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A busy global chess calendar

A busy calendar as the world title chess match looms By David R. Sands – The Washington Times – Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Just because there’s this big showdown next month doesn’t mean the rest of the world is on hold until a winner is declared. No, we (thankfully) aren’t talking politics. As Norwegian world […]
IM Petrov perfect after 4 at 38th Int. Chess Festival Città di Arco Open

Rank after Round 4 (top 15) http://chess-results.com/tnr232657.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 3 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2493 4,0 9,0 11,0 2194 2 8 IM Sedina Elena ITA 2263 3,5 9,5 11,5 2159 3 1 GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2562 3,5 9,0 11,5 2138 4 9 FM Dittmar Peter GER […]
Kasparov wins human rights case

WORLD NEWS | Tue Oct 11, 2016 | 8:44pm IST Chess master Garry Kasparov wins human rights case against Russia Chess master Garry Kasparov on Tuesday won a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights for unlawful arrest and violation of his right to attend a rally he missed as a result […]
National Chess Day Celebration at Webster University (videos)

National Chess Day Celebration at Webster University! In honor of National Chess Day, we organized a 12-player round robin event. 4 are GMs, 9 players are over 2,200, and the lowest rated player is 2,100+.
Nerves! Nerves! Nerves!

Nerves! Nerves! Nerves! In the final match of Millionaire Chess III, GM Gawain Jones had a completely winning position. He was also well ahead on time. But when you are on the verge of winning a lot of money, weird things happen to players’ brains. In this case, not only Gawain did not win, […]
Back to top 5 in the world

Harika back in top five of world chess rankings Harika not only finished with 5.5 points in the Isle of Man tournament that saw some of the best chess players in action but also emerged as the one of the top woman player at the event. India’s Grand Master Harika Dronavalli broke back into the […]
Ray Robson wins National Chess Day SPICE Championship

Final standings —————————————————————————————————————– Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | —————————————————————————————————————– 1 | RAY ROBSON |10.0 |W 5|D 8|W 7|W 9|W 4|W 6|W 3|W 11|W […]