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GM Kapnisis leads Fischer Memorial Anogia after 7 rounds

Standings after 7 rounds http://www.chess-results.com/tnr291671.aspx Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5,0 5,0...
GM Alberto & IM Smirnov share Capablanca Memorial Anogia lead after 7

Standings after 7 rounds Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 GM David Alberto ITA * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5,5 5,5 0,5...
IM Aczel wins 1st Saturday, earns 2nd GM norm

Another tournament victory of Aczel Gergely (HUN) The popular tournament series of First Saturday Budapest continued with four international groups of different levels in the Hotel Berlin. The average of the GM section was 2421 with a 7 points GM...
Canada officially protests & files complaint to Ethics Committee of FIDE

Letter from Chess Federation of Canada The Chess Federation of Canada protests in the strongest terms the abusive treatment of the Canadian player Anton Kovalyev at the 2017 World Cup at Tbilisi. The incident has been widely covered in...
Lanka: “Time for Anand to quit”

It’s time for Viswanathan Anand to quit, says Lanka Ravi Venkata Krishnaprasad | TNN | Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 17:13 IST HYDERABAD: “It’s time to call it quits,” is former Asian rapid chess champion Lanka Ravi’s word of advice...
Canadian Chess Federation demands apology from World Cup Organizers

Chess federation fuming over treatment of Canadian grandmaster at World Cup Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Published Monday, September 11, 2017 1:05PM EDT MONTREAL — Canada’s chess federation says it has filed a formal complaint over the treatment of...
World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: “I am waiting for Mr. Kovalyov to also apologize…”

Official statement from World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: From 2012, when I became the Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, till nowadays, I have brought around 20 million USD for chess: We have organized top events...