Lipilin Ilia Wins the 3rd Edition of the World Junior Chess Championship for Disabled
The 3rd Edition of the World Junior Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities wraps up with Lipilin Ilia emerging as the winner....
16-Year-Old Carissa Yip Wins 2019 U.S. Junior Girls Championship
The 2019 Junior Girls Championship which ended on Saturday, the 20th of July 2019 features top young female players from 19 to...
Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Domínguez Pérez Wins the 2019 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Tournament
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund is an invite-only event, with the exception that one slot at...
15-year-old Prithu Gupta becomes India’s 64th Grandmaster
India got its 64th Chess Grandmaster on Thursday, July 18th 2019, as Prithu Gupta crossed the 2500-mark. The youngster beat IM Lev...
A Very Symbolic Moment: India Completes the Chessboard with 64 Chess Grandmasters
On 18th of July, Indian chess got its 64th GM. A very symbolic day as the chessboard is made up of 64 squares....
Russian Chess Player Vladimir Fedoseev Wins the Mikhail Tal Rapid Chess Memorial Tournament
Russian chess player Vladimir Fedoseev triumphed in Mikhail Tal rapid chess memorial. Igor Kovalenko showed the best result among all Latvian players...
20-Year-Old Grandmaster Aryan Tari Wins Norwegian Chess Champion for the Second Time
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Tari, the Norwegian chess grandmaster was Norwegian Chess Champion in 2015 and won the World Junior Chess Championship in 2017. He has however won his
second Norwegian Championship title...
World Chess Federation Releases Official Statement Regarding the Cheating Allegation Made Against Igor Rausis
Few days ago, there was an allegation made against Latvian-Czech Grand Master, Igors Rausis for cheating during a chess game. An official...
The World Chess Federation Signs a New Cooperation Agreement With the Olympic Channel
Today, the International Chess Federation announced a new cooperation agreement with the Olympic channel. The statement released states:
We...
Breaking: Latvian-Czech Grand Master Igors Rausis Under Investigation For Cheating
Igors Rausis is a Latvian-Czech chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992, he was Latvian champion in 1995. From 2003 to 2007 he represented Bangladeshand since 2007 he plays...
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Yesterday, I had two funny moments in one of my games that gave me some food for thought. I had the black...
45th Chess Olympiad Round 4: Ukraine Upsets USA, Vietnam Defeats Uzbekistan
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