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Get the latest tournament news, explanations of the chess openings, chess puzzles, and a look at the historical side of chess (the last in Swedish with English subtitles). Find all the latest episodes listed here at the Pied Chessman, or subscribe for yourself to their channel on YouTube.

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Nigel Comes Up Short

Nigel Short broke his 5 game winning streak yesterday with a loss against Vassily Ivanchuk. The result leaves Nigel 1/2 point off the pace set by Ivanchuk at 5.5/6. In today's 7th round, both players earned draws leaving Ivanchuck in the lead, but putting Short just behind in the pack for second with 5 other players. The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival will go 3 more rounds, ending on Thursday.





Ten American players are making a showing at the tournament. Ray Robson turned in this win for the USA in round 6.

Winning Interviews

Thanks to Chess Vibes and EuropeEchecs for these post-tournament interviews with Hikaru Nakamura and others.

Nakamura Puts It in Overdrive

Hikaru Nakamura grabbed a win with the black pieces and took clear first at Wijk aan Zee after 11 rounds. Thanks to Chess Vibes for this video of Hikaru showing this go-ahead win. The full gamescore follows.

Carlsen Beats Nakamura, Hikaru and Vishy Tied

Thanks to Chessbase for video analysis by Daniel King.