Starting rank (top 20) http://chess-results.com/tnr232175.aspx No. Name FideID FED RtgI RtgN 1 GM Amin Bassem 10601457 EGY 2655 0 2 GM Maze Sebastien 613762 FRA 2617 0 3 GM Adly Ahmed 10601619 EGY 2595 0 4 GM Gozzoli Yannick...
Bacrot dominates Le 5eme Trophée Anatoly Karpov after 5 rounds
Rank after Round 5 http://chess-results.com/tnr244020.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. Â TB1 Â TB2 Â TB3 1 2 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2692 4,5 9,75 0,0 4 2 1 GM Karpov Anatoly RUS 2628 3,0 6,50 0,0 3 3 6 GM...
Snooze-fest continues at Russian Superfinal – All games drawn
All Men Draw Again in Novosibirsk. The 7th round of the Russian Superfinal was played on October 23 in Novosibirsk. The most interesting game of the men’s championship was played between the rating favorites, Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler....
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met World U18 Champ Stavroula Tsolakidou
Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras & Minister of Sports Aristides Baltas received the World U18 Girls Champion Stavroula Tsolakidou and congratulated her on the third world title (U14, U16 and U18). The representatives of the Greek Chess Federation...
Pay to hear or face legal action!
This is the new era of World Championship chess. ALL players MUST pay $15 to listen to the LIVE commentary. Any website which chooses to have their own commentators do LIVE commentary will face legal actions by AGON. What...
The legend learned from his Mother
Viswanathan Anand learnt chess basics from his mother! By Shailesh Menon, ET Bureau| Sizing up the competition is as crucial to running a company as it is on a board of chess. Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand on the rigour of...
FIDE President was awarded Golden Biatec Gold Medal
On October 13, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was awarded the annual International award the Golden Biatec – 2016 for his contribution to “the cause of peace and development of the relationship between nations and states.” The Award Ceremony, which...
The Rise and Fall of a Chess King
Brilliant chess child prodigy Bobby Fischer was beaten by his eccentricities Troy Lennon, History Writer, The Daily Telegraph October 16, 2016 9:11pm THEY called it the game of the century. It was not football, tennis or any of the...
World Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2017
The World Team Chess Championship 50+, 65+ 2017 will be held in Hersonissos, Crete (Greece), on the southern coast of the Aegean Sea. The dates are 23 April (arrival, technical meeting) to 3 May 2017 (departure). REGULATIONS (pdf)