Standings after 6 rounds Official website: http://agen2016.ffechecs.org 1. Gozzoli, Yannick gm FRA 2573 * ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 1 . . 4 2. Cornette, Matthieu gm FRA 2581 ½ * ½ 0 . . 1 . 1 1...
Interview with Polina Tsedenova
Interview with the FIDE Administrative Manager Polina Tsedenova, one of the organizers of the FIDE Congress in Baku. Question: Polina, how many years are you in FIDE and how many FIDE Congresses have you organized so far? Answer: I started...
Frayna in sole lead at World Girls’ Championship after 10
Standings after 10 (top 35) http://wjcc2016india.com/standing-open/ Rank Name IRtg Club Type Pts Res. BH. BH. BL Vict 1 WIM Frayna Janelle Mae F 2292 PHI U20 8 0 57 61½ 5 6 2 WIM Bivol Alina F...
Jeffery Xiong dominates World Junior Championship
Standings after 10 rounds (top 25) http://wjcc2016india.com/standing-open/ Rank Name IRtg Club Type Pts Res. BH. BH. BL Vict 1 GM Xiong Jeffery 2633 USA U16 8½ 0 57½ 62 5 7 2 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2665 RUS U18...
Girls are less competitive?
Girls need to be more competitive, new research reveals Thursday 18 August 2016 Girls need to be taught to be more competitive, new research from Université Paris-Saclay finds. Professors José de Sousa and Guillaume Hollard studied more than...
Martyn Kravtsiv wins Riga Technical University Open on tie-break
The 2016 Riga Technical University Open was organized by the Latvian Chess Federation and Riga Technical University from 8-14th August at the International Exhibition Centre “Kipsala” in Riga, Latvia. The Festival consisted of five tournaments: Grandmaster Open A, Baltic...
A look back to 1992
1992-93 Candidates Tournament (Wiki) The six qualifiers from the Interzonal Tournament were joined by Chiburdanidze, who had lost the last title match, and Marić, the runner-up from the previous Candidates Tournament. In addition to these eight, FIDE decided to...
Azmaiparashvili: ECU becomes independent, strong, leads fight against corruption
Q: Mr Azmaiparashvili, thank you for accepting the interview. In your report for the ECU General Assembly in Baku you state the improved financial state of the organization. Can you provide more details? A: The financial reports are published...