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Saint Louis Champions Showdown 2019 - Games and Results 20/02/2019
The Saint Louis Champions Showdown takes place Wed 20th to Sun 24th Feb 2019. Five matches: Pentala Harikrishna vs Fabiano Caruana, Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Hikaru Nakamura, David Navara vs Wesley So, Veselin Topalov vs Leinier Dominguez Perez and Richard Rapport vs Sam Shankland.
Mark Crowther
17th Aeroflot Open 2019 - Games and Results 19/02/2019
The 17th Aeroflot Open takes place in Moscow Tue 19th Feb 2019 to Thu 28th Feb 2019. Leading players: Wei Yi, Fedoseev, Wang Hao, Dubov, Kovalev, Mamedov, Inarkiev, Nabaty, Korobov, Safarli, Sasikiran, Maghsoodloo, Sjugirov, Sethuraman, Anton Guijarro, Zvjaginsev, Iturrizaga, Ganguly, Alekseenko, Indjic, Sarana, Kobalia, Paravyan, Grachev, Khismatullin, Firouzja, Jorden Van Foreest, Martirosyan, Zhou, Chigaev, Goganov, […]
Mark Crowther
Israeli Team Championship 2019 - Games and Results 19/02/2019
The Israeli Team Championship takes place Sat 5th Jan 2019 to Fri 5th Apr 2019. The games on a Friday are generally broadcast as they're all played at the same venue, the ones on Saturday are held in different venues and haven't transmitted been so far.
Mark Crowther
Cairns Cup 2019 - Games and Results 16/02/2019
The 1st Cairns Cup was a women's tournament in Saint Louis that took place 5th to 15th February. 2019. Players: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Nana Dzagnidze, Valentina Gunina, Bela Khotenashvili, Elisabeth Paehtz, Marie Sebag, Harika Dronavalli, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih. Valentina Gunina drew against her closest rival Alexandra Kosteniuk in the final round to […]
Mark Crowther
56th Cuban Chess Championship 2019 - Games and Results 14/02/2019
The Cuban Chess Championship 56th Cuban Championship took place Sun 3rd Feb 2019 - Wed 13th Feb 2019. Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera became the youngest winner at the age of 18.
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PRO Chess League 2019 - Games and Results 07/02/2019
The PRO Chess League 2019 takes place Tue 8th Jan 2019 to the final on Sun 5th May 2019. 32 teams is divided into four divisions. Leading players: 1 GM Fabiano Caruana Saint Louis Arch Bishops 2827, 2 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov San Jose Hackers 2820, 3 GM Ding Liren Chengdu Pandas 2804, 4 GM Anish […]
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FIDE President met with the representatives of the USCF 22/02/2019
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich had a meeting with the representatives of the United States Chess Federation in Washington on February 20. During the meeting they discussed the development of chess both in the US and in the world. “The USCF is a very active federation, it pays much attention to young players and it was […]
2019 WTCC: Team Compositions 21/02/2019
FIDE publishes the team compositions for the 2019 World Team Championships, which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from the 4th of March (arrival) till the 15th of March (departure) 2019. Open Teams Azerbaijan 4650891 1 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM 2732 13401653 2 Mamedov, Rauf GM 2703 13402129 3 Safarli, Eltaj GM 2681 13401378 4 Guseinov, […]
FIDE President's working meeting with the President of FIFA 21/02/2019
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich told TASS what they discussed with the FIFA President Gianni Infantino at their meeting in Zurich on January 24th. First of all, we discussed the FIFA support aimed at the growth of the professional level of our employees in the spheres where FIDE has been weaker than FIFA during the last […]
FIDE Grand Swiss update 19/02/2019
FIDE announces the updates approved by the Presidential Board: 1. The event will take place on the Isle of Man: October 8 (arrival) - October 22 (departure), 2019 2. 120 players will receive special conditions. 15 more players will get the conditions in line with the original 105 in the published Regulations, and these spots […]
FIDE announces the line-up for the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019 19/02/2019
It is going to be the strongest Grand Prix cycle in recent times, and we are pleased to see that nearly all the World's top players are taking part. FIDE World Chess Grand Prix introduces a new attractive format, and we are looking forward to an exciting Series. Please see more details and allocations of […]
Task Force for the Reform of the FIDE Statutes 18/02/2019
In February 2019 the newly established Task Force for the Reform of the FIDE Statutes started its operations. The main activities of this ambitious working group are related to a deep analysis of relevant FIDE documents, the team brainstorming, discussion and agreement on a new logical restructuring and clear terminology. During the whole process a […]