Sao Paolo-Bilbao Masters 2012 Update: Caruana Leads at the End of First Leg

[caption id="attachment_1128" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Photo credit: www.bilbaomastersfinal.com[/caption]

With 3 wins and 2 draws, [player]Fabiano Caruana[/player] leads the pack of 6 top players in the [event]Sao Paolo-Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012[/event]. He started the campaign with a win in Round 1 against [player]Magnus Carlsen[/player] (replay game here), followed by two more wins against [player]Sergey Karjakin[/player] and [player]Francisco Vallejo Pons[/player] in Rounds 2 and 4, respectively.

Grandmasters can play ball

Photo by Albert Silver, Chessbase

It is but on rare occasions we get to see Grandmasters playing sports other than chess.

Participants of the [event]Sao Paolo-Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012[/event] dressed up in rubber shoes and jerseys to play basketball the day before the opening ceremony. In the picture above you'll see [player]Levon Aronian[/player] tries to get past the defense of [player]Sergey Karjakin[/player] while [player]Magnus Carlsen[/player] waits in the background.

More photos in the Chessbase website.

A FIDE Master Title for Elite GM's

William of OnlineChessLessons.net offered a strong argument why FIDE should introduce an official Super-GM title for 2700+ rated chess players.

In 1972 there were 88 GMs and in 2012 there are now over 1200 GMs! However the vast majority (around 95%) of Grandmasters are rated between 2400 and 2699 FIDE. After the recent Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul, there are now a total of 50 Super-GMs rated over 2700 FIDE.

Read more about Should FIDE have a Super-GM title for 2700+ GMs?

Personally, I'm in favor of his proposal of an official distinct FIDE title awarded to "elite" GM's in order to separate them from, well, the not-so-elite ones. FIDE may not necessarily use a 2700 ELO rating cut-off, but they could devise certain criteria for eligibility.

However, I advise against the use of the "Super-GM" name. It's kind of hyperbole -- it's super and it's grand. Besides, what if in the future another higher title is warranted, what will it be called, a Hyper-Super-GM?

Instead, I suggest they take out the "Grand" prefix and change it to a higher comparative status. They could use, for example, Prime Master -- PM for short. Grab a thesaurus and take your pick. This way, they can be flexible in the future to add a higher title, or even interim titles -- e.g., higher than the Grandmaster but below the highest title whatever they choose to call.

The SPICE Cup Invitational 2012

The SPICE Cup Invitational is happening in St. Louis, Missouri from October 16 to 20, 2012. It is expected to be a Category 18 tournament, just four notches below the highest FIDE tournament category.

The participants for this event (Invitational category) are six members of the Top 100 FIDE Ratings List (with their respective September 2012 ELO ratings and countries):

• [player]Maxime Vachier-Lagrave[/player], 2697, [country]France[/country];


• [player]Ding Liren[/player], 2694, [country]China[/country];


• [player]Le Quang Liem[/player], 2693, [country]Vietnam[/country];


• [player]Csaba Balogh[/player], 2668, [country]Hungary[/country];


• [player]Wesley So[/player], 2667, [country]Philippines[/country];


• [player]Georg Meier[/player], 2656, [country]Germany[/country].

We at ChessHive, being fans of [player]Wesley So[/player] and [country]Philippines[/country] chess, will certainly bring the updates as they unfold. So stay tuned!

Sao Paolo - Bilbao Grand Slam Final 2012

The Grand Slam this year will be held again in Sao Paolo in [country]Brazil[/country] and Bilbao in [country]Spain[/country]. It won't be a grand slam if it were not participated by the heavy weights in the world of chess:

• [player]Viswanathan Anand[/player], [country]India[/country], current World Champiion;


• [player]Magnus Carlsen[/player], [country]Norway[/country], currently the world's No. 1 in ELO Rating;


• [player]Levon Aronian[/player], [country]Armenia[/country], world's No. 2 and member of the champion team in the Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad;


• [player]Sergey Karjakin[/player], [country]Russia[/country], world's No. 7;


• [player]Fabiano Caruana[/player], [country]Italy[/country], world's No. 8; and


• [player]Francisco Vallejo Pons[/player], [country]Spain[/country], the pride of one of the host countries of this tournament.

The first round-robin matches will happen in Sao Paolo from September 24 to 29, while the final rounds in Bilbao from October 8 to 13, 2012. Check out the website.

ChessHive will bring you the updates about this grand event, so stay tuned.

Hiarcs Chess Explorer for Mac -- First Impressions

So I finally took the plunge and purchased my own copy of Hiarcs Chess Explorer for Mac, because no one wants to sponsor one for me.



And here are my first impressions:

• I've tried game analysis, the feature that I'm always looking forward to when trying out a chess software. It's working great, at least as far as with the UCI engines that I was able to use the software with.


• There's a limited number of UCI engines that are compatible only for Mac, especially free engines, as there are available for Windows. So far what I have are the stock Houdini 14, Stockfish 2.2.2 and Fruit (05/11/03).


• With the three UCI engines available for my Mac, I can't really test their playing strengths against each other because there's no engine match feature in the Hiarcs Chess Explorer software. (See update below).

This list will be updated for further impressions.

What about you? How do you find Hiarcs Chess Explorer, for Mac or even Windows?

UPDATE (September 16, 2012):

I have the following UCI engines (besides Hiarcs 14, which comes with the purchase) successfully running on Hiarcs Mac Chess Explorer:

• Critter 1.6a 64-bit;


• Fruit 05/11/03;


• Komodo64 3;


• Stockfish 2.3 64-bit;

If I missed a strong UCI engine that you think I should try out, please let me know in the comments below.

