The third round of the Alekhine Memorial saw an important turning point in the event. Michael Adams, who arrived as the sole leader after two consecutive wins, lost against Boris Gelfand and now shares the lead with the Israeli and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Information / Live games / Schedule / Participants The only decisive game of the round was also the last [...]

With a half point lead going into the last round of the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th BCC Open – Australia No. 1 Zhao Zong-Yuan (7) took no chances despite having the White pieces and made a quick draw against IM Wang Yungao (6.5) who as a result obtained a GM norm. The pressure was [...]

The big game of round 8 at the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – was of course the top board encounter between “local” Gerhard Schebler and a former BCC Open champion in Sune Berg Hansen with a winner being in pole position in tomorrow’s final round to become this year’s champion. [...]

Alekhine Memorial 2013 will take place April 20 – May 1 in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Despite being squeezed between the Candidates Chess Tournament, the Zug Grand Prix, and Norway Chess, the organizers have gathered the world’s elite players. Participants: World Champion Viswanathan Anand, his challenger from 2012 match Boris Gelfand, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, [...]

There are many interesting match-ups in round 7 of the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – held from 14-22 April at the Dusit Thani Pattaya. Former BCC Open Champion Sune Berg Hansen bested sole leader Rogelio Antonio on 5.5/6 while IM Wang Chen used the White pieces well to draw another [...]

The Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – is now two thirds way through with six rounds having been played. It was an unfamiliar line-up at the top boards in this Asia leading international event being played at the Dusit Thani Pattaya with Rogelio Antonio against Levente Vajda, Ralf Akesson against Mark [...]

The battle is certainly hotting up as the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open being played from 14-21 April at the Dusit Thani Pattaya – moves into and past the half way mark. Yesterday saw many contenders express frustration at not getting the full point while others were clearly adopting a strategy [...]

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In Round 4 of the Thailand Open 2013 – 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open – being played at the Dusit Thani Pattaya from 14-21 April, IM Saptarshi Roy continued to impress, this time by beating in rapid fashion, his second successive 2600+ GM in China’s Lu Shanglei. Joining him on 4/4 are Mark Paragua and [...]

International Master Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior title while J Saranya, also of Chennai finished runner-up in the Asian Junior girls’ championship that concluded at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on April 6, 2013. Srinath had won the Asian Junior at Tashkent in June 2012 and made his maiden Grand Master norm. He [...]