White to move and mate in 4!
87th FIDE Congress: General Assembly Agenda and Annexes
FIDE publishes the Agenda and Annexes for the General Assembly scheduled from 11th September to 13th September 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Download the AGENDA. Download all Annexes in one file. List of Annexes 1. Audited accounts. 2. Commented accounts....
Diversity in Chess at SPFGI
Diversity at SPFGI By Paul Truong I find the diversity of the SPF Girls’ Invitational pretty remarkable! We had players from 13 countries (not counting from Chinese or Indian heritage), with all different religious, social, and economical backgrounds. They...
African Individual Chess Championships 2016
The 2016 African Individual Chess Championships were held from 17-26th of July with the Classical, Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue was the TICK hotel in Kampala, Uganda. In the classical event there were a total of 30 players...
Terre degli Elimi 2016
http://vesus.org/results/open-a-gt-1900-7deg-festival-internazionale-quotterre-degli-elimiquot/standing/ Standing at round 2 (top 15) POS PTS TITLE NAME RTG PERF. FED BUC1 BUCT 1 2 GM Werle Jan 2567 2998 1.00 2.00 2 2 GM Rotstein Arkadij 2510 2978 1.00 2.00 3 2 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam...
Poikovsky chess 2016 LIVE!
Poikovsky chess 2016 aka Poikovsky – Anatoly Karpov tournament is going to take place July 23 – August 2 in Russia. It will be a single round robin with the participation of GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, GM...
Korobov maintains Karpov Poikovsky lead after 7 rounds
Official website: http://xn—-7sbooiklil0c.xn--p1ai/mezhdunarodnyiy-shahmatnyiy-turnir-im-a-karpova/ Standings after 7 rounds 1. Korobov, Anton gm UKR 2656 * ½ 0 . ½ ½ 1 . 1 1 4½ 2. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw gm POL 2733 ½ * ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 ....
Bai Jinshi wins Cannes
Final standings (top finishers) http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultats.aspx?URL=Tournois/Id/35261/35261&Action=Cl Pl Nom Elo Cat. Fede Ligue Club Pts Perf Tr. 1 g BAI Jinshi 2501 F CadM CAZ Cannes Echecs 7½ 2790 44 2 g ROMANOV Evgeny 2617 F SenM 7 2714 44½ 3 g FIER...
Kovačević & Zelčić win Portorož Open 2016
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 10) http://chess-results.com/tnr190767.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex Gr FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 3 GM Kovačević Aleksandar SRB 2515 2500 ŠD...