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The tie-break of the World Cup Semi-final between Alexander Grischuk (Russia) and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) was played on Wednesday, September 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The players exchanged victories in rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 second per move)
Round 7In the 7th round two out of five players from the leading group managed to win today – Hou Yifan defeated Tan Zhongyi and Ruan Lufey was stronger in the game against Betul Yildiz. All other games were finished with drawish results. Viktorija
The second games of the World Cup Semi-finals were played on Tuesday, September 13 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Peter Svidler (Russia) won as Black against Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), and advanced to the final. Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Ugra, congrat
(FULL REPORT) Alexander Grischuk is Peter Svidler's opponent in the final of the FIDE World Cup which starts on Friday in Khanty-Mansiysk. Today, in a thrllling tie-break semi-final, Grischuk defeated Vassily Ivanchuk, who will play against his compa
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Romain Edouard won the Inventi GM Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday. The French grandmaster finished on 7/9, half a