Tournament News
Friday, 9 January 2009  The Kish Chess Association on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chess Federation is honored to invite all players from FIDE member National Federations to participate in the... Read more |
Wednesday, 7 January 2009  From 28th December 2008 until 5th January 2009 The 23-years old Russian GM Igor Kurnosov held GM Valeriy Neverov to a draw in the last round of the Hastings... Read more |
Wednesday, 7 January 2009  from 27th December 2008 until 5th January 2009 The 38th edition of Sweden's finest tournament, the Rilton Cup, has come to an end. And ending in style did the... Read more |
Tuesday, 6 January 2009  Tournament Regulations 1. This is an individual tournament, open to all players. 2. There are two groups of play: Open category for all players, and Challenger category for players... Read more |
Monday, 5 January 2009  *******************Dear Chessfriends of the Earth, Hereby I send the list, we have some vacancies...First comes - first served.The list of the registered participants for the 7th-20th of February GM tournament... Read more |
Monday, 5 January 2009  The 2009 Queenstown Chess Classic is set to take place on 15-24th January in Queenstown, New Zealand. Three years after the unforgetable first tournament, attended by 193 players from 18... Read more |
Sunday, 4 January 2009  Round eight of 51st Reggio Emilia tournament Zoltan Almasi, winner of the last year's 50th Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament, symbolically passed the trophy to Chinese GM Ni Hua today, after... Read more |
Saturday, 3 January 2009  Round 6 results: Almasi, Zoltan Leon Hoyos, Manuel ½-½ Landa, Konstantin Ni Hua ½-½ Cebalo, Miso Ronchetti, Niccolo 0-1 Marin, Mihail Dreev, Alexey 1-0 Shytaj, Luca Gustafsson, Jan... Read more |
Saturday, 3 January 2009  AL AIN - Al Ain Chess Club A team of UAE clinched the first Asian Club Chess championship title with 12 match points after the seventh and final round. Qi... Read more |
Tuesday, 30 December 2008  Vandoeuvre Open 2008 The 5th Open International de Vandoeuvre took place on 26th-30th December. After nine rounds of play with Swiss system, GM Christian Bauer and GM Dmitry... Read more |
Tuesday, 30 December 2008  Sasikiran on topThe HinduIndia's National NewspaperTuesday, Dec 30, 2008CHENNAI: India’s K. Sasikiran is sitting pretty after the end of the sixth and penultimate round in the 19th City of... Read more |
Monday, 29 December 2008  By Lakhdar MazouzOne hour before the start of the 5th round, the Sport and Cultural facilities seemed empty. Few Officials and employees were busy doing their task. However this... Read more |
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Chess News
Tuesday, 6 January 2009  Irene Kharisma Sukandar: For the love of the chessNiken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJanuary 06, 2009Chess prodigy Irene Kharisma Sukandar says it is a dream come true to have... Read more |
Monday, 5 January 2009  FIDE President Kirsan Ilymzhinov for Gulf News World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is confident that chess will soon be included in Olympics. Speaking to Gulf News, after the... Read more |
Sunday, 4 January 2009  GM So continues rise to fameSaturday, January 3, 2009Manilla BulletinGrandmaster Wesley So continued his meteoric rise in the international chess stage, reaching a personal-high ELO rating of 2627 for... Read more |
Monday, 29 December 2008  December 29, 2008 in Everyday ScienceMen's Chess Superiority ExplainedA study published by the Royal Society finds that men's superiority over women at chess at the top levels can be explained... Read more |
Sunday, 28 December 2008  Sergey's life is devoted to chess, mother saysBy Yasir Abbasher, Senior ReporterPublished: December 28, 2008, 23:53Al Ain: Grand Master Sergey Karjakin might be the highest ranked player in the ongoing... Read more |
Sunday, 28 December 2008  PRESS RELEASESaturday, 27 December 2008FIDE PRESIDENT KIRSAN ILYUMZHINOV HOLDS ONLINE CONFERENCE WITH TOP WORLD GRAND MASTERS27.12.2008.FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov held an online conference with the top World Chess Grand Masters... Read more |
Thursday, 25 December 2008  Khaleej Times Online >> News >> SPORTSMona Clinches Arab Women Championship TitleBy a Correspondent25 December 2008SHARJAH - Mona Khaled, a 14 year old school girl from Egypt, clinched the... Read more |
Thursday, 25 December 2008  Chessbase Report24.12.2008 – The Association of Chess Professionals thinks that FIDE failed to demand sufficient bank guarantees from the Grand Prix bidders, and that players who were deprived of their participation... Read more |
Thursday, 25 December 2008  Thanks to Susan Polgar History of Pamplona (www.chesspamplona.com) Year Champion Second Third 2007 Francisco Vallejo Yue Wang Baadur Jobava 2006 Alexander Morozevich Dmitry Jakovenko Alexei Shirov 2005 Ruslan Ponomariov... Read more |
Wednesday, 24 December 2008  YEAR-END SPECIAL / CHESS/ANAND’S UNIQUE FEATChampion of ChampionsThe third world chess title placed Anand among the legendary names of the game and made even his detractors accept him as... Read more |
Tuesday, 23 December 2008  The chess record attempt will take place during the match Kamsky - Topalov in Sofia The Expo playing hall On Februrary 21st 2009, during the Kamsky - Topalov match in... Read more |
Saturday, 20 December 2008  by FM Dario Mione, for Torre and Cavallo - Scacco Magazine He has just won the Italian Championship for the second year in a row and he is ready to... Read more |
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