Tromso 2014 World Chess Olympiad

Following the end of the [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event], everyone is looking forward to the next biennial Chess Olympiad, to be held at the City of Tromso in [country]Norway[/country], the home country of [player]Magnus Carlsen[/player].

Here's Magnus promoting Tromso when they were yet campaigning last year:



For sure, ChessHive.com will still be around to cover the event two years from now, to bring you the latest, especially about Team [country]Philippines[/country].

30th Chess Olympiad

Did you know that: the 30th Chess Olympiad in 1992 was held in Manila, [country]Philippines[/country]?

Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry:

Following the fall of the Iron Curtain, the field of competitors was quite different from previous Olympiads. Twelve of the 15 former Soviet republics now competed as independent nations - and they all finished in the top half. Meanwhile, an all-German team was present for the first time since World War II. Of the former Yugoslav republics, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia appeared independently; Serbia-Montenegro and Macedonia did not. This Olympiad also marked the final appearance of Czechoslovakia and the re-appearance of South Africa.

There were actually three (3) contingent teams from Philippines that time. The top contingent, led by GM [player]Eugene Torre[/player], finished 31st place, while the other two were 42nd and 44th -- that's out of the total 102 countries/teams competing.

And the Manila Chess Olympiad happened even before GM [player]Wesley So[/player] was born.

Ivanchuk Wins over Wang Hao in Round 11

Check out the excitement in [player]Vassily Ivanchuk[/player] when he was about to win over [player]Wang Hao[/player] on Board 1 of Round 11 [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event].



Because of this win, [country]Ukraine[/country] edged out [country]China[/country] to take the 3rd spot and bring home the Bronze medal in Open category of the tournament.

Check out how the game went on from: Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Wang Hao.

How Team Philippines Fared in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad

Check out the summary table below on how Team [country]Philippines[/country] (Open category) fared in the recently concluded [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]:

Philippines	Vs.	Result	Score	Rank After Rd.
Seed at start of tournament				35
Round 1	[country]Libya[/country]	Win	4-0	↑ 16
Round 2	[country]Moldova[/country]	Win	2.5-1.5	↓ 24
Round 3	[country]Kazakhstan[/country]	Win	4-0	↑ 8
Round 4	[country]Armenia[/country]	Loss	1.5-2.5	↓ 20
Round 5	[country]Iceland[/country]	Win	3-1	↑ 11
Round 6	[country]Bulgaria[/country]	Win	2.5-1.5	↑ 5
Round 7	[country]Hungary[/country]	Draw	2-2	↓ 10
Round 8	[country]England[/country]	Win	3-1	↑ 6
Round 9	[country]China[/country]	Loss	0.5-3.5	↓ 12
Round 10	[country]Vietnam[/country]	Draw	2-2	↑ 11
Round 11/Final	[country]Romania[/country]	Loss	1-3	↓ 21

You can see how we've been lingering around the Top 10, when suddenly we faltered in the last three rounds, which made us slide down to No. 21 at the conclusion of the tournament, even behind the countries we defeated: [country]Bulgaria[/country], [country]Moldova[/country], and [country]England[/country],

Philippines vs. Romania Results in Round 11 Istanbul 2012

Team [country]Philippines[/country] certainly has run out of luck in the last three rounds of the [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]. It started with a devastating loss to China in Round 9, a draw to Vietnam in Round 10, and now a loss to Romania in Round 11.

[player]Wesley So[/player] in Board 1 is the top player we expected to deliver the upsets against the opposing teams, even against the higher-rated players as he used to do in the past, has settled with 2 wins and 9 draws in the course of the tournament.

The final tally for the final Round 11 is: Philippines (1) vs. Romania (3):

Bo.	Philippines	Score	Romania
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Constantin Lupulescu
2	Oliver Barbosa	1/2-1/2	Mircea-Emilian Parligras
3	Eugene Torre	0-1	Levente Vajda
4	Mark Paragua	0-1	Vladislav Nevednichy

Check out the games in the following pages:

• Constantin Lupulescu vs. Wesley So


• Oliver Barbosa vs. Mircea-Emilian Parligras


• Levente Vajda vs. Eugene Torre


• Mark Paragua vs. Vladislav Nevednichy

At the conclusion of the tournament, [country]Philippines[/country] (Open) finished No. 21, even behind Bulgaria, Moldova and England which it defeated in the earlier rounds.

For more info: see: How Team Philippines Fared in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Running Fritz 12 on a Mac via Crossover

Fritz 12 is a great chess product that unfortunately has no Mac version. I've installed it on a Bootcamp partition, and it works great. But I hate rebooting to Windows everytime I need it. Besides, all my files are in the OS X partition.

I also tried running Fritz 12 in a Parallels Desktop. It works fine as well, but then I have to boot Windows on top of OS X, which in the process they're sharing the same computer's resources, which proves to be an inefficient environment to run a resource hungry application like Fritz 12. I was only able to assign 3GB of RAM out of the total installed 8GB, and the application can only utilize 1 CPU out of the total 4.

So what about Codeweaver's Crossover? Well, this is how it looks like:

[caption id="attachment_855" align="alignnone" width="500"] Screenshot: Fritz 12 on a Mac via Crossover[/caption]

Notice how the black pieces have turned into. They must be the "zombies" in the chess world. There was nothing I can do to fix it. Really, when you start playing or analyzing games, you'll get confused about the black and the white pieces.

