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Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru are fighting for victory in the Ankara Grand Prix, and also for the top spot in the final Grand Prix standings (behind Hou Yifan).
In round nine of the Ankara Grand Prix Anna Muzychuk scored a vital win against Hump... | Read More
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After beating Magnus Carlsen in the opening round of the Chess Masters Final, Fabiano Caruana thrashed Sergey Karjakin in round 2 to claim the sole lead.
Magnus Carlsen seemed to show no ill-effects from his traumatic loss to Caruana yesterday, r... | Read More
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Leader Boris Gelfand was permitted to play his 5th round game at a slightly earlier time by the organisers, in respect of the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur. The result was a draw with the black pieces for the Israeli against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.... | Read More
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By the narrowest of margins, FIDE Master Robby Adamson -- a.k.a. "BLITZMASTER" -- pulled out a victory over International Master Dean Ippolito in Chess.com's 8th Blitz Death Match on Sunday. The final match score was 14-13 in favor of Adamson, by ... | Read More
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The first half of the Chess Masters Final is underway in Sao Paulo, and the first round did not disappoint fans in search of drama!
Lev Aronian had the white pieces against Sergey Karjakin, and caught his opponent in some opening preparation to s... | Read More
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All the games in the 2012 FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Ankara were drawn in round 8, leaving Humpy Koneru with a half point lead over her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk.
The Ankara Grand Prix is the final tournament of the 2011/12 Women's Grand Prix s... | Read More
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Boris Gelfand continued his good start to the 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix by beating Wang Hao in round four to take the sole lead with 3 points.
Gelfand's former co-leaders had varying fortunes. Peter Leko was unable to achieve any advantage aga... | Read More
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was the only winner on day three of the 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix.
Mamedyarov destroyed Anish Giri in just 21 moves to join the leaders Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand on a score of 2 points out of 3.
Top seed Hikaru Naka... | Read More
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Humpy Koneru grabbed the sole lead at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Ankara in round seven.
Humpy beat Ju Wenjun to take her score to an impressive 6 points out of 7 games played so far.
Humpy's main rival Anna Muzychuk could only draw with bl... | Read More
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Although the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Slam series is underway in London, a few of the world's top players have absented themselves from the competition, in the expectation that their place in the 2014 Candidates is already assured.
Most of those missin... | Read More
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Official Website Report
All the games were decisive in the sixth round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Ankara.
Humpy Koneru won against co-leader Ruan Lufei in a variation which had happened already in the game Kosintseva-Koneru. Anna Muzych... | Read More
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Hikaru Nakamura and Peter Leko were winners in round 2 of the 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix.
Peter Leko took advantage of the inaccurate moves 32...Kf7 and 33...hxg5 from Vassily Ivanchuk to bring home a full point, while Rustam Kasimdzhanov blund... | Read More
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Official Website Report
In the fifth round of the sixth stage of the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011-2012 in Ankara, a record number of games finished peacefully. The leaders Humpy Koneru and Ruan Lufei drew their games and allowed the rating favorite... | Read More
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The opening round of the 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix at Simpson's-In-The-Strand produced plenty of effort and high quality chess, but only one decisive game.
It was top seed Hikaru Nakamura who came to grief with the white pieces against recent ... | Read More
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Andrew Paulson, the Chief Executive and Founder of Agon, the company that has been awarded the commercial rights to the World Chess Championships, created a very different opening ceremony for the FIDE London Grand Prix, held last night.
The occ... | Read More
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The Black Sea Countries Final 2012 tournament ran from 12-19 September in Burgas, Bulgaria. The tournament featured representatives from many countries surrounding the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey.
Ivan Ch... | Read More
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All but one of the six games played ended decisively in the fourth round of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Ankara.
Early leader Ruan Lufei conceded her first draw to compatriot Zhao Xue, allowing Humpy Koneru to defeat Tatiana Kosintseva and shar... | Read More
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PRESS RELEASE: Double victory for David at the International Livigno Chess Open!
Grand Master (GM) Alberto David (Hotel Livigno) has won the 3rd International Livigno Chess Open. The Italian player got the upper hand during the last round against... | Read More
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The first Grand Prix of the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix series will take place at the historic chess venue of Simpson's-In-The-Strand in London between 20 September - 4 October.
The overall winner and runner-up of the Grand Prix qualify for the Marc... | Read More
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Ruan Lufei kept a perfect score to maintain her lead after 3 rounds of the 2012 FIDE Ankara Women's Grand Prix.
Ruan Lufei defeated Yildiz Betul Cemre with the black pieces to lead by half a point on 3/3.
Close behind in second place is Koneru H... | Read More
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Ruan Lufei from China has taken an early lead after two rounds of the 2012 FIDE Ankara Women's Grand Prix.
Ruan Lufei won her second round game with Monika Socko to take the sole lead in this 12-player single round robin competition.
The local T... | Read More
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Thanks to the generosity of Tibor Weinberger, the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club of San Francisco will be holding the Third Imre Konig Memorial on September 22-23. The event, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of Interna... | Read More
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The final FIDE Women's Grand Prix of the 2011/12 series is underway in Ankara, Turkey (see previous news report here).
The result of the series determines the challenger for the 2013 Women's World Championship.
The tournament is a 12-player sing... | Read More
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The sixth and final tournament of the FIDE Women's 2011/12 Grand Prix series takes place from 15-29 September in Ankara, Turkey.
The winner of the series determines the challenger for the 2013 Women's World Championship, against reigning cha... | Read More
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One might expect a natural lull in the hectic pace of international chess events after the 2012 Olympiad, there are still tournaments taking place!
The Black Sea Countries Final 2012 tournament is now underway in Burgas, Bulgaria.
This 6-player... | Read More