World Championship

 

Viswanathan Anand (Ind) retained the World Championship with a 6.5-5.5 win against Veselin Topalov (Bul) in Sofia, Bulgaria (24 Apr-11 May). The match looked like it might go into tie-breaks after scores were level after eleven games but Anand won with Black in the final normal game. See link for the official site.

 

 

New Zealand Olympiad teams

 

The New Zealand team (in alphabetical order, board order is to be decided) has been announced as Daniel Han, FM Stephen Lukey, FM Bob Smith, FM Michael Steadman and Gino Thornton and the women’s team WCM Eachen Chen, WFM Natasha Fairley, WIM Sue Maroroa, WFM Helen Milligan and WCM Shirley Wu. Hilton Bennett and WFM Vivian Smith are the captains.

    

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  Archive News

 2008