As many of us look forward with great anticipation to the Topalov - Kamsky semi-final match in December, it is nice to see that America's Number 1. appears to be in great shape!

Vassily Ivanchuck has simply been on fire recently, however, Kamsky douses the flames in this sharp Sicilian at Sochi:

The United States Chess Federation - Gata Scorches Ivanchuk

-Thomas

To be fair he also lost to Chepinarov.

Yea, that was a tough one. Especially considering that Cheparinov is Topalov's second. Var and our IM friend who publishes the Karjakin blog both point out where he lost. Blog About Karjakin Sergey

Also, I understand that the consensus among top european players is that Kamsky will lose easily to Topalov... They even say that he has to watch out for Dainilov's tactics.. Should be interesting.

Personally I feel that Gata will pull big upset.

-Thomas

I hope you're right