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43rd World Chess Olympiad - Games and Results 23/09/2018
The 43rd World Chess Olympiad takes place in Batumi 24th September to 6th October 2018.
Mark Crowther
Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2018 - Games and Results 19/09/2018
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship takes place July 24th to October 18th 2018. 16 players in a knockout online blitz tournament. 90 minutes of 5/1 blitz, 60 minutes of 3/1 blitz, and 30 minutes of 1/1 bullet chess. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Wei Yi, […]
Mark Crowther
Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018 - Games and Results 11/09/2018
The Champions Chess960 Showdown took place in St Louis 11th to 14th September. 4 days of rapid and blitz using different Chess960 start positions. Final combined scores (rapid points worth double the blitz points): Topalov 14.5-11.5 Kasparov, Nakamura 14-12 Svider, So 15.5-10.5 Giri, MVL 17.5-8.5 Shankland, Aronian 17.5-8.5 Dominguez.
Mark Crowther
PRO Chess League All Stars 2018 - Games and Results 11/09/2018
The PRO Chess League All Stars evening saw the best available players from the four divisions of the 2018 PRO League season play again for an evening of blitz (3 minutes + 1 second a move) on September 8th. 4 players from each division played the rest to establish the order for the final phase. […]
Mark Crowther
57th World Juniors 2018 - Games and Results 08/09/2018
The 57th World Juniors and 36th World Junior Girls took place in Manavgat, Turkey Tue 4th Sep 2018 to Sun 16th Sep 2018. Top seeds: Parham Maghsoodloo, Jorden Van Foreest, Alexander Donchenko, Murali Karthikeyan etc. Girls: Stavroula Tsolakidou, Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova etc. Top seed Maghsoodloo of Iran dominated the event wrapping up […]
Mark Crowther
71st Russian Championship Superfinal 2018 - Games and Results 05/09/2018
The 71st Russian Championship Superfinal took place in Satka 25th Aug to 6th Sept 2018. Players: Andreikin, Fedoseev, Vitiugov, Jakovenko, Tomashevsky, Nepomniachtchi, Inarkiev, Kobalia, Dubov, Oparin, Khismatullin and Sarana. The Championship was won by Dmitry Andreikin who beat Dmitry Jakovenko 1.5-0.5 in a rapid tie-break after both finished on 7/11. Likewise Natalija Pogonina also defeated […]
Mark Crowther

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ETH Commission decides that Application for Provisional measures against Mr. Makropoulos falls to be dismissed 25/09/2018
FIDE Ethics Commission (ETH) unanimously decides to dismiss the application for Provisional Measures in the complaint against Mr. Makropoulos by Messrs Dvorkovich, Kouatly, Granda Zuniga, Furney and Mammedov, as well as Ms Chen. See full decision
Seminars at Hilton Hotel 25/09/2018
Seminars at Hilton Hotel Seminar for International Organizers 25, 26, 27 September 9:30 – 12:30 Rustaveli 1 FIDE Trainers’ Seminar 26, 27, 28 September 16:00 – 17:30 Lazica, Ushba 29 September 11:00 – 21:00 Lazica, Ushba FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar […]
89th FIDE Congress: List of Proxies 25/09/2018
The following proxies were approved by the Electoral Commission: Bahrain BRN Proxy to Kouatly, Bachar (France Delegate) Bhutan BHU Proxy to Sundar, Damal Villivalam (India Delegate) Bolivia BOL Proxy to Vega Fernandez, Jorge (Guatemala Delegate) Fiji FIJ Proxy to Makropoulos, Georgios (Greece Delegate) Guernsey GCI […]
43rd Chess Olympiad: Uzbekistan women stun top seed Russia in round 2 24/09/2018
In the second round of the Baku Chess Olympiad most of the top rated teams continued scoring high victories, but not without exceptions. In the Open section Georgia 3 put up a fierce resistance against the defending Olympiad champions USA and eventually lost by 1,5-2,5, the only win coming from Wesley So.Russia had it slightly […]
2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad: Important Announcement for Arbiters 23/09/2018
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ARBITERS The Arbiters’ Meeting will start at 11.00 a.m. on the 24th September at the Sports Arena (the playing venue). Transportation will be arranged accordingly. Arbiters shall stay in the playing hall and will not go back to their hotels, until the end of the first round. Lunch will be served […]
Spectacular Opening Ceremony of the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi 22/09/2018
The 43rd Chess Olympiad was opened with a solemn but highly entertaining ceremony, held at the Black Sea Arena, attended by the players, captains and officials of the 185 participating countries.The ceremony started with a play re-enacting the legend of the invention of chess and the famous "wheat and chessboard problem" and then the Goodwill […]