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64 players started the event, but after 15 days of the 2012 Women's World Chess Championship knockout tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, we have arrived at the last 2 players that will contest the final.
Former champion Anoaneta Stefanova will be aim... | Read More
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The third round of the Tashkent FIDE Grand Prix produced two more decisive games in what promises to be a closely fought competition.
The joint winner of the first Grand Prix in London, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, scored a nice win against Peter Svid... | Read More
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Report by IM John Bartholomew
From Nov. 6-19 I was in Maribor, Slovenia for the 2012 World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC). The World Youth is an annual 11-round event with multiple age categories: U-8, U-10, U-12, U-16, and U-18, with both "... | Read More
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Alexander Morozevich took the sole lead with a score of 2/2 at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent with a superb win against Fabiano Caruana in the second round.
Caruana came unstuck in a rook endgame and was punished by accurate moves by Morozevich... | Read More
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Official website report
The first games of the Women’s World Championship semifinals were played in Khanty-Mansiysk
Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria took the lead against the Indian Harika Dronavalli, winning the first game of the match with ... | Read More
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The second FIDE Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series got underway in Tashkent today with first round wins for Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Morozevich.
Sergey Karjakin impressively outplayed Leinier Dominguez with the black pieces, while Alexander M... | Read More
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The quarter-finals of the 2012 Women's World Championship were completed today, with three of the matches needing tie-breaks to decide the result.
The only match which ended in the standard time-control games was Anna Ushenina of Ukraine defeatin... | Read More
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Despite not being a full-time chess professional, Luke McShane is currently ranked the #1 English player ahead of experienced pros Nigel Short and Mickey Adams.
McShane will shortly be taking part in the London Chess Classic which has been a happ... | Read More
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Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Alejandro Ramirez have both confirmed their participation in Chess.com's 10th Blitz Chess Death Match, set to take place on January 12th, 2013 - with pre-match interviews starting at 6:00 PM Pacific, 9:00... | Read More
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The second Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series runs from 21 November - 5 December in Tashkent.
The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series qualify for the March 2014 Candidates Tournament.
The first contest in London was won ... | Read More
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OFFICIAL WEBSITE REPORT
Nadezhda Kosintseva, Ju Wenjun and Huang Qian advanced to the quarterfinals.
The match of Kosintseva sisters lived up to expectations and was the most tense and dramatic in the round.
The elder sister dominated in the... | Read More
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PRESS RELEASE: The annual Polgar Chess Festival, in its sixth edition by now, has firmly established itself as a very prestigious social event, where celebrities, athletes, artists, scientists, businessmen, politicians and most importantly childr... | Read More
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Five players have booked their place in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The five are Antoaneta Stefanova, Anna Ushenina, Zhao Xue, Harika Dronavalli and Marie Sebag.
The three remaining 3rd round matc... | Read More
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PRESS RELEASE: The pairings for the 2012 London Chess Classic are now available.
This year, instead of involving the players themselves in the draw at the opening ceremony, the draw was conducted by Liverpool’s Sacred Heart Primary School as ... | Read More
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An amazing second round of the Women's World Chess Championship has ended the title challenge of the top three seeds in the competition!
Reigning champion Hou Yifan and third seed Anna Muzychuk both lost on tie-breaks today, joining Humpy Koneru ... | Read More
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Second seed Humpy Koneru has crashed out of the 2012 Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk at the second round stage.
The Indian Grandmaster needed a win with the black pieces to take her match with Natalia Zhukova to tie-breaks, but inst... | Read More
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The second round of matches in the Women's World Chess Championship got underway today in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Reigning champion and top seed Hou Yifan won her first game against Monika Socko with the black pieces to put herself in a strong position ... | Read More
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Eight tie-breaks from the first round of the Women's World Championship were completed today in Khanty-Mansiysk, leaving 32 players to advance to the second round.
Three of the tie-breaks were decided by the 2-game rapid playoff games at 25 minu... | Read More
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Vassily Ivanchuk was victorious in the Kings Tournament in Bucharest after winning a tie-break playoff with Veselin Topalov.
The pair had finished level on 3½/6 after they drew their final round game with each other. Fabiano Caruana was una... | Read More
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Veselin Topalov beat local GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in round 5 of the Kings Tournament.
Despite some enterprising play during the tournament, this is only the second decisive game so far after Vassily Ivanchuk's win against the same player in t... | Read More
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A total of 24 players have already booked their place in the second round of the 2012 Women's World Championship KO competition in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
All the top seeds are safely through, but 8 matches remain to be decided by tie-breaks tom... | Read More
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Vassily Ivanchuk still leads the Kings Tournament in Bucharest after both fourth round games ended in draws.
It was a round of missed opportunities, as local GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu let Vassily Ivanchuk escape with a repetition draw, while Fab... | Read More
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The 2012 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship is underway in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
The reigning champion, 18-year champion Hou Yifan of China, is defending her title in a 64-player knockout format tournament.
The Women's World Championship... | Read More
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Vassily Ivanchuk still leads the Kings Tournament in Bucharest by half a point after both round three games ended in draws.
Ivanchuk could make no headway against Fabiano Caruana with the white pieces, while Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu used his fir... | Read More
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Fabiano Caruana missed a clear opportunity to gain his first win of the Kings Tournament in Bucharest in round two.
The Italian star faced Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and seemed to have victory in sight before a crucial slip gave his Romanian opponent... | Read More