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SPNO to return to Super Bowl New Orleans! Over $100,000 in scholarships and prizes!
Information and online registration for the main event here. Mar. 1-3 SPNO Boys & Girls Championships at Holiday Inn Downtown/Superdome, New Orleans, LA. 6 Rd. SS G/45 d/5 scholastic up to 9 sections: USCF Rated Secs. grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12, sep. for Girls & Boys; 1 Unrated K-12 Reserve sec. Side events: 3 […]
Ju Wenjun stuck in Gibraltar
Chinese chess player WGM Ju Wenjun faced unexpected difficulties on her return home from the prestigious Gibraltar Chess Festival. The tournament director Stuart Conquest tweeted about the issue with transit visa: “Ju Wenjun was allowed to travel to Gibraltar via London without UK transit visa. Now she cannot leave without one!” Conquest said that he […]
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No engine with perfect score after TCEC round 3, Houdini stopped again
After round 3 of the TCEC computer chess championship, there is not a single engine with perfect score in the 32 players field. Critter – Stockfish and Chiron 1.5 – Gull II made draws at the top tables to join Hiarcs 14.0b at the top of the table with 2,5/3. Houdini was held to yet […]
Moscow Open Round 2
The International Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2013″ is taking place from 31st January to 11th February, 2013, at the Russian State Social University (RSSU), B. Pick Street, 4, metro station “Botanical Garden” in Moscow. Both strong opens, for men and women, saw the favorites making drawn at the first board. In the male tournament, there were 3 draw in the […]
Interview with Anastasia Bodnaruk from the Moscow Open
The rating-favorite of the women’s tournament Anastasia Bodnaruk achieved her first victory. Playing black, she defeated Olga Sviridova. After the conclusion of the game, Anastasia gave an exclusive interview to the official website. News: All news about Moscow OpenLive games: Live games Moscow Open 2013 / Live games Students Grandmaster CupParticipants: Moscow Open 2013 / Moscow Open 2013 women / Young Grandmasters tournament / Young Grandmasters tournament […]
Chess by Stephen Dann
CHESS Stephen Dann LIFESTYLESunday, February 3, 2013This writer’s initial reaction to the promos of “Brooklyn Castle” was that it was a fundraising effort to help send dozens of middle school students to Empire State and national chess events and most of it was staged to present chess in its best light to gain donations. But after […]