Dear US Chess Friends! Happy new year! Reykjavik Open will be held in Harpa, Reykjavik´s spectacular new music hall on the harbour. In co-operation with Icelandair we offer special package for US players, who wants to participate. The package includes flight (from Boston, New York and Seattle), hotel and 25% discount of entrance fee. Please […]
Norm hunt in Northern California continues
Leaders after 6 rounds # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total 1 GM Sam Shankland 2565 W35 W25 D23 W13 D3 W6 ~2 5.0 2 GM Georg Meier 2671 W32 D14 W29 W19 D6 D7 ~1 4.53 GM Yury Shulman 2598 W33 W40 D11 […]
Shimanov Wins 41st Rilton Cup by a full point
GM Aleksandr Shimanov Wins 41st Rilton Cup The Stockholm Chess Federation organized the 41st Rilton Cup from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), was played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open […]
Giri wins Reggio Emilia as Nakamura and Morozevich lost
Anish Giri surged at the right time while Nakamura lost his final 3 games and Morozevich scored 1 draw in the final 2 games. His draw against Caruana in the final round gave him the 2012 Reggio Emilia title. Final round results Vitiugov, Nikita – Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 Giri, […]
Thursday chess challenge
White to move. How should white proceed? 3q4/8/r1b4Q/1pP2kp1/3p4/8/p6P/4R1K1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Northern California International round 7
Round 7 pairings Bd Res White Player Name Res Black Player Name 1 GM Sam Shankland (2565 : 5.0) – GM Georg Meier (2671 : 4.5)2 SM Faik Aleskerov (2362 : 4.5) – GM Yury Shulman (2598 : 4.5)3 GM Axel Bachmann (2560 : 4.5) – IM Marc Arnold (2482 : 4.5)4 GM Giorgi Margvelashvili […]