Football legend Ronaldo to join Match of Legends in Armenia - PanARMENIAN.Net
The match of the legends of world football will be held in the Armenian capital on July 8 at the Republican Stadium.
FIDE Presidential Elections Now Officially 3-Horse Race - Chess.com
It's official: the FIDE presidential elections will be a three-horse race between Arkady Dvorkovich, Georgios Makropoulos and Nigel Short. "Makro" presented his ...
Make Caruana Great Again, And Other News - Chess.com
This month's edition of In Other News spans the globe. We have several stories about American chess, including how you can help GM Fabiano Caruana visit ...
The Ilyumzhinov era is over - chess24
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IM Malcolm Pein: Malcolm is the Chief Executive of the Chess in Schools and Communities charity in the UK and will this year organise the London Chess Classic for a 10th year in a row. He knows the chess world both from a player's perspective and in ...
The Ilyumzhinov era is over - chess24
Yesterday Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that after 23 years as FIDE President he won't be standing for re-election this October. The writing had l...
Ilyumzhinov Withdraws From FIDE Presidential Elections - Chess.com
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov today announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy for the upcoming FIDE presidential elections on October 3 in Batumi. Instead, he is ...
Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup - chess24
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It's a World Championship year, however, and this time all five events – assuming Magnus qualified for the London Chess Classic finale – were obligatory for all the regular tour players. Magnus chose not to commit to that schedule, while Fabiano may ...
Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players - ABS-CBN News
So tried to catch up, but eventually settled for third place in the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour early Monday.
Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup - chess24
The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Si...
Chess: Why Wesley So thinks Marvel should make 'superhero feature' about top players - ABS-CBN News
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... from August 10 to 16, followed immediately by the Sinquefield Cup, where play shifts to classical chess, from August 17 to 28. The concluding leg will be the London Chess Classic in December. For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website.
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Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online (press release)
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In 2016, in a big shock heard around the world, the Filipino-American GM Wesley So became Tour Champion by winning both of the last two legs, the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic. In 2017 it was back to Magnus Carlsen as the Tour ...
"I don't see Nigel as a great leadership candidate" - Chessbase News
IM Malcolm Pein, now a candidate for FIDE Deputy President, took time out from a full schedule for a chat with Macauley Peteron in Leuven at the end of the ...
Wesley So wins Leuven Rapid/Blitz - BusinessWorld Online
The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is a circuit of chess tournaments where the world Top 10 players compete for multiple prize pools. This started in 2015 and, ...
Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour - chess24
Hikaru Nakamura overtook Sergey Karjakin on the final day of blitz to take home the winner's trophy from the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American d...
Chess: Wesley So grabs lead in Paris, vaults to world No. 2 in rapid play - ABS-CBN News
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After getting stalled in classical chess, Wesley So is gaining headway in rapid play. So won 2 games and drew one to seize the solo lead in the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) 2018 late Thursday. More important, So vaulted from No. 14 in rapid live ...
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Chess: Wesley So grabs lead in Paris, vaults to world No. 2 in rapid play - ABS-CBN News
With 2 wins and a draw on Thursday, the Cavite-born player who now represents Team USA zoomed from world No. 14 to No. 2.
Paris GCT, Day 2: So takes the lead - chess24
Wesley So leads the rapid section of the Paris Grand Chess Tour after scoring two wins and a draw on Thursday. Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin sh...
GCT Paris: Three lead after three rounds - Chessbase News
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour has begun, with three rapid chess rounds played in Paris today. After the first third of the rapid round-robin, ...
"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it" - Chessbase News
Nigel Short is in a four-way race for President of FIDE, to be decided in an election in Batumi at the Chess Olympiad on October 3rd. Until a few days ago, it was ...
"FIDE should be encouraging chess, not discouraging it" - Chessbase News
Nigel Short is in a four-way race for President of FIDE, to be decided in an election in Batumi at the Chess Olympiad on October 3rd. Until a few days ago, it was ...