Chess to be made compulsory for students in 7-17 age group PTI | 03:08 PM,Aug 27,2011 Chennai, Aug 27 (PTI): The chess playing fraternity in Tamil Nadu today welcomed Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s announcement that the sport would be made...
The WC bidding sequence: Anand vs Gelfand
Who will win the World Championship match? V. Anand B. Gelfand Chess notes By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff August 22, 2011 It had been assumed that the world championship match between present champion Viswanathan Anand, 41, of India...
Swiercz and Cori victorious in Chennai
Dariusz Swiercz emerges champion in Open section Arvind Aaron CHENNAI, August 16, 2011 Dariusz Swiercz of Tarnowshie Gory, Poland and Cori Deysi of Lima, Peru, won the SDAT-Ramco World junior chess championship which concluded here on Monday. Both players...
Deysi Cori scores cluctch final round win to capture 2nd crown
Deysi Cori scored a clutch win with Black while Olga Girya lost her final round with White! This allows Deysi to overcome a half point deficit to win her second World Girl’s Championship title! Final top 10 standings Rk....
Swiercz wins final round to edge Hovhannisyan on tiebreaks
Swiercz won his last round to edge Hovhannisyan on tiebreaks. Robson also won his final game with Black to finish 4th on tiebreaks. Final top 15 standings Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 w we w-we K...
World Junior Championship LIVE games!
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Girya leads Cori by 1/2 pt with 1 to go at World Girls’ Championship
Leaders after 12 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp w we w-we rtg+/- 1 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2371 10.5 2260 2277 2294 2579 10.5 7.93 2.57 25.7 2 WGM Cori T Deysi PER 2376...
Hovhannisyan leads World Junior after 12 rounds
Leaders after 12 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2556 10.0 2430 2448 2465 10 8.12 1.88 10 18.8 2 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2553 9.5...
Moscow edged Chennai for the big match
Moscow outbid Chennai: FIDE Explaining the circumstances that led to the World chess championship match between Grandmaster V. Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel being allotted to Moscow, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, in a letter to the Tamil...
Hovhannisyan shines at World Junior
Hovhannisyan ends Girish winning pace August 12, 2011 – 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia’s Robert Hovhannisyan has ended the winning pace of Girish Koushik of India, defeating him in the 9th round to take the lead with 8 points...