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1st MILLFIELD WEEKEND CONGRESS Saturday July 14th & Sunday 15th 2012 Millfield Senior School Butleigh Road, Street BA16 0YD (Follow signs to Barracuda Hall) OPEN MAJOR – 150 & below MINOR – 110 & below Prize Fund (All sections guaranteed) :- 1st - £150 2nd - £100 3rd - £50 Additional prizes subject to entry Entry Fees : Adults - £20 Juniors - £15 DETAILS AND ENTRY FORM (in PDF format) HERE Devon County Chess Association 62nd ANNUAL CONGRESS at Oldway Mansion, Paignton.(Courtesy of Torbay Council) Sunday 2nd – Saturday 8th September 2012 Early entry advised R FIDE-Rated r British Championship Qualifier r ECF Grand Prix Details are available HERE in PDF format Entry form is available HERE in PDF format A list of accommodation available can be seen on Congresses/Paignton. The 13th Royal Beacon Seniors Chess Congress
*** To be held at The Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth *** From Monday 5th to Friday 9th November 2012 Open to all players aged 60+ on 1st November 2012 1st prize £100 2nd prize £50 plus grading prizes of £50 Also – “Junior” Section open to players aged between 50 yrs (age on 04.11.12.) and the lower age limit for Seniors section. “Junior” prizes according to entry. Entry fee for either section £18 only Discount for ECF Direct members - £2 To ensure pristine conditions, entries will be restricted to the first 90. Luxurious accommodation at this 3*** hotel. Now with air conditioning in the playing hall. ENTRY FORM AVAILABLE HERE HERE
The opening ceremony of the World Championship between the holder Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand, took place on Thursday 10th May in the prestigious Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow where many World Championship matches have been played. Chess Devon will be following the course of this twelve game match. Go HERE for annotated games. GAME 1- 11th May Anand had the white pieces and after opening with 1.d4 faced the Gruenfel Defence - a favourite of Gelfand's. Anand varied from the Exchange variation main line and after some skirmishes the game ended in a draw. GAME 2 - 12th May As could have been expected, the second game opened with a Semi-Slav Defence which led to early skirmishes in the centre leaving a draw almost inevitable. Tomorrow is a rest day GAME 3 - 14th May After the opening moves it looked as though a main line Gruenfeld Exchange Variation was going o be played, but Anand had different ideas and adopted a little known variation. He gained a pawn but for a long time had to defend against possible back rank mates. Eventually the game levelled out to a draw - by no means an uneventful draw. GAME 4 - 15th May Another draw, not so exciting as the last game but nevertheless a well fought tussle. Tomorrow is a rest day. GAME 5 - 17th May This game saw 1.e4 for the first time in the match. However, a draw was still the result. The next game sees the halfway stage of the match.
In the short space of just three years, the London Classic has become one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year. This year four players rated over 2800 took part in a field that included Magnus Carlsen, Visahy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikura Nakamura, Lev Aronian and a British contingent of Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell. 9th and Final Round - 12th December. KRAMNIK WINS The race for first place became clearer on the completion of this round.By drawing his final game with Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik won the 3rd London Chess Classic. After his epic game yesterday, Kramnik was in no mood (and indeed had no need) to play for a win. Probably Luke McShane felt equally exhausted and drew his game with an out-of-form Vishy Anand. Magnus Carlsen, although a pawn down, drew a rook and king ending with Nigel Short. Another out-of-form player - Mkichael Adams - came close to toppling Hikaru Naksmura, but missed his chances in a complicated ending and lost. 3rd London Chess Classic 2011 - Final Positions
Win = 3. Draw = 1. Loss = 0 Games can be seen HERE
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