by National Life Master Loal Davis The first game of the 2018 World Chess Championship was an extremely long and hard fought draw that lasted a full 115 moves. The opening was a Sicilian Defense, Rossolimo Variation where Carlsen was playing the Black pieces. Caruana played the Rossolimo move… Continue reading
Fide Women’s World Championship 2018 November 1-25 Khanty-Mansiysk ,Ugra Russia There are 64 qualifiers (in order of priority): The winner, the runner up and the two other semi-finalists of the Women’s World Championship 2016 (4 players) The World Junior Girl Champions U-20 of 2016 & 2017. (2… Continue reading
8 Days to Go and Counting… The World Chess Championship 2018 between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana The 12-game match, organized by FIDE and World Chess, will be played in London , November 9-28 2018.. Live Coverage of Round 1 will start Friday Nov.9th 3 pm GMT… Continue reading
Batumi/Final: CHINA wins Gold in both Sections… Open Section 1.CHINA 2.USA 3.Russia Women’s Section 1.CHINA 2. Ukraine 3. Georgia 1st Team Rd10 Ding, Liren (China) – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (Poland) 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5… Continue reading
Team USA/ Batumi Rd6 : Team USA is undefeated going into the 7th Round , they will face Team Croatia (11th place) USA Score : 6 rounds 5-1-0 with 17.5 points (wins 1 draws 1/2 ) Rd1 Defeats Panama 4-0 Rd2 Defeats Georgia 3 2.5 -1.5… Continue reading
The 43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising open and women’s tournaments, will be held in Batumi, Georgia. 23 September – 7 October 2018. Organizers have predicted that 4,000 people from 189 countries will be present … TEAM USA Avg Rating 2772 OPEN… Continue reading
2018 FIDE women’s world chess championship match: The challenger Ju Wenjun became the new Women’s World Champion. Champion Tan ,Zhongyi vs Challenger Ju ,Wenjun May 2 – 19 China : 10 games first five games held in Shanghai { Ju Wenjun is from Shanghai,} last 5 five games held in… Continue reading
2018 FIDE Candidates Tournament …Berlin Germany At the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament, the eight world’s best champions come together in March 2018 in Berlin. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov [2814] Grand Prix Vladimir Kramnik [2800] Wildcard Wesley So [2799] Rating Levon Aronian [2797] World Cup Fabiano Caruana [2784] Rating Ding Liren [2769]… Continue reading
In view of recent events it might be a good time to find who the Top Ten rated players on the planet are. These of course change on a “daily” basis, but as of the first or February it might a good time to take a snap shot. Congratulations… Continue reading
For the 1st time in Saudi Arabia, the world chess championships (Rapids and Blitz) will start on Tuesday DEC 26 .. Where ? The APEX Convention Center with the participation of over 200 international players .. Visa’s were secured for the participants of Iran and Qatar.. “FIDE would like to… Continue reading
