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...
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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!
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Round 9 of the Women’s Grand Prix: Humpy Koneru Takes the Lead from Ju...
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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...
FIDE World Cup Updates: Kirill Alekseenko Defeats Higher-Rated Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna for the...
Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup was played on September 17, 2019. The tournament’s sensation Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) defeated the higher-rated...
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