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GM Rychagov wins Gazi-Heraklio
Final standings (top 25) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr285596.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 4 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2536 0 7,5 0,0 53,0 42,75 39,5 38,5 … 2 5 GM Kelires Andreas...
Bortnyk, Bernadskiy, and Dobrov top Kavala Open
Final standings (top 45) http://chess-results.com/tnr279129.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2585 7,0 0,0 49,5 41,50 2 5 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2543 7,0 0,0 47,5 38,50 3 10 GM...
Cori wins Open Internacional d’Escacs Vila de Sitges with 8.5/9
Final standings (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr268014.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 1 GM Cori Jorge PER 2636 0 8,5 56,0 51,5 0,0 2 2 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2627 0...
Carlsen, Kramnik, Anand, Caruana, Nakamura, So, MVL and other top players to compete in World Cup
PARTICIPANTS of the WORLD CUP 2017 a) World Champion and World Cup 2015 semi-finalists 01. M. Carlsen (NOR) 02. S. Karjakin (RUS) 03. P. Svidler (RUS) 04. P. Eljanov (UKR) 05. A. Giri (NED) b) Junior World Champions 2015...