44th World Open Chess TournamentJune 30-July 4, 2016 The 44th Annual World Open will be held from June 30-July 4, 2016 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event has a $225,000 prize fund unconditionally guaranteed! The event has 9 sections: Open, Under 2200,… Continue reading
The 11th edition of the Edmonton International Chess Festival took place in the Edmonton Chess Club June 17-26, 2016. WINNER : U.S. GM Samuel Shankland [7 wins 2 draws] finished with 8/9 [Event “11th Edmonton International”][Site “Edmonton”][Date “2016.06.25”][Round “8.2”][White “Shankland, Samuel”][Black “Ganguly, Surya”][Result “1-0”][ECO “D35”][WhiteElo “2646”][BlackElo “2654”][PlyCount “87”][EventDate “2016.??.??”] 1. d4… Continue reading
Jose Raoul Capablanca The glamour boy of world chess, Capablanca, had been champion of Cuba at the age of 12, and from that time to his death in 1942, he had the totally undeserved reputation (as Petrosian does today) of being the greatest living endgame player. I recall… Continue reading
Sunday Checkers/Useful Positions Useful Positions from Lee’s Guide.. The solutions are listed below Continue reading
Goro Hasegawa/Othello Goro Hasegawa, who invented the board game Othello, died Monday at his house in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture… He was 83In 1971, Mr. Hasegawa invented Othello based on the game of Reversi. The game grew popular in a short time and in 1973 the Japan Othello Association was establishedThe 1st World… Continue reading
Capablanca Memorial 2016 Held June 9-19 at the Barceló Solymar Arenas Blancas Hotel. Vassily Ivanchuk Wins the Title for the 7 th Time.. Rd3 GM Bruzon(2681)-Ivanchuk(2710) 0-1 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2681) vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710) Capablanca Memorial | Elite | Varadero | Round 3.2 | 11 Jun 2016 |… Continue reading
All images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto. Magnus Carlsen wins the Blitz portion of the Your Next Move GCT (Grand Chess Tour) by a full point. # Name Pts SB 1 Carlsen, Magnus 11 95 2 Aronian, Levon 10 88 3 Anand, Viswanathan 9.5 82.5 Nakamura, Hikaru 9.5… Continue reading
Sunday Checkers/Black Wins 2 powerful diagrams that shows the awesome play of BLACK ‘s magic.. Black to move and win 1. 20-24 27-20 2. 7-3 20 – 16 3. 3-9 Black to Move 1.12-16 11-8 2.16-19 24-15 3.18-4 diagrams from 101 checker puzzles/Robert Pike [ N0.54 and 55] Continue reading
Levon Aronian is in the lead by a half point at the half way point of the Your Next Move GCT in Leuven Belgium. # Name Pts SB 1 Aronian, Levon 5.5 23.5 2 Carlsen, Magnus 5 23 Kramnik, Vladimir 5 22.25 Nakamura, Hikaru 5 21.25 So,… Continue reading
All images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto. World Champion Magnus Carlsen wins the Rapids portion of Your Next Move GCT . # Name Pts SB 1 Carlsen, Magnus 6 26.25 2 So, Wesley 5.5 24 3 Anand, Viswanathan 5 21.25 Aronian, Levon 5 21 5 Caruana, Fabiano 4.5… Continue reading
