The 1st Fiji International Open Chess Championship, to be held May 5-12, 2012, is set to become the biggest tournament in Fiji chess history. With airfares to Fiji with both http://www.airpacific.com/ and http://www.virginaustralia.com at historic lows, big turnouts are...
Docena, Pascua top chessfest
Docena, Pascua top chessfestPosted May 2nd, 2012by Manila Standard Today & filed under SportsSource: http://manilastandardtoday.com FIDE Master Haridas Pascua and Woman National Master Jedara Docena topped their respective divisions to earn the right to represent the country in the...
Banner Unveiling for Chess Team
I would like to congratulate the Niles North chess team, anchored by Eric Rosen, the nation’s 2011 K-12 Chess Champion, for their fantastic achievements! It is wonderful to see the entire team getting the recognition they surely deserve. It...
Veselin Topalov’s simul in Edinburgh
Veselin Topalov’s simul in Edinburgh Former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost one game and conceded five draws in his 20 board simultaneous display held at Edinburgh Chess Club on April 29, 2012. IM Andrew Greet, the 2010...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave victorious in Nancy Grand-Prix
The 2nd stage of the Grand-Prix 2012 of the French Chess Federation took place on 28-29th April at the building of “Grand Nancy” in Nancy. The qualifying event, International Rapid Open, was played on Saturday, 28th April, as a...
950 kids compete in chess tourney
950 kids compete in chess tourneyMonday, April, 30, 2012 – 3:03:00 PMOntario, Canada Hundreds of elementary and secondary school students from Brampton made some of their best moves during the Peel board’s recent chess tournament. Almost 950 students from...
Grandmaster Teimur Rajabov remains world’s number five chess player
Grandmaster Teimur Rajabov remains world’s number five chess playerTue 01 May 2012 04:25 GMT | -1:25 Local Time FIDE has declared the ranking list of the world’s strongest chess players by results of April. Teimur Rajabov remains fifth only...
Levon Aronian still 2nd in FIDE rankings with 2825 points
Levon Aronian still 2nd in FIDE rankings with 2825 points May 1, 2012 – 12:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – On May 1, FIDE published the list of strongest chess players of the world according to which Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian...
37th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament
The 37th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place on 19-21st May at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, 7311 Westminster Hwy. Richmond, BC V6X 1A3, Canada. Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated), U2000 (CFC rated),...
Italian team championship with Nakamura, Caruana
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