“Scacchistica Milanese”, historical chess club founded in 1881 and organizer of the prestigious Crespi International Tournaments, managed the 31st International Chess Festival Conca Della Presolana on 20-28th August in Bratto, Italy. The tournament was held under the patronage of the Italian Chess Federation, with ScacchiRandagi as technical partner. The playing venue was Centro Sportivo Comunale, [...]
Esfahan Chess Association is honored to invite all players from national Chess federations to participate in the 3rd Zendehrood Open Chess Tournament which will be held in Esfahan, Iran, from 2-8th September 2011. Registration & accommodation is free for Players with rating 2400 or higher and for one player from each country. The 3rd Zendehrood [...]
Special mode for blitz and rapid games with analyis at 11:00 CET
Ding Liren and Ni hua at tiebreaks, six players go home
Their round 2 opponents are already known.
Ahmed Adly will be soon back in the game again.
Live commentary by GM Naiditsch and GM Maze.
Live commentary bu GM Naiditsch and GM Maze
Sao Paulo, Brazil is set to co-host the first half of the Grand Slam Masters Final, with Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura and Francisco Vallejo Pons playing.
Indian press did not hide superlatives for the Asian chess champion GM Pentala Harikrishna, who started the World Cup 2011 with a victory against the World Championship finalist‘s second GM Maxim Rodshtein. “Harikrishna is off to a flying start and made short work of Maxim Rodshtein of Israel in the first game with black in [...]