Teimour Radjabov today, world #1 Magnus Carlsen narrowly leads the field with 2/3 points.  Nakamura,  Nisipeanu, Ivanchuk and Karjakin are keeping it close with 1.5/3 and Radjabov is trailing with 1/3.  Nakamura easily achieved equality against Karjakin, and a draw was agreed on move 31.  Naka tried to mix it up and create a dynamically imbalanced position by responding to Karjakin’s 6. Be3 with the aggessive 6. …Ng4 variation in [...]