Tuesday, April 10, 2012

UKM ITS - OPEN TOURNAMEN BEREGU MAHASISWA 2012, Surabaya, OPEN Beregu Mahasiswa NON MASTER, Catur Cepat 25 Menit, 19-20 Mei 2012, Hadiah Total Rp.6 Juta.....Magesh Panchanathan Wins Philadelphia Chess Open 2012.....Dubai Chess Open Begins on April 14....

UKM ITS - OPEN TOURNAMEN BEREGU MAHASISWA 2012, Surabaya, OPEN Beregu Mahasiswa NON MASTER, Catur Cepat 25 Menit, 19-20 Mei 2012, Hadiah Total Rp.6 Juta

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Scientist Figures on Kaggle Top-10 List With Chess Study

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 7 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Do you know about Kaggle and why a chess study figures on its list? It is a global leader in predictive modelling competitions. The company has conducted several competitions with major governments, enterprises, and academic clients. More than 33,000 data scientists have contributed to their competitions. Celebrating their second birthday, Kaggle has released a ranking of its top data scientists and, quite delightfully, chess has mention on that list. Tim Salimans is sixth on the list o... more »

Tuesday Time-Out Chess Puzzle

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 11 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, A short chess break for your Tuesday. White to play and checkmate in two - That Simple! From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com

Dubai Chess Open Begins on April 14

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 11 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, The 14th edition of the Dubai Open Chess Championship for the Shaikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Cup to be held at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club this month begins on April 14. You can access the official website here. Speaking to Gulf News after a press conference to announce the event yesterday, Ebrahim Al Bannai, the chairman of the Arab Chess Federation and Dubai Chess and Culture Club, said: "Every year players from different parts of the world are competing in this championship, which has gr... more »

Cool Chess Computer Collectors' Meet in Amsterdam!

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 11 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, This one is like funky and cool. We've heard of all those people collecting chess sets. Now, here's an informal 'meet' of chess computer collectors' in Amsterdam. All we could say was wow. Watch! From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com

Magesh Panchanathan Wins Philadelphia Chess Open 2012

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 11 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, The latest tournament chess news is that GM Magesh Panchanathan of India has won the 6th Annual Philadelphia Chess Open 2012. The sixth edition of the event was held during the Easter week from April 4-8, 2012, at the upscale, luxury Loews Philadelphia Hotel, rated Four Diamonds by AAA, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia. You can access the official website here. The chess event had 8 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200 and Under 1000. G... more »

Dejan Bojkov: Chess Highways

ChessBase at ChessBase News - 12 hours ago

Round 1 of the Russian Team Chess Championship

An interesting video by Eugene Potemkin shot before the start of Round 1 of the Russian Team Chess Championship. He... more »

Castling

by Natalia Pogonina for her Chess.com Tuesday column (http://www.chess.com/article/view/castling2) Castling is a move performed simultaneously by a king and a rook with... more »

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Top GM spent 1:43 min on move four – in Armageddon blitz!...2012 Chinese Championship – Ding Liren completes hat trick....London Chess Classic from Dec 1-10, 2012....Russia wins European Team Chess Championship 2012....

Chess Movie 64 Wins Awards at Film Fest

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 16 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Another chess film has won awards - this time at the The New Paper's FiRST Film Fest (FFF) 2012 last night. And it was a double delight for the winning entry, titled 64. Not only did the short film win the Best Short Film award, it also won the Favourite Male Performance award for its protagonist, assistant editor Louis Law. But director Woo Wan Fong's leading man on the night wasn't Law - it was 64's director of photography, Mr Matthew Yang, 21. Read the full story here. From Alexandra K... more »

London Chess Classic from Dec 1-10, 2012

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 16 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, *IM Malcolm Pein looks on as Member of Parliament Yasmin Qureshi makes the opening move in Luke's game against the World Champion. Photo © Ray Morris-Hill. | http://www.londonchessclassic.com* According to the latest announcement, the 4th London Chess Classic will be held from December 1st -10th, 2012. The tournament will again be a nine player all play all. The tournament should be at least as strong as the 3rd London Chess Classic and will run along broadly similar lines to the previ... more »

Cheer Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk at Russian Team Chess Championship 2012

