Speed chess, which is the norm if you play on the internet, now also has a higher over-the-board status due to Fide's World Blitz Cup in Moscow last month. Vasily Ivanchuk beat the world chess champion, Vishy Anand, in the final round to take the title with 25.5/38. In the first game below Anand fell into an opening trap (10...Bd6!) while in the other Black finds his queen trapped. This weekend it is back to the serious stuff with the World Cup, a 128-player knock-out, under way in Siberia. Nigel Short was eliminated in the first round, while Michael Adams is in action today, live on the internet, in round three. He will need all his pedigree as a former finalist to reach the later stages. The World Cup winner and Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov are scheduled to play a chess match to ...

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