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Duda maintains World Junior lead after 11 rounds
Rank after round 11 Full standings here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr185847.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp 1 1 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2645 8.5 0.0 69.0 73.5 2722 2 8 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2538 8.0 0.0...
Buksa leads World Girls by a full point after 11 rounds
Full standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr185842.aspx Rank after round 11 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp 1 23 WFM Buksa Nataliya UKR 2199 9.0 0.0 68.0 70.0 2488 2 4 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2380 8.0 0.5 71.5 76.5...
64 players sent packing after round 1 at Baku World Cup
The longest match ended in Armageddon game: Sargissian drew with black to advance Round 1 complete results Name G1 G2 R1 R2 R1 R2 B1 B2 SD Total Veselin Topalov (BUL) 1 1 2 Oladapo Adu (NGR) 0 0...
Mixed results from Indian delegation in Baku
FIDE World Chess Cup: SP Sethuraman Shines SUBHAGATA BHATTACHARYA 13 SEP 2015 CHESS, INDIA, NEWS After a victory in the first round, Indian GM SP Sethuraman won the second round with ease at the FIDE World Chess Cup. His Russian...
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Gaborone, Botswana
From 24th to 28th August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Gaborone, Botswana, by the Botswana Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Oasis Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana. The Lecturer...
WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan sole winner of 6th FIDE World Online Women Blitz qualifier
The fifth qualifier of the unique FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 was being played on Thursday, September 10th, on the official FIDE Online platform. 22 players from 18 different countries took part in the event. Iranian Olympic player WGM Atousa...
Humpy Koneru won her off the board battle
World chess body quashes complaint against Humpy By Vijay Tagore, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Sep 12, 2015, 04.00 AM IST Mumbai: The Ethics Commission of the World Chess Federation (Fide) has rejected a complaint against Koneru Humpy (in pic)...
Early entries for Rilton Cup
Starting rank (top seeds) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx No. Name FideID FED Rtg 1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 1503707 NOR 2683 2 GM Tiviakov Sergei 1008013 NED 2621 3 GM Socko Bartosz 1107038 POL 2617 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 24109959 RUS 2603...
Exciting Baku World Cup playoff LIVE!
The FIDE World Chess Cup, an integral part of the World Championship Cycle 2014-2016, is taking place from September 10 – October 5, 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan. There shall be six (6) rounds of matches comprising two (2) games...