Here are the top performers at the 2010 Chess Olympiad after 3 rounds: No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Bo. 1 GM Wang Yue 2732 China 3368 3,0 3 100,0 1 2 GM Sokolov Ivan 2641 Bosnia & Herzegovina 3357 3,0 3 100,0 1 3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2683 Ukraine 3254 3,0 3 […]
Olympiad Chess Queens
GM Dzagnidze (Georgia – 2534 -4th seed), GM Lahno (Ukraine – 2539 – 3rd seed), GM Hou Yifan (China – 2578 – 2nd seed), and GM T. Kosintseva (Russia – 2573 – Top seed) All four of them are top rated female players in their respective countries. All four of them are playing board one […]
Olympiad Chess Trivia
Can you name this player and which country he represents in the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Top seeds facing off in round 4
Top seed Russia A team is taking on the US while Russia C team is taking on the defending Olympiad Champion Armenia. Other big matchups include Hungary vs. China and Russia B vs. India. No. SNo Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team SNo 1 4 RUS2 Russia 2 11 6 […]
Upset galore in round 3 at Khanty-Mansiysk
Many more upsets took place in round 3 of the 2010 Chess Olympiad. Here are some of the big ones: Bo. 28 Croatia (CRO) Rtg – 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg / 2 : 2 Bo. 15 Poland (POL) Rtg – 32 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) Rtg / 2 : 2 Bo. 73 Singapore (SIN) Rtg […]
Chess Olympiad round 3 update
Round 3 top team results: Women’s Olympiad Round 3 on 2010/09/23 at 15:00 Bo. 1 Russia 1 (RUS1) Rtg – 15 Slovakia (SVK) Rtg 3½: ½ 1.1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2573 – IM Repkova Eva 2447 1 – 0 1.2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2565 – WGM Pokorna Regina 2370 1 – 0 1.3 GM Kosteniuk […]
The second day brings first sensations
The second day brings first sensationswww.ugra-chess.com The second round of the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk brought first upsets. The European champions from Azerbaijan lost their match to Vietnam – 1,5-2,5. Young players from Vietnam have demonstrated some excellent results recently, so their success is not a coincidence. Also Israel made an unexpected draw with […]
Difficult chess tactic
White to move. How should White proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Spassky hospitalized
Boris Spassky in heavy condition (updated)The World Champion hospitalized in intensive care Last Saturday at 11am a call for an ambulance was received from Boris Spassky’s appartment in Moscow. Upon arrival the doctors discovered Spassky lying on the bed in semiconsciuos state. He had lost control of the left side of his body – arm […]
Chess Olympiad LIVE games – Round 3
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