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Kramnik joins Nakamura at the top of Norway Chess after beating Anand in round 2
Round 2 results Anand, Viswanathan Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Giri, Anish Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru Aronian, Levon ½-½ So, Wesley Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds 1 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2808 N = 1 1.5 2 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2785 O = 1 1.5 3 Aronian, Levon […]
IM Vadim Moiseenko & GM Lintchevski Nezhmetdinov Memorial lead after 8
Rank after Round 8 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr278156.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 9 IM Moiseenko Vadim RUS 2528 6,5 43,5 40,5 6,0 2 8 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2532 6,5 40,5 37,5 5,0 3 1 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2640 6,0 43,5 39,5 4,0 4 3 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS […]
Howell takes sole lead at European Championship after 8
Rank after Round 8 (top 150) http://chess-results.com/tnr280959.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 K rtg+/- 1 18 GM Howell David W L ACP ENG 2684 7,0 0,0 32,5 36,0 4 6,0 10 15,3 2 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan ACP ECX 2688 6,5 0,0 35,5 39,5 4 5,0 10 […]
U.S. Senate Honors Webster University National Champion Chess Team
U.S. Senate Honors Webster University National Champion Chess Team The U.S. Senate has passed the resolution introduced by U.S. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt of Missouri to honor the Webster University Chess Team on their record fifth consecutive national championship at the 2017 President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament. The resolution commemorates the team’s historic […]
Morozevich wins Rashid Nezhmetdinov Rapid Cup
The International chess festival “Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup” started with a rapid tournament that was held from 29-30th May at the Central Chess School in Kazan. GM Alexander Morozevich and IM Zhamsaran Tsydypov shared the first place with 8,5/11 points each. Morozevich claimed the winner’s trophy on better tie-break. The tournament format was 11-round FIDE rated […]
World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Championships – Medal Winners
The 1st World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships was held from 2-4th June in Minsk, Belarus. The championships were held in Palace of Sport, the same venue as the European Individual Chess Championship 2017. 626 young chess players from 24 countries took part in the rapid event. On June 4, the World Cadets Blitz […]