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World Chess Open 201045 titled players in LeonThe 2nd World Chess Open tournament will take place 1-3 January, 2010, in Leon, Spain. 45 titled players, of which 17 GMs will collect for this year's edition of the tournament.The 2010 Wolrd Chess Open is 9 rounds FIDE Swiss tournament with 2 games friday, 2 games saturday morning, 3 games saturday afternoon, and 2 games sunday morning. Every game has time control 35 minutes and 3 additional...  

He is the reigning World chess champion. For someone who was considered the fastest mover on the chess board, Viswanathan Anand surprisingly took more than a decade to translate his World Junior crown into the World crown. ...  

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Julia Jones spent much time at the Dallas Chess Club learning to play chess while growing up in Denton. Some of the young students she played against then are some of the same she is seeing now as members of The University of...  

The month of December has produced considerable drama and new champions for chess archives. First, the 128-player World Cup field was, after knockout play, finally reduced to Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine and Boris Gelfand of Israel (formerly of ...  

Queen Grandma makes her moveA CORRESPONDENTCalcutta: She is a grandma with a difference. When women of her age are busy watching their grandchildren grow up, 65-year-old Rani Hamid loves to challenge youngsters on a chequered board. The Bangaldeshi Women International Master is the oldest participant at the ongoing Asian Team Chess Championship at Town Hall.Rani’s first inspiration was her father who used to regularly play the game with his...  

Malta Chess OpenStarts on Saturday, 17th January 2010Schedule:Round 1 :: Sunday, 17th January 2010 @ 15:00Round 2 :: Monday, 18th January 2010 @ 18:00Round 3 :: Tuesday, 19th January 2010 @ 18:00Round 4 :: Wednesday, 20th January 2010 @ 18:00Round 5 :: Thursday, 21st January 2010 @ 18:00Round 6 :: Friday, 22nd January 2010 @ 18:00Round 7 :: Saturday, 23rd January 2010 @ 15:00followed by presentation of prizes at around 19:30Venue: To be...  

Some of the best collegiate chess teams in North America compete on SPIDecember 26, 2009 9:34 PMBy Daniel Perry2009 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess ChampionshipSunday, Dec. 27, through Wednesday, Dec. 30Sheraton South Padre Island Beach Hotel and CondominiumsSouth Padre IslandMatches are at 6 p.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 9 a.m. WednesdayThe public is invited to watch the matches, but they must remain quiet and...  

Anand tightlipped about his team for World Chess ChampionshipPTI 23 December 2009, 03:27pm ISTNEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand doesn't want the world, Veselin Topalov to be precise, to know how he is planning his title defence in next year's World Chess Championship and remained tightlipped about his team of seconds.Keeping his cards close to his chest, the otherwise genial orator refused to succumb to queries on his support staff, letting out...  

The Bangladesh men's chess team recorded their second victory in the Asian Team Chess Championship but the women's team went down again in the fourth round games at the Town Hall in Kolkata on Friday. The Bangladesh men's team handed a 3-1 defeat to ...  

Chess community Chess.com has bought some assets of rival Chesspark, which had been on the brink of shutting down. Chess.com says it has picked up the Chesspark domain; Chesspark accounts have also been transferred over to Chess.com. No financial details were released although Chess.com notes that it did not buy the technology, servers or team behind Chesspark. Chesspark raised $1 million in an angel round in June 2007. But in a release Chess...  

South Windsor Chess Club & David J. Aldi Chess InstructionPresent the 3rd AnnualManchester Scholastic Winter Chess TournamentSaturday, January 9, 2010 (“Snow” Date: Sat. Jan 23rd)Site: Manchester Church of Christ, 595 Tolland Turnpike, Manchester, CT, 06040Format: 4 round Swiss system; 4 sectionsSections (NOVICE SECTIONS ARE UNRATED):Championship: Open to RATED players over 1000 Grade 12 and below (USCF mem Red’q)K-8...  

85th Hastings International Chess Congress28 Dec 2009 - 5 Jan 2010Last Edited: Thursday December 24, 2009 0:00 AMThe 85th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place from 28 December 2009 to 5 January 2010 at the Horntye Park Sports Complex in Hastings. Once again the event is being generously sponsored by Hastings Borough Council, with additional local support.The Hastings Masters Tournament is a nine-round Swiss system event...  

We're just about at the end of 2009, which means that every single group on Earth is deciding who the top ___ of 2009 were. And why should we be any different? Sure, chess already has the Chess Oscar, but most of us don't get a chance to vote on that. With that in mind, I'm going to give my readers to choose the first annual About Chess Player of the Year. This title comes without any reward whatsoever, and thus is really for entertainment...  

Press Release :: Asian Team Chess Championship 2009Asian Team Chess Championship 2009 has been inaugurated by Sri Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Finance Minister, Govt. of IndiaKolkata, 20TH December, 2009Union Finance Minister Sri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Tata Steel Asian Chess Championship by making a symbolic move on a chess board at the Hotel Hindustan International on Sunday. The finance minister also unveiled the champion’s trophies...  

Here are some tidbits from the London Chess Classic, courtesy of John Saunders (Press Office, London Chess Classic)Today is Hikaru Nakamura's birthday as he is taking on Mickey Adams. In the picture above, the Chinese Ambassador made the opening move on Ni Hua's board but it was Kramnik with White who had to show him what to do. You can see him Kramnik pointing to d2 and then d4. Luke McShane is the only player coming from his home every day...