The Norway Chess 2016, sponsored by Altibox, is going to take place in Stavanger April 18-30. It is going to be a ten player single round robin event. Six of the players have been announced and they include the World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the ex world champions Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), […]
Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan
Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan The tournament is held under the general supervision of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation with the support of the Committee for Sport and Physical Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter the RoK) Ministry of Culture and Sport and Almaty Department of Physical Education and Sport. The […]
GM Olexandr Bortnyk wins Petrov Memorial Blitz
The 2016 Vladimir Petrov Memorial started yesterday with a blitz tournament in the Amber Beach resort (Jaunkemeri), Latvia. 119 players competed in the 11-round tournament with time control 3′+3”. Ukrainian junior Olexandr Bortnyk took a clear first place with 9 points, half a point ahead of the local star Igor Kovalenko. Full standings below. The […]
Lagno surged in the final day to win Mind Games Blitz
http://imsa2016.fide.com Final standings Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict 1 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 21½ 0 308.75 18 2 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 20 0 285.00 18 3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 19½ 0 267.25 15 4 4 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2485 RUS 19 0 275.75 […]
Ding Liren & Harikrishna lead IMSA Elite Mind Games Blitz after 10 Rounds
http://imsa2016.fide.com/en/main-page Standings after 10 rounds Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict 1 5 GM Ding Liren 2688 CHN 7½ 1 32.50 7 2 15 GM Harikrishna P. 2661 IND 7½ 0 38.25 6 3 8 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2733 RUS 6½ 0 30.00 4 4 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2743 ARM 6 […]
Gunina scored perfect 10-0 after Mind Games Blitz Day 1
http://imsa2016.fide.com Standings after 10 rounds Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts. Res. SB Vict 1 13 GM Gunina Valentina 2598 RUS 10 0 45.50 10 2 7 GM Lagno Kateryna 2594 RUS 7 0 33.00 6 3 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2518 BUL 6½ 0 27.25 5 4 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2483 GER 6 […]
GM Vladimir Onischuk wins 3rd Blitz Tournament Memory of “Nebesna Sotnya”
The 3rd International Blitz Chess Tournament Memory of “Nebesna sotnya” took place on 19th February 2016, in Lutsk, Ukraine. The event was organized by the Volyn Region Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Chess Federation in a 22-round Swiss format with the time control 3′ + 2″. The tournament winner is GM Vladimir Onischuk from […]
Nakamura wins Zurich Super Blitz Opener
Final standings Rk Name ELO Pts 1. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2787 3.5 2. Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2784 3.0 Alexei Shirov (LAT) 2684 3.0 4. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2801 2.5 5. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2792 2.0 6. Anish Giri (NED) 2798 1.0 http://zurich-cc.com Round 1 – Fr, February 12th White Black Res. Vladimir Kramnik – Anish […]
Zurich Qualification Blitz LIVE!
The 5th Zurich Blitz Chess Challenge at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich, Switzerland. This is the Qualification blitz event that serves as the opening for the festival. It will be live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis The event is organized by Zurich Chess Club and sponsored by Zurich Chess Club (founded 1809), […]
GM Perunovic wins Planetwin365 – All Stars 2015 Blitz
The Planetwin365 – All Stars 2015 Blitz Tournament was held on 28th December at the Planetwin365 Club in Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade. 24 players competed in the round robin tournament, dubbed as “unofficial” blitz championship of Serbia, with the time control 3′+2”. There were 9 Grandmasters in the field. Grandmasters Milos Perunovic took a clear first […]