Chess players with St. Louis ties win gold medal at international chess competition By Ashley Lisenby St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • Chess players with St. Louis connections won a gold medal at the World Chess Olympiad, the first for...
Vietnamese Women’s Team made history at Baku Chess Olympiad
Vietnam’s female team makes history at 2016 Chess Olympiad TUOI TRE NEWS UPDATED : 09/15/2016 17:41 GMT + 7 The Vietnamese female chess team finished seventh at the 2016 Chess Olympiad which concluded on Wednesday in Baku, Azerbaijan, making...
Olympiad Wedding of Nargiz Umudova & Twan Burg
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Record performance for Norway in Baku
Norway delivers best Chess Olympics ever September 14, 2016 Norway’s fifth place overall gave the country’s men’s national chess team its best performance in an international Chess Olympics ever. The Norwegian team’s standing also delivered an unexpected boost to chess star...
Torre & Frayna shine bright in Baku
Torre, Frayna shine at Chess Olympiad by Rey Bancod September 14, 2016 Grandmaster Eugene Torre added another milestone to his legendary career by winning his fourth medal – a bronze on board three – at the close of the...
Khanty-Mansiysk will host 2020 Chess Olympiad
One of the key innovations of the 2020 World Chess Olympiad, which will be held in Yugra under the motto ‘Uniting the Universe,’ will be chess games between grandmasters and the ISS crew, a spokesperson for Yugra’s Department of...
Incredible job by Baku Olympiad Organizing Committee
FIDE President awards Director of Baku Chess Olympiad Operating Committee Baku, September 14, AZERTAC A reception has been hosted for the participants of the 87th FIDE Congress in Baku. Addressing the event, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov spoke about the...
10/11 with 2836 performance for Torre!
GM Eugenio Torre’s Baku Olympiad Results 3 GM Torre Eugenio 2447 PHI 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10,0 11 2836 10 5,31 4,69 10 46,9 Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res....
US ends 40 year Olympiad Gold drought
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds – Open Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = – TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 2 United States of America USA 11 9 2 0 20 413,5 31,5 152,00 2 5...