14-year-old math, chess talent Luke Vellotti enrolls at UCLA
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
Luke Vellotti, a chess international master and National Advanced Placement
Scholar, is one of about 20 younger-than-usual students who have enrolled
at UCLA over the past decade.
"I'm probably most excited to be at such a challenging school with such
great professors in such a great city," said Vellotti, whose ambitions
include becoming a doctor and earning the title of chess Grandmaster. "I
know that at UCLA I'll be able to push myself harder than I've been able to
in Boise." At 10, he complete... more »
Photo Chess Trivia: How many Girls Can you Name?
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
For all the fans of women's chess, here's a group photo from the opening
ceremony of a recent chess tournament. How many strong chess Grandmasters
can you name and can you identify the place?
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2018 Chess Olympiad: Bidding Procedure
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FIDE is hereby opening a bidding procedure for the 2018 Chess Olympiad and
FIDE Congress in connection with a possible bid for the 2017 FIDE World
Cup.
1. Bids should reach the FIDE office no later than 31 March 2014, 13:00
GMT, by email, fax or registered post, address: 9 Syggrou Ave., 11743
Athens - Greece, fax: (+30) 2109212859, email: office@fide.com
2. Bids should guarantee that all necessary provisions mentioned in the
Olympiad Regulations of the FIDE Handbook will be covered by the Organiser
(including articles 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3).
Federations and ... more »
Indonesia Chess: Medina Warda Aulia becomes Indonesia's Second WGM
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
Indonesia chess has just got its second women’s grandmaster (WGM)! Medina
Warda Aulia defeated FM (FIDE master) Lanita Stetsko of Belarus at the
World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey, on Monday to fetch the
honor for her country.
The Indonesian chess player scores seven points from 10 of 13 rounds for
her her third WGM norm after she recorded her first and second norms in
Singapore in 2011 and Russia in 2012.
A chess player has to book a set of three WGM norms for a full WGM title, ... more »
Paris FIDE Grand Prix - Round 3
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Round 3 results:*
** SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 2 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ - ½ GM Ponomariov
Ruslan 2756 12 3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 - 0 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 1
4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 1 - 0 GM Wang Hao 2736 11 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru
2772 1 - 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 10 6 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 1 - 0 GM Dominguez
Perez Leinier 2757 9 7 GM Giri Anish 2737 ½ - ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
8
Things are getting hectic here in Paris. Although the first two rounds had
been tense enough, some could have complained about the high drawing rate.
The thi... more »
Tashkent Women's Grand Prix - Round 6
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*Round 6: Lagno advances to the top*
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 12 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 - 0 WGM Nakhbayeva
Guliskhan 2307 9 10 WGM Girya Olga 2439 0 - 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 8
11 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 1 - 0 GM Zhao Xue 2579 7 1 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ½
- ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 6 2 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 ½ - ½ GM Dronavalli
Harika 2475 5 3 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1 - 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 4
Kateryna Lagno enters the second half of FIDE Grand Prix in a good mood as
she outplayed Antoaneta Stefanova to catch up the In... more »
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