Preview on the World Team Championship in Astana
The World Team Championship is starting in about a week in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. Ten of the strongest nations will compete in the brand new International Financial Centre from March 5 – 14.
The World Team Championship is starting in about a week in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. Ten of the strongest nations will compete in the brand new International Financial Centre from March 5 – 14.
Bulgarian girl - first in the world of chess. This is 15-year-old Nurgul Salimova, from the small village of Krepcha in Targovishte area, who has been on the top of the world ranking for chess for under 16 years.
rubber duckie wrote:
And I'll just say it again...
Tic tac toe.
Price restricted the team to 5 drives and a kick...to focus purely on defence.
The only winning move...
However...
MWC Barcelona 2019 (known as Mobile World Congress) is underway this week in Spain, running February 25 – 28 in Barcelona. MWC brings together over 107,000 industry insiders and decision makers from more than 2,400 brands around the world to launch new products...
The Aeroflot Open is ongoing, and after 7 rounds of 9 there are three leaders: Kaido Kulaots, Krishnan Sasikiran, and Haik Martirosyan; each has 5.5 points. Sasikiran started 5-0, taking a full point lead over the field, which he maintained with his draw in round 6.
The Champions Showdown was a fun event with lots of decisive results. The play was entertaining and the openings were lively. It was everything a fan could hope for - except for the almost complete lack of drama.
The Paris 2024 organizers have chosen not to include chess in the program of the Summer Olympic Games, nominating four other sports instead. The IOC will consider this proposal during the next meeting of its executive board at the end of March.
After three days and 12 rapid games, four of the five matches of the Champions Showdown in St. Louis are practically over, barring major comebacks from those who are trailing. The rapid games count double, and the 12 games are equal in value to the 24 blitz games coming over the next two days.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich had a meeting with the representatives of the United States Chess Federation in Washington on February 20. During the meeting they discussed the development of chess both in the US and in the world.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich told TASS what they discussed with the FIFA President Gianni Infantino at their meeting in Zurich on January 24th.
First of all, we discussed the FIFA...
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