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The 1st International Chess Open Tournament of Carthage in Hammamet, Tunisia
The Tunisian International Chess Academy (TICA) has the honor and pleasure to invite the players to participate in the 1st International Chess Open Tournament of Carthage which will be held in the famous touristic city of Hammamet, Tunisia, from...
Dr. Murtaza Ali wins Punjab Chess Championship 2015
First ever FIDE rated Punjab Chess Championship 2015 with biggest ever prize fund of Rs. 370,000/ (3700$) was held from 1-5 August 2015. The venue was Smart Hotel, Liberty Market Lahore. It was a 9 round swiss league event...
French Championship Round 2 Results
The 90th French Chess Championship is taking place from August 9-20, 2015, in Saint-Quentin, France. Round 2 results GM Cornette, Matthieu vs GM Shchekachev, Andrei [1/2-1/2] GM Gozzoli, Yannick vs GM Bacrot, Etienne [1/2-1/2] GM Lagarde, Maxime vs GM...
FIDE Rules & Tournament Regulations Commission Councillors meeting
The Armenian Chess Federation graciously hosted in Yerevan, Armenia the FIDE Rules & Tournament Regulations Commission Councillors meeting from 19-21st June 2015. Multiple topics were addressed such as proposed revisions to the Laws of Chess, questions from the global...
Salem & Ganguly tie for 1st at Asian Continental
Final standings (top 60) http://chess-results.com/tnr182542.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 11 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2595 7.0 0.0 6.0 2505 42.5 36.0 9 7 5.54 1.46...
Hejazipour Mitra & Shen Yang tie for 1st at Women’s Asian Continental
Final standings (top 40) http://chess-results.com/tnr182541.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 19 WIM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2321 7.0 0.0 7.0 2254 43.5 37.0 9 7 5.21 1.79 20...
Russian Superfinals round 2 results
Round 2 results GM Dubov, Daniil vs GM Artemiev, Vladislav [1/2-1/2] GM Vitiugov, Nikita vs GM Bukavshin, Ivan [1-0] GM Lysyj, Igor vs GM Karjakin, Sergey [1/2-1/2] GM Svidler, Peter vs GM Jakovenko, Dmitry [1/2-1/2] GM Khismatullin, Denis vs...
Astoundingly precocious Fischer
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Precocity By Any Other Name Column 2245 for release August 3 Sunday, August 9, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, August 9, 2015) Bobby Fischer was astoundingly precocious — as he proved in 1958, at the...
GM Prohaszka wins 4th Mare di Fano International Chess Festival
Final standings (top 15) The 4th Mare di Fano International Chess Festival took place from August 1-8, 2015, on the Italian Adriatic coast. The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament with prize fund in total of 10,000 EUR. Hungarian...