The 9th KiiT International Chess Festival 2016 took place from 23-30th May at the KiiT University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The tournament was organized by the All Odisha Chess Association and KiiT University, under the auspices of AICF. Russian...
Hilton Basel Chess Festival concluded
The Russian Grandmaster Boris Grachev is the winner of the Basel Chess Festival 2013. Grachev scored 5,5/7, the same points as GM Levente Vajda, GM Robin Van Kampen, and GM Andrej Istratescu, but had better tiebreak score. Grachev started...
4 tie for 1st at Basel
Final top finishers First Grachev, Boris GM 2688 RUS 5.5 Second Vajda, Levente GM 2603 ROU 5.5 Third Van Kampen, Robin GM 2581 NED 5.5 4th Istratescu, Andrei GM 2654 FRA 5.5 5th Vachier-Lagrave, M GM 2711 FRA 5.0 6th Fier Alexandr GM...
3 tie for the lead after 6 at Basel
Round 7 top board pairings 1 Van Kampen, Robin GM (5) – Grachev, Boris GM (5) 2 Vajda, Levente GM (5) – Vachier-Lagrave, GM (4 ½) 3 Edouard, Romain GM (4 ½) – Ghaem Maghami, Eh GM (4 ½) 4 Istratescu, Andre...
Hess to take part in Moscow Open Young GMs
Moscow Open Young GrandmastersChessdom The traditional chess festival “Moscow Open” will be held from January 28th to February 7th, 2011, in the usual playing venue at the Russian State Social University (RSCU), 4 Pik street (metro Botanical Garden). One...
Grachev wins Lublin
Final standings: 1. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2652 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2635 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 3. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw...
Grachev comfortably leads Lublin
Standings after 7 rounds: No. Title Name Fed. FIDE Local 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1 GM Grachev, Boris RUS 2652 2652 X = 1 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2 GM...