The women’s title went to the first team of Chieti, Fischer 1

After several peaceful rounds in the 2013 Admiral Niels Juel Cup, it all suddenly exploded in round nine. GM Alexandre Danin (RUS), who had earlier signed three short draws, was crushed by GM Yuri Solodovnichenko (UKR) in a game that was much appreciated by the audience. At the same time, GM Vladimir Burmakin (RUS) made [...]

Pune Attackers with GM M.R.Lalith Babu, GM-elect Akshayraj Kore, WGM Padmini Rout, WGM Swati Ghate, IM Himanshu Sharma and Amardeep Bartakke 2200 and captained by IM D.V.Prasad, won the inaugural edition of the Maharashtra Chess League 2013. In a well contested Finals, they defeated Jalgaon Battlers 3.5 – 2.5. The crucial wins for Pune came [...]

Bryan Prescod has emerged as the likely Barbadian hero as the Annual Heroes Day International Chess Festival continued over the weekend. Playing in the RBC / Neal and Massy candidates section, the Lodge School boy showed his class in chalking up 4 points from his 4 four games. In rounds 1 and 2 he easily [...]

The Annual Heroes Day International Chess Festival got off to a rousing start at the Amaryllis Hotel on Barbados with local players battling the Caribbean’s best and international masters as well. In the Digicel Masters section, the USA based Turkmenistan Grandmaster, Mesgen Amanov, the tournament’s top seed overcame a stiff challenge in round one from [...]

The 2013 Lithuanian Championships for men and women were held on 20th-28th April at the conference room in the third floor of the hotel “Grata” in Vilnius. The Open section was a single round-robin with 12 players. GM Darius Zagorskis became the new national champion after concluding the event with 7,5/11 points, a full point [...]

Grandmaster Boban Bogosavljevic became the new Serbian Champion after the convincing victory at the event held in Vrnjacka Banja on 15-27th April. Bogosavljevic, who celebrated 25th birthday during the final rounds, conceded only four draws to complete the Championship with 10/12 points, leaving the second placed IM Aleksandar Indjic full two points behind. Bogosavljevic earned [...]

Round six of the Admiral Niels Juel Cup did not bring a new player in front as GM Alexandre Danin from Russia drew with his fellow countryman Vladimir Burmakinin in 12 moves. The highest rated player in the tournament Ivan Sokolov (NED) drew with the Indian IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury and is still one point [...]

The first round of the Maharashtra Chess League started off typical of a rapid chess tournament, twists and turns along the way, with jubilation for some, and heartbreak for others… The young hands of Jalgaon Battlers were undoubtedly the performers of the day, as they outwitted Mumbai Movers with a huge 5 – 1 score, [...]

The Cherry Blossom Classic was held on 19-21st April at the Mariott Washington Dulles Airport, 45020 Aviation Drive, Sterling VA 22166, Virginia. 104 players competed in four sections over the six rounds of Swiss pairings. The Open section with 32 participants is rated with FIDE. Sean Vibbert (2337) convincingly won the group with perfect 6/6 [...]