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2015-05-12

Final stage of Grand Prix Series 2014/15 starting in Khanty-Mansiysk


Watch LIVE Chess Grand Prix Series 2015 with computer analysis: Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix 2015

Revise games from the other stages of Chess Grand Prix Series 2014/15:
Baku 2014 | Tashkent 2014 | Tbilisi 2015
Very soon the capital of Ugra will host the final leg of FIDE Grand Prix Series 2014/15. The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on May 13th.

The tournament consists of 11 rounds. Chess players will have 2 days-off - there will be no games on May 18th and May 22nd. The final games will be played on May 26th. On the same day the closing ceremony and the awarding of the winners will take place.

12 world best chess players will play in the tournament. Russia will be represented by five grand masters: Sergey Karyakin, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Dmitry Yakovenko. Besides, chess players from USA, Cuba, France, Georgia, Israel, Italy and the Netherlands will be playing in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Photo: Official website


Players

NAMERATING
1 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)2803
2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2799
3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2780
4 Anish Giri (NED)2776
5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2754
6 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2753
7 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)2749
8 Boris Gelfand (ISR)2744
9 Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS)2738
10 Peter Svidler (RUS)2734
11 Leinier Domínguez (CUB)2734
12 Baadur Jobava (GEO)2699

Schedule

Date Time Event Venue
12.05.2015 Tu Arrival
13.05.2015 We Arrival
18:00 Player’s meeting «Ugra Chess Academy»
19:00 Opening Ceremony «Ugra Chess Academy»
14.05.2015 Th 15:00 Round 1 «Ugra Chess Academy»
15.05.2015 Fr 15:00 Round 2
16.05.2015 Sa 15:00 Round 3
17.05.2015 Su 15:00 Round 4
18.05.2015 Mon 15:00 Day off
19.05.2015 Tu 15:00 Round 5
20.05.2015 We 15:00 Round 6
21.05.2015 Th 15:00 Round 7
22.05.2015 Fr 15:00 Day off
23.05.2015 Sa 15:00 Round 8
24.05.2015 Su 15:00 Round 9
25.05.2015 Mon 15:00 Round 10
26.05.2015 Tu 15:00 Round 11
21:00 Closing Ceremony «Ugra Chess Academy»
27.05.2015 We Departure



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2014-12-23

After Qatar Masters 2014: interview with GM Mohamed Al-Medaihki


Review games from Qatar Maters Open tournament 2014: Qatar 2014

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Award ceremony. Photo: Official website


After the prestigious tournament Qatar Masters 2014, the tournament director GM Mohamed Al-Modiahki gave an interview for ChessBomb.

Qatar Masters 2014 was one of the strongest tournaments of the year, with over 150 participants and average rating of 2515. We also heard wonderful things about the organisation, the venue, etc., and the players are very pleased. Are you pleased with the tournament yourself?
Yes, I am very pleased with the tournament, and we still receive many emails thanking the organisation team! And I am also very happy with the quality of the games and the performance of the players, we didn't face any problems during the tournament and everything went very smoothly, and as a director of the tournament I couldn't wish for more.
What are your most memorable moments from the tournament?
One of the most memorable moments for me was the success of the opening ceremony as it was very important to have a good start. And the second moment was the same day - when I saw Vladimir Kramnik attending the technical meeting, while half of the participants chose to leave to hotel after the ceremony. Vladimir not only showed his respect to the organisers but was also asking questions and taking part in discussing the tournament regulations.
The tournament had a surprise winner - after a very strong start by Giri, followed by Kramnik, we did not expect this course of events. What do you think about that?
Yu Yangi winning the tournament was a surprise for me, but he is young and talented and as all Chinese players he also works very hard. I had a feeling that Kramnik would win the tournament after he won his game against Giri, but the excitement was there and most important I hope that the fans enjoyed such moments in the tournament.
In the past year we saw many prestigious chess events held in Asia and in particular Arab countries - Qatar Masters, the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, Women Grand Prix in Sharjah, etc. Do these events help popularise chess in the Arab world, and Qatar in particular? How popular is chess in Qatar in general?
Yes, we are witnessing more tournaments in the Middle East, especially in Qatar and U.A.E, and I want Qatar Masters Open to be a tradition, we will try to organise it for many years to come.
Chess is not very popular in Qatar yet, but we are trying to involve the young generation in learning chess. We also need to have the attention of the parents, that's why we may think about having some activities during Qatar Masters Open next year. I believe that combining the tournament with different events and entertainment will help to improve chess culture in Qatar.
Best wishes to GM Mohamed Al-Medaihki, all the organisers and participants, and many more chess successes in 2015! We are looking forward to next year's Qatar Masters Open!
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2014-12-17

