May 2012 Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2835 0 1990 2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2825 3 1982 3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2801 0 1975 4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2791...
FIDE top 25 women
May 2012 Rk Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2709 0 1976 2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2623 29 1994 3 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2598 18 1990 4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2589...
750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival Concluded
The “750 Years Melaka International Chess Festival” was held from 21th April to 30th April 2012 and it offered three major events – the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the...
Human Chess Program Prevents Harlem Kids From Becoming Gang Pawns
Human Chess Program Prevents Harlem Kids From Becoming Gang Pawns April 30, 2012 8:12amBy Jeff Mays, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer Standing on the opposite sides of a life-sized chess board, Maurice Campbell, 10 and Jhiana Evans, 11, fifth-graders at P.S. 36...
$25,000 Frank Gehry-Designed Chess Set
$25,000 Frank Gehry-Designed Chess Set Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
ChessFest gives youth a thinking competition
ChessFest gives youth a thinking competitionBy Brett EllisFremontTribune.comPosted: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:05 am Like a lot of fourth-grade boys, Karson Martin of Fremont enjoys playing baseball and football. Karson, though, also enjoys competing in a different type of...
Italian team championship with Nakamura, Caruana
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Syria: calls for armistice and chess diplomacy
Syria: calls for armistice and chess diplomacyMon, 04/30/2012 – 12:23 The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has paid an official visit to Syria. The head of FIDE had a three-hour conversation with Bashar al-Assad in...
Kramnik describes match versus Aronian as successful
Kramnik describes match v Aronian as successful April 30, 2012 – 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied the final game vs. Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in the friendly six-round match. Zurich Chess Challenge match between Levon Aronian...
FIDE President visits Syria
The 1st President of Kalmykia, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Syria on 28-29 April 2012. As Mr. Ilyumzhinov noted, on the 29th April he had a three-hour talk with the President of Syria Bachar...