Tournaments
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2015 African Individual Championship (Cairo, Egypt)
The African continental championship has begun in Cairo, Egypt in the “Land of Kings and Queens”. With two spots up for grabs at World Cup qualifying tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 2013 field is headlined by the Egyptian GMs Bassem Amin and Ahmed Adly from a total of 54 players…
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2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Nairobi, Kenya)
Uganda’s Harold Wanyama (right) beat his compatriot and top-seed IM Elijah Emojong in an important 5th round encounter. He went on to win his last three games to take the first of three qualifying tournaments in Africa. Photo by Kasparov Chess Foundation. The first of the three satellite tournaments in…
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China, Georgia win World Teams!
China and Georgia won the World Team and World Women’s Team tournaments respectively, both with a clean sheet of no defeats. The Ukraine and host Armenia took silver and bronze… for the women, Russia and China. The winning teams were led by China’s Wei Yi’s 7/9 on board #4 and…
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2015 World Team Championships in progress!
Mariya Muzychuk in her first tournament since winning the women’s championships two weeks ago. Photo by Anastasia Kharlovich. The World Team Championship and the World Women’s Team Championships are being concurrently held in different countries in a 10-team round robin format. These teams qualified from their positions in respective continental…
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Millionaire Chess qualifier set in Kenya!
Millionaire Chess Open is gearing up for its second edition in October with three very important events. Back in January it was announced that the Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa (KCFA) would support the MC mission by organizing three satellite tournaments in Africa. The first one will take place in Nairobi,…
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Nakamura, Krush leading U.S. Chess
Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush… 2015 U.S. Chess Champions! On a crisp Monday night of April 13th, Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush were crowned as the U.S. Champions. It would be the 4th for Nakamura and the 7th for Krush. It also reinforces the notion of where the power lies…
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #11)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #11 (Sunday, 12 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM So, Wesley 5.5 2788 GM Troff, Kayden W 5.0 2532 1-0 2 GM Naroditsky, Daniel 2.5 2633 GM Kamsky, Gata 5.0 2683 ½-½ 3 GM Shankland,…
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #10)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #10 (Saturday, 11 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Troff, Kayden W 4.5 2532 GM Gareev, Timur 3.5 2604 ½-½ 2 GM Robson, Ray 6.0 2656 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 6.5 2798 ½-½ 3 GM Onischuk,…
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #9)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #9 (Friday, 10 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Kamsky, Gata 4.5 2683 GM Troff, Kayden W 4.0 2532 ½-½ 2 GM So, Wesley 4.5 2788 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 3.0 2622 0F-1F 3 GM Naroditsky,…
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So’s forfeit rocks U.S. Championship!
The tournament has gone from bad to worse for Wesley So. Photo by Lennart Ootes. Everyone who follows international chess will have heard the controversy surrounding Wesley So’s forfeiture in the ninth round of the 2015 U.S. Championships. One of the pre-tournament favorites, this tournament has turned into quite a…
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