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FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos was invited to attend the meeting of the Arab Chess Federation and the 23rd International Blitz/Rapid Championship in the UAE. The meeting took place in...
Ian Nepomniachtchi failed to win for the first time in the tournament, but that's a somewhat artificial way of putting it, as he was surely satisfied with an easy draw with Black against Gujrathi Vidit.
This is no way to throw down the gauntlet to the world champion! First Fabiano Caruana loses to Magnus Carlsen in the blitz, and then today - much more importantly - he lost to him in round 1 of the 5th Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger.
Norway Chess held its customary pre-tournament blitz event to determine the pairings, and while there were motivations to win (money, blitz rating points, bragging rights) the main goal was to finish in the top five.
Now that's the way to have a chess tournament start! And it wasn't due to mismatched pairings, either, nor did White win every game (though four out of five ain't bad, to adapt an old song).
Officially the Karpov Poikovsky tournament starts on Saturday and the Altibox Norway Chess tournament starts Sunday, but in both cases the first day of classical chess comes on the next day. So Poikovsky...
A team "from" Baden-Baden with no German players beat a team "from" Solingen without any German players, to win the 2017-2018 German league competition known as the Bundesliga. (Maybe each team had a German player as their last substitute...
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Semi-Final Fixtures
Arrangements have been made for Essex' four ECF County semi-finals. The two against Lancs, U160 and U100, will play alongside each other at Spondon (nr Derby) on 10 June, while U180 and U140 (against Yorks and Notts...
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) survived another day as race leader at the Giro d'Italia and knows he can now ride defensively in the final three mountain stages that begin with Thursday's stage 18 to Prato Nevoso...
Essex Rapid 2018
17 June 2018
Scout HQ, Paradise Road, Writtle
Six rounds at Fischer20+10
The Entry Form for the Essex Rapid 2018 has been published - see link below - including the updated Rapid rules in line with FIDE Laws of Chess January 2018.
Essex Knockout 2018
The final entry for this year's Knockout was 13 teams.
The draw has been made and the Round 1 pairings are set out below. All team captains have been circulated with the draw and competition documents.
U180s go through
ECF U180 QF: Notts 6½-9½ Essex
At Brogborough nr Bedford. The simple headline conceals the fact that this was the first victory over Notts at this level by an Essex team. (There was an Essex "win" in when Notts scratched in 2008-09...