Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 175 GM Kabanov Nikolai 2502 0 0 – 1 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 12 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Drenchev Petar...
Players Whose Moves Most Matched Computers
Chess Players Whose Moves Most Matched ComputersPublished: March 19, 2012 Source: New York Times As part of his research into modeling how people play chess, Kenneth W. Regan has analyzed the performances of thousands of players over the last...
Chess match made in heaven won’t come off in Beijing
SANDS: Chess match made in heaven won’t come off in BeijingBy David R. SandsThe Washington TimesTuesday, March 20, 2012 For one brief, shining moment last week, the impending world championship fight between Indian titleholder Viswanathan Anand and Israeli challenger...
Utilizing chess to teach ‘skills for life’
Every Move Counts utilizes chess to teach ‘skills for life’by Helen Buckley In Spring 2010, three UA student volunteers working in Tuscaloosa Magnet Elementary School had the idea that by teaching children chess, they can change lives. They began...
2012 Nis Open
The 2012 Nis Open was held from 11th to 18th March in Nis, Serbia. This year the traditional City Championship gained in quality thanks to the effort of the Nis Chess Union. 70 players competed in the 9-round Swiss...
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European Individual Championship begins
The European Individual Chess Championship 2012 opening ceremony took place at Novotel Plovdiv on April 19, a day before the first round of the event. In the presence of the Minister of Sports Mr. Neikov and the new mayor...
Finegold rules event in St Louis
The 16th Annual Mid-America Open was held on March 16-18, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. The Open Section ended in a five-way tie with GM Ben Finegold, IM Ronald Burnett,...
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga wins Paz de Ziganda de Villava
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga is the winner of the XXII edition of Paz de Ziganda de Villava. Iturrizaga collected 8,0/9, half a point ahead of GM Julio Granada Zuniga and GM Alexei Barsov. This is the first victory in the...
GM Ivan Popov convincing winner of the 2012 Moscow Chess Championship
GM Ivan Popov convincing winner of the 2012 Moscow Chess Championship The Moscow Championship Final was held from 10th to 18th March at the International Centre for chess education RSCU in Moscow. The Championship was managed by the Department...