That alone is already a total turn off. But it does not stop there: you can't activate the application to get the latest software updates. I didn't try installing additional engines, because I find it unnecessary to move forward with the setup.

So until now, there's no ideal way to run a ChessBase application on a Mac. You can try one option but you have deal with the setbacks. A huge gap to fill in -- a great opportunity for competitors to expand their market on.

Calling Hiarcs, Shredder, anyone?

By the way, it appears Stockfish UI does not work anymore in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

My setup: MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011, running OS X Mountain Lion.

Round 10 Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad Report: Philippines vs. Vietnam (2-2)

This must be the least exciting match for Team [country]Philippines[/country] so far in the [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]. The Round 10 match against [country]Vietnam[/country] ended in all-way draw. Meaning from Board 1 to Board 4, the results were unexciting draws, regardless of the matchup being fairly even to start with.

We expected hoped GM [player]Wesley So[/player] to at least pull off a win for the team, but unfortunately he was forced by GM [player]Le Quang Liem[/player] into a draw after 39 moves. [player]Wesley So[/player] posted 2 wins and 8 draws after 10 rounds of play.

Check out the match up between: Philippines vs. Vietnam.

Check out how the draws happened from following pages:

• Wesley So vs. Le Quang Liem


• Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Nguyen Van Huy


• Nguyen Doc Hoa vs. Mark Paragua

After the draw with Vietnam in Round 10, [country]Philippines[/country] is ranked No. 11 and will be up against [country]Romania[/country] in the final 11th round.

[country]Romania[/country] was seeded 25th at the start of the tournament and currently stands next to Philippines at 12th place. The players that compose Team Romania are as follows:

B		Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2614		1	0	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	5.0
2	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2618	1		1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	7.5
3	GM	Marin Mihail	2548	1	½	0		1	1	½	0			4.0
4	GM	Vajda Levente	2612	½	0		½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6.5
5	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2554	1	1	0	½					½	0	3.0

The final Round 11 resumes on Sunday 4pm (Philippine Time). See you then, and we can only hope for a 4-0 win by [country]Philippines[/country].

Nakamura vs. Kramnik Analyzed

An interesting analysis by ChessNetwork of the game between Hikaru Nakamura of USA and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia during the Round 9 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.



A good insight into how these Grandmasters think.

Round 9 Results for Team Philippines in Istanbul 2012

It was a devastating defeat for Team Philippines against China in Round 9 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. The score: 3.5 vs. 1.5, in favor of China. Only Wesley So on Board 1 managed to avoid a loss -- he drew his game against another 2700+ ELO rated player Wang Hao.

Bo.	Philippines	Score	China
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Hao Wang
2	Oliver Barbosa	0-1	Liren Ding
3	Eugene Torre	0-1	Xiangzhi Bu
4	Mark Paragua	0-1	Chao Li

These were the first losses for Eugene Torre and Mark Paragua in this tournament. So far, only Wesley So has no loss, with 2 wins and 7 draws.

There are only 2 rounds left, so we can only wish more luck to our team Philippines!

You can replay the games from these pages:

• Wesley So vs. Hao Wang


• Liren Ding vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Xiangzhi Bu


• Chao Li vs. Mark Paragua

After this heartbreaking loss to China, Philippines is ranked No. 12 going into the 10th round, which they will be up against Vietnam.

Vietnam is ranked No. 16 after 9 rounds and was seeded 27th at the start of the tourney. Check out the profile of Team Vietnam.

Round 8 Round Up: Philippines Beat England 3-1 Chess Olympiad 2012

'Upset' might not be the proper word to describe this win. After all, with how Team Philippines (Open) has been performing so far -- in the last 8 rounds, without regard of their individual ELO ratings, they are acting like a powerhouse team in this Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

In Board 1, Wesley So, even with black, held the 70-ELO-points higher Michael Adams of England to a draw.

In Board 2, England's Gawain Jones took as many as 101 moves before he resigned his position against Oliver Barbosa.

In Board 3, Nigel (Short) came short as Eugene (Torre) towered over him.

In Board 4, Mark Paragua managed a draw by threefold repetition.

The final tally, Philippines (3) vs. England (1) [take note of their ELO Ratings in parenthesis]:

Bo.	Philippines	Score	England
1	Wesley So (2652)	1/2-1/2	Michael Adams (2722)
2	Oliver Barbosa (2554)	1-0	Gawain Jones (2653)
3	Eugene Torre (2469)	1-0	Nigel Short (2698)
4	Mark Paragua (2508)	1/2-1/2	Nicholas Pert (2555)

You can replay the games from the following pages:

• Michael Adams vs. Wesley So


• Oliver Barbosa vs. Gawain Jones


• Nigel Short vs. Eugene Torre


• Mark Paragua vs. Nicholas Pert

Or download the PGN.

After Round 8, the Philippines is ranked 6th place, and will be up against the 6th seed China in the 9th round.

Garry Kasparov in Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad

Garry Kasparov present at the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad -- as a spectator this time.



At least, there'll be no one to arrest, beat and bite him in that side of town.

Photo Credit: Istanbul 2012

Chess is rich in meaning

Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.

— Luke McShane

Round 7 Results: Philippines vs. Hungary -- Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad

The veteran Eugene Torre saved the day for Team Philippines, as he managed to maneuver a win in Board 3 against the Hungarian Ferenc Berkes in Round 7 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad, to even the score at 2-2.

The team's goal at the start of the tournament was to be just among the top 20 finishers amidst all the countries competing in this Olympiad, but it seems they underestimated themselves. All the players' performance so far are way above their level -- their ELO ratings.

