On June 1, 2017, the 48th final tournament of the traditional all-Russian scholastic chess team event Belaya Ladya (also known as White Rook) will start in Dagomys, Sochi. Since 2015, Belaya Ladya welcomes teams from foreign countries. This year,...
Moscow Grand Prix to begin on May 12
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave heads strong field for 2017 FIDE Moscow Grand Prix Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the fifth highest ranked player in the world, heads up a strong field for the forthcoming Moscow Grand Prix to be held between 12-21 May. Hikaru...
Russia leads World Senior Team Championship 50+ after 8
Classifica dopo 8 turni Pos Nr.s. FED Squadra Num + = – Cls1 Cls2 Cls3 Cls4 Cls5 1 2 RUS Saint Petersburg 8 8 0 0 16 25,5 0 128,5 140,0 2 4 ARM Armenia 8...
Russia leads World Senior Team Championship 65+ after 8
Classifica dopo 8 turni Pos Nr.s. FED Squadra Num + = – Cls1 Cls2 Cls3 Cls4 Cls5 1 1 RUS Russia 8 8 0 0 16 27,0 0 125,0 139,0 2 2 FRA France 8 6...
Russian Team Chess Championship 2017
The Russian Team Chess Championship 2017 aka Premier League is going to take place 1-10 May, 2017, in Sochi, Russia. It will consist of eight teams. Top seeded are the team of Sibir with Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar...
GM Maksim Chigaev first in the Sagaalgan Rapid 2017
The 15th Chess Festival Sagaalgan 2017 was held on 24-26th March at the Buddhist University in Ivolginsky datsan, near Ulan-Ude in the Russian Republic of Buryatia. The 13-round rapid tournament with the time control 15′+10” was a stage of...
Andrei Filatov, Yury Averbakh and Sergey Karyakin on “Culture” TV
President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov, the oldest Grandmaster in the world Yury Averbakh and world vice-champion Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin participated in the TV show “Nablyudatel” (Observer) on the “Culture” channel. Culturologist Boris Lanin and the host...
Karjakin: “I respect Vladimir Putin as a Strong President”
Chess grandmaster Karjakin takes up Putin offer for civil servant role Published time: 13 Mar, 2017 17:00 Chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has accepted President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to join the Civil Chamber of the Russian Federation. On Monday morning...
White Rook 2017 in Dagomys
Russian Chess Federation has the honour to invite young and ambitious players from all over the world to take part in the final stage of prestigious chess competition among secondary school teams Belaya Ladya, also known as White Rook,...
Upset galore in 1st round at Aeroflot
Round 1 on 2017/02/21 at 15:00 http://chess-results.com/tnr255922.aspx Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No. 1 1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2578 50 2 51...