. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 International M...
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...
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 cham...
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...
Chess.com's next "Blitz Death Match" will feature a matchup between two of America's best-known chess figures, and host a "East vs West" showdown of Super Coaches. Both IM Dean Ippolito and FM Robby Adamson are famous for their personal chess achi...
PRESS RELEASE 10 September 2012 - An antidote to boredom The Chess Olympiads in Istanbul finished 10th September. If you already miss them, do not despair! You can follow the 3rd International Livigno Chess Open. No less than 86 chess players ha...
So the biggest chess show on earth - the Olympiad - is over for another two years. The results of the 2012 Olympiad can be found in our previous article. Congratulations to all the competitors and organisers for a great show, and best wishes to...
An exciting finish to the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul saw Armenia emerge as winners on tie-breaks after winning their final match with Hungary 2½-1½. Sergei Movsesian got the single vital decisive game for Armenia to take a match victory and ...
The 40th Chess Olympiad is set for a close finish in the final round on Sunday, with three teams sharing the lead with 17 match points - China, Armenia and Russia. In the penultimate round on Friday, China just managed to beat the USA 2½-1½ thank...
Just when it seemed that Russia might be walking away with the 40th Chess Olympiad, they were brought back down to earth by a shock 2½-1½ defeat to the USA! Wins by Hikaru Nakamura over Vladimir Kramnik, and Gata Kamsky against Alexander Grischuk...
There are still three rounds remaining at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, but Russia are well placed to take the Gold medal for the first time in a decade. Russia faced defending champions Ukraine in the eighth round, and a win by Sergey Kar...
The Russians strengthened their position at the top of the Olympiad standings thanks to a narrow win over Azerbaijan in round seven. Alexander Grischuk earned a vital win over Eltaj Safarli on board two, and with the other games ending drawn Russ...
Russia lead both the Open and Women's competitions after six rounds of the Olympiad in Istanbul. In the Open event, top seeds Russia faced third seeds Armenia with the top board clash between Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian being a repeat of the...
FIDE's more frequent monthly official rating lists mean that fewer changes occur between each successive list (August list here). The main news in the top 10 list for September is that Hikaru Nakamura gains two places to claim the #5 spot, swappi...
Round five of the 40th Olympiad saw the biggest clashes yet, with the top four seeds facing-off at the top of the standings. Top seeds Russia beat 4th seeds Hungary 2½-1½, with a win from Alexander Grischuk against Zoltan Almasi being all that se...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going! After four rounds of the 40th Chess Olympiad, the top four seeds are the only teams to maintain 100% match records. Top seeds Russia took a crucial 3-1 victory against their dangerous Chinese oppone...
The United States of America took the lead after three rounds of the 40th Chess Olympiad in Instanbul, thanks to a 3½-½ match victory against Venezuela. Some of the higher rated seeds are now starting to meet, and France took an important win aga...
'The Week In Chess' website and weekly online magazine has been an internet fixture for so long that it seemed that it would go on for ever. A announcement today by editor Mark Crowther (pictured) has changed all that, and it seems that this inva...