The score card of the match between the 35th seed Philippines vs. the 4th seed Hungary follows:

Bo.	Philippines	Score	Hungary
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Peter Leko
2	Oliver Barbosa	0-1	Zoltan Almasi
3	Eugene Torre	1-0	Ferenc Berkes
4	Mark Paragua	1/2-1/2	Csaba Balogh

You can replay the games from these pages:

• Wesley So vs. Peter Leko


• Zoltan Almasi vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Ferenc Berkes


• Csaba Balogh vs. Mark Paragua

Or download the (zipped) PGN file of the games.

Update: Philippines in Round 8

With the draw in Round 7 with Hungary, the ranking of Team Philippines slid down from No. 6 to No. 10. They will be facing the 11th seed England in Round 8.

Round 6 Results - Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad (Philippines vs. Bulgaria)

The big news: a turnaround win by Oliver Barbosa vs. Kiril Georgiev on Board 2.

All analyses lead to Barbosa already losing the game beginning from his 50th move, when 7 moves later, on Georgiev's 57th move, he (Georgiev) made a big blunder, which cost him the game, and his team the match.

Just like in 2010, the Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov matchup ended in a draw. The former world champion, GM Veselin Topalov, may have been aggressive going to the middle game, but the underdog, GM Wesley So, never lost his grounds. Eugene Torre and Mark Paragua halved their points as well with their respective opponents.

The final tally: 2.5 to 1.5 in favor of The Philippines!

Updates from Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad

Liveblogging has been discontinued from this page since the end of Round 7 of [event]Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad[/event]. To check out the latest about team Philippines in the said event, check out the link below:

Philippines in Istanbul 2012

The score card of the match between the 35th seed Philippines vs. the 4th seed Hungary follows:

Bo.	Philippines	Score	Hungary
1	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	Peter Leko
2	Oliver Barbosa	0-1	Zoltan Almasi
3	Eugene Torre	1-0	Ferenc Berkes
4	Mark Paragua	1/2-1/2	Csaba Balogh

Below are the links for the Live Games Round 7 Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad:

• Wesley So vs. Peter Leko


• Zoltan Almasi vs. Oliver Barbosa


• Eugene Torre vs. Ferenc Berkes


• Csaba Balogh vs. Mark Paragua

End LIVEBLOG

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 2:24 am

Round 7 Results: Philippines vs. Hungary — Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad http://chesshive.com/2012/09/round-7-results-philippines-vs-hungary-istanbul-2012-world-chess-olympiad/

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 1:16 am

And, indeed, Eugene Torre heard my plea! He won the Board 3 in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. Score is 2-2 vs. Hungary http://chesshive.com/chess-games/eugene-torre-vs-ferenc-berkes-chess-olympiad-2012/

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 1:06 am

It was the first loss of Oliver Barbosa in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/zoltan-almasi-vs-oliver-barbosa-chess-olympiad-2012/

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:59 am

GM Eugene Torre, you’re our only hope to tie the match. Please win your game! http://chesshive.com/chess-games/eugene-torre-vs-ferenc-berkes-chess-olympiad-2012/

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:58 am

Oliver Barbosa resigns against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary. Score now stands at 2-1.  http://chesshive.com/chess-games/zoltan-almasi-vs-oliver-barbosa-chess-olympiad-2012/

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:48 am

Mark Paragua split the point with Csaba Balogh as well in Board 4. Score now at: 1-1 — http://chesshive.com/chess-games/csaba-balogh-vs-mark-paragua-chess-olympiad-2012/

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:21 pm

Wesley So and Peter Leko a draw, after Wesley failed to capitalize on a winning position: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/wesley-so-vs-peter-leko-chess-olympiad-2012/

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 8:51 pm

The biggest ELO rating difference in this Philippines-Hungary match in Round 7 is 216, between Eugene Torre and Ferenc Berkes: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/eugene-torre-vs-ferenc-berkes-chess-olympiad-2012/

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 4:37 pm

Judit Polgar is not playing in Round 7. So we won’t see a woman player across the board here at this round.

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:44 am

Philippines is now ranked no. 5 and will be facing Peter Leko, Judit Polgar and the rest of the Team Hungary in Round 7.

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 1:08 am

And Philippines won 2.5-1.5! Congrats Oliver Barbosa and the rest of the Philippine Team in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 1:07 am

And Georgiev did just resign! Woah, what a turnaround win by Barbosa!

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 1:06 am

And Georgiev just blundered. A great chance for Oliver Barbosa to win the game!

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:48 pm

And another draw for Wesley So against Veselin Topalov. I wonder when can their one-on-one match be really decided?

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:41 pm

And Eugene Torre decided to halve the point with Cheparinov of Bulgaria. Match now stands at 1-1.

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:28 pm

Mark Paragua halved the point with Alexander Delchev at Board 4.

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:11 pm

Honestly, I don’t mind if all boards end in draw. A 2-2 against Bulgaria is not that bad!

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:36 pm

The live broadcast at Playchess.com is not moving! C’mon! I just want to see that Philippines vs. Bulgaria live games!

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 8:23 pm

Alexander Delchev vs. Mark Paragua LIVE!

