Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 8
Armenia is still leading! The main results of the day: Men: France – Armenia ½ – 3½ (Bacrot – Aronian – draw), Israel – Germany1 2½ – 1½ (Gelfand won Naiditsch), USA – Russia 1½ – 2½ (Grischuk and Jakovenko won but Svidler lost to Kamsky). Women: Ukraine – China 2 – 2(Zhao Xue and Gaponenko won), USA – Russia 3-1 (Irina Crush won World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and Zatonskih won T. Kosintseva). Round 8 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments All games of Round 8 [PGN] Below are the full standings after round 8: Read the rest of this entry »

Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 7
Armenia have won Russia and now leads in the standings! The main results of the day: Men: Armenia – Russia 2½ – 1½ (Sargissian beat Grischuk), China – Ukraine 2 – 2 (4 draws). Women: China – USA 2 – 2(Hou Yifan and Rohonyan won), Russia – Poland 2-2, Netherlands – Ukraine ½ – 3½. Round 7 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments All games of Round 7 [PGN] Selected games commented by Rybka 3 Aquarium [PGN][PGN for programs] Below are the full standings after round 7 and photos: Read the rest of this entry »

Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 6
Russia and Armenia at the top! The main results of the day: Men: Russia – England 3 – 1 (Kramnik and Jakovenko won), Ukraine – Germany1 2 – 2 (Karjakin and Fridman won), Azerbaijan – Armenia 1½ – 2½ (Akopian won Mamedyarov). Women: Hungary – China 1½ – 2½ (Tan Zhongyi won), Russia – Austria 3 – 1 (Korbut and Pogonina won), Georgia – Poland 1½ – 2½, Armenia – Ukraine ½ – 3½. Round 6 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments [PGN] Below are the full standings after round 6: Read the rest of this entry »

Rybka 3 Won 28th Dutch Computer Chess Championship
After winning World Computer Chess Championship 2008 Rybka 3 went absolutely unstoppable and have recently won the 28th Dutch Computer Chess Championship in Leiden with the perfect score of 9 out of 9 ahead of Hiarcs and Sjeng.

You can view Rybka 3 games from the event in our game viewer.

You can also buy Rybka 3 in our online chess shop.

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Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 5

The main results of the day:

Men: Germany1 – Russia 2 – 2 (4 draws), Armenia – Netherlands 2½ – 1½, Hungary – Ukraine 1½ – 2½ (Ivanchuk won Leko in 127 moves, and Karjakin won Polgar, but Eljanov lost to Almasi), Norway – Azerbaijan 1-3 (Gashimov and Mamedov won).

Women: Poland – China ½ – 3½, Russia – Georgia 2 – 2 (World Champion Kosteniuk lost to Maia Chiburdanidze), India – Hungary 1½ – 2½.

Round 5 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments
Tomorrow will be the rest day.

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Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 4
The most interesting matches: Men: Ukraine – Armenia 2 – 2(4 draws), Spain – Germany1 1½-2½ (Naiditsch won Shirov with black), Norway – England 2 – 2 (Carlsen and Howell won), Russia – India 2½ – 1½ (Grischuk and Morozevich won but Svidler lost to Harikirshna). Standings after 4th round: Germany-1 and Russia tied at the top with 8 team points. Women: Hungary – Georgia 2 – 2, China – Armenia 3½ – ½, Serbia – Poland 1½ – 2½. Standings after 4th round: China and Poland tied at the top with 8 team points. Round 4 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments Below are the full standings after round 4 Read the rest of this entry »

Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 3
The news of a day: China lost against Norway. The main results: Men: Russia convincingly won Cuba 3½ – ½ (only new blitz world champion Dominguez have drawn), Ukraine won Georgia but Ivanchuk lost to Jobava, China sensationally lost to Norway (Lie Kjetil defeated Bu Xiangzhi on second board). Women: Russia – India 2 – 2 (4 white’s victories), China – Netherlands 2½ – 1½, Georgia – Israel 3 – 1. Round 3 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments

Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008: Round 2
All favorites advanced forward. Men: Russia beat Poland 2½ – 1½. Ukraine beat Serbia (though Karjakin lost) 2½ – 1½. China beat Belarus 3 – 1. Women: Russia beat Slovenia 3 – 1, China beat Slovakia 3-1, Georgia beat Romania 2½ – 1½. Selected games from round 2 with Rybka 3 Aquarium live comments Below you would find full results and round 2 fotos. Read the rest of this entry »