Skokie honors Niles North’s champion chess teamBy MIKE ISAACSMay 8, 2012 10:46AM When it comes to Niles North High School’s heralded chess team, the Skokie Village Board made the final move. Mayor George Van Dusen proclaimed Monday Niles North...
Capablanca Memorial LIVE games
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US Championship round 1 pairings
Round 1 pairings 1 2625 GM Akobian Varuzhan – GM Seirawan Yasser 2643 2 2571 GM Shulman Yuri – GM Kaidanov Gregory S 2594 3 2562 GM Stripunsky Alexander – GM Onischuk Alexander 2660 4 2587 GM Lenderman Aleksandr...
Trio share Capablanca Memorial lead
Grand Masters Trio Leads Capablanca Chess Tourney in Cuba Havana, May 8 (Prensa Latina) Czech player Viktor Laznicka climbed to the top after defeating Russian Vladimir Potkin in 33 moves of a Sicilian Defense in the Elite Group”s 4th...
Chess evolution team will conduct live commentary for the Anand – Gelfand WC match
Live games from the 2012 World Chess Championship match between Anand and Gelfand will be daily on Chessdom.com. Offcial commentators are GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GM Csaba Balogh, and the Chess Evolution team. Besides, all games will be with the...
16 year old crowned Estonian Chess Champion
Mark Lapidus, 16, Crowned Estonian Chess ChampionPublished: 09:49 At only 16 years of age, Mark Lapidus (representing the team T. Truusi MKK) won the men’s division of the Estonian National Chess Championship held from May 1 to 7 in...
U. N. Women meets with FIDE
U. N. Women meets with FIDETuesday, 08 May 2012 10:43May 7, 2012 United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (U. N. Women) meets with World Chess Federation (FIDE) to discuss partnersip The U.N. Women Executive Director,...
Kazakh chess players win big in Romania
Kazakh chess players win big in RomaniaNews / Sports16:35 08.05.2012 Young chess players from Kazakhstan won three golden and two silver medals at the international championship in Romania. Bibisara Assaubayeva (Astana) won in the youngest players’ category, Diana Assaubayeva...
Hrant Melkumyan leads at Bosna tournament
Hrant Melkumyan leads at Bosna tournament Grand Master Hrant Melkumyan has taken the 5th running victory at Bosna 2012 tournament. Armenian grandmaster defeated GM Zdenko Kozul (Croatia). After 5 rounds Melkumyan is solely leading with excellent result – 5...