132 girls compete in chess in Washington StateFrom Jill Keto We had a WONDERFUL weekend at our 10th annual Queen’s Quest all-girls tournament at Medina Elementary, in Bellevue, WA. Our top girl, Mara Kramer, earned a $300 chess scholarship...
Bad Ragaz Oster-Open
Bad Ragaz Oster-Open The International Bad Ragaz Oster-Open is set to take place on 5-9th April at the Great Hall in Mehrzweckgebäude, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. The tournament will be played over 7 rounds of Swiss system. Top prizes are...
12th International Osterturnier
12th International Osterturnier The 12th International Osterturnier will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system from 5th to 9th April at the Parkhotel Norderstedt in Hamburg, Germany. The organizers have provided the prize fund of 15.000 EUR. Top...
Official 2012 World Championship Website
The official website of Anand Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship match is now available. It is at address http://moscow2012.fide.com/ and contains full details about the accreditation before the match, the rules of the championship, the schedule, players presentation, and...
10 Big Brain Benefits of Playing Chess
10 Big Brain Benefits of Playing ChessMarch 25th, 2012 by Staff Writers Source: http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com Not for nothing is chess known as “the game of kings.” No doubt the rulers of empires and kingdoms saw in the game fitting practice...
6 Georgian players forfeited
European Championship, Plovdivby Misha Golubev There was an incident in Round 6: as many as six Georgian players and one Greek player didn’t appear for their games on time, and were forfeited. They were not aware of changing the...
World Championship Logo
To the Tretyakov Gallery – with their own picture Logo for World Championship Match has been approved. The Russian Chess Federation and FIDE have agreed the logo for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand (India) and...
European Individual Championship round 7
Monday is an off day. Here are the pairings for Tuesday. Round 7 top board pairings Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Azarov Sergei 2667 5 5 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto...
Anand Gelfand WCC 2012 daily newsletter
Anand Gelfand WCC 2012 daily newsletter The World Chess Championship 2012 will be a match between the current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the Candidates tournament. The match will take place...
EICC chess tactic
White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar