Wayne Xiong: I am Very Proud of my Son
18-year
old American grandmaster Jeffery Xiong evened the score in the second game of
the fourth round at the World Cup against his Polish...
Jeffery Xiong Advances to the Quarterfinals of the 2019 Fide World Cup
Jeffery Xiong is through to the quarterfinals at the 2019 FIDE World Cup, defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sunday in the third round of...
Solving with Nunn
Problem solving is a challenging field, with young participants generally dominating. There is one exception. Year after year a British mathematician, grandmaster...
Chess For The Future!
Today 5 million children play chess every week in the schools of Europe. Compare this with the 250,000 FIDE-rated chess players in...
Round 9 of the Women’s Grand Prix: Humpy Koneru Takes the Lead from Ju...
Humpy Koneru wins her fourth game in a row and takes the lead at Skolkovo Women’s Grand Prix after the previous leader...
Round 8 of the 2019 Women’s Grand Prix: Ju Wenjun Wins Again!
Ju Wenjun and Humpy Koneru won with 1½ and 1 point ahead of the rest of the field respectively. After the 8th...
Presidential Board in Budapest: Key decisions
List of the main decisions taken at the 2019 Third Quarter
Presidential Board meeting in Budapest (7-8 September):
1)...
Ju Wenjun Leads in Round 7 of the Women’s Grand Prix Tournament
The leader of the tournament Ju Wenjun (2576)
scored an important victory in the 7th round, with the Black pieces, against Valentina
Gunina (2502). In a Neo-Catalan Defense,...
The 2019 European Senior Team Chess Championship kicks off in Croatia
European Senior Team Chess Championship
2019 kicked off in Mali Losinj, Croatia. The event will stretch over 11 days
(17th-27th September 2019). A short...
FIDE World Cup Update: Jeffrey Xiong Defeats Anish Giri
The Round 3 tiebreaks were played on
September 18.
Three matches were decided in rapid games. Peter Svidler (Russia) proved...
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