The long anticipated 42nd World Chess Olympiad began today at the beautiful Baku Chrystal Hall with the games of the first round. A record breaking 180 teams compete in the Open Section, while the Women Section has 140 teams...
Chess Olympiad round 2 pairings
Round 2 pairings (http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232875.aspx) 2. Runde am 03.09.2016 um 15:00 Nr. Snr Team Team Pkt. MP Erg. : Erg. MP Pkt. Team Team Snr 1 1 RUS Russia 4 2 : 2 4 Turkmenistan TKM 62 2 63 SCO...
Video of fantastic flag presentation at Baku Chess Olympiad Opening Ceremony
Photos: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/116302832360230031699/album/AF1QipM4-Cb26tT95rFXQtDjukHzAhDWcOE_-qYmnPM?source=pwa
Baku Chess Olympiad Opening Ceremony Videos & Photos
Spectacular Baku Chess Olympiad flag ceremony of all nations, a must see: Video of drawing of colors by Kramnik & Hou Yifan: Video of dancing act: The 42nd Chess Olympiad was officialy opened The 42nd Chess Olympiad was opened...
Women’s Olympiad Round 2 Pairings
Round 2 pairings http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232876.aspx Nr. Snr Team Team Pkt. MP Erg. : Erg. MP Pkt. Team Team Snr 1 42 MNE Montenegro 4 2 : 2 4 China CHN 1 2 2 UKR Ukraine 4 2 : 2 4...
Huge upsets at Baku Chess Olympiad round 1
Team upset: (http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232875.aspx) Br. 22 Bulgaria (BUL) Elo – 110 Sudan (SUD) Elo 2 : 2 21.1 GM Topalov, Veselin 2768 – CM Nadir, Samir 2199 1 – 0 21.2 GM Nikolov, Momchil 2585 – FM Tagelsir, Abubaker 2216...
Chess Olympiad Photos
Lots of pictures from Baku Chess Olympiad https://get.google.com/albumarchive/116302832360230031699/album/AF1QipM4-Cb26tT95rFXQtDjukHzAhDWcOE_-qYmnPM?source=pwa
Daily Chess Improvement: A Classic Chess Tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? 1B6/1p3p2/8/P4N2/k4P1p/P6p/2K5/8 w – – 0 1 Bernhardt 1961