Vladimir Petrov Memorial – Preliminary Tournaments The preliminary stage of the Vladimir Petrov Memorial was played on Thursday and Friday at the Jurmala City museum in Latvia. The tournament was played in two groups based on rating and over...
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Vladimir Petrov Memorial Latvian Chess federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have the pleasure to announce the Vladimir Petrov Memorial. The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever...
Aivars Gipslis Memorial – Alexei Shirov clear first
Aivars Gipslis Memorial – Alexei Shirov clear first The Latvian Chess Federation in cooperation with Grandmaster Alexei Shirov organized the Aivars Gipslis Memorial on Sunday 12th February at the Technical University in Riga, Latvia. The tournament is organized to...
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Vladimir Petrov Memorial Latvian Chess federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have a pleasure to announce the Vladimir Petrov Memorial. The aim of the tournament is to pay the tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever...
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Latvia
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Latvia On December the 5th FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Riga, Latvia. There he had a meeting with Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa, Chairman of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, and Mr. Ivan Klementiev, Chairman...
Alexei Shirov to represent Latvia
Alexei Shirov to represent Latvia Last month the Latvian press reported that Alexei Shirov will change the federation and move from Spain to his native Latvia. Shirov himself didn’t want to comment the news as he still had to...
Mikhail Tal Memorial Rapid Event in Jurmala
Mikhail Tal Memorial Rapid Event in Jurmala The Mikhail Tal Foundation and its director Zhanna Tal have the pleasure to announce the Tal Memorial Rapid Event held in association with Media Company “Forma Pro” (Board Chairman Igor Pronin), the...
Daniel Fridman wins Vladimir Bagirov Memorial
Daniel Fridman wins Vladimir Bagirov Memorial Riga Chess Federation, Alexei Shirov and Riga Armenian Society have organized Vladimir Bagirov Memorial, which took place on 20th September in Riga, Latvia. The blitz tournament with 12 rounds and the time control...
RIP 3-time World Senior Champion GM Klovans
GM Janis Klovans9 April 1935 – 5 October 2010 Grandmaster Janis Klovans passed away on 5 October 2010. The sad news was confirmed by Alexei Shirov in the Russian-language chess forums. As we wrote in issue 3440 on his...
Sweden wins 4 nations chess challenge
Four Nations Chess Challenge Oslo (NOR) Team / + = – / Individual Points / Match points 1. Sweden 3 0 0 20.0 62. England 2 0 1 14.0 43. Latvia 0 1 2 13.5 14. Norway 0 1...