Rank after Round 6 (top 30) http://chess-results.com/tnr238704.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 6 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2591 5,0 2497 4 0,0 6 5 3,65 1,35 10 13,5 2 7 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2552 Baku 5,0 2483 4 0,0 6 5 3,52 […]
Multi-Tasking Success
To: Andrey Filatov FIDE Vice President, President of Russian Chess Federation Dear Mr. Filatov, I congratulate you on Russia winning the Bronze Medal in the Open Section in the recently completed Baku Olympiad. This is the first time that a FIDE Vice President has acted as the Captain and Head Coach of a medal winning […]
4 share Baku Open lead after 4 rounds
Rank after Round 4 (top 30) http://chess-results.com/tnr238704.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2653 3,5 2468 3 0,0 4 3,5 2,92 0,58 10 5,8 2 6 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2591 3,5 2429 3 0,0 4 3,5 2,76 0,74 […]
Filatov: I feel that only a gold medal could be considered a total success
The World Chess Olympiad in Baku concluded last week and Sport-Express published a big interview with RCF President Andrey Filatov. Russia’s men’s team won bronze medals. The women’s team, three-time Olympic champions, has ceded their title, having finished at 4th place. The President of the Russian Chess Federation, a well-known entrepreneur, has made his coaching […]
History has been made!
On Chess: USA wins gold at Baku Chess Olympiad By JOHN DONALDSON • 4 HOURS AGO Rio was not the only city to host an Olympics in 2016. Baku, capital of the oil-rich nation of Azerbaijan, just hosted the 42nd Chess Olympiad, over the last two weeks. The Olympiad featured more than 1,600 players from […]
Only 3 players remain perfect after 3 at Baku Open
Rank after Round 3 (top 30) http://chess-results.com/tnr238704.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 8 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2543 3,0 2459 3 0,0 2 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2653 3,0 2427 3 0,0 3 6 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2591 3,0 2355 3 0,0 4 18 GM Hesham Abdelrahman […]
A bright future for Indian Chess
Olympiad: Promising show by India 20 September, 2016 15:49 IST Rakesh Rao | New Delhi In the last edition in 2014, India returned with a historic first bronze medal in the open section. This year, India fell short of retaining the medal and finished fourth, after being seeded ninth. Among the ladies, the fifth-seeded Indians […]
Fair or unfair analysis of Indian team in Baku?
Chess Olympiad: Why the Indian men couldn’t win a medal despite leading till Round 6 Still, the young and relatively inexperienced squad performed well enough to suggest the future is bright. Binit Priyaranjan After 11 rounds at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Indian contingent finished agonisingly close to a medal in both […]
8 remain perfect after 2 at Baku Open
Rank after Round 2 (top 36) http://chess-results.com/tnr238704.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 17 IM Iskandarov Misratdin AZE 2423 Sarhadchi 2,0 2436 2 0,0 2 1 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2663 2,0 2407 2 0,0 3 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2653 2,0 2387 2 0,0 4 8 GM Idani […]
A victory 79 years in the making!
Gold! 79 years in the making (in a non-boycotted Chess Olympiad 1937 – 2016)! 2016 team (Baku, Azerbaijan): Caruana, Nakamura, So, Shankland, Robson 1937 team (Stockholm, Sweden): Reshevsky, Fine, Kashdan, Marshall, Horowitz 1976 team (in boycotted Olympiad in Haifa, Israel): Byrne, Kavalek, Evans, Tarjan, Lombardy, Commons