Williams Sisters, Federer Fall in BeijingAPposted: 3 HOURS 51 MINUTES AGOfiled under: Olympics, Tennis BEIJING (Aug. 14) – Roger Federer’s bid for his first Olympic singles medal ended Thursday when he lost to James Blake of the United States,...
Crucial final round matchups
Here are the only players who can win the World Junior Championship: Final round pairings: 1 GM HOWELL David 2561 ENG 9 – 9 GM GUPTA Abhijeet 2551 IND2 IM BRAUN Arik 2533 GER 8½ – 9 GM NEGI...
Wild ending at the World Junior
IM Dronavalli HARIKA has won the World Girl’s Championship. She assured herself at least a tie for first by leading the field by a full point going into the final round. Even in case of a small chance for...
Final standings rocked by last round
While many bloggers predicted a quick draw by Aronian, he defeated Grischuk and finished clear first. However, second place was not settled until the final minute. Radjabov defeated Karjakin while Wang was held to a draw by Ivanchuk. This...
Smirin and Mircea lead Acropolis
GM Ilia Smirin and GM Mircea Parligras lead the Acropolis chess tournamentthe chasing pack is close behindReport by Chessdom GM Ilia Smirin and GM Mircea Parligras are top of the table after 5 rounds of the Acropolis international chess...
Blogger feedback
Here is a comment by http://goddesschess.blogspot.com/, a big supporter of women’s chess: Wednesday, August 13, 2008Chess’ Fearless Leader Has Spoken! Reading between the lines, Kirsan is actually saying “Girls, I don’t care if your butts may be in danger...
China leads Olympics Medal Count
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 22 8 5 352 United States 10 9 15 343t South Korea 6 7 3 163t Australia 5 4 7 165 France 2 7 6 156 Russia 3 8 3 147...
Aronian defeats Grischuk, wins GP
Impressive performance by Aronian to win the Sochi Grand Prix. Needing only a draw to grab a share of first (which many players are happy to do), Aronian won a complicated game against early tournament leader Grischuk to win...
Statement by ECU President
Following the recent dramatic developments in South Ossetia and the public reaction of certain chess players concerning the World Women’s Championship in Nalchik (Russia), I would like to emphasize that mixing politics with sports is clearly against the spirit...
The final countdown
Aronian is holding on to a slim 1/2 point lead over Wang, Radjabov and Karjakin at the Sochi Grand Prix going into the final round. Round 13: Aronian Levon – Grischuk AlexanderKarjakin Sergey – Radjabov TeimourGashimov Vugar – Svidler...