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GMs Meier & Bindrich lead German Masters

Round 2 results Bluebaum, Matthias – Svane, Rasmus ½-½ Buhmann, Rainer – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ Heimann, Andreas – Bindrich, Falko 0-1 Huschenbeth, Niclas – Meier, Georg 0-1 Standings after 2 rounds # Name Pts SB 1 Meier, Georg 1.5 1.75 Bindrich, Falko 1.5 1.25 3 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1 1 Bluebaum, Matthias 1 0.75 Buhmann, Rainer […]
4 players tie for Dresden Open lead after 4 rounds

Standings after 4 rounds (top 30) http://chess-results.com/tnr292949.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 1 1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2610 0 4,0 11,0 37,0 2 8 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2531 2546 SG Speyer-Schwegenheim 2012 4,0 9,5 36,0 3 14 IM Zakhartsov Vladimir RUS 2430 0 4,0 8,5 36,0 4 […]
Only 4 remain perfect after 3 rounds at British Championship

Standings after 3 rounds (top 64) http://chess-results.com/tnr293939.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Rtg Club/City Pts. 1 1 GM Howell David Wl 2702 4ncl Cheddleton 3,0 2 GM Jones Gawain Cb 2660 4ncl Guildford 3,0 11 GM Gormally Daniel W 2462 4ncl Blackthorne Russia 3,0 14 GM Ward Chris G 2441 4ncl Kjca Kings 3,0 5 […]
4-way tie for the lead at Kavala Open after 6

Standings after 6 rounds (top 55) http://chess-results.com/tnr279129.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2585 5,0 0,0 21,5 19,75 2 35 FM Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis GRE 2343 5,0 0,0 21,5 18,75 3 22 Mu Ke CHN 2416 5,0 0,0 20,0 17,25 4 2 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2570 […]
Harikrishna & Hou Yifan lead Biel with 1 round to go

Round 8 results Bacrot, Etienne – Navara, David ½-½ Georgiadis, Nico – Leko, Peter ½-½ Morozevich, Alexander – Studer, Noel 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan – Harikrishna, P. 0-1 Vaganian, Rafael A – Hou, Yifan 0-1 Standings after 8 rounds 1. Harikrishna, Pentala gm IND 2737 * 1 ½ . ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ […]
Visiting the greatest!

Webster University freshman Tom (Polgar) and his brother Leeam visiting Bobby Fischer in Iceland. 1. e4! They heard many stories about Bobby from me over the years. Now they have a chance to visit and pay their respect to the greatest!