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Wasim Akram wins 2nd PCPA Open 2012

Wasim Akram wins 2nd PCPA Open 2012

Wasim Akram of Lahore emerged as the winner of &nb...

Kubra Ozturk wins Turkish women Championship - A pictorial report

Kubra Ozturk wins Turkish women Championship - A pictorial report

Kubra Ozturk is the winner of the Turkish Champion...

Nigel Short wins Tradewise Gibraltar Masters

Nigel Short wins Tradewise Gibraltar Masters

Congratulations to Nigel Short who has won the Gib...

Turkish Chess Championships under way

Turkish Chess Championships under way

Turkish Chess Championships among women and men is...

Volokitin wins Donostia

Volokitin wins Donostia

Andrei Volokitin became the winner of Donostia che...

Interview with Alexander Morozevich in Reggio Emilia

Interview with Alexander Morozevich in Reggio Emilia

Da rio: Thank you very much for taking the time to t...

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ACP Women Cup 2012 Tbilisi - LIVE

ACP Women Cup 2012 Tbilisi - LIVE

The Association of Chess Professionals and the Georgian Chess Federation are proud to announce the ACP Women Cup 2012 - the final tournament of the AC...

Aeroflot Chess Festival 2012 Moscow - LIVE

Aeroflot Chess Festival 2012 Moscow - LIVE

The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2012" will be held in Moscow from 6 February (the date of arrival) to 17 February 2012 (the date of de...

RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 - LIVE

RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 - LIVE

The International RSSU Chess Cup, featuring the Moscow Open 2012 will run from 28 January - 5 February. The chess festival has eight different ev...

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 - LIVE

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 - LIVE

The 2012 edition of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival marks the 10th anniversary of an event which has grown to become a popular fixture on the c...

10th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament 2012-Delhi-LIVE

10th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament 2012-Delhi-LIVE

The 10th edition of prestigious Parsvnath International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament thats gets underway here at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, C...

72nd Armenian Chess Championship 2012-Yerevan-LIVE

72nd Armenian Chess Championship 2012-Yerevan-LIVE

The highest league tournament of the Armenian 72nd championship will be held in Yerevan from January 11 to 22, 2012. GMs Tigran L. Petrosian, Zaven An...

74th Tata Steel Chess TournamenT 2012, wijk aan zee - LIVE

74th Tata Steel Chess TournamenT 2012, wijk aan zee - LIVE

The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place Saturday 14th January - Sunday 29th January 2012. Magnus Carlsen is the top seed ahead of Levon Aroni...

4th Chennai Open International Chess Tournament 2012 - LIVE

4th Chennai Open  International Chess Tournament 2012 - LIVE

The annual mega chess event of Chennai, the SDAT – RMK 4th Chennai Open 2012 International Grandmaster Chess Tournament is going to take place from 3-...

37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2012 Spain - LIVE

37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2012 Spain - LIVE

The 37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla is going to take place from 7th to 15th January in Sevilla, Spain. This year’s tournament is dedicate...

54th Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament Italy - LIVE

54th Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament Italy - LIVE

The 54th Torneo di Capodanno is set to take place from 27th December 2011 to 6th January 2012 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The tournament is changing the ...

41st Rilton Cup Stockholm 2011-12 - LIVE

41st Rilton Cup Stockholm 2011-12 - LIVE

The Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 41st Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012. This...

Donostia-San Sebastian chess festival 2011-12 - LIVE

Donostia-San Sebastian chess festival 2011-12 - LIVE

The Donostia Chess Festival 2011-12 commemorates the centenary of an event won by Jose Raul Capablanca. The event is a knock-out which takes place Wed...

Groningen Chess Festival 2011 Netherlands - LIVE

Groningen Chess Festival 2011 Netherlands - LIVE

The Groningen Chess Festival is going to take place from 21st to 30th December at the Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groninge...

Moscow Open has got a new status and name

Moscow Open has got a new status and name

The eighth chess tournament Moscow Open has got a new status and name – now it is RSSU International Chess Cup! RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Op...

Yifan and Lagrave are the winners of blitz competition at SportAccord World Mind Games

Yifan and Lagrave are the winners of blitz competition at SportAccord World Mind Games

How Yifan from China became the gold medalist of the blitz competition of the SportAccord World Mind Games.

Her perfomance was brilliant: the world cha...

LCC 2011 - report round7-photos round 8

LCC 2011 - report round7-photos round 8

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath .” Chess is a cruel game. Once you’ve b...

London Chess Classic: round 6 - Early Closing

London Chess Classic: round 6 - Early Closing

After a positive glut of decisive results during the first five rounds, there were four draws today, all in under 40 moves. One of them was fairly une...

LCC 2011: Nakamura Shines as England Goes Down in Flames

LCC 2011: Nakamura Shines as England Goes Down in Flames

With their star striker on the bench, England went down 0-3 in this crucial round. No, this isn’t football and I’m not predicting the first round of n...

London Chess Classic: Round 5 pics

London Chess Classic: Round 5 pics

photos from round 5 of the London Chess Classic 2011, plus some from round 6 of the Open and Women's Invitation competitions. Credit. Credit of all ph...

London Chess Classic - Black is More Than OK

London Chess Classic - Black is More Than OK

England’s Luke McShane leads world number one Magnus Carlsen on the ‘black wins’ tie-break after the pulsating fourth round of play at Olympia on 6 De...

London Chess Classic - Round 2 report

London Chess Classic - Round 2 report

With two rounds played, it is time to talk about the scores. Here are the unofficial scores, straight from the arbiters, Albert Vasse and David Sedgwi...

London Chess Classic 2011 - Round 1 Pictorial report

London Chess Classic 2011 - Round 1 Pictorial report First round of London Chess Classic has just ended with the only victory for World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. Here is a huge and very fresh pictorial repor...

Gorbatchev closes WWCC match Hou Yifan–Koneru in Tirana!

Gorbatchev closes WWCC match Hou Yifan–Koneru in Tirana!

The closing ceremony of the World Women’s Chess Championship match was held in the spectacular Presidential Palace in the capital of Albania Tirana on...

London Chess Classic Pairings

London Chess Classic Pairings

The London Chess Classic pairings were drawn by the Chief Arbiter Albert Vasse and Tournament Director Malcolm Pein on the morning of Tuesday 29th Nov...

Hou Yifan remains Women’s World Champion

Hou Yifan remains Women’s World Champion

The 8th game of the match was drawn – and Hou Yifan (China) wins the World championship match against Humpy Koneru (India) with 5.5 – 2,5 score.

The ma...

FIDE WWCC 2011: Game 7: Hou won again and embraces the World champion title

FIDE WWCC 2011: Game 7: Hou won again and embraces the World champion title

In the 7 th game Hou Yifan had white pieces. Humpy Koneru managed to equalize in Ruy Lopez that was played for the third time in the match. But in the m...

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