Round 11 top board pairings No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2729 7½ 8 GM Fressinet Laurent 2693 2 GM Bologan Viktor 2687 7½ 7½ GM Malakhov Vladimir 2705 3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2695 7½ 7½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2693 4 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2689 7½ 7½ GM […]
Fressinet leads EICC, 34 within 1 point

Leaders after 10 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2693 8.0 2855 57.0 61.0 2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2729 7.5 2806 55.5 60.0 3 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2705 7.5 2798 56.5 61.0 4 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2689 7.5 2796 56.5 61.0 5 GM Inarkiev […]
Ding Liren leads Chinese Championship again

Standings after 4 rounds 1 GM Ding Liren CHN 2660 3.5 2 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2615 3.0 3 GM Ni Hua CHN 2637 2.5 4 GM Li Shilong CHN 2549 2.5 5 GM Wang Yue CHN 2702 2.0 6 IM Liu Qingnan CHN 2461 2.0 7 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2514 2.0 8 GM […]
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Bad start for Hou Yifan at the Chinese Championship

Hou Yifan is having a rough time so far at the Chinese Championship, according to what I have been able to find so far from the main Chinese website. Here are the results for the first 4 rounds: Round 1 on 2012/03/27 at 14:30 1 GM Li Shilong 1 – 0 GM Lu Shanglei2 IM […]
Meeting of the Committee “Chess for the Disabled”

Meeting of the Committee “Chess for the Disabled” The Committee “Chess for the Disabled” had its first meeting in Dresden on March 21st. The meeting was called by the FIDE Adviser Chess for the Disabled Thomas Luther. Present in this meeting were representatives from the affiliated FIDE organizations IBCA, ICSC and IPCA – Josef Beutelhoff, […]
More EICC chess tactic

White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE warriors arrived in Washington, DC

The SPICE warriors finally arrived in Washington, DC for the Final Four. We started the day out with big problems at the Lubbock International Airport. The DGT clocks did not pass security. The TSA agents said that the clocks are a problem. They kept checking to see if they are “dangerous” to the rest of […]