The 2009 World Cup final match between former World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov and Boris Gelfand is starting on Thursday at 11:00 CET. The final ...
World Cup Round Six
Monday, 07 December 2009 19:09
For years Boris Gelfand enjoyed the sharp positions of the Sicilian Naidorf, but later he moderated the style and switched to the solid Petroff ...
World Cup round 5 game 2
Saturday, 05 December 2009 16:36
The stakes are high as the 2009 World Cup is closing to its end and the players are becoming more cautious. Vugar Gashimov and Ruslan Ponomariov, ...
World Cup Round 5 tiebreaks
Saturday, 05 December 2009 16:40
A rapid tiebreak without blitz games was enough to determine the last two semi finalists in the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.
Ruslan Ponomariov surprised ...
World Cup round 5 game 1
Thursday, 03 December 2009 18:21
The Chebanenko Slav has a reputation of solid opening and a growing population of practitioners. The Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Malakhov is using it to ...
The 2009 World Cup final match between former World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov and Boris Gelfand is starting on Thursday at 11:00 CET. The final ...
