Monday, January 31, 2005

Leko wins Wijk aan Zee

The most exciting tournament in recent memory ended with a victory for Peter Leko, who added a last "Grand Slam" title to his list. The classical chess vice champion drew his final game, as did his only rival Vishy Anand. Leko finished half a point ahead of the field. Ukraine prodigy Sergey Karjakin won the B Group. Full illustrated report.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2164

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Man vs Machine

It was billed as "one of the more spectacular chess events in 2005, a first ever Man vs Machine chess shoot-out". Two GMs and two FMs against the strongest programs available: Fritz, Shredder, Junior and Chessmaster. The result was a disastrous 14.5-1.5 defeat for the humans.

The event was inaugurated by the Minister of Sports Adhyaksa Dault and featured GM Utut Adianto, GM Susanto Megaranto, FM Tirta Chandra, FM Taufik Halay – a team commonly known as the 'Indonesia Bangkit'. The humans faced the world's top chess programs, Fritz 8, Junior 8, Shredder 8 and Chessmaster 9000.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2131