Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2017 Battle commences: Monday 23 January 2017 – by John Saunders (@JohnChess) Even before the gala opening of the event, the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival got underway...
Obituary – IM Cristina Adela Foisor
The Romanian chess is in mourning: one of its greatest players, IM Cristina Adela Foisor (nee Badulescu) passed away on 21st of January, at the age of 49 years. Starting playing chess in official tournaments at 13 years, Cristina...
GM Tukhaev remains on fire in Chennai with 7.5/8
Rank after Round 8 (top 45) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr257403.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 4 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2516 UKR 7,5 0,0 40,5 43,5 2 8 GM Czebe Attila HUN 2491 HUN 7,0...
Carlsen collapsed, So continues to lead Tata Tata Steel
Round 8 GM Rapport, Richard vs GM Carlsen, Magnus [1-0] GM Aronian, Levon vs GM Giri, Anish [1-0] GM Adhiban, B vs GM Andreikin, Dmitry [1-0] GM Harikrishna, P vs GM Wei, Yi [1/2-1/2] GM Karjakin, Sergey vs GM...
President of Moldova visits Central Chess Club in Moscow
During the official visit to Russia, Igor Dodon, President of Moldova, visited the Central House of Chess Player and RCF Chess Museum. The delegation from Moldova also included Dumitru Bragis, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Andrei Neguta, Deputy of...
Smirnov and Timurgazi win Oceania Zonal Championships
The Oceania FIDE Zone 3.6 Championships being held at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland, New Zealand from 14-20 January 2017, ended with Australian International Master Anton Smirnov and New Zealand Woman FIDE Master Layla Timergazi claiming the titles....
Maria Gevorgyan wins Armenian Women’s Championship
Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WIM Gevorgyan Maria ARM * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6,5...