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2016 British Chess Championship

Rank after Round 10 (top 25) http://chess-results.com/tnr231040.aspx Rk. SNo Name Rtg Club/City Pts. 1 1 GM Adams Michael 2727 None 9,0 2 2 GM Howell David Wl 2663 None 8,0 3 3 GM Jones Gawain Cb 2650 None 7,0 8 GM Emms John M 2467 None 7,0 11 IM Tan Justin Hy 2438 None 7,0 25 […]
Shankland dominates Biel

The 2016 Biel Master Tournament took place from 25th July to 3rd August, as part of the 49th Biel International Chess Festival. The 9-round Swiss open gathered 112 participants rated above 2000 elo. American Grandmaster Samuel Shankland took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points, leaving the second placedGM Eltaj Safarli half a point behind. […]
Iowa Championships 2016

A State Championship Event! Aug. 26, 2016 Iowa Quick Chess Championship (QC) Open to all. 6-SS, G/10 d2. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 6 – 7 pm or in advance. Rds.: 7:15pm, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45. EF: $25 if postmarked […]
British former chess whizzkid who sold his firm to Google for £400m

British former chess whizzkid who sold his firm to Google for £400m named in top ten global tech pioneers By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 17:16 EST, 2 August 2016 | UPDATED: 18:43 EST, 2 August 2016 A British entrepreneur who was a child prodigy at chess has been named one […]
2016 Baku Olympiad – VISAS – URGENT

Dear participants, Urgently send to Baku at visas@bakuchess.com the following: – the color scan of your passport – an ID picture suitable for official documents (on a white background) – the filled table (sent to everybody and available in Olympiad registration system) with some information needed for the visas These have to reach Baku by […]
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 begins

The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 begins in Grand style! The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 was started yesterday at the Citrus Waskaduwa in presence of Commonwealth Chess Association, Mr. Bharat Sing and the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka officials. A total of 360 players are participating in the event from 10 Countries, India, South Africa, Malaysia, […]
Results of Czech Open 2016

CZECH OPEN 2016 14.7. – 31.7. 2016, Pardubice, Tipsport arena www.czechopen.net PARDUBICE OPEN – ELO FIDE and LOK CR credited grand master tournament, part of ACP TOUR In the main tournament Pardubice Open were presented 291 players. „We saw 45 GMs and 65 IMs,” said director of Czech Open Jan Mazuch. After eight rounds of […]
Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo enters European Club Cup 2016

Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo (CEMC) from Monaco completed the registration of two teams (Open and Women) for the 2016 European Chess Club Cup. CEMC is the 5-times European Club Cup champion with the women’s team claiming the trophy in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo lineup (Women’s section): GM Hou Yifan […]