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Exploring stereotype threat

Chess News Aug 21, 2019 | 03:00 P

In Alexey Root’s first article about FM and WGM Jennifer Yu’s ½ of 9 score in the U.S. Junior Championship, Root speculated about whether research on “stereotype threat” and on the difficulty of second-half “comebacks” could apply to Yu’s performance, which was around 2½ points less than her expected score. In this first follow-up article, WIM ALEXEY ROOT explores stereotype threat in chess. | Pictured: (clockwise from left) Annie Wang, Sarah Chiang, Jennifer Yu | Photos: USChessChamps.com

Sinquefield Cup 2019: Round 4 LIVE

Chess News Aug 20, 2019 | 22:45 P

The Grand Chess Tour action in St. Louis moves into the classical phase with the start of the Sinquefield Cup from August 17th to 28th. Viswanathan Anand is still the sole leader after round three, as all games finished drawn (again) on Monday. Live games and commentary from 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2:00 PM EDT) with WGM Jennifer Shahade and GMs Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

The Weekly Show: Continental Open

Chess News Aug 20, 2019 | 20:15 P

Lawrence is LIVE this week with a look at fantastic individual performances from the Continental Open in Massachusetts, USA. Live and free for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.

Jorge Cori wins the Ibero-American Championship 2019

International Chess Federation - FIDE Aug 19, 2019 | 22:26 P

Peruvian GM Jorge Cori has been crowned the winner of the VII Ibero-American Championship 2019, held in Linares (Spain), during August 10-18. Cori, who was the top-seeded player, reached the last round trailing the leaders -Francisco Vallejo and Carlos Daniel Albornoz- by half a point. But while they made a draw in the last round, the Peruvian young talent achieved the victory in a must-win situation and leapfrogged them to the top of the table thanks to a better tie-break. Sabrina Vega, from Spain, finished in 17th place, a result that gave her the gold medal for the best woman.1 GM Jorge Cori PER 72 GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz CabreraCUB73 GM Francisco VallejoESP74 IM Mikel HuergaESP 6½5 GM Cristobal HenriquezCHI66 GM Diego FloresARG67 IM Juan PlazueloESP68GM Alder EscobarCOL69GM Neuris DelgadoPAR 610IM Angel EspinosaESP611GM David AntonESP612GM Leandro KrysaARG613GM Ivan SalgadoESP614GM Jose LopezESP615GM Alexandr FierBRA616GM Cristhian CruzPER617IM Sabrina VegaESP618IM Javier Moreno RuizESP619GM Jose CuencaESP5½20IM Paolo Ladron de GuevaraESP5½ Official website: www.fibda.comPhotos: FEDA

FIDE has appointed a new Technical Administrative Panel

International Chess Federation - FIDE Aug 19, 2019 | 21:11 P

FIDE has renewed the Olympiad Technical Administrative Panel (TAP). These are the newly appointed members: Alex Holowczak, from England (CHAIRMAN). Shaun Press, from Papua New Guinea.Sabrina de San Vicente, from Uruguay.Vladimir Fedorov, from Russia.Heinz Herzog, from Austria.This new team is formed by young and experienced professionals from three different continents. We believe that this mix will provide the versatility required for the reforms that the Chess Olympiad demands. At this stage, TAP will work towards improving the pairing and tie-break systems for this competition.

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Aug 19, 2019 | 12:00 P

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament took place 10th to 15th August 2019.Players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, ShakhriyarMamedyarov, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Leinier Dominguez, Yu Yangyi and Richard Rapport.Levon Aronian took clear first place ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren and MVL who tied for second. Sergey Karjakinwas 5th and Magnus Carlsen - recording one of his worst speed results - finished 6th. Richard Rapport was 7th, Fabiano Caruana8th, Leinier Dominguez 9th and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 10th.

