GM PARAGUA tied at 8TH IN UAE FILIPINO Grandmaster Mark Paragua (ELO 2533) subdued Iranian FM Nima Javanbakht (ELO 2406 ) in the ninth and final round to finish tied for 8th to 15th places in the Al Ain...
Hoogeveen wins World Cities
The Moment of Truth – World Cities Team Chess Championship Top seeds Hoogeveen and Baku face each other in today’s finals of the World Cities Chess Team Championship while Novi Sad and Tashkent battle for third place in the...
Teams Trimmed Down to 8 for Quarterfinals
World Cities Team ChampionshipResults of the 1/8 final:Baku – Paris 2½-1½Athens – London 3-1Chicago – Hogeveen 1-3Astana – Tashkent 1½-2½Saratov – Dhaka 3½-½Lvov – Wu Xi 2-2Lund – Riga 2-2Ptuj – Novi Sad 2-2 You could feel the tension...
World Cities Team Knockout Phase
World Cities Team Final 16http://worldcitieschess.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Paris defeats Chicago at World Cities Team Championship
Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr88192.aspx Round 3 results Bo. 3 Paris – FRA Rtg – 1 Chicago – USA Rtg 3 : 1 2.1 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2711 – GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2622 1 – 0 2.2 GM Fressinet, Laurent...
France and team USA win round 2 matches
Round 2 results (group E) Bo. 4 Kampala – UGA Rtg – 3 Paris – FRA Rtg 0 : 4 1.1 Ssegwanyi, Arthur 2222 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2711 0 – 1 1.2 CM Kawuma, Patrick 2245 – GM...
World Cities Team Championship begins
The World Cities Chess Team Championship got off to an exciting start as teams started jockeying for position in their Round Robin preliminary groups to aim for the top two and advance to the knockout phase. FIDE President Kirsan...
World Cities Team Championship Group Drawn
World Cities Team Championship Teams of 6 groups of World Cities Team Chess Championship, choose in the opening ceremony at 21 December 2012. In this Ceremony Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nehayan, President of Alain Chess Club and Asian...
World Cities Chess Team Championship
Al Ain, 11 Dec. 2012 – The team of Paris, France is top seed in the World Cities Chess Team Championship starting 21st December in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Twenty four strong teams shall vie for the Sheikh...