58 teams representing 32 countries have already registered for the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, scheduled for October 13-14, 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison. The registration is open until September 21. The tournament is supported by FIDE.
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In Antwerp, Belgium, 7 out of 9 rounds of the World Student Championship took place. Among men, Iranian Arash Daghli is leading with 6 points. Compatriot Mahdi Gholami Orimi and Greek Dimitris Alexakis are half a point behind. In the women’s section, 5 participants are ahead at once, who scored 5 points each: Poles Anna…
On September 24, another series of tournaments for students from all over the world will begin on chess.com. In order to take part, you need to fill out the registration form on the website, register your educational institution, and also join the page of the closed club. The deadline for applications is 21 September. Qualifying…
The next matches of the 1/32 finals were played on Thursday. Recall that the matches consist of four games with control 15 + 2, in case of equality of points Armageddon is played. The prize fund of the championship is $1.000.000. Anish Giri – Ju Wenjun 2.5-1.5 Veselin Topalov – Raunak Sadhwani 0.5-2.5 Viswanathan Anand…
From the new academic year, which started in Georgia on September 15, chess classes will become mandatory for first-graders. This is stated on the official website of the Ministry of Education. Over the summer, grandmasters trained 4,000 teachers for new classes, according to the ministry. In addition, the Ministry of Education prepared the necessary curriculum…
4 rounds were played in the tournament. In the open tournament, 7 chess players are leading with 3.5 points each: grandmasters Lysyj, Lobanov, Bryakin, Nikitenko, Petrov and international masters Grebnev and Makarian. Women with an asset of 3.5 points are ahead of five: grandmasters Voit and Kovanova, international masters Balabayeva and Semenova and FIDE master…
From September 15 to 28, Batumi will host the world championship among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old. The competition will be held according to the Swiss System in 11 rounds, the time control is 90 minutes per game plus 30 seconds for each move made, starting from the first one….
The newspaper “Sport-Express” published an interview with manager Sergey Karjakin, PR-director of the CHFR Kirill Zangalis, in which he talks about his activities. “There have been many contracts over ten years. I would especially like to thank “Alpari”, the company that in 2012 was the first to believe in the young grandmaster Karjakin and signed…
In the open tournament Maxim Chigaev won the first victory, defeating Arseniy Nesterov with white pieces. Rakhmanov – Esipenko, Murzin – Tomashevsky, Dubov – Sjugirov, Najer – Matlakov and Artemiev – Iljushenok played a draw. Standings after the 5th round: 1-3. Maxim Chigaev, Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Artemiev – 3, 4-11. Evgeniy Najer, Maxim Matlakov, Sanan…
The Fischer random chess Super Tournament continues in St. Louis. There was a change of leader, after 6 rounds Alireza Firouzja and Shakhriyar Mammadyarov were ahead with 4.5 points each. 4 points for Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana – 3.5, Wesley So – 3, Leinier Dominguez Perez – 2, Peter Svidler…