Rank after Round 4 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2678 3,5 5,75 0,0 3 2 7 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2628 3,0 3,75 0,0 2 3 3 GM...
10-way tie for the lead at 4e Championnat de la Francophonie – Menton 2016
Rank after Round 4 http://chess-results.com/tnr232175.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI RtgN TB1 TB2 TB3 K rtg+/- 1 1 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2655 0 4,0 11,0 2894 10 3,9 2 22 IM Vezzosi Paolo ITA 2323 0 4,0 10,5...
Karpov pulls within 1 of Bacrot at Cap d’Agde
Rank after Round 9 Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 2 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2692 7,0 27,50 0,0 6 2 1 GM Karpov Anatoly RUS 2628 6,0 28,25 0,0 5 3 4 GM Cornette...
Riazantsev leads Russian Superfinal
The 9th round of the Russian Superfinal was played on October 25 in Novosibirsk. Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation, and Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Chairman of Russian State Duma, visited the 9th round of the Russian Superfinal....
Ultimate Shameful Unsportsmanlike Conduct in Chess (Just Added More Facts in Part II)
After losing game 6 against Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan, Nigel Short created a public scandal and insisted that the game should not be rated to save a few rating points. Ultimate Shameful Unsportsmanlike Conduct In Chess (part II) More...
11 yr old Indian phenom Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is 6/6 at World Cadets Championship
Under 12 Open – Rank after Round 6 (top 10) Full standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr238137.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 1 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2442 6,0 0,0 21,0 22,5 3 6,0 2 6 Hong...
Could Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa be the youngest GM in history?
LONDON • An 11-year-old Indian boy with a very long name is changing chess history. Already the youngest international master (IM), the Chennai prodigy is likely to eclipse Sergey Karjakin’s longstanding world record as the only pre-teen player to...
The chess festival Chessnale Thessaloniki 2016
In Thessaloniki in the Mediterranean Cosmos mall on Friday 14 October, within the framework of the Russia-Greece year and all its activitites, the chess festival Chessnale Thessaloniki 2016 took place. On 16/10, Sunday, the 12th World Chess Champion and...
Mamedyarov wins Amir Timur 680th Anniversary Rapid by 2 points
Final standings 1 Mamedyarov, Shak GM AZE 2762 12 XXXX 11½½ ½½½½ ½1½1 8.0 2 Gelfand, Boris GM ISR 2743 12 00½½ XXXX ½1½1 ½1½0 6.0 3 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam GM UZB 2691 12 ½½½½ ½0½0 XXXX ½½½½ 5.0 4...
9th International Open Championship Mohammed Sekkat in Tangier, Morocco
The Federation Royale Marocaine des Echecs organizes the 9th Trophy, 9th International Open Championship Mohammed Sekkat from November 21st till December 1st 2016 in Tangier, at Almohades City Center (4*) Hotel. The Championship will be played in 9 rounds according...