White to move and mate in 3.
Vidit retains full point lead at Indian Championship with 2 to go
Ranking Crosstable After Round 9 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr195162.aspx Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND * 1 1 ½ 1 ½...
Pavlodar Open 2015
The 10th Pavlodar International Open will take place from 6-16th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The tournament is organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and...
20th anniversary as FIDE President
Twenty years ago today, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was named President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). He talks to Sport Express about the most memorable events of his time as president. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has accomplished a lot in 20 years:...
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi leads Indian Championship by a full point
http://chess-results.com/tnr195162.aspx Ranking Crosstable After Round 9 Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND * 1 1 ½ 1 ½...
2016 – Year of Paul Keres
January 7 2016 will be the 100th birth anniversary of the legendary chess grandmaster Paul Keres who has been nicknamed “The Eternal Second” in the chess world. Already in 1938, Keres earned the right to play a world championship...
FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship Final
The final of the 1st FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship is scheduled to take place on November 26th, in the club “Circolo Canottieri Aniene” in Rome, Italy. The players will be seated on a round table, with computer...
Champions of 25th World Senior Chess Championship crowned
With a quick draw against GM Evgeni Vasiukov (RUS), the leader of the tournament “Open +65” GM Vladimir Okhotnik (RUS) won the World Senior Chess Championship for the second time, after 2011 in Rijeka/Croatia. His final score was 9,5...
Ilyumzhinov: “all of my connections with that country and many others are purely humanitarian”
U.S. Announces Sanctions on 2 Accused of Dealings With Assad or ISIS By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISNOV. 25, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions against a Syrian construction executive it said was helping President Bashar al-Assad...
20th Cultural Village Chess Tournament 2015 LIVE!
The 20th Cultural Village Chess Tournament is taking place from November 16-25, 2015, at Cafe de Zon, in Wijk aan Zee, The event is a 10 player round-robin tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 moves + 30′ + 30″. The...