Serbian Chess Championship – Round Eleven The 2012 Serbian Chess Championship is taking place from 23rd April to 5th May in Vrnjačka Banja. Fourteen players with average elo of 2534 compete in the round robin tournament. Ivan Ivanisevic made...
119th Scottish Chess Championships
119th Scottish Chess Championships The 119th Scottish Chess Championships promises to be one of the best ever, thanks to the donation of the anonymous benefactor. The target is to have 10 Grandmasters and 10 IMs taking part in the...
1st International Open Chess Tournament Paleros
1st International Open Chess Tournament Paleros, 16-23 June 2012 The 1st International Open Chess Tournament “Paleros 2012″ will be organised in the 4-star Paleros Resort Beach Hotel, on the coast of the Ionian Sea, opposite the island of Lefkada...
Grandmaster at 15
Grandmaster at 15, Vaibhav makes rapid movesShivani Naik : Mumbai, Fri May 04 2012, 00:13 hrs It’s difficult to guess the voice on the other end is of a 15-year-old. Or, 15 years, 2 months, and 22 days-old to...
11th Asian Continental Chess Championships – Players
11th Asian Continental Chess Championships – Players The Vietnam Chess Federation, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, organizes the 11th Asian Continental Individual Open and Women’s Chess Championships on 4-14th May 2012 at The First Hotel...
Spain strengthening the ranks
Spain strengthening the ranks With the first days of this year Alexei Shirov concluded the spell with the Spanish national team and moved back to his native Latvia. But the Spanish Chess Federation didn’t wait long before registering some...
Chess Federation Regrets Auction of Duel Objects
Chess Federation Regrets Auction of Duel Objects03.05.2012 The Chess Federation of Iceland believes that objects from the “Duel of the Century” between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Reykjavík in 1972 are best preserved in Iceland and regrets that...
Viswanathan Anand expects tough contest, poor form not a worry
Viswanathan Anand expects tough contest, poor form not a worryPublished: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 11:30 ISTBy Vijay Tagore | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Viswanathan Anand conceded that of late, his results have not been too encouraging, but he...
Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess Grandmaster
Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess GrandmasterPosted on03 May 2012 Helgi Ólafsson, an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and a good friend of the late Bobby Fischer, has released a book about his encounters with the American chess genius...
Webster University adding chess excellence
Webster University adding chess excellence May 2, 2012FOX SportsBY Andrew Astleford Andrew Astleford is an award-winning journalist who has written for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Indianapolis Star, The Washington Post and Orlando Sentinel, among other outlets. ST. LOUIS –...