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The “old stalwarts” swept the MetroWest club’s ( www.metrowestchess.org) 81-player, 4-section Summer Solstice Open in Natick. Denys Shmelov, 26, of Pepperell was by far the youngest of the winners, joining Joseph F. Kelly, Ed Chornoboy and Ray Behenna, atop...
Caruana moves up to #3 in the world, 4 pts from 2800
Players over 2700 Full list: http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Norwegian Chess Championships
The 2013 Norwegian Chess Championships are taking place from 29th June to 6th July at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lillehammer. The start of the Championships coincided with the end of the rapid match between Magnus Carlsen and Borki...
Mamedyarov defeated Kramnik to win the Geneva Masters 2013
The reigning World Rapid Champion GM Mamedyarov defeated former World Champion Kramnik 1.5 – 0.5 in the final to win the 2013 Geneva Chess Masters. http://www.genevachessmasters.ch Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Al Riyadh Open Chess Tournament
Saudi Chess Association in cooperation with Qatar Chess Federation and NGiT is holding the Saudi Riyadh International Chess Championship on 26-28th June at the cultural cafe in Riyadh. The 11-round Swiss tournament will be played with the rapid time...
Pacific Southwest Open
The Pacific Southwest Open is scheduled to take place on July 5-7 at the Radisson Hotel at Los Angeles Airport. Concurrently, the Pacific Southwest Scholastic will be held on July 6th. The events will be played in the Catalina...
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Inarkiev wins Russian Higher League, earns spot in Tal Memorial 2014
Final standings, Men: 1-2. GMs Inarkiev (2680), Nepomniachtchi (2717) – 6½/9 3-7. GM Motylev (2655), IM Goganov (2562), GMs Shomoev (2565), Jakovenko (2713), IM Eliseev (2557) – 6 8-13. GMs Demchenko (2639), Tomashevsky (2709), Matlakov (2665), IM Prizant (2515),...
Doctor Zhivago of chess
Meeting ‘Zhivago’By ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 11:08 PM, June 29, 2013Posted: 9:43 PM, June 29, 2013Boris Spassky recalled how he met the Doctor Zhivago of chess: En route to a tournament in Winnipeg, Spassky was visited at his hotel by...