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Indian Premier Championship 2015 LIVE!
The Indian Premier Chess Championship is taking place from November 15-28, 2015. The event is an 11-category round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating 2503. Participants: GM SP Sethuraman 2651, GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2651, GM Sengupta Deep 2589, GM...
GM Karthikeyan Murali leads Indian Championship with 1 to go
Ranking crosstable after round 12 Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND * 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½...
Photos from SPFWO 2015 & Trophy Winners
Photos from 2015 SPFWO: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/2015SPFWorldOpenLouisville More will be uploaded in the next 24-48 hours. Trophy Winners K-2 Girls Place Name/Team Rate Score MMed Solk Cum CumOp 1 Rajaram, Anika (1,HARKER) 1129 6.0 16.0 18.0 21.0 61.5 2 Trimble, Elise (3,Rosa...
Promoting Chess in Africa
VICTOR KUMWENDA, Lusaka FORMER women world chess champion Zhu Chen is impressed with the standard of the sport in Zambia. Grand Master Zhu is in the country as part of a four-nation tour of southern Africa. She is accompanied...
“No outstanding players among the younger generation” in the Philippines
Pestaño: Bleak future for Philippine chess Thursday, November 26, 2015 By FRANK ‘BOY’ PESTAÑO N THE 60s,70s and even up to the 80s, we were the dominant chess playing country in Asia. The late Rodolfo Tan Cardoso was awarded...
British Knockout Championship at the 7th London Chess Classic Festival
A new high-level event is joining the extensive list of tournaments that make up the 7th London Chess Classic Festival: Eight of Britain’s best chess players, with the exception of Michael Adams, who plays in the Classic itself, will...
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″....
11th Governor’s Cup Yugra 2015 LIVE!
The 11th Governor’s Cup Yugra is taking place from November 22 to December 2, 2015, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The event is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund of 1.210.000 RUB (nearly 22.000 €). Top seed is Russian...