The new Bulgarian champion about his future plans

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Alexandr Fier gains 37 ELO in a month

Representatives of more than thirty countries play in the RSSU Moscow Open Cup. Today we were lucky to talk to international master Juan Carlos Guerrero, who arrived from distant Columbia. – Juan Carlos, we are happy to see you in our press-center! Do you play in the tournament for the first time? What are your [...]

Boris Savchenko is a constant participant and several-times winner of the previous editions of the Moscow Open. The grandmaster from Moscow told the correspondents of the tournament website of his recent success in the World Rapid Championship and the way this tournament started for him. – Hello, Boris! Several years ago you were ranked as [...]

“I wanted to take part in a strong tournament, and also to spend some time with my family at home.”

GM Vladislav Nevednichy is the winner of the strong White Tower 2018 chess tournament. A strong showing by GM Nevednichy and a victory in a direct match for the first place with GM Kiril Georgiev gave him the 2018 title in the event. Replay the games with analysis You had a fantastic  start of the [...]

Jamie Kenmure: Firstly, congratulations on winning the World Junior Girls Championship. We know it is a tough tournament to win so tell me how you felt after winning the event or when you found out that you won? Zhansaya Abdulmalik: Thank you! I’m very glad that I finally managed to win this Championship! Honestly, I [...]

Four or five candidates may run for President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in the election to be held at the General Assembly of the organization in 2018, the President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) Andrey Filatov told R-Sport.

Robert Houdart speaks about a possible match with AlphaZero