4 SPICE players, GMs Illia Nyzhnyk, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli (all current members of Webster University Chess Team) and Gabor Papp (SPICE grown GM back in 2009-2010) tied for 1st at 2016 World Open. Papp won the playoff. Webster...
Webster U GM Illia Nyzhnyk ties for 1st at 2015 World Open
Final Standings (top finishers) # Name ID Rtng Fed Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot 1 GM Ilya Smirin 12544869 2663 ISR W74 W84 W40 D13...
Webster U freshman GM Nyzhnyk just tied for 1st at 2014 World Open
Webster University Freshman GM Illya Nyzhnyk of Ukraine just tied for 1st at the 2014 World Open with GM Ilya Smirin (Israel) and GM Conrad Holt (USA) with the score of 7-2! Illya just started his study at Webster...
So wins strong World Open Blitz
Webster University freshman Grandmaster Wesley So (Philippines) won the 2012 World Open Blitz. July is a good month for this young phenom as he also captured the Toronto International and Quebec Invitational titles, three in less than one month....
III Leon Chess World Open
Dear Chess Friends: This year we organize III Leon Chess World Open (Spain) and the Open will be organised in 2 days (rapid): Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 of December. Prizes are around 22.000€ and also many good prizes...
Kamsky Wins 2011 World Chess Open
By Chess Tutor William Stewart Original article on how Kamsky won the 2011 World Chess Open available on William’s site. Gata Kamsky has had an excellent 2011 professional season thus far, winning the World Open and US Championship and...
World Chess Open 2010
World Chess Open 201045 titled players in Leon The 2nd World Chess Open tournament will take place 1-3 January, 2010, in Leon, Spain. 45 titled players, of which 17 GMs will collect for this year’s edition of the tournament....
Major theft occured at the World Open
This post is from Shelby at the Rochester Chess Center. His company was the official vendor at the World Open where theft occured. Hey all, …WE HAD 21 CHRONOS CLOCKS STOLEN. Any one with information on this theft needs...
World class letdown according to Soltis
FINAL SHOWDOWN A MAJOR LETDOWNBy ANDY SOLTIS July 8, 2007 — Chess THE final round of a big-bucks, Swiss-system tournament is supposed to be one of the most dramatic events in chess, for players and spectators alike. But the...
More cheating accusations at the World Open
At the 2007 World Open, more cheating accusations took place. When big money is one the line, anything can happen. Even though nothing was found, is it fair for players to subject themselves to sometimes baseless accusations just because...