Barcenilla to get GM title next monthabs-cbnNEWS.com 02/09/2010 7:58 PM MANILA, Philippines – Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla has something to cheer about next month. National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr. said the Arizona-based Barcenilla...
GM Lenderman, finally?
Photo by MonRoi Alex Lenderman has more than enough GM norms. His rating will be around 2565 (FIDE). He is one of the 9 players with 7.5 points in Gibraltar. I hope his title will be confirmed at the...
Second GM norm for Babu
Second GM norm for Lalith BabuArvind AaronChennai, February 3, 2010 Former National junior champion Lalith Babu of Andhra Pradesh scored a defensive victory over Dmitry Kryakvin of Russia in the tenth round to complete his second Grand Master norm...
The latest Indian GM
Chess: Delhi’s Sriram Jha gets Grand Master titleSTAFF WRITER 20:13 HRS IST Chennai, Jan 9 (PTI) Delhi’s Sriram Jha has become the latest Indian chess player to get a Grand Master title from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) while...
Who is Ben Finegold?
Ben Finegold Bio Grandmaster Ben Finegold learned the rules of chess at age 5 and received his first USCF rating at age 6. It wasn’t long, around his mid-teens, until he realized he wanted to play chess professionally. GM...
New GM Jha
Sport – Chess Sriram Jha becomes GM Chennai: FIDE Zone 3.2 champion Sriram Jha became India’s 21st Grandmaster when he drew with Neelotpal Das of Kolkata to complete his third and final Grandmaster-norm in the 47th National premier chess...
The forgotten Soviet player
Fedor BohatirchukBy Bobby Ang Last Friday I was talking about the 27 original grandmasters of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). This comprised of: 1) the world champion (Botvinnik) 2) 14 players who had played in the inaugural Candidates’ Tournament...
World’s youngest
World’s youngest GMsFriday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days...
New Armenian GM
16:38 10 21, 2009FIDE awarded Armenian chess player GM title FIDE Congress, which was held in Halkidiki, Greece, awarded Artur Chibukhchian with the title of grandmaster. Vahagn Khachatryan got the title of FIDE Arbiter, Armenian Chess Federation reports. It’s...
It’s official! GM Ben Finegold!
Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress Monday, 19 October 2009 10:24 Please find enclosed the list of Grandmaster, Woman Grandmaster, International Master, Woman International Master, International Arbiter, FIDE Arbiter and International Organiser titles approved at the 80th FIDE...