Ranking crosstable after Round 2 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Kelires Andreas 2508 GRE * ½ 1 1,5 1,5 0,0 1,0 2 Galopoulos Nikolaos...
Shocking leader of Tal Memorial Rapid after day 1
Rank after Round 6 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr245235.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 K rtg+/- 1 28 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny S65 RUS 2458 Riga 5,5 16,0 22,5 2811 20 43,6 2 15 GM...
Tan Zhongyi is new Women’s World Champion!
Muzychuk, Anna (UKR) – Tan, Zhongyi (CHN) – Rapid game 1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Qe8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10....
Akshat Chandra & Ruifeng Li officially become GM
GM FED Baghdasaryan, Vahe ARM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal CHI Fang, Yuxiang CHN Lei, Tingjie CHN Arenas, David COL Ziska, Helgi Dam FAI Aryan Chopra IND Lorparizangeneh, Shahin IRI Stella, Andrea ITA Warakomski, Tomasz POL Jurcik, Marian SVK Bogdanovich, Stanislav...
Fantastic Scholastic Chess Program Earns National Recognition
Franklin Co. Chess Program lands national attention Bracey Harris , The Clarion-Ledger Published 6:27 p.m. CT March 2, 2017 BUDE — In the last days of an unseasonably warm February, the windows inside this Franklin Lower Elementary classroom located...
More supports needed for National Heroes
Harika Dronavalli returns to an empty airport: When will India start celebrating its non-cricketing heroes? How many more World Championship medallists will have to land at empty airports? by Sagnik Kundu The champ is here! Imagine this hypothetical scenario....
Daily Chess Improvement: Mating Tactic!
White to move and checkmate in 7. No computer analysis please. 1r6/6kp/6p1/5RQ1/8/P1P1p3/KP6/2q5 w – – 0 1