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The Soviet Chess Revolution
Shelby Lyman on Chess: It Was Time for Chess Sunday, January 31, 2016 (Published in print: Sunday, January 31, 2016) In general, art, music, sports, or literature reflect the culture that spawns them. Looking back, we can see this...
10 tie for the lead after 6 at Gibraltar
Rank after Round 6 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr202897.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 11 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,0 2867 4,5 3,70 0,80 10 8,0 2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA...
3-way tie for 1st at Tata Steel Challengers, Adhiban tops tiebreaks
Round 13 Wenjun Ju vs Anne Haast [1-0] Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu vs Jorden van Foreest [1/2-1/2] Nino Batsiashvili vs Eltaj Safarli [0-1] Miguoel Admiraal vs Alexey Dreev [1/2-1/2] Samuel Sevian vs Adhiban Baskaran[1/2-1/2] Nijat Abasov vs Erwin l’Ami [1/2-1/2]...
Koneru: Set a goal and make continuous efforts to achieve it
Make the right moves, Koneru Humpy tells students MACHILIPATNAM, January 31, 2016 STAFF REPORTER Indian Chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy on Saturday appealed to parents to encourage their children to pursue sports as a career. Addressing a gathering of schoolchildren...
13 year old Alireza Firouzja wins Iranian Championship
The 2015 Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship was organized by the Tehran Chess Association and Iranian Chess Federation in an 11-round single round-robin tournament. The event took place in the Iranian capital Tehran from January 20-28, 2016. The 13-year-old...
2016 Webster U Final Four Team Announced
Webster University 2016 Final Four Team (April 1-3 in NY City) As we aim to win 6 consecutive Final Four National Championship crowns, we decided to shake up the lineup a little. Here is our Final Four team: Board 1:...
Tata Steel Super Tournament 2016 LIVE!
The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 will have daily live games coverage on Chessdom.com. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ding Liren, Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Pavel Eljanov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Michael Adams, David Navara, Wei Yi,...
78th Tata Steel Challengers 2016 LIVE!
The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from 16-31 January in Wijk Aan Zee, Amsterdam and Utrecht. The event is a 13th category tournament with an average Elo rating 2569. Participants: GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GER 2679, GM Baskaran, Adhiban...
Daily Chess Improvement: 5 second chess tactic!
Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net