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 8:17 pm

Eugene Torre with white, LIVE! Eugene Torre vs. Ivan Cheparinov [Chess Olympiad] [2012]

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 8:14 pm

Live in Board 2: Kiril Georgiev vs. Oliver Barbosa [Chess Olympiad] [2012] http://chesshive.com/chess-games/kiril-georgiev-vs-oliver-barbosa-chess-olympiad-2012/

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 8:09 pm

Live now! Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov in 2012 Chess Olympiad: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/wesley-so-vs-veselin-topalov-chess-olympiad-2012/

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 4:10 pm

Board pairings are up for Round 6 in Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad: http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/board-pairing-round-6-istanbul-2012/

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 2:56 pm

It should be redemption time for Philippines against Bulgaria in Round 6 Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad. Remember Onyok? http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/redemption-time/

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 2:23 pm

The Philippine team Women category is ranked 13th place after round 5 in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. They’re facing the 14th seed France in Round 6.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 5:17 am

Watch out in ChessHive.com when we post the board pairings later.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 5:14 am

Looking back 2 years ago, Veselin Topalov vs. Wesley So: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/veselin-topalov-vs-wesley-so-chess-olympiad-2010/

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 5:00 am

Team Philippines will be up against another formidable opponent — Bulgaria, lead by the former World Champion, Veselin Topalov.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 4:59 am

After winning the game against Iceland with a score 3-1 in Round 5, Team Philippines is ranked 11th, just 3 places below the previous high of 8th place.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 4:52 am

Round 5 results for Philippines in Istanbul 2012 plus a little preview on Round 6 vs. Bulgaria: http://chesshive.com/2012/09/philippines-wins-in-5th-round-instanbul-2012-world-chess-olympiad/

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 1:11 am

For more live updates about Team Philippines in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad, visit: http://chesshive.com/2012/08/team-philippines-in-istanbul-2012-40th-chess-olympiad-live-updates-available/

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 1:08 am

Armenia, the team who defeated Philippines in the 4th round, defeated Ukraine today to share the lead with Russian Federation in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:35 am

Sunday is break day. Round 6 resumes on Monday 8PM Philippine time. Stay tuned with ChessHive.com for more updates.

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:06 am

And Dagur Arngrimsson did resign. Paragua wins after 48 moves. Final tally: Phillippines 3.0 – Iceland 1.0. Congrats Team Philippines.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:58 pm

Thank God, there will going to be a break tomorrow. Enough chess for the week so far!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:51 pm

Dagur Arngrimsson can now resign (against Paragua)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:45 pm

And Danielsen resigned against Barbosa. Standing now: Philippines 2.0 vs. 1.0 Iceland

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:39 pm

Thorhallsson and Eugene Torre’s game came to a draw by repitition. Now it stands at Philippines 1.0 – 1.0 Iceland.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:34 pm

Danielsen’s 31. … dxc5? is a bad move! Barbosa should be winning.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:02 pm

Hannes Stefansson and Wesley So agreed to a draw in board 1 of round 5 in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. Standing right now is: Philippines 0.5 – 0.5 Iceland.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:38 pm

If it’s going to be a win for Barbosa and Paragua, and a draw for So and Torre, that’ll be 3-1. Not bad. I can live with that! Go Team Philippines!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:30 pm

Oliver Barbosa already has a slight advantage. Deep Rybka 4.1 evaluates the game at 1.16 in favor of white.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:21 pm

This is definitely a slow start for Team Philippines in this 5th round of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. #istanbul2012

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 9:56 pm

I guess Mark Paragua is winning after all.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 9:38 pm

Looking at Mark Paragua’s game, I don’t that we’re going to enjoy a 4-0 win here.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 8:21 pm

The games have already started. Watch them LIVE:

• Hannes Stefansson vs. Wesley So [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Oliver Barbosa vs. Henrik Danielsen [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Throstur Thorhallsson vs. Eugene Torre [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Mark Paragua vs. Dagur Arngrimsson [Chess Olympiad] [2012]

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 5:44 pm

The board pairings for the matchup between Iceland and Philippines in the 5th round of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad is out: http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/iceland-vs-philippines-board-pairings/

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 1:40 pm

Check out the composition of Team Iceland before they go to the 5th round against Team Philippines: http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/team-iceland-composition/

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 1:22 pm

Iceland is ranked 34th after Round 4, with 3 wins and 1 loss as well.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 1:20 pm

Team Philippines will up against 51st seed Iceland in the 5th round. I’d cheer for 4-0!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 1:17 pm

Team Philippines is ranked 20th after Round 4 in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Cup.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:08 am

I still have to say, good job to the Philippine team. It’s not as worse as it seemed to look like from the start.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:07 am

And finally, Paragua and Akopian agreed to a draw as well. Match ends in favor of Armenia 2.5-1.5. #istanbul2012 #round4

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:03 am

Philippines-Armenia match currently stands at 2-1 in favor of Armenia. Way to go, Mark Paragua!

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:00 am

GM Wesley So, the pride of the Philippines, was able to halt the second highest rated player to a draw. Good work Wesley.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:58 pm

Wesley So and Levon Aronian also agreed to a draw #istanbul2012 #round4

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:54 pm

Movsesian and Barbosa agreed to a draw after move 37 #istanbul2012 #round4

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:44 pm

Wesley So vs. Levon Aronian is more likely a draw. #istanbul2012 #round4

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:56 pm

If only Paragua and Barbosa could draw both their games and Wesley could win, then it’ll be a 2-2. #dreaming

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:51 pm

And Dimakiling resigned. It’s 0-1 for Philippines.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:15 pm

I guess this is going to be the first no-win for Oliver Dimakiling so far in this tournament: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/gabriel-sargissian-vs-oliver-dimakiling-chess-olympiad-2012-r4/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:14 pm

LIVE!

