16th International Chess Festival “Lviv Tradition 2017” Part of the Ukraine Tour Chess Tournament Series 2017 2 Closed Round Robin Title Tournaments for IM, WGM, WIM norms The 16th issue of Lviv Tradition Chess Title Tournament will be held from September 26 2017 till October 1, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of […]
Chess Festival “Lviv Tradition 2017”
Chess Festival “Lviv Tradition 2017” Round Robin Title Tournaments for GM, IM, WGM, WIM norms Dates 23-28 January 2017 21-26 March 2017 Venue Hotel NTON (НТОН) *** (Shevchenka str. 154 B, Lviv Ukraine) Chief Organiser, Chief Arbiter – IA, IO, FT Prohorov, Olexandr (UKR) mob Tel. +38-097-496 -82-58 (Kyivstar, UKR) mob Tel: +48-790-430-948 (Play, POL) […]
Games from Bank Lviv Rapid Chess LIVE!
The Bank Lviv Rapid Chess Tournament 2016 is taking place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine, sponsored by Bank Lviv. The event is going to be held parallel to the Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, which is currently in progress. The event is an 11-round open Swiss tournament and a total of 147 players from 10 […]
Bank Lviv Open Chess Tournament 2016
The Bank Lviv Open Chess Tournament 2016 is scheduled to take place from 14-16 March, in Lviv, Ukraine, sponsored by Bank Lviv. The event is going to be held parallel to the Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, which is currently in progress. Women’s World Chess Championship Match official […]
2016 Women’s World Championship LIVE!
Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger, Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) takes place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game starts at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016 in the Potocki’s Palace (Lviv, Ukraine). […]
Hou Yifan leads 5-3 with 2 to play vs Mariya Muzychuk
Replay game 8 GM Muzychuk, Mariya vs GM Hou, Yifan [1/2-1/2] After 8 games (of 10), Hou Yifan has a commanding 5-3 lead. It is a must win for Muzychuk in the final two games to get the match to the playoff. Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 g3 d5 […]
Game 7 drawn, Mariya needs 2.5 pts in final 3 to even match
With this draw, Hou Yifan maintains a +2 score. Mariya needs to score 2.5 points in the next 3 games just to tie the match! Game 7 GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Muzychuk, Mariya [1/2-1/2] Hou Yifan – Mariya Muzychuk 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 […]
Match is nearly over with 2nd win in game 6 by Hou Yifan
Game 6 GM Muzychuk, Mariya vs GM Hou, Yifan [0-1] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 O-O Nf6 5 d3 d6 6 c3 O-O 7 Bg5 h6 8 Bh4 g5 9 Bg3 g4 10 Nh4 Nh5 11 a4 a6 12 Na3 Qg5 13 Nc2 Ba7 14 Ne3 Ne7 15 d4 Qg7 16 […]
ECU Board Meeting Lviv 2016
The first European Chess Union Board meeting for 2016 was organized in Lviv, Ukraine on 1st and 2nd March, after the kind invitation of the Ukrainian and Lviv Regional Chess Federations. The meeting took place under excellent conditions in the hotel Leopolis in the center of Lviv. The President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation Mr. […]
Costly blunder in time pressure
Hou Yifan won the second game of the Women’s World Championship Match and after 2 games the score is 1.5:0.5 in her favor. The first two moves of the second game were the same as in the first round but on the third move Hou Yifan moved her bishop one square forward and Ruy Lopez […]