December 11, 2011 – Massive $1,000 “Amateur Brilliancy Prize” Giveaway: Extended … January 18, 2012 – Grandmaster Interview with Boris Avrukh January 18, 2012 – 2700chess.com – Home of Elite Chess Information January 17, 2012 – ICC Blitz vs...
Nasty smash almost derails Queenstown chess classic
Nasty smash almost derails chess classic Paul Taylor 19 Jan 2012 A nasty car crash on the outskirts of town almost spelled disaster for the 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic. Organiser Paul Spiller, 54, and his wife Joanne were driving...
Ziaziulkina wins the Belarus Chess Championship
Ziaziulkina wins the Belarus Chess Championship WIM Nastassia Ziaziulkina is the new chess champion of Belarus, after winning convincingly the competition with 8,0/9. Ziaziulkina, who won a gold medal in Porto Carras after a drama last round, protagonized yet...
Lessons for Life in 64 Squares
Lessons for Life in 64 SquaresBeloved in Armenia, chess becomes a mandatory part of the country’s curriculum.by Sona Kocharyan 18 January 2012 YEREVAN | Arbi Khachatouryan teaches chess for a living, not an unusual job in a country where...
2012 Gibraltar to start soon
2012 TRADEWISE GIBRALTARCHESS FESTIVAL Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE – January 2012 In less than a one week the biggest ever global event in Gibraltar celebrating 10 years of chess on the Rock will...
Austrian Chess Bundesliga with record strong participation
Austrian Chess Bundesliga with record strong participation The Austrian Bundesliga is starts this weekend with record strong participation. The line-up of top teams SK Sparkasse Jenbach, Champion of 2010 and 2011, and SK Advisory Invest Baden, Champion of 2008,...
Shot of a lifetime
Full Court Buzzer Beater (Chase Spreen) Lindsey Wilson College vs. Georgetown Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Barbosa, Gomez and Dzhumaev share lead at Parsvnath
Barbosa, Gomez and Dzhumaev share leadSPECIAL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, January 18, 2012 Long and intense battles were the order of the fifth round before Oliver Barbosa, fellow Filipino John Paul Gomez and veteran Uzbek Marat Dzhumaev stopped the talented Indian...
13 remain perfect after 3 at Queenstown International
Leaders after 3 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Li Chao B CHN 2693 3.0 0.0 3 2 2 GM Bojkov Dejan BUL 2553 3.0 0.0 3 2 3 GM Bischoff Klaus GER 2537...