Gabriel Sargissian vs. Oliver Dimakiling [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]

http://chesshive.com/chess-games/gabriel-sargissian-vs-oliver-dimakiling-chess-olympiad-2012-r4/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:10 pm

Mark Paragua vs. Vladimir Akopian [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4] LIVE! http://chesshive.com/chess-games/mark-paragua-vs-vladimir-akopian-chess-olympiad-2012-r4/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:05 pm

Sergei Movsesian vs. Oliver Barbosa [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4]
LIVE! http://chesshive.com/chess-games/sergei-movsesian-vs-oliver-barbosa-chess-olympiad-2012-r4/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 9:00 pm

LIVE! Wesley So vs. Levon Aronian [Chess Olympiad 2012] [R4] http://chesshive.com/chess-games/wesley-so-vs-levon-aronian-chess-olympiad-2012-r4/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 6:17 pm

GM Wesley So will be facing his toughest opponent so far, in the person of GM Levon Aronian from Armenia. Before today, his toughest so far was Vassily Ivanchuk, which he defeated in Chess World Cup in 2009.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 3:44 pm

It’s 35th seed vs. 3rd seed. Now who’s the underdog?

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 3:42 pm

The pairings for Round 4 are in: http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/round-4-pairings-for-team-philippines-istanbul-2012-world-chess-olympiad/

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 1:18 pm

Philippines Women team also won against their opponent, Turkmenistan, in Round 3 Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad, 3 games to 1:

22	Philippines		3-1		Turkmenistan
1		WIM Perena, Catherine (2091)	1-0		WFM Hallaeva, Bahar (2174)
2		Frayna, Janelle Mae (1991)	1-0		Isaeva, Aknyr (2011)
3		Docena, Jedara (2061)	0-1		WFM Atabayeva, Gozel (2076)
4		Fronda, Jan Jodilyn (2022)	1-0		Atabayeva, Ogulgerek (1917)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:16 pm

Can’t wait for Wesley So vs. Levon Aronian later!

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:13 pm

Team Philippines (Open) will be up against Armenia later today. It’s gonna be one exciting match. We who are behind Philippines is certainly the underdog. But you know, upsets happen.

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 1:05 am

Round 3 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad match between Kazakhstan vs. Philippines result: 0-4 in favor of the Philippines! Congratulations team!

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:32 am

Barbosa also won. I’m not sure what eventually happened to Dimakiling’s game but he was already winning anyway. So far it’s 3-0. We’re just waiting for Wesley’s game to finish. #istanbul2012

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:21 pm

Mark Paragua won against Kostenko of Kazakhstan in Round 3 of the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:14 pm

Now we have a chatroom in the sidebar to discuss, especially the live games!

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:06 pm

Paragua is now winning against Kostenko! http://chesshive.com/chess-games/petr-kostenko-vs-mark-paragua-chess-olympiad-2012-round-3/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:52 pm

Oliver Barbosa vs. Anuar Ismagambetov live at http://chesshive.com/chess-games/oliver-barbosa-vs-anuar-ismagambetov-chess-olympiad-2012-round-3/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:46 pm

Ooops! According to Houdini, Mark Paragua’s 20th move was a weak move. Check out his live game against Kazakhstan at http://chesshive.com/chess-games/petr-kostenko-vs-mark-paragua-chess-olympiad-2012-round-3/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:31 pm

It seems like Wesley So is having a hard time with his much lower rated opponent from Kazakhstan… http://chesshive.com/chess-games/rinat-jumabayev-vs-wesley-so-chess-olympiad-2012-round-3/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:25 pm

Oliver Dimakiling is obviously winning: http://chesshive.com/chess-games/oliver-dimakiling-vs-kirill-kuderinov-chess-olympiad-2012-round-3/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 9:50 pm

So far of the four boards, Oliver Dimakiling is winning against a slightly higher rated player from Kazakhstan, Kirill Kuderinov.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 4:39 pm

Board Pairings for Round 3 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad between Kazakhstan and Philippines:

Bo.	40	Kazakhstan	Rtg		35	Philippines	Rtg
11.1	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	2525		GM	So, Wesley	2652
11.2	GM	Ismagambetov, Anuar	2471		GM	Barbosa, Oliver	2554
11.3	GM	Kostenko, Petr	2494		GM	Paragua, Mark	2508
11.4	IM	Kuderinov, Kirill	2484		IM	Dimakiling, Oliver	2428

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 4:33 pm

Replay (and download PGN) the games of Round 2, Philippines vs. Moldova, in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. http://chesshive.com/chess-games/philippines-vs-moldova-round-2-istanbul-2012-world-chess-olympiad/

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:59 am

Let’s take a look at Team Kazakhstan:

Bo.		Rtg	Name	FED	1	2	3	Pts.
1	GM	2594	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	KAZ	1	½		1.5
2	GM	2525	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	½	1		1.5
3	GM	2471	Ismagambetov Anuar	KAZ	1	1		2.0
4	GM	2494	Kostenko Petr	KAZ	1			1.0
5	IM	2484	Kuderinov Kirill	KAZ		0		0.0

 

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:43 am

Kazakhstan is 40th seed while Philippines is 35th seed. Is it gonna be a walk in the park for Team Philippines? Let’s find out in 9 hours.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:39 am

Round 3 will be against Kazakhstan for Team Philippines (Open) in Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:14 am

After round 2, the Philippines is ranked 24th in the Open division. We still have to know who they are going to be pitted against in the 3rd round.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 1:39 am

Got to sleep now. See you tomorrow for the analysis.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 1:28 am

The Women’s team of the Philippines lost to Slovenia 1.5-2.5 in Round 2 of the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 1:21 am

Then, the final score is 2.5-1.5 in favor of Philippines in Philippines-vs.-Moldova in Round 2 of Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. Wesley So and Mark Paragua drew their respective games.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 1:17 am

Time pressure really makes an important factor especially when you’re both less than 5 minutes left in the clock.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 1:14 am

Paragua could have lost after his 64th move. Good thing Vedmediuc wasn’t that accurate as well.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:57 am

It’s a draw between Svetushkin and Barbosa. Currently stands at 1.5-0.5 in favor of Philippines (vs. Moldova).

