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Perpetual Pelletier, an interview

Chess News Sep 22, 2018 | 19:05 P

Today is the birthday of Swiss Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier, who was born in Biel in 1976. During the Biel Chess Festival, where he served as the Tournament Director for the GM tournament, he was interviewed by Macauley Petersonand we bring you the full audio as well as transcribed highlights. Pelletier explains how he got into professional chess and the evolution of his career which will soon include magazine publishing. | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Vladislav Artemiev Wins 40th Rashid Nezhmetdinov Memorial in Kazan

Chessdom Sep 22, 2018 | 12:59 P

The 40th Rashid Nezhmetdinov Memorial, a stage of the Russian Cup, finished in Kazan. 108 chess players from 7 national chess federations, including 20 grandmasters, took part in the tournament. Vladislav Artemiev from Kazan won the tournament having scored 7 points out of 9 and edged out Tigran Harutyunian (Armenia) who took the second place. [...]

England supports the Presidential ticket of Georgios Makropoulos

Chessdom Sep 22, 2018 | 12:05 P

At an ECF Board meeting held on 20th September the ECF Board decided by a clear majority to support the Presidential ticket of Georgios Makropoulos in the FIDE Presidential elections to be held alongside the Chess Olympiad at Batumi on 3rd October. The Board felt it was paramount to support a strong ticket with English [...]

World Chess Championship 2018 live with a Neural Network

Chessdom Sep 22, 2018 | 09:09 P

For the first time in history, World Championship with neural network

Nine Indicators to improve your chess (part 1)

Chess News Sep 22, 2018 | 06:00 P

In a deeply thought-out and specific proposal, IM JAN PRZEWOZNIK provides a method to train the way we think while playing a chess game. He unveils nine indicators that push us to reflect on our decisions and interprets them in terms of problem-solving cognitive strategies. The author laid out many example positions for everybody to test the method first-hand. In Part 1, we present the groundwork and the first three indicators.

A celebration of Peter Poobalasingam (1989-2018)

Chess News Sep 21, 2018 | 20:18 P

The Peter Poobalasingam Celebration tournament took place on Sunday September 9th in celebration of the life of a young man who is dearly missed by his friends and family. Four grandmasters turned out including British number 3, David Howell, who won the event alongside GM Stephen Gordon with 5½ / 6. | Photo: Sarah Longson

TCEC Season 13 Division Premier with Stockfish, Houdini, Komodo, etc. LIVE!

Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information Sep 19, 2018 | 19:00 P

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Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2018 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Sep 19, 2018 | 09:53 P

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, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Hou Yifan, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vidit Gujrath were all invited. There was an invitational qualifier on June 26th-27th where Leinier Dominguez Perez defeated Jon Ludvig Hammer in the final (Georg Meier and Eric Hansen lost to these in the semi-finals). The final place will be decided in a 10 round open qualifier on Tuesday, July 10th. Games from the invitational qualifier available. It seems defending champion Magnus Carlsen is avoiding rapid and blitz ahead of his World Championship match in November.1) 24th July - Aronian - 20.5-6.5 Caruana,2) 26th July 8pm EST - Nakamura 27.5-2.5Hou Yifan,3) 29th July 8pm EST- Wesley So 18.5-9,5Wei Yi,4) 2nd Aug 8pm BST - MVL 19-12 Dominguez,5) 7th Aug 5pm - Nepomniachtchi 17.5-11.5 Grischuk,6) 30th Aug 5pm - Vidit 16-9 Andriasian,7) 6th Sept 6pm - Karjakin 13-11 Duda,8) 7th Sept 6pm - Giri 17-15 Mamedyarov.Quarter[…]

FIDE Newsletter August 2018

World Chess Federation - FIDE Sep 17, 2018 | 14:52 P

2nd World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled took place in Cherry Hills, N.J., USA from 8th to 12th of August 2018. The 2nd FIDE World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled was held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. IO Beatriz Marinello, Chief Arbiter Carol Jarecki and FIDE Commission for the Disabled (DIS) Chairman GM Thomas Luther took care of the organization of the event. Players from the USA, Germany, Russia and Uganda competed in this World Junior Event. Two new USA Players this year, Pranav Shankar and Robert Eggleston participated in the event. Another new face in the tournament is John Denis Mwesigye who joins Wasswa Sharif Mbaziira of Uganda as his teammate with accompanying coach Robert Katende of the Disney movie, “The Queen of Katwe”. The Head of Delegation for the Russian Team, Mr. Zbigniew Antoni Pilimon and their official coach Svetlana Gerasimova, accompany players Ilia Lipilin and Maksim Petrov. World Junior Chess Championship for the Disabled - Final Standings: 1. LIPILIN, Ilia (RUS), 7.0 2. PETROV, Maksim (RUS), 5.5 3. MCCONNELL, Griﬃn (USA), 5.0 4. ZIMMER, Johannes Raphael (GER), 4.0 5. MWESIGYE, John Denis (UGA), 2.5 6. MBAZIIRA, Wasswa Sharif (UGA), 2.5 7. SHANKAR, Pranav (USA), 1.5[…]

2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad: Announcement

World Chess Federation - FIDE Sep 17, 2018 | 11:16 P

The Fixed Board Order has to be finalized by 21 September 2018, 24.00 Georgian time. In case of any problems the federations should contact Werner Stubenvoll – werner.stubenvoll@liwest.at.

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

The Chess Daily News website has moved. This is the correct URL https://www.chessdailynews.com In the new site, there will be FREE Video Chess Lessons every day, […]The post Chess Daily News Website Has Moved appeared first on Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information.

89th FIDE Congress: Proxies

World Chess Federation - FIDE Sep 14, 2018 | 21:21 P

FIDE recommends that the following wording be used for the assignment of proxies: Assignment "I, the [President/Delegate] of the federation of _______________________ [insert country], hereby assign a proxy to the Delegate of the federation of _______________________ [insert country] who is on the list published by FIDE on 4 September 2018 (or to his/her nominee, in case of re-assignment) to vote or take any action as may be necessary on our federation's behalf at the FIDE General Assembly to be held in Batumi, Georgia in October 2018". Please note that: A member federation can assign a proxy only in writing and only to a delegate of another federation who is on the list published by FIDE on 4 September. Once assigned, a proxy cannot be revoked. For a proxy to be valid, it must be dated and either signed or sent by the President or delegate of the federation. The proxy can be either an original or a copy, and can be delivered by any means. No other formal elements are necessary for the validity of the proxy. Where two proxies are received and there is a conflict, the order of priority shall be as follows: I. Proxies received from the[…]

Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Sep 11, 2018 | 17:23 P

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.

PRO Chess League All Stars 2018 - Games and Results

The Week in Chess Sep 11, 2018 | 14:14 P

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. Top scorers Pacific with 27.5 points in the preliminary stage awaiting the winners of a KO systemwhere Easter (22.5 points) beat Central (24 points) but then lost to Atlantic (24 points).Nakamura beat Le Quang Liem but only after 3 draws to take the title.

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