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The Aeroflot Chess tournament takes place 7-17 February 2012 in Moscow, the city where the RSSU Cup has just finished and where the 2012 World Chess Championship will be played. Despite having very low number of players for such a high prize fund, Aeroflot Chess 2012 is still one of the strong open tournaments this [...]

The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012 – Georgi Tringov Memorial, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Plovdiv Municipality, was held from 29th January to 5th February in Novotel Hotel, Plovdiv. The tournament was played over 9 rounds of Swiss system and is valid for FIDE elo and GM/IM [...]

Yaroslav Zherebukh won the 2012 edition of the RSSU Grandmaster Cup in Moscow. He finished a full point ahead of top seeded Maxim Matlakov. Zherebukh started the tournament with a loss and two draws, but after that achieved the amazing six consecutive victories to claim the title in the tournament. In the women section of [...]

The 34th Bulgarian Open Chess Championship 2012 – Georgi Tringov Memorial, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the Chess Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Plovdiv Municipality, is taking place from 29th January to 5th February in Novotel Hotel, Plovdiv. The tournament will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system and is valid for FIDE elo [...]

In the 9th round of the Turkish Women Championship the leaders of the tournament Kubra Ozturk and Betul Yildiz won their matches and finished the race with equal scores. According to the regulations, they had to play a tie-break in order to determine the champion. Betul Yildiz, who is eight-times Turkish champion, won the first [...]

Grandmasters Maxim Matlakov from Russia and Yaroslav Zherebukh from Ukraine have achieved victories in the 7th round of the Young Grandmasters RSSU Cup and extended the to a full point ahead of the rest of the field. Matlakov defeated his compatriot Vladimir Belous, while Zherebukh outplayed Ray Robson from USA, who was the early leader [...]

Analysis of the strong women event in Moscow 2012.

Moscow closed GM round robin with analysis

Divya stands tall in Singapore
Times of India
NAGPUR: After a losing start to her international campaign, Divya Garg came back strongly to claim the top honours along with two others in the 2nd Singapore International Youth Chess Championship recently. In the girls' under-14 category of the Open ...

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St. Louis, Feb. 3, 2012 – Building on St. Louis’ growing reputation as a world-class chess center, Webster University is making some exciting chess moves. The University today announced that chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad Champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), will relocate to Webster from Texas Tech University [...]

The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament will be held at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th. The competition consists of 11 rounds of Swiss system with time control 3 minutes per game with additional 2 seconds per every move, with FIDE rating calculation. The number of participants is [...]

Do you like chess puzzles, on board battles, ‘castle chess variations’, and more gaming related to your favorite sport? Then Chessity.com is a must visit place! Chessity’s chess trainers and game developers have worked hard to design an entertaining daily website for the chess fans. Now You decide how you want to train: just solve [...]

Super Bowl fever with Manchester Titans: The game that's like rocket-fueled chess
Manchester Evening News
It's like chess on speed.” Those involved are a mix of graduates, like Matt, who picked up the sport while studying at university, youngsters who fell in love with the game from watching it on TV and a handful of veterans still in action from the 80s ...

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Iceland celebrated its first “Chess Day” on January 26th, the country’s first GM and ex-FIDE president Fridrik Olafsson’s birthday. GM Olafsson, who turned 77 that day, was honored at a reception at Bessastadir, the Presidential Residence. The day featured many events across all of Iceland, including simuls and blitzes in schools, shopping malls, swimming pools [...]

SPOTLIGHT: Chess Club survives at Illinois school
Chicago Tribune
"I've always loved playing chess and I love the logical skill and challenge that it gives," Martin said. He's not alone. Although small, LP's chess club continues as one of the remaining few in the area. Led by coach Bill Schulte, owner of River Valley ...

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Sawaski wins 'Electronic Knights,' national chess title
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
By Rob Roos It was something of a belated Christmas present for Jim Sawaski of Newberry when he received a letter in the mail in early January from the United States Chess Federation. Sawaski found out that he was the winner of the 2007 Electronic ...

ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Chess Club survives at LaSalle-Peru high school
Chicago Tribune
"I've always loved playing chess and I love the logical skill and challenge that it gives," Martin said. He's not alone. Although small, LP's chess club continues as one of the remaining few in the area. Led by coach Bill Schulte, owner of River Valley ...

MATTHEW BAKER The News-Tribune LASALLE, Ill. White goes first and the game is on as two strangers face off over a rollup chessboard on a chilly afternoon in the old cafeteria at La Salle-Peru Township High School. The competitors attempt to talk although their focus in on the 32 plastic pieces being used to attack and defend. It doesn't take long before 15-year-old Tristan Martin of La Salle has ...