Grandmaster Timur Gareev stormed through the 9th Festival Internacional de Xadrez da Figueira da Foz to take a clear first place with 8,5/9 points and the top prize of 1200 EUR. Point and a half behind the winner is...
London Chess Classic Draw Set
Draw and Pairings In accordance with the arrangements notified in St Louis, the colours were reversed from the Sinquefield Cup, with Michael Adams playing the opposite colours to Sinquefield Cup wild card Wesley So. The players were placed in...
JAPFA ASEAN Chess Championships 2015
The 3rd JAPFA ASEAN Chess Championships will be held from 21-30 December 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has been four years since the championship has been held and is very timely indeed with the ambitious plans of the ASEAN...
GM Rinat Jumabayev wins 4th Central Asia Chess Cup (on tie-break)
The 4th Central Asia Chess Cup of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was held from 21-29th November at the Grand Hotel Tien Shan in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The tournament was organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and FIDE. Entitled to...
IM Wynn Zaw Htun wins Myanmar International Open 2015
The 2015 edition of Myanmar International Open took place from November 23rd through November 27th in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with US$ 3,000 reserved for the winner. Myanmar’s top player IM...
16 year old Karthikeyan Murali wins Indian Championship
Karthikeyan Murali clinches title G. PRASAD Sixteen-year-old GM Karthikeyan Murali of Tamil Nadu clinched the title in the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship at the Kasi’s Inn here on Saturday. Karthikeyan, who lost the final round against IM...
Webster U Irene Sukandar & Katerina Nemcova share 2nd in Suriname
Final ranking after 9 rounds Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 8 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 2339 7,0 0,0 39,0 38,00 2 1 GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2562 6,0 0,0 38,5 31,50...
GM Harika Dronavalli of India wins Women’s World Online Blitz Championship
GMs Harika Dronavalli of India and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia tied for 1st at 1st Women’s World Online Blitz Championship. They both scored 13.5 / 18. Due to better tiebreaks, Dronavalli wins the title. Congratulations!
Belgrade Trophy 2015 LIVE!
The 2015 Belgrade Trophy International Chess Tournament is taking place from November 24-December 2, in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with time control 90′/ 40 moves + 30′ + 30″....