Hungary
-
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4Saturday, 14 September 2024 Open The U.S. gets upset by Ukraine as Wesley So loses a heartbreaker against Vasyl Ivanchuk. A very uncharacteristic mistake by the gold medalist puts a barrier on gold medal aspirations as India keep rolling. Wesley So blundered a winning position against…
Read More » -
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3Friday, 13 September 2024 Nice aerial shot by Michal Walusza! Open Round 3 of the Budapest Olympiad saw some contested battles, but the buzz of the round was the world’s top player, Magnus Carlsen, arriving 11 minutes late for his first game. Team Captain Odin Blikra Vea explained…
Read More » -
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2Thursday, 12 September 2024 Open In Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad, we saw more drama as Levon Aronian managed tremendous risks in his game against Zhenyoung Wong of Singapore. Aronian escaped first-round disaster after losing a minor piece. In this game, he was down a…
Read More » -
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1Wednesday, 11 September 2024 The 2024 Chess Olympiad has begun! Typically, Round 1 pairings are top teams against those from developing federations. The most common story is about upsets. Every Olympiad, there is usually a case of a player with a 300-400 rating handicap winning or…
Read More » -
2024 Chess Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest, Hungary is the site of the 2024 Chess Olympiad and the venue is said to be spectacular. The event began on September 11th and will last until the 23rd. This Olympiad marks the 100th year of FIDE’s founding. ChessBase India’s Sagar Shah gave a tour of the BOK Hall…
Read More » -
Josh Colas on ’19 European Tour
IM-elect Josh ColasPhoto courtesy of Webster University (SPICE) Josh Colas just finished his junior year at Webster University and has begun a series of tournaments in Europe. Colas has a GM norm and two IM norms needing only to reach 2400 to have the IM title conferred. He is looking…
Read More » -
Will Hou Yifan become the greatest?
Hou Yifan during her successful title defense last year. Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich for FIDE. Hou Yifan has been the topic of discussion ever since she burst onto the chess scene as a promising phenom. Hou is now 18 and has already trod a progressive path to make her mark…
Read More » -
Armenia seeking to hold off field
Armenia has garnered great success in the past several years in team play and hope to continue the trend today as the 2011 World Team tournament goes into its final four rounds. The Olympiad champions from 2006 and 2008, Armenia has always had tremendous team chemistry which helps when trust…
Read More » -
2011 World Team Championship (Ningbo, China)
The bienniel World Team Championships will commence with round one on Sunday, July 17th. The ten teams are comprised of host China, Russia (defending champion), Ukraine, Israel Hungary (2010 Olympiad finishers), Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, USA (the continental champions) and Armenia (nomination from FIDE President). The field will prove to be…
Read More » -
Lazslo Nagy’s 1st Saturday in Hungary!
László Nagy has been running the “First Saturday” tournament since February 1992. Since then, his tournaments have become the regular training grounds for the world’s brightest stars. Nagy speaks with glee about his enterprise and is always looking for rising talent for his tournaments. How did it all start? ‘Probably…
Read More »
- 1
- 2