A win is a win, period! And if you do not like it…..! The chess world lit up twitter (and various forums) yesterday after the epic episode between Magnus Carlsen and Maurice Ashley. After winning clear first in the...
GM Damljanovic leads Silver Lake with 1 round to go
Rank after Round 8 (top 60) http://chess-results.com/tnr267014.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 3 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2526 7,0 0,0 38,5 6,0 2 1 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2548 6,5 0,0 37,0 5,0 3...
World Cadets Chess Championship 2017
International Chess Federation (FIDE), Confederation Chess Americas (CCA) , Brazilian Chess Federation (CBX) , FIDE, Minas Gerais State Chess Federation, the WCCC 2017 Organizing Committee and companies participating, have the honor to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations around the...
Daily Chess Improvement: Attacking Chess Tactic!
Black to move. How should Black proceed? Q7/5B1k/1N1b2p1/7p/4b2P/6r1/2R4K/4R3 b – – 0 1
Russia on pace for double gold at World Team
http://ugra2017.fide.com Standings after 6 rounds Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MP Pts. 1 RUSSIA * 3 2 2½ 3 3 3½ 11 17 2 CHINA * 2 2½ 2 2½ 3½ 3½...
GM Damljanovic flying at Silver Lake with 6.5/7 start
Rank after Round 7 (top 35) http://chess-results.com/tnr267014.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 3 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2526 6,5 0,0 29,0 6,0 2 1 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2548 5,5 0,0 27,5 4,0 3...
Only 3 remain perfect after 3 at Asrian Memorial
Rank after Round 3 (top 65) http://chess-results.com/tnr267358.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 1 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2656 3,0 4,0 5,5 1 3 3 2,32 0,68...
GM Kveinys wins Baltic Zonal
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds http://chess-results.com/tnr280324.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 K rtg+/- 1 4 GM Kveinys Aloyzas S50 LTU 2526 Vilnius 6,5 42,0 45,5 2667 0,0 4,0 10 16,9 2...
GM Volkov wins Voronezh Masters 2017
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 85) http://chess-results.com/tnr286925.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 5 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2615 7,5 49,0 45,0 7,0 2 10 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2561 7,0 53,0 48,5 6,0...
Daily Chess Improvement: Morphy Chess Tactic!
White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net