In Zagreb, 9 grandmasters and 1 international master compete at the round robin tournament of peace. After two rounds, 4 participants are ahead, who scored 1.5 points each. Technical results
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In Italy, the world championships for chess players under 20 continue. In an open tournament, after three rounds, 5 chess players are leading with 100% results. Among the girls, there are four leaders who also won all their games. Technical results
After four rounds at the 4th Yerevan Open Tournament, Amirreza Pourramezanali (Iran) is leading with 4 points. 5 participants are half a point behind. Technical results
Ramat Gan hosted a rapid tournament in memory of D. Porat. The winner was Ilia Smirin, who scored 7 out of 9. Evgeny Postny has the same score. Victor Mikhalevski and David Gorodetzky were half a point behind. Final standings
Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov has denied reports that he was banned from the most popular online chess platform. Such information appeared after the traditional tournament “Titled Tuesday”. During the 10th round game, 1.e4 g5 was played between Mamedov and Carlsen, after which the result was 0-1 in favor of Magnus. Mamedov did not finish the…
World Sight Day, observed annually on the second Thursday of October, is an international day of awareness to draw attention to global eye health issues, blindness and visual impairment. Chess is a game for everyone and is widely played by visually impaired people. There is a special organization that governs chess for the blind and…
Vice-President of the Russian Chess Federation Alexander Zhukov hopes that the policy of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) will become an example for other international sports organizations. Earlier, FIDE held preliminary consultations on the possible participation of children’s and Paralympic teams of Russia and Belarus in competitions under the auspices of the organization. This is…
Tomorrow, an extensive program of Russian championships will begin in Sochi. Blitz championships will be held first. There are 208 participants in the men’s tournament, including 31 grandmasters. Starting list
Once again the FIDE Trainers Commission has received an excellent selection of nominations by leading chess publishers for the Yuri Averbakh & Isaac Boleslavsky Book Awards 2022. After long deliberation, the judges have now narrowed their choices to ten books that you will find below. By the end of the month the panel of judges…
In the seventh round, Caruana beat Lenderman, Dominguez beat Moradiabadi, Robson was stronger than So, and Swiercz beat Niemann. Yoo – Aronian, Xiong – Liang, Shankland – Sevian played a draw. Standings after the 7th round: 1. Caruana – 5.5, 2. Robson – 4.5, 3-6. Dominguez, Sevian, Swiercz, Liang – 4, 7-9. Shankland, Xiong, Yoo…