FIVE OF THE EIGHT BEST CHESS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD WILL COMPETE IN THE 5TH MASTERS FINAL IN SAO PAULO AND BILBAO Five of the world’s best players will be at the final: Current world champion, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus...
Super French GM Vachier-Lagrave confirmed for SPICE Cup 2012
The 2012 SPICE Cup Invitational (expected to be FIDE category 17-18) will take place from October 12 – 21 in the St. Louis area. Five of the six player double round robin field have been confirmed: – GM Le...
Spectacular Olympiad Closing Ceremony Performance
Spectacular LIVE performance by Turkish pop sensation Sertab Erener at the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Chess Olympiad. So long Istanbul 2012, hello Tromsø 2014! Photos from the Closing Ceremony: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/OlympiadClosingCeremony Photos from Chess Olympiad: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/IstanbulChessOlympiad Tromsø 2014 official...
Women’s Grand Prix in Ankara
Ankara (historically known as Angora) is the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of 938 metres. Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city....
The crossing point between Europe and Asia
Istanbul is a very unique city. I am standing on the side of Europe. On the other side of the bridge is Asia. Istanbul is located in northwestern Turkey within the Marmara Region on a total area of 5,343...
Qualifiers for Women’s World Championship 2012
FIDE is publishing the player’s contract for the Women’s World Chess Championship to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 9 November (arrivals) to 3 December 2012 (departures). The qualified players are expected to fax or email scanned the original...
Holden Hernandez wins III Memorial Oliver Gonzalez
The 3rd Oliver González Memorial was taking place on 1-9 September at the “Daóiz y Velarde” Sport Pavilion in downtown Madrid, Spain. 98 players from 13 countries compete in Group A and 144 compete in Group B (U2100 elo)....
Checkmate in 5
White to move and checkmate in 5.Puzzle by Zakhodiakin, presented by Andreas 8/8/8/p7/8/8/4RKR1/kb6 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cuba finished 11th in Istanbul
Cuba finished 11th in Istanbul Havana, Cuba, Sept 10.- The Cuban men’s Chess team finished in the 11th position at the Istanbul World Chess Olympiad, held in Turkey, after defeating Slovenia in the eleventh and last round 2,5 to...
RP team settles for an improved 21st place finish
RP team settles for an improved 21st place finishTuesday, September 11, 2012 MANILA—Grandmasters Eugene Torre and Mark Paragua lost to their rivals in a pair of slam-bang final round matches as the 35th-seed Philippines sufferred a heart-breaking 3-1 defeat...