WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 The FIDE Presidential Board has approved the list of qualifiers and the schedule of the World Women’s Championship 2008, to be held in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), from 28 August to 18...
Bold move by Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik to lead Russian team at the Chess OlympiadNovember 12-25 (Dresden, Germany) Russian Chess Federation has announced its five-men lineup for the Chess Olympiads, which will be held from 12th to 25th November in Dresden, Sport Telekanal reported....
Kasparov lost court battle
Court rejects Kasparov’s slander charges vs. Kremlin youth group17:1827/05/2008MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) – The Moscow City Court upheld on Tuesday a previous court ruling that rejected charges of slander filed by Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov against a...
Radjabov wins, Kamsky loses
Interesting results from 2 of the top teams at the Russian Team Championship: Economist 1 2½-3½ Ural Alekseev vs. Radjabov 0-1Tomashevsky vs. Shirov ½-½Eljanov vs. Kamsky 1-0Ni Hua vs. Grischuk ½-½Roiz vs. Malakhov ½-½Moiseenko vs. Dreev 0-1 http://www.russiachess.org/ Chess...
Kasparov not invited
Kasparov says not invited to Moscow meeting with Rice Moscow (AP): Opposition leader Garry Kasparov says he was not invited to a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and prominent Russians outside the government. Rice held the...
Russian women celebrate women’s day
Russian women to use men as chess figures on Women’s Day16:30 – 07/ 03/ 2008MOSCOW, March 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russian women in the Volga region city of Nizhny Novgorod are set to play chess using men as pawns,...
Russia has new President
Medvedev to Take Russian PresidencyBy DOUGLAS BIRCH – 19 hours ago MOSCOW (AP) — Hours after Russia elected a new president, riot police on Monday detained opposition protesters, pro-government youth rallied outside the U.S. Embassy and Russia reduced gas...
Opposition leader Kasparov
Putin protege Medvedev reaches out to any new US leader not senile or stuck in the pastThe Associated PressPublished: February 26, 2008 MOSCOW: The man all but certain to become Russia’s next president reached out — sort of —...
Yifan Hou scored GM norm at Aeroflot
Photo by Frits Agterdenbos Congratulations to WGM Yifan Hou of China. In spite of losing her last round game, WGM Yifan Hou earned a GM norm with an even score at Aeroflot top section. Her performance was 2605 in...
Nepomniachtchi wins Aeroflot
Photo by GM Fontaine and Europe Echecs Here are the final standings of the top finishers: Standings – Name – Score – Federation – Rating – Performance 1 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 7.0 RUS 2600 2822 2 GM Motylev, Alexander...