Kubra Ozturk is Turkish Women Champion

In the 9th round of the Turkish Women Championship the leaders of the tournament Kubra Ozturk and Betul Yildiz won their matches and finished the race with equal scores. According to the regulations, they had to play a tie-break in order to determine the champion. Betul Yildiz, who is eight-times Turkish champion, won the first [...]

RSSU Student Grandmaster Cups

Grandmasters Maxim Matlakov from Russia and Yaroslav Zherebukh from Ukraine have achieved victories in the 7th round of the Young Grandmasters RSSU Cup and extended the to a full point ahead of the rest of the field. Matlakov defeated his compatriot Vladimir Belous, while Zherebukh outplayed Ray Robson from USA, who was the early leader [...]

SPICE and Champion U.S. College Chess Team Moving to Webster University

St. Louis, Feb. 3, 2012 – Building on St. Louis’ growing reputation as a world-class chess center, Webster University is making some exciting chess moves. The University today announced that chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad Champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), will relocate to Webster from Texas Tech University [...]

World Blitz Championship Qualifying Tournament

The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament will be held at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th. The competition consists of 11 rounds of Swiss system with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, with FIDE rating calculation. The number of participants is [...]

Chessity – gaming your training

Do you like chess puzzles, on board battles, ‘castle chess variations’, and more gaming related to your favorite sport? Then Chessity.com is a must visit place! Chessity’s chess trainers and game developers have worked hard to design an entertaining daily website for the chess fans. Now You decide how you want to train: just solve [...]