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5 share US Championship lead after 3 rounds
Open section Akobian, Varuzhan Naroditsky, Daniel 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru Xiong, Jeffery ½-½ Onischuk, Alexander Shankland, Samuel ½-½ Robson, Ray Kamsky, Gata 1-0 So, Wesley Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Zherebukh, Yaroslav Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 Cross table after round 3 Rank Name Rating...
Ding Liren leads Shenzhen Chess Masters as drawfest continues
Round 8 results Adams, Michael – Yu, Yangyi ½-½ Giri, Anish – Harikrishna, P. ½-½ Svidler, Peter – Ding, Liren ½-½ Ranking crosstable after round 8 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. TB1 TB2...
GM Monika Soćko wins Polish Championship by a full point
Final standings L.p. Tytuł Nazwisko Imię R. FIDE Ranking Klub Data ur. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pkt. 1 GM Soćko, Monika 2466 2600 KSz HETMAN Katowice 1978 X 0 1 1 1 1...
Which is better — the College Chess Final Four or its pretentious basketball rival?
Webster University defines excellence with fifth straight college chess championship By David R. Sands – The Washington Times – Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Which is better — the College Chess Final Four or its pretentious basketball rival? Consider: The...
GM Maksim Chigaev first in the Sagaalgan Rapid 2017
The 15th Chess Festival Sagaalgan 2017 was held on 24-26th March at the Buddhist University in Ivolginsky datsan, near Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia. The 13-round rapid tournament with the time control 15′+10” was a stage of...
US Championships round 2 results
Open Section Caruana, Fabiano – Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Kamsky, Gata – Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1 Naroditsky, Daniel – Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander – Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 Shankland, Samuel – So, Wesley ½-½ Xiong, Jeffery – Robson, Ray ½-½ Women’s...
4-way tie for Sharjah lead with 1 to go
Rank after Round 8 (top 100) http://chess-results.com/tnr271094.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 5 GM Wang Hao CHN 2683 6,5 0,0 37,5 40,5 5,0 7 5,5 4,33...