Edmonton Chess Festival

Edmonton Chess FestivalIM Norm = 6/9Round 5, Saturday, July 31, 11:00 am1. Van Heirzeele-Gardner2. GM Kekelidze-FM Pechenkin3. FM Haessel-Wang4. FM Langer-GM Panchanathan5. GM Kraai-IM Porper Round […]

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Women’s GP round 2

Round 2 results: SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 WGM Shen Yang 2435 0 – 1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421 7 8 GM Stefanova […]

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FIDE President at the International Sports Forum in Moscow

FIDE President at the International Sports Forum in Moscow Today, July 30, within the framework of the International Sports Forum “Russia – Country of Sports” in […]

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Bobby Fischer movie

Youngs to help in making of Fischer movieby Peter Atencio JINKY Young, the nine-year-old girl claiming to be the daughter of chess legend Bobby Fischer, stands […]

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Saturday chess tactic

White to move. How should White proceed? 1r5r/1b2p3/p2p2R1/k1p5/1p1n4/1P2NpPq/5P2/2Q3K1 w – – 0 2 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

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Games from Women’s Grand Prix

Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom This new technology from our friends at Chessdom brings LIVE games with top notch computer analysis right to […]

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Strong field at Arctic Chess Challenge

Here are some of the top seeds at this year’s event: GM Loek Van Wely 2677 GM Alexander Moiseenko 2667 GM Mikhail Kobalia 2648 GM Bartosz […]

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FIDE president comes for Umada Chess Cup

FIDE president comes for Umada Chess CupJul 31, 2010 at 2:56 AM ECT The president of the World Chess Federation and also president of the Republic […]

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SP Girl’s Invitational Closing Ceremony Video

360 pictures from the 2010 SPGI have been posted here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

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Adams perfect through 5 at British Championship

Leaders after 5 rounds: Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 1 GM Adams, Michael 5.0 ENG M 2706 3138 […]

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Women’s Grand Prix standings

Standings after 1 round: Rank Name Rtg FED Pts SB Res. 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2600 IND 1 0,00 0 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 GEO 1 […]

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Anu Bayar, 2010 SPGI Grand Champion

Anu Bayar (IL) is the 2010 SPGI Grand Champion. She won the Puzzle Solving Contest (10/10), Blitz Championship (6/6), and tied for 2nd in the Rapid […]