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:41 am

GM Torre is not playing at all in this tournament?

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:10 am

So far it looks like 2.5-1.5 in favor of the Philippines (vs. Moldova). Thanks to the win by Oliver Dimakiling.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:00 am

Dimakiling already won his game against Baltag, so far it’s 1-0 for Philippines.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:53 pm

Still live: Wesley So vs. Victor Bologan — http://chesshive.com/chess-games/wesley-so-vs-victor-bologan-chess-olympiad-2012-r2/

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:45 am

It’s gonna be Wesley So vs. Victor Bologan later. Did somebody already make their research? How many times did they already play each other in the past?

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:35 am

Download the PGN of Round 1 Libya vs. Philippines in the Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad http://chesshive.com/kibitzing/libya-vs-philippines-pgn/

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:10 am

The round 2 pairings are up. It’s gonna be (Open) Philippines against the 23rd seed Moldova headed by GM Victor Bologan.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:33 am

And the Philippine Women’s team also won against Pakistan 4-0. A great day for Filipino chess players at Istanbul, Turkey.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:15 am

And so the countdown begins for Round 2.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:01 am

Indeed, it’s 4-0 for Team Philippines in Round 1 of the 2012 Istanbul World Chess Olympiad, against Libya.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:00 am

I’m wondering, is this a knockout tournament, a swiss, or something? #istanbul2012

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:52 pm

Barbosa Wins! And Wesley’s game is clearly winning! 4-0 indeed!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:30 pm

And Paragua wins! It’s now 2-0.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:28 pm

Wesley So is winning, Barbosa is winning, and Paragua is winning as well. Maybe it’s really a 4-0 after all!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:12 pm

Dimakiling actually already won! Congratulations!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:02 pm

Oops! Dimakiling is winning!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:48 pm

It looks like a 2-2 to me than a 4-0. I hope I’m wrong.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:41 pm

I can’t seem to see the advantages of our players so far against their Libyan opponents.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:28 pm

Asabri vs. Paragua LIVE in Round 1 Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad http://chesshive.com/live-chess-games/asabri-vs-paragua-r1-istanbul-2012/

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:23 pm

Now there’s two Asabri’s in the Libyan team? Weird…?

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:21 pm

Barbosa vs. Al-Zayat LIVE in Round 1 Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad http://chesshive.com/live-chess-games/barbosa-vs-al-zayat-r1-istanbul-2012/

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:15 pm

Dimakiling vs. Asabri LIVE: http://chesshive.com/live-chess-games/dimakiling-vs-asabri-r1-istanbul-2012/

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 9:01 pm

You can catch the Elarbi vs. So live here: http://chesshive.com/live-chess-games/elarbi-vs-so-r1-istanbul-2012/

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 8:23 pm

It’s gonna be Elarbi, Abobker (white) vs. So, Wesley in a moment, so we’ll watch out for that at Chessbomb.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 6:58 pm

1 hour to go but ChessBomb doesn’t seem to broadcast the games.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 5:38 pm

For the first time, we will feature live games here at ChessHive.com, courtesy of livechess.chessdom.com

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 2:41 pm

5 Hours to go!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 2:09 pm

From the iOS app News and Announcement:

Record breaking 158 nations start competing today at the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.

The games begin at 15:00 local time and can be followed live at the official website.

15:00 local time in Istanbul converts to 8:00pm in the Philippines.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 1:26 pm

Libya doesn’t even have a GM in its lineup? http://bit.ly/PkX7Bj

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 1:23 pm

First round for Team Philippines is against the 113th seed Libya. You think this is just gonna be a “walk in the park” for Team Philippines? We can only hope for a 4-0 win.

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:34 am

It appears that Team Philippines is seeded no. 35 after all, not 36 as I earlier reported here.

Start LIVEBLOG

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Welcome to our liveblog of the Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad event. We'll try to bring you the updates as they happen, especially to Team Philippines.

To start with, here are the participants for Team Philippines in Istanbul 2012:

Team Philippines Men (Open)

35. PHI (RtgAvg:2546)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	So Wesley	2652	PHI
2	GM	Barbosa Oliver	2554	PHI
3	GM	Torre Eugene	2469	PHI
4	GM	Paragua Mark	2508	PHI
5	IM	Dimakiling Oliver	2428	PHI

Team Philippines Women

57. PHI (RtgAvg:2059)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	WIM	Perena Catherine	2091	PHI
2	WFM	Jose Rulp Ylem	2061	PHI
3		Frayna Janelle Mae	1991	PHI
4		Docena Jedara	2061	PHI
5		Fronda Jan Jodilyn	2022	PHI

Philippines Wins 5th Round vs. Iceland in Instanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad

Philippines won the fifth round match against Iceland in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. Iceland is seeded 51st in this Olympiad, as against Philippines's 35th.