The 3rd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships finished in Minsk

International Chess Federation - FIDE Aug 18, 2019 | 23:44 P

The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old have finished in Minsk (Belarus), on June 18. 635 young chess players from 35 federations took part in the World Cadets Blitz Championships. Two players Aleksandr E. Usov from Russia (Open U-10) and Yeganegi Barad from Iran showed perfect score in the tournament 9/9.First Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Vyacheslav Durnov, FIDE Vice-president Lukasz Turlej and FIDE Vice-president, Head of the Belorussian Chess Federation Anastasia Sorokina delivered their speeches at the closing ceremony. The winners of all categories were awarded cups, medals and presents. The organizers of the Championships are the National Olympic Committee of Belarus Republic, Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus republic, Belorussian Chess Federation, chess school FIDE Belarus, President's sports club of Belarus. Girls, U8 1Diana PreobrazhenskayaRUS8,52 Tong Thai Hoang AnVIE7,53 Mai Chi NguyenVIE7,5 Girls U10 1Afruza KhamdamovaUZB82 Evgeniia SatanovskaiaRUS83 Ngoc Vy HoVIE8 Girls U12 1Yana ZhapovaRUS82 Klara SzczotkaPOL73 Milana BabicBIH7 Open U8 1Barad YeganegiIRI92 Savva TereschenkoRUS83 Maxim TsoyKAZ7,5 Open U10 1Aleksandr E. UsovRUS92 Pavel BoykovRUS83 Savva VetokhinRUS7,5 Open U12 1Erdem KhubukshanovRUS7,52 Gleb PidluznijLTU7,53 Dmitriy MochalovRUS7,5 Photos: Niki Riga

7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Aug 16, 2019 | 21:16 P

The 7th Sinquefield Cup takes place 17th to 30th August 2019. Players: Magnus Carlsen,Fabiano Caruana,Ding Liren,Anish Giri,Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,Wesley So,Ian Nepomniachtchi,Levon Aronian,Shakhriyar Mamedyarov,Viswanathan Anand,Sergey Karjakin andHikaru Nakamura.

chess.com Junior Speed Chess 2019 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Aug 11, 2019 | 20:48 P

The chess.com Junior Speed Chess took place 16th May to 10th/11th August.Wei Yi beat Jeffery Xiong in the final on August 10th (11th for Wei Yi due to different time zones) by virtue of drawinga final Armageddon game. The regular match was drawn and they shared two wins apiece in the bullet overtime.Wei Yi qualifies for the regular Speed Chess tournament now.

TCEC S16 starts Sunday July 14th at 15:00 CEST

Chessdom Jul 13, 2019 | 15:24 P

Season 16 of the Top Chess Engine Championship starts this Sunday July 14th at 15:00 CEST. A total of 18 engines will battle for six promotion spots in the newly formed Qualification Division. Among them are three Neural Networks – ScorpioNN, ChessFighterNN, and Stoofvlees. Their main competitors are the seasoned engines Rodent, Wasp, chess22k, and [...]

TCEC Season 16 – information and participants

Chessdom Jul 3, 2019 | 16:28 P

TCEC Season 16 is going to start Sunday July 14th at 15:00 CEST with the participation of the strongest computer chess software. For the first time ever a Neural Network – Leela Chess Zero aka Lc0 – will defend both a league title and a Cup title. TCEC Season 16 will feature a new format. [...]

TCEC15: the 15th Top Chess Engine Championship

Chessdom Jun 23, 2019 | 03:46 P

Written by Guy Haworth and Nelson Hernandez Reading, UK and Maryland, USA Corresponding author: g.haworth@reading.ac.uk This is the latest in our series of analytical articles on past TCEC events. The main text can be read below on this webpage, and at the bottom you will find a link to the full layouted article in pdf [...]

World Blitz Championships LIVE!

Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information Dec 30, 2018 | 13:59 P

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PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Championships LIVE with 40 GMs!

Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information Dec 29, 2018 | 17:00 P

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World Rapid Championships LIVE!

Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information Dec 27, 2018 | 13:59 P

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