4th International Chess Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska 2014


Watch LIVE the 4th International Chess Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska 2014 with computer analysis: Holuj-Radzikowska Memorial 2014

Official website

Holuj-Radzikowska Memorial

Watch LIVE 4th International Chess Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska 2014 with great LIVE commentary by GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis!

KRYSTYNA HOŁUJ-RADZIKOWSKA

Krytyna_Radzikowska Krytyna_RadzikowskaKrystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931, Lwów – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was nine times Polish Champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).

Krystyna tied for 15–16th at the Moscow 1955 Candidates Tournament which was won by Olga Rubtsova. She tied for 7–8th at the Ohrid 1971 Candidates Tournament won by Nana Alexandria.

She played for Poland five times in the Women’s Chess Olympiads:
  • in 1957, at 1st board in the 1st WChOlympiad in Emmen (+9 −2 =0);
  • in 1963, at 2nd board in the 2nd WChOlympiad in Split (+2 −4 =2);
  • in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd WChOlympiad in Oberhausen (+3 −6 =2);
  • in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th WChOlympiad in Lublin (+3 −3 =4);
  • in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th WChOlympiad in Skopje (+5 −1 =3).
Krystyna won two individual medals: gold (Emmen 1957) and bronze (Skopje 1972). She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.
Source: en.wikipedia.org


Players

S.No.Fed.TitleNameFIDE
1POLPOLWIMKULON, Klaudia2332
2ARMARMIMMKRTCHIAN, Lilit2450
3ESPESPIMVEGA GUTIERREZ, Sabrina2405
4POLPOLGMSOCKO, Monika2470
5ESPESPIMMATNADZE, Ana2411
6POLPOLWGMSZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA, Karina2398
7BLRBLRIMZIAZIULKINA, Nastassia2427
8POLPOLWGMBARTEL, Marta2366
9POLPOLWGMZAWADZKA, Jolanta2419
10BULBULWGMVIDENOVA, Iva2379

Schedule

Round 110.12.201416:00
Round 211.12.201416:00
Round 312.12.201416:00
Round 413.12.201416:00
Round 514.12.201416:00
Round 615.12.201416:00
Round 716.12.201416:00
Round 817.12.201416:00
Round 918.12.201410:00




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2014-12-13

World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014


Watch LIVE the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014: WYCO 2014

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With a wonderful opening ceremony, the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014 U16 started on Friday, 12th December 2014.

38 countries from 5 continents entered the Olympiad - this is a record in this event's history!


