How does it feel to be a strong GM, trainer of a World Champion, and partner of one of the best female players in the chess world? Peter Heine Nielsen tells about that, and more. At the famous Magistral Casino Round Robin tournament, held in Barcelona between 23-31 October, the PR manager of the event [...]
Pablo Lafuente started playing from 5 years of age, became an IM at 18 years and GM at 21 years of age. He represented the Argentine team in the Chess Olympiad 2010 at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, and in the Continental Championships in Mexico in 2011. A traveling coach, Pablo, 27, moved in to Port Elizabeth, [...]
Post games interview and video
Chessdom: Hello Manuel, thank you for kindly accepting the interview. Obviously our first question will be about one of the most important events of the year – the UNAM Gran Fiesta in Mexico. The Torneo Cuadrangular will include Carlsen, Polgar, Bruzon and yourself. What are the expectations? Manuel Leon Hoyos: The UNAM Gran Fiesta in [...]
Argentine Grandmaster Fernando Peralta won brilliantly the 4th Master Duchamp, which took place in the historic halls of the Argentine Chess Club as part of the Festival Marcel Duchamp 2012. Peralta totaled seven out of ten possible points, with 5 wins, 4 draws and only one defeat. The IV Magistral Duchamp reached FIDE’s Category XIV. [...]
He became an icon in his country when he qualified, at 44, to play for the most desirable title of chess, the World Championship. When most of the people predicted that his effort would be disappointing, he managed to draw the series of 12 classical games and, only in a tight tie-break, lose to his [...]
The 57th International Belgrade Book Fair is being held between October 21 and October 28, 2012, under the official slogan “From A to Z”, and hosts 478 publishers from the country and abroad. This year’s Guest of Honor Country is Hungary, known for its strong and diverse literary and publishing tradition. This is an ideal [...]
Secretary of the FIDE EVE Commission, ECU Board Member Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou visited Brussels from 15 to 17 of October for a series of meetings and conferences. Mr. Tsorbatzoglou’s arrival in Brussels was multi-purposed. On Tuesday 16th in the European Commission headquarters in Brussels (Berlaymont Building) a two hours working technical meeting was organized between European [...]
Jorge Vega Fernandez, President of FIDE America, is responsible for overseeing the 34 chess federations the continent has. The former world champion Anatoly Karpov dubbed him as “Ilyumzhinov’s best soldier” because, during his mandate, American leaders have respected his suggestions and guaranteed an extreme avalanche of votes for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has been FIDE president [...]
Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon, currently N° 31 in the FIDE rating list with 2717 points, will be one of invited players for the second Gran Fiesta UNAM chess festival in Mexico. He will be competing with the local hope Manuel Leon Hoyos, the World N° 1 Magnus Carlsen, and the top woman player in the world [...]
