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Anton Guijarro & Howell share European Championship lead after 7 rounds
Rank after Round 7 (top 150) http://chess-results.com/tnr280959.aspx Rk. SNo Name Gr Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 K rtg+/- 1 30 GM Anton Guijarro David ACP ESP 2660 6,0 0,0 26,0 29,0 3 6,0 10 14,9 2 18...
Nakamura takes early Norway Chess lead with win over Giri
Round 1 results Aronian, Levon – Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus – So, Wesley ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Giri, Anish 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Standings after round 1 # Name...
Saint Petersburg to Host 2017 Russian Championship Superfinals
The Russian Chess Federation together with Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation announced the results of the bidding for the Russian Championship Superfinals 2017 as part of the Chess in Museums programme. The Superfinals of 70th Russian men’s championship...
Date Change for 2017 World Junior Championship
The 2017 World Junior Championship has changed its dates to 12 – 26 November 2017. The dates have been changed because of the clash with the European Club Cup.
Daily Chess Improvement: Mate in 7!
White to move and checkmate in 7. 5Kbk/8/p2pp1P1/P6P/4P3/8/8/8 w – – 0 4
IM Moiseenko leads 2017 Nezhmetdinov Memorial after 6 rounds
Rank after Round 6 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr278156.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 9 IM Moiseenko Vadim RUS 2528 5,5 24,5 21,5 5,0 2 14 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2508 5,0 24,0 21,0 4,0 3...
10 share European Championship lead after 6 rounds
Rank after Round 6 (top 150) http://chess-results.com/tnr280959.aspx Rk. SNo Name Gr Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 K rtg+/- 1 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan ACP ECX 2688 5,0 0,0 20,5 23,5 3 4,0 10 9,9 34 GM Kovalenko...
12 yr old Cahree Myrick nationally recognized for winning SuperNationals K-8 under 1000 section
National chess champion, 12, honed his moves at Baltimore barbershop Cahree Myrick defeated 249 other players across the country to claim the title by Kevin Skiver Jun 1, 2017 To call Cahree Myrick, 12 (http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtHst.php?15395555), smart is to call...