Teams

No.TeamTeamRtgAvgCaptain
1
INDIndia2451Ramesh Ramachandran
2
GERGermany2429Voekler Bernd
3
RUSRussia2425Kobalia Mikhail
4
UKRUkraine2402Grabinsky Vladimir
5
HUN1Hungary 12386Csorsz Ferenc
6
IRIIran2372Sheykh Harandi
7
CAN1Canada 12343Szabo Gergely Andras
8
ROURomania2320Pavlov Mircea
9
GREGreece2310Vragoteris Antoniois
10
HUN2Hungary 22307Varga Peter
11
TURTurkey2294Gurevich Mikhail
12
SRBSerbia2273Dekic Josip
13
POL1Poland 12249Tazbir Marcin
14
BLRBelarus2243Bougrim Georgij
15
SLOSlovenia2239Sebenik Matej
16
GEOGeorgia2238Khomeriki Giorgi
17
SVK1Slovakia 12227Rachela Jozef
18
CHNChina2213Zhang Mofen
19
CROCroatia2212Dizdar Goran
20
MDAMoldova2199Svetushkin Dmitry
21
UZBUzbekistan2196Khayalayev Mamatkul
22
ISRIsrael2194Bitensky Igor
23
HUN3Hungary 32186Varga Peter
24
CZECzech Republic2161Berezjuk Sergej
25
DENDenmark2157Tavs Bjerre
26
POL2Poland 22131Pedzich Dominik
27
AUSAustralia2112Ftacnik Lubomir
28
BULBulgaria2101Atanasov Radislav
29
AUTAustria2101Schnider Gert
30
CAN2Canada 22075Plotkin Victor
31
HUN7Transdanubium West 22071Kiss Attila
32
SVK4Slovakia West2060Rachela Jozef
33
CAN3Canada 32054Plotkin Victor
34
HUN6Transdanubium West2001Istvandi Lajos
35
MGLMongolia2000Sharavdorj Dashzegve
36
FINFinland1982Tiitta Sauli
37
ISR2Rehovot Chess School1977Mikhalevski Alexander
38
SVK3Slovakia Middle1974Palecek Peter
39
SVK2Slovakia East1923Zambor Norbert
40
HUN4Hungary (Girls)1914Csorsz Ferenc
41
SRISri Lanka1904Aviruppola Kumari
42
KGZKyrgyzstan1835Kurvanbekov Sherinbek
43
HUN5Györ (Hungary)1802Molnar Zsolt
44
IRQIraq1776Al-Sahlanee Hayder
45
IRLIreland1762Higgins Paul
46
RSA1South Africa 11758Essop Hishaam
47
SCOScotland1744Mac Quinn Calum
48
RSA2South Africa 21744Conradie André
49
JORJordan1713Ahmad Saadah
50
KOR1South Korea 11701Song Jinwoo
51
RSA3South Africa (Girls)1565Oltman Kayla
52
KOR2South Korea 21310Lee Sanghoon
53
HKGHong Kong1000Chau Sau Ming

Schedule

RoundDateTime
12014/12/1314:00
22014/12/1410:00
32014/12/1416:30
42014/12/1514:00
52014/12/1614:00
62014/12/1810:00
72014/12/1816:30
82014/12/1914:00
92014/12/2014:00
102014/12/2110:00


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2014-12-11

World Mind Games 2014


Watch LIVE the World Mind Games 2014:
Rapid | Rapid Women | Blitz | Blitz Women | Basque | Basque Women

Official website | WMG 2014 at FIDE



banner accord2014 The prestigious SportAccord World Mind Games, starts on the 11th December 2014, a multi-sport event we all long waited for! In its 4th edition, taking place in the bustling capital of China, our Chess dedicated section is in for intense fights in the rapid, blitz and basque competitions.

In spite of the little time available on the clock and with the additional pressure of high prizes, top grandmasters like Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk or Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan lined up to grab the coveted titles, while delivering a true feast for the local and worldwide public's eyes.

Players

MEN
NameTitleCountryRatingB-Year
Grischuk, AlexandergRUS28281983
Aronian, LevongARM28131982
Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR28111969
Nepomniachtchi, IangRUS28011990
Radjabov, TeimourgAZE27761987
Leko, PetergHUN27731979
Wang, YuegCHN27651987
Dominguez Perez, LeiniergCUB27631983
Mamedyarov, ShakhriyargAZE27391985
Ponomariov, RuslangUKR27381983
Bacrot, EtiennegFRA27311983
Vachier-Lagrave, MaximegFRA27281990
Gelfand, BorisgISR27191968
Wang, HaogCHN27191989
Harikrishna, P.gIND27011986
Wojtaszek, RadoslawgPOL26841987
WOMEN　　　　
NameTitleCountryRatingB-Year
Koneru, HumpygIND26111987
Hou, YifangCHN26001994
Stefanova, AntoanetagBUL25781979
Kosteniuk, AlexandragRUS25771984
Ju, WenjungCHN25551991
Gunina, ValentinagRUS25521989
Dzagnidze, NanagGEO25471987
Muzychuk, AnnagUKR25461990
Kosintseva, TatianagRUS25051986
Ushenina, AnnagUKR24891985
Paehtz, ElisabethmGER24851985
Zhao, XuegCHN24851985
Muzychuk, MariyamUKR24451992
Cramling, PiagSWE24431963
Dronavalli, HarikagIND24211991
Khotenashvili, BellagGEO24071988
　　　　　


Schedule

Rapid
Thur, 11 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 1-4
Fri, 12 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 5-7


Blitz
Sat, 13 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 1-10
Sun, 14 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 11-20
Mon, 15 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 21-30


Basque
Tue, 16 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 1-3
Wed, 17 Dec, 14:00 - Rounds 4-5










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