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 16 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Surely one of the strongest national chess championships in the world are the ones that take place in Russia (if not the strongest!). We are sure you would love to watch the Russian Team Chess Championship 2012 that is taking place from April 8-16 with strong players like Karjakin, Vitiugiv, Jakovenko, Malakhov, Caruana, Morozevich Svidler, Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Potkin, Shirov, Chess Queen Kosteniuk, Gunina, Pogonina, Eljanov, Moiseenko, Savchenko, Anish Giri, etc. You can find the full lis... more »

Greetings to Hungarian chess legend GM Lajos Portisch for 75th Birthday

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 16 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Chess legend Lajos Portisch, also known as the Hungarian Botvinnik, celebrated his 75th birthday on April 4. A special tournament was held in his honour at the Hilton Hotel in Budapest. Lajos Portisch, born on April 4, 1937, in Zalaegerszeg (Hungary), was one of the strongest non-Soviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s – in fact at the time he was nicknamed the "Hungarian Botvinnik". Portisch participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying ... more »

On the dark squares

ChessBase at ChessBase News - 18 hours ago

Chess Week on Twitter

Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative and entertaining tweets from last week: Ding Liren deserves... more »

Not So Friendly Chess Cartoon

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Chess stuff sent to us by @swakilki via twitter accounts of @chessqueen and @kosteniuk. Send us your chess videos as well! From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com

European School Chess Championship from June 12 in Greece

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, The European School Chess Championships 2012 will take place in the Conference Center of Athos Palace****, a member of the G Hotels Group in Kallithea, located on the Kassandra peninsula of Halkidiki, from June 12 to 21. The event consists of 10 age group tournaments (Boys and Girls U9, Boys and Girls U11, Boys and Girls U13, Boys and Girls U15, Boys and Girls U17). In case a girls group is less than 10 participants, then it will be merged with the other same age group category. The gam... more »

Win a Chess Prize with Weekend Trivia Quiz

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Here is a weekend chess quiz with a prize. Have a great weekend coming up tomorrow all filled with chess and more chess. (What else is there in the world apart from chess any way! - Ah, well just kidding, or are we?) The first five all-correct entries win a free copy of chess magazine Black & White with a complete tutorial on Chess King. Post your answers here or just email them to editor@blackandwhiteindia.com. Last Date: April 8, 2012. Sorry folks, Mr Google won't be able to help you... more »

Congratulatory letters to the FIDE President

bb@fide.com (Baira Tsedenova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 day ago
[image: official_logo] * Congratulatory letter from Dmitry Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation* Dear Kirsan Nikolaevich! Please accept my congratulations on your 50th anniversary! Your contributed a lot to the social and economical development of the Republic of Kalmykia, keeping of the unique ethnic culture of the region and increasing of the living standards of people in Kalmykia. Your experience and organizational skills are fully called for in the position of the FIDE President. You are making a lot for popularization of this intellectual sport and healthy way of... more »

Children and chess news: Fun and more fun!

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 1 day ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, It feels good when we hear about children learning chess. Here some interesting chess reports about children and chess today on the Internet. Enjoy. Let us know if you were part of any of these chess events for children and do send us more photographs. *Knight moves - Chess club hopes to attract more members: *A group of chess enthusiasts has begun meeting on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at PBC Studios, 128 W. Central St. The members meet from 6 to 9 p.m. and are looking f... more »

Semana Santa Lab Chess Open Begins in Bogota

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, The latest tournament chess news via Chessdom is that the Open Internacional Semana Santa Lab Chess is being held from 4th to 9th April at the Centro Alto Rendimiento in Bogota, Colombia. The 9-round Accelerated Swiss event features 156 players from four countries. Top rated are Cuban Grandmasters Aramis Alvarez Pedraza and Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez, and Colombian GM Sergio Barrientos. In addition, there is a 7-round Junior tournament with 48 participants. *GM Aramis Alvarez - FM Tovio Israel *... more »

Russia wins European Team Chess Championship 2012

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 2 days ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, Right after winning the European Individual Chess Championships in both the men and women's sections, Russia has now won the European Senior Team Chess Championship as well! The ECU and Slovenian Chess Federation organized the 11th European Senior Teams Championship from March 26 to April 5, 2012, in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia. Entitled to participate were men from the ECU Chess Federations who shall have reached the age of 60 and women who shall have reached the age of 50 years, by Decemb... more »

JAPFA CHESS FESTIVAL 2012+Women International, Jakarta, Multi Event, Catur KLASIK 90 menitan increment 30 detik per langkah, 15-20 April 2012, Hadiah Total Rp.110 Juta+US$ 5.500.....