FIDE publishes the list of titles approved by the Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 7-8 September 2015. GM Bai, Jinshi CHN Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando ESP Haub, Thorsten Michael GER Schroeder, Jan-Christian GER Mihok, Oliver HUN Ashwin, Jayaram...
Final GM norm for Filipino youngster Haridas Pascua
Haridas Pascua gets GM norm 22nd Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Abu Dhabi, UAE Aug. 23-31, 2015 Final Standings 1-5. GM Nils Grandelius SWE 2628, GM Martyn Kravtsiv UKR 2599, GM Baadur Jobava GEO 2664, GM Alexander Areschenko UKR 2661,...
Ashwin Jayaram, SPICE newest GM!
SPICE newest GM! Congratulations to GM Ashwin Jayaram! After earning the IM title in 2007, Ashwin tried very hard to become a GM. In spite of earning so many norms, he could not meet the rating requirement. Since coming...
America’s next top chess prodigy
Jeffery Xiong, America’s next top chess prodigy IM Jeffery Xiong will become America’s second youngest grandmaster after winning the 24th Chicago Open By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent 2:01PM BST 09 Jun 2015 Yet another prodigy has burst onto the...
How about giving some credits to the right people?
How about giving some credits to the right people? By Paul Truong Someone just sent me the link to the article on the USCF website about 14-year old Jeffery Xiong becoming GM. It infuriated me when I read it....
Pieces falling into place
Pieces fall into place for canny KennyJackie May | 11 January, 2015 23:58 Kenny Solomon, who grew up in Mitchells Plain, has achieved his ultimate goal of a grandmaster chess title, becoming the first South African to hold the...
Against All Odds
South African Boy Defies The Odds To Become Chess GrandmasterJanuary 9, 2015 | Posted by Yanique A chess player who grew up one of eight children in a township notorious for gang violence and drug abuse has become South...
Meet South Africa’s 1st Grandmaster
South Africa gets its first chess grandmaster In October 2012, GroundUp ran an interview with Kenny Solomon. At that time he had become a grandmaster-elect but still needed to jump through some technical hoops to become a full-fledged grandmaster....
Kenny Solomon wins African Championship, becomes 1st South African to earn GM title
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr154093.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Young talent aiming for the record
This Awesome 16-Year-Old Wants To Be The Youngest African American Chess GrandmasterPosted: 12/19/2014 11:01 am EST Updated: 1 hour agoNico Pitney Senior Editor, The Huffington Post There were plenty of signs that 16-year-old Joshua Colas was a chess prodigy....