The final tally of the round: Philippines scored 3 out of the possible 4, with 2 wins and 2 draws. GMs Oliver Barbosa and Mark Paragua delivered the two wins:

Bo.	Iceland	1-3	Philippines
1	GM Stefansson, Hannes (2515)	½-½	GM So, Wesley (2652)
2	GM Danielsen, Henrik (2511)	0-1	GM Barbosa, Oliver (2554)
3	GM Thorhallsson, Throstur (2426)	½-½	GM Torre, Eugene (2469)
4	IM Arngrimsson, Dagur (2375)	0-1	GM Paragua, Mark (2508)

Check out the games in the following pages to replay them:

• Hannes Stefansson vs. Wesley So [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Oliver Barbosa vs. Henrik Danielsen [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Throstur Thorhallsson vs. Eugene Torre [Chess Olympiad] [2012]


• Mark Paragua vs. Dagur Arngrimsson [Chess Olympiad] [2012]

You can download the PGN (zip): Philippines vs. Iceland - Round 5 - Istanbul 2012 Chess Olympiad.





After 5 rounds of grueling mental battle, Team Philippines (Open) ranked 11th, with 4 wins and 1 loss.

The tournament goes for recess on Sunday, September 2, 2012, and then on Monday, Team Philippines will be facing another formidable team -- Bulgaria, which is lead by a former World Champion, Veselin Topalov.

Wesley So and Veselin Topalov already went against each other in the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where Wesley held him to a draw.

Check out that stirring game from two years ago: Veselin Topalov vs. Wesley So [Chess Olympiad] [2010]

Bulgaria is seeded no. 10 at the start of the tournament, and currently ranked 14th coming to the 6th round.

Moreover, here's the composition of Team Bulgaria:

Bo.		Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	Pts.
1	GM	Topalov, Veselin	2752		½	0	1	1	2.5
2	GM	Georgiev, Kiril	2682	1	1		1	0	3.0
3	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2681	½	1	½		1	3.0
4	GM	Delchev, Alexander	2596	½		½	1	½	2.5
5	GM	Nikolov, Momchil	2563	½	1	½	½		2.5

As you can see, aside from Topalov, there two other players with ELO ratings higher than our best, Wesley So (2652).  But don't let ratings speak for themselves. Upsets do happen.

Philippines Team -- Women Category

The Philippine team Women category is ranked 13th place after round 5 in Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad. They’re facing the 14th seed France in Round 6.

September 2012 Updated FIDE Official Ratings List Top 100

The official FIDE Ratings list is out for the month of September 2012, and we see Magnus Carlsen still No. 1 at ELO 2830, inching closer to the 2850 level. The second and third top chess players, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik, retained their ratings at 2816 and 2797, respectively.

Check out the full list of the Top 100 below:

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2843	10	1990
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2816	0	1982
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2797	0	1975
4	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2788	0	1987
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2783	10	1987
6	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2780	0	1969
7	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2778	9	1990
8	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2773	0	1992
9	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2769	0	1969
10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2758	2	1977
11	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2754	9	1983
12	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2752	0	1975
13	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2747	9	1976
14	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2746	9	1974
15	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2742	10	1989
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2738	0	1968
17	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2737	0	1986
18	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2737	0	1979
19	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2734	4	1983
20	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2730	10	1994
21	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2730	0	1987
22	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2729	11	1983
23	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2729	0	1985
24	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2725	0	1983
25	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2724	9	1983
26	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2722	0	1971
27	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2718	11	1986
28	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2718	9	1990
29	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2714	10	1981
30	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2714	6	1972
31	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2713	9	1982
32	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2713	4	1987
33	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2713	0	1976
34	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2713	0	1984
35	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2712	8	1971
36	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2712	0	1985
37	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2712	0	1985
38	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2707	0	1981
39	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2705	20	1983
40	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2705	11	1985
41	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2705	11	1978
42	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2704	0	1990
43	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2702	11	1986
44	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2700	10	1980
45	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2699	11	1980
46	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2699	10	1968
47	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2699	9	1987
48	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2698	0	1976
49	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2698	0	1965
50	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2697	21	1990
51	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2697	14	1982
52	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2694	13	1992
53	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2693	0	1991
54	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2693	0	1974
55	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2693	0	1983
56	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2691	10	1987
57	Navara, David	g	CZE	2691	0	1985
58	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2691	0	1972
59	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2690	11	1986
60	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2689	11	1985
61	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2689	10	1986
62	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2687	25	1965
63	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2687	0	1971
64	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2687	0	1977
65	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2686	0	1986
66	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2685	0	1985
67	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2684	11	1983
68	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2684	0	1979
69	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2683	9	1985
70	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2683	0	1985
71	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2682	9	1985
72	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2678	21	1990
73	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2677	10	1969
74	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2677	7	1988
75	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2676	21	1977
76	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2675	6	1988
77	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2674	0	1977
78	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2674	0	1973
79	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2672	11	1986
80	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2672	8	1975
81	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2671	0	1983
82	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2671	0	1976
83	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2668	0	1987
84	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2667	9	1993
85	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2667	0	1989
86	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2665	0	1989
87	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2664	0	1977
88	Gareev, Timur	g	USA	2663	18	1988
89	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2663	9	1982
90	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2663	0	1984
91	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2663	0	1991
92	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2662	0	1973
93	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2660	11	1985
94	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2658	11	1987
95	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2658	9	1993
96	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2658	0	1979
97	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2657	9	1976
98	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2657	9	1984
99	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2656	20	1987
100	Gupta, Abhijeet	g	IND	2654	9	1989
101	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2654	0	1985

Check may also want to check out the September 2012 Top 100 Women, Top 100 Juniors, and Top 100 Girls.