Tuesday, November 1, 2011

European Team Chess Championship-2011,Congratulations to Thomas Luther for winning the first world chess games for the disabled,Nakamura-Kasparov chess partnership revealed,PERURI CUP OPEN 2011, Karawang, NON MASTER & Yunior KU10 KU16 Putra Putri,

European Team Chess Championship-2011

Venue: Porto Carras, Greece Format: Swiss tournament, 9 rounds, 4 players and 1 reserve in each team Date: Nov. 3-12, 2011 Number of... more »

Super chess film on one of the most feared Soviet chess masters - Nezhmetdinov

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 9 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, Here is an excellent film on Nezhmetdinov sent by Ray Kappel. The Soviet Chess master Rashid Nezhmetdinov was one of the most feared attacking players in chess history. Although not well known in the west, he won many brilliancy prizes and defeated most of the best players of his era, including Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Lev Polugaevsky, Isaak Boleslavsly, Salo Flohr, Andor Lilienthal, Gideon Stahlberg, and many other strong grandmasters. *Written by J... more »

Russia takes gold at the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 10 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, The Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) organised the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad in Kocaeli, Turkey from 23rd October to 1st November. Armenia held the lead throughout the tournament, but the Russian team played a very convincing finish. Russia went into the lead in the penultimate round and eventually clinched the gold medal. Russia won 9 matches and lost one. Armenia, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, takes silver medal, point and a half behind Russia. *The Russians* Azerbaijan’s... more »

Congratulations to Thomas Luther for winning the first world chess games for the disabled

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 12 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, Thomas Luther has won the 1st World Chess Games for Disabled. The players were awarded in the categories: overall, the Physically Disabled (IPCA), blind (IBCA), deaf (ICSC) and the best teams. Each of the three best players in these categories were given medals and cash prizes. Thomas Luther, who played for the chess festival ZMDI eV was able to achieve 7 points in 7 rounds for the tournament and win the gold medal. Apart from the overall victory, he also won the category rating IPCA. In t... more »

Nakamura-Kasparov chess partnership revealed

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 12 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, America's number one grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura is working with 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. Their collaboration started before the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee last January. This was reported in the latest issue of New in Chess Magazine, which reaches mailboxes today. What his nearest colleagues already knew, and what has been rumoured for many months on the internet, was confirmed today by New in Chess: top grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (USA) is working with form... more »

FIDE November 2011 Rating List

Evgeny Tomashevsky from Saratov (http://pogonina.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1094 Itemid=1) is now at 2740, +30 points in one rating period! FIDE has published... more »

Kasparov chess simul tickets being auctioned online

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, Bidorbuy, a large online auction site, based in South Africa, is set to give people a unique bidding opportunity. Six winning bidders will have the opportunity to take on chess great Gary Kasparov in a simultaneous game of chess. Kasparov will play an exhibition match against 30 or so participants. Six of those will be reserved for bidders on the site. According to bidorbuy the auctions will be a “one-a-day” affair. One ticket will be available every day over six days, with the auction r... more »

Congratulations to Sasikiran for winning Corsica Chess Circuit Main Open

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand beat 2nd seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-0 in the final of the Corsica Masters knock-out which moves from Bastia to Ajaccio on Monday 31st October. Earlier rounds and the main open all took place in Bastica. Krishnan Sasikiran finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones in the open. Here are the top final standings and some videos. Enjoy. You can check the official website at this link. * * *Top 10-standings in the open* *Pl Ti Player Rtng Fed... more »

Tournament chess news capsule

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, A quick update on all the chess news from tournaments. - *The 42nd Annual National Chess Congress *will be held from November 25-27, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia City Center, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia. The event has a $30,000 prize fund guaranteed. The event has 10 sections: Premier, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200, Under 1000, Under 800 and Under 600. All sections are 6 round Swiss tournaments with the Master ... more »

Great chess photo of the week

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, We just found this lovely chess photo by Ray Anderson. Surely, the chess photo of the week. Don't forget to leave your comments and send us your own favourite chess photos and videos. Tweet From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com more »

Create a Promotional Chess.com Video and Win $1,000!!

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, The other day we'd carried an advertising video with a tagline for www.chess.com. We've just figured, www.chess.com is actually offering a $1,000 USD prize for the best promotional video! *Here’s how it works:* * * 1. You create an amazing/unforgettable/hilarious promotional video for Chess.com. 2. Upload it to YouTube and then post in this forum! On January 1, 2012 www.chess.com will give $1,000 to the person whose video has the highest number of “Likes” on YouTube. That’s it. No ... more »

Top funny chess video - Absolute must watch

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011 Hi everyone, How about beginning the week with a real funny chess video. You will love it. A huge chessy thank you to Eider Cruz from Brazil for sending us this top funny chess video. Tweet From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com more »

FIDE November 2011 Rating List

irina@fide.com (Irina Bebikova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago
[image: official_logo] FIDE publishes November 2011 FIDE Rating List. The list of top players is published at dedicated page of FIDE ratings website. All players can check new ratings at the main page of FIDE ratings website or download TXT version from downloads page. *Important note for software developers:* Please note the availability of the FRL with K factor provided. For November 2011 it's a separate file called 'nov11frl_k.zip'. From January 2012 K factor will be included into main file 'jan12frl.zip'. more »

Chess TV - New Episode

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Chess in Schools - reports and new developments

bb@fide.com (Baira Tsedenova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago
[image: official_logo] Chess in Schools Commission is proud to share its new reports and news published on FIDE CIS Website: http://cis.fide.com/. The report(s) to the 82nd Congress in Krakow, POL, other submissions and the minutes are available: Annex 27 Chairman's report (pre Congress) Annex 27a Chairman's report to Commission meeting during congress (CIS100 is bon - it's twins!) Annex 27b Minutes of Commission meeting Annex 27c - Russian State Social University proposal (Degree in Physical Culture, chess specialization) Annex 27d - Proposal for School Chess Olympiad Festival ... more »

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