Blog entries matching: Karjakin
Carlsen or Karjakin: who wins the World Championship 2016?
by Erwin on Nov 10, 2016 1702 2
Yesterday I visited the Max Euwe Centre in Amsterdam in order to give a lecture on the upcoming World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and challenger Sergey Karj...
Magnus strikes again: Part 1
by Erwin on May 2, 2014 3990 2
In my upcoming blogs I am going to be analyzing yet another great tournament victory of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. What made his victory in the Gashimov Memorial even...
Anand's victory in four key games
by Erwin on Apr 1, 2014 8807 4
It is probably no longer a surprise for you when I tell you it was indeed Vishy Anand who won the 2014 Candidates tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. The key to his tournament...
Tata Steel Chess Tournament: Round 9
by Erwin on Jan 24, 2014 2182 2
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey
76th Tata Steel Masters 2014.01.23
A very important game between the number 1 and 2 in the standings!
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3...
Tata Steel Chess Tournament: Round 5
by Erwin on Jan 17, 2014 1846 2
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey
76th Tata Steel Masters 2014.01.17
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 ( Lately 6...O-O has been all the ra...
Tata Steel Chess Tournament: Round 4
by Erwin on Jan 15, 2014 2129 0
Karjakin, Sergey - Rapport, Richard
76th Tata Steel Masters 2014.01.15
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f6
It is no longer a surprise tha...