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Monday, June 03, 2013 12:51
Evgeny Alekseev and Alexander Huzman finished in shared first place at the rapid tournament specially dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Beersheba chess club. It was a 12-player round robin with eight of the city’s grandmasters and four European guests. The tournament took place in the local town hall and had a prize fund of 20,000 US $.
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Sunday, June 02, 2013 19:33
With one round to go, Gata Kamsky is the sole leader again at the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece. The American grandmaster celebrated his 39th birthday on Sunday with a quick win against Alexander Morozevich, who thus lost his fourth game in a row. Fabiano Caruana defeated Veselin Topalov to get back to half a point behind Dominguez while...
Sunday, June 02, 2013 16:30
Levon Aronian scored a 4.5-1.5 victory in his clock simul against the six most talented young German chess players on Friday in Meissen. The Armenian grandmaster, who is the world's number 2 in the live rankings, won three games and drew three games.
It was Levon Aronian's first clock simul ever. As we announced last Thursday, it took place on...
Saturday, June 01, 2013 23:18
Leinier Dominguez joined Gata Kamsky in the lead in round 9 of the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Cuban grandmaster defeated Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces on Saturday while Kamsky drew his game with Etienne Bacrot. With two rounds to go, Dominguez and Kamsky are now a point ahead of Caruana. Veselin Topalov bounced back from two...
Saturday, June 01, 2013 14:35
As Shaun Press reported on his blog, two plays with a theme related to Garry Kasparov can be seen on UK stages this summer. There is The Machine, a new play based on the Kasparov-Deep Blue match from 1997, which will premiere at the Manchester International Festival in July. There's also The Gambit, which focuses on Kasparov's rivalry with Karpov...
Saturday, June 01, 2013 11:35
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Friday, May 31, 2013 16:25
This week representatives of the World Chess Federation were in Saint Petersburg, attending the 2013 SportAccord Convention. On Wednesday a chess presentation was given by local grandmasters Nikita Vitiugov & Maxim Matlakov, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was elected President of the International Mind Sports Association and the FIDE people...
Friday, May 31, 2013 15:01
The first International Conference on the Applications of Chess and Education will take place from June 25th to June 29th at the GSD Buitrago Campus in Buitrago de Lozoya, Spain. It will be organized by the Gredos San Diego Cooperative and by the National Distance Education University (UNED). An International School Chess Tournament, subject to...
Thursday, May 30, 2013 22:31
Gata Kamsky is the sole leader at the Thessaloniki Grand Prix after eight rounds of play. The American grandmaster defeated his compatriot Hikaru Nakamura on Thursday, while co-leader Fabiano Caruana split the point with Alexander Grischuk – the only draw of the day! In a round where five out of six games started as a Ruy Lopez, Dominguez beat...
Thursday, May 30, 2013 13:11
Ding Liren won the 4th Hainan Danzhou tournament with a score of 7/9 and a 2821 performance rating. The 20-year-old grandmaster, who had to skip the Chinese Championship last month because he played in the Alekhine Memorial, finished a full point ahead of Bu Xiangzhi and Ni Hua.
Ding Liren won the first prize of 80,000 yuan (about 10,000 Euros) |...
