White to move. How should White proceed? Tartakower, Saviely – Winter, William (Hastings, 1935) 2kr4/pp1r1pp1/4n1p1/4R3/2Pp1qP1/3P2QP/P4PB1/1R4K1 w – – 0 26
Deysi Cori crowns American Continental Champion
The American Continental Women’s Championship was held from 20-28th February at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru. The local star WGM Deysi Cori emerged champion by finishing the tournament with 7,5/9 points, half a point ahead of the second-seed...
Women’s World Championship to begin tomorrow
http://www.lviv2016.fide.com Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger, Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The...
Zambian Olympiad Team Set For Baku
Chess team unveiled Posted in Sport on February 29, 2016 MATHEWS KABAMBA, Lusaka TEN chess players have made the 2016 national team and will represent Zambia at the Baku World Olympiads in Baku, Azerbaijan, in August. The team comprises...
IMSA Elite Mind Games Report
Ding Liren & Gunina Takes the lead in Blitz Game Day-2 In 2016 IMSA Elite Mind Games Chess field, today round 11-20 of the blitz game has been accomplished. There is no much change of the leaderboard for men’s...
16-year-old GM Bai Jinshi wins Cannes
The 2016 Cannes International Chess Open was held from 22-28th February at Rotonde Lérins in Cannes, France. The event consisted of three sections – Open A for players rated over 2100, Open B for players rated under 2200 and...
Ding Liren leads IMSA Elite Mind Games after 20 rds
http://imsa2016.fide.com Standings after 20 rounds Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict 1 5 GM Ding Liren 2688 CHN 14½ 0 133.00 12 2 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2661 IND 14 0 136.50 10 3 11 GM...
Gunina maintains 1 pt lead after 20 rds at IMSA Elite Mind Games
http://imsa2016.fide.com Standings after 20 rounds Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict 1 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 15½ 0 153.75 15 2 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 14½ 0 136.50 12 3 1 GM...
Schedule of IMSA Elite Mind Games
Schedule Date Event 24th February 2016 Arrival of players and officials 25th February 2016 Opening Ceremony 16:00 26th February 2016 Rapid event (men & women) Round 1 14:00 Round 2 15:30 Round 3 17:00 Round 4 18:30 27th February...
Daily Chess Improvement: Checkmate in 3
White to move and checkmate in 3. No computer please 🙂 r6r/3R2pp/5n2/1pb2p1Q/4k3/5N2/p1P3PP/1nB4K w – – 0 1