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Friday, June 07, 2013 9:45
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexey Dreev are tied for first place after five rounds at the World Rapid Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The two Russian grandmasters scored 4.5/5. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ildar Khairullin are half a point behind them. The tournament finishes on Saturday.
Report by Anastasiya Karlovich
The first day of the FIDE...
Thursday, June 06, 2013 17:53
"Russia is my home", said Garry Kasparov in a reaction on Facebook to the dozens of news reports in international media about his decision not to travel to Russia for the time being. Kasparov revealed this decision during a press conference in Geneva yesterday, where he received the UN Watch’s annual human rights prized.
On Wednesday Garry...
Thursday, June 06, 2013 16:36
Creativity and good management against the financial crisis. That is the motto for the Ciudad de Leon organizers. Its 26th edition will be a clash of generations, a very attractive match: Vassily Ivanchuk (44 years old) and Anish Giri (18). The format is a new one: “Total Chess”, with two classical games (although somewhat accelerated) on Friday (...
Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:03
Yesterday the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships were officially opened by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It's not as strong as last year; among the 62 participants we find Alexander Grischuk, Gata Kamsky, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Dmitry Jakovenko and Dmitry Andreikin as the top seeds.
The...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 20:15
A brand new chess festival, sponsored by Sberbank, took off today in Kiev, Ukraine The main event is a rapid tournament with Alexander Areschenko, Pavel Eljanov, Sergey Karjakin, Anatoly Karpov, Anton Korobov, Peter Leko, Arkady Naiditsch, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Veselin Topalov and Sergei Zhigalko. After three rounds, Topalov is in the lead with a...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:04
FIDE/CNC will be launching "an online playing zone with very strong anti cheating technology". This was reported on the FIDE website. It is a joint project between FIDE and CNC with a term of ten years. The project will be run on the CNC web.
The playing zone will be free for anyone to register and play chess there. But users who wants to earn...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:08
It's interesting to have a look at the current live ratings, just after the end of the FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki. Many top events tournaments have been played in 2013 already, and right now there is a long week of relative quietness until the next big one takes off: the Tal Memorial (12-21 June). So what's the situation at the top, rating...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 17:04
It's always nice to see when mainstream media are picking up chess – especially when the reason is not something like Toiletgate or the obligatory but completely inappropriate comparison with the royal game by a sports commentator. The Wall Street Journal Online has a piece on the Anand-Carlsen match, focusing on the process that resulted in...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 13:44
Five rounds have been played at the "Top 12" of the French League, which is currently under way in Haguenau. Clichy has a two point lead after winning all of their matches thus far.
French league top 12 under way | Photos courtesy of the French Chess Federation
The French League traditionally finishes early June with a round robin event between...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:14
The next FIDE Grand Prix, scheduled for 3-17 July, will be held in Beijing instead of Berlin. This was reported on the FIDE website. The participants are Boris Gelfand (ISR), Anish Giri (NED), Alexander Grischuk (RUS), Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), Gata Kamsky (USA), Sergey Karjakin (RUS), Peter Leko (HUN), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), Alexander...
