Chess Olympiad: India overthrows China in Group A As it was expected, the top place in Group A of the Chess Olympiad would only be decided in the very last round, when China and India were scheduled to face...
Azerbaijan, Hungary, and Ukraine advance to the playoffs
Chess Olympiad: Azerbaijan, Hungary, and Ukraine advance to the play-offs The most hard-fought and balanced group of the top division was decided by tie-breaks, as the top half of the table ended very tightly packed with five teams within...
Unstoppable Russia at Online Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad, group C: Unstoppable Russia The Russian team is cruising through Pool C. They started the day with two clean sweeps: 6-0 against Algeria and 6-0 against Morocco. In the 6th round they had to face much tougher...
Power outage during Online Chess Olympiad damaged Indian team
Power cut forces two Indian chess masters lose against Mongolia Published: Aug 22,202010:21 PM by IANS Chennai: “In the crucial moments of Mongolia- India, in a won game, there was a power failure in my area costing us the...
Hungary takes the lead in Group B after day 2 at Online Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad: Hungary takes the lead in Group B As many anticipated, Pool B is proving to be the most balanced of the four groups. It was clear from the beginning that France, Norway and South Africa wouldn’t go...
USA takes command of Group D at Online Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad: USA takes command of Group D The United States is off to a great start in the first-ever Online Olympiad. The winners of the gold medal in Baku 2016 are on track to repeat this great success,...
STLCC to host Chess 9LX & The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz in September
Saint Louis Chess Club To Host Two Online Tournaments In September – Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX & The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz The World’s Best Grandmasters Will Compete For A Total Prize Fund of $400,000 In These Upcoming...
Magnus Carlsen tour returns in November, bigger and more money!
PRESS RELEASE: The Tour Continues! New season announced, starting November 2020 Follows huge success of over 70 million views of first Tour Carlsen and other top players to join More than previous $1 million prize pool at stake Following the tremendous success...
India leads Group A at Online Chess Olympiad, ahead of China and Germany
Chess Olympiad: India leads Group A, ahead of China and Germany China, India, and Germany won all three matches on the first day of play at the Top Division of the Online Chess Olympiad. Since India won its matches...
Carlsen came from behind to win a dramatic Armageddon final against Nakamura
PRESS RELEASE: It’s over! King Carlsen wins richest and most-watched online chess event ever World Champ is Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour winner Tour had nearly 70 MILLION views, figures reveal Carlsen completes epic comeback to win final 4-3 Winner banks...