Monday, November 12, 2012

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship- Round 1.....WALIKOTA CUP I KOTA LANGSA ACEH, Se-PROVINSI ACEH SAJA, CATUR KLASIK, 16-19 NOPEMBER 2012, Hadiah Total Rp.21.75 Juta....Women's World Chess Championship 2012 Begins Saturday with Illusion, Music Show...

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship- Round 1

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 1 hour ago
[image: top] *Round 1 *The first leg games of the Round 1 were played today at the Ugra Chess Academy. The Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova, who pays very close attention to chess events, made a symbolic first move in Hou Yifan-Ranasinghe game. The city mayor and Ugra chess federation president Vassily Filipenko, and director of Ugra sports department, biathlon Olympic champion Evgeny Redkin also addressed the players, wished them best of luck and good games. [image: IMG 2400] *A symbolic first move by the Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova* The Governor inspected organization of... more »

Women's World Chess Championship 2012 - Round 1 Results

Natalia Pogonina during Round 1 As you can see, most of the games finished as expected. Tomorrow the second games of... more »

Women's World Chess Championship 2012 Begins in Khanty-Mansiysk; No Upsets in First Round

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, The Women's World Chess Championship 2012 witnessed its first round on Sunday without any upsets. Earlier, on Saturday, Deputy Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov read a congratulatory telegram from the Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko. Then FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, after his welcome speech, declared the championship officially open. The opening ceremony was attended by Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Ar... more »

Bora Kostic Chess Memorial from Nov 30 in Vrsac

Chess Blog Admin at CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com - 19 hours ago
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hi everyone, The 17th Bora Kostic Memorial, honoring the first chess globetrotter, is taking place from 20-30 November at the Hotel Srbija in Vrsac, the city of his birth, according to the latest chess news via Fide. Six players are competing in the double round robin tournament: Kiril Georgiev (BUL 2660), Predrag Nikolić (BIH 2650), Dmitry Svetushkin (MDA 2589), Nikola Sedlak (SRB 2572, winner of the 15th Bora Kostic Memorial in 2008), Ognjen Cvitan (CRO 2535, World Junior champion 1981) and Boban Bogo... more »

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship is opened

aysa@fide.com (Aysa Mondrunova) at World Chess Federation - FIDE - 23 hours ago
[image: top] Deputy Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov read a congratulatory telegram from the Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko. Then FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, after his welcome speech, declared the championship officially open. The opening ceremony was attended by Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area – Ugra, and Evgeny Redkin, director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area – Yugra. Drawing of colors was an important technical aspect of the ceremony.... more »

Donald Chess Clip in Mathmagic Land - Cool Cartoon Video

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, Weekend's the time for a chess cartoon. So fly away into Mathmagic Land with Donald Duck. Have fun with chess and share your favourite chess videos with us. From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com Don't miss Chess Queen™ YouTube Channel

Fate/Zero Anime Inspired Chess Pieces Coming Soon

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, Some chess new for the Fate/Zero novel/anime franchise fan. The revived Chess Piece Collection R line. Chess Piece Collection R Fate/Zero will launch in late March with six figures: Saber, Irisviel, Rider, Archer, Lancer, and Berserker. Each of the 998-yen, 90-millimeter-tall painted figures comes with either a black or white base for a total of 12 different variants. Bandai will release a separate chess set inspired by the character Gilgamesh's set from the Fate/Zero television anime serie... more »

Women's World Chess Championship 2012: Live Broadcast Begins Today

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 first of 64 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship participants to arrive in Khanty-Mansiysk were the strongest chess players of China, Russia, India, United States, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Qatar, Lithuania and Slovenia. In total, they were on the way for two and a half hours. According to the guests of the Ugra capital, they reached it with comfort However, when landing, they got a little confused by a snowstorm, but all the agitation vanished – the flight was good. Now the participants ar... more »

A star is born

ChessBase at ChessBase News - 2 days ago

Cool Chess Trivia Photo: Who is Chess Queen's Opponent?

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, It's time for a pretty chess trivia photo from our super database of photographs of the world's best chess players at www.chesspics.com. This photo is from the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2010. You can see Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk playing white facing the camera. Who is her opponent? From Alexandra Kosteniuk's www.chessblog.com Also see her personal blog at www.chessqueen.com Don't miss Chess Queen™ YouTube Channel

Women's World Chess Championship 2012 Begins Saturday with Illusion, Music Show

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, A special illusion show and Siberia Brass music show will be part of the opening ceremony of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012 on Saturday, November 10. The main theme of the opening ceremony would be to recreate a "mysterious world of the chess space". The ceremony will take place in the Concert and theater Center 'Ugra-Classic'. According to the chief director of the Opening Ceremony Inna Golysheva, the organisers will have an interesting mission: not just to tell about the che... more »

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