Don't Park Your Car Below Giant Chess Sets, And Other News - Chess.com
It's a good thing the World Chess Hall of Fame keeps its giant chess set on the ground floor. Sure, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and IM Danny Rensch still do ...
Dortmund 2018, 2: Duda takes the lead - chess24
20-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu with the black pieces to take the sole lead after Round 2 of the Sparkassen Chess Meet...
Dortmund 2018, 1: "Chess is ugly and a draw" - chess24
Ian Nepomniachtchi almost celebrated his 28th birthday in style by beating Anish Giri in Round 1 of the 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund...
Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24
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He's previously won the Russian Championship, the Tal Memorial and came incredibly close to winning last year's London Chess Classic before losing to Fabiano Caruana in a playoff. He also has a Dortmund history, first appearing as a 17-year-old in 2008 ...
FIDE Ethics Commission Bans Ilyumzhinov - Chess.com
The FIDE ethics commission has sanctioned Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for violating the FIDE code of ethics. The FIDE president, who was banned from "holding any ...
Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title - chess24
The 46th Sparkassen Chess Meeting starts in Dortmund, Germany on Saturday, with world no. 5 Vladimir Kramnik looking to add to his haul of ten Dor...
Sahak Hovhannisyan receives individual training ahead of Youth Olympics - Mediamax.am
Armenia will be represented by only one wrestler in Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, Sahak Hovhannisyan (60kg). The games are to take place on October ...
Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title - chess24
The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in th...
So Retains Leon Title But Pragg Had Him On Ropes - Chess.com
Wesley So retained his Leon Masters title after beating Paco Vallejo in the final. This was despite Friday, when the American was close to getting eliminated by ...
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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BusinessWorld Online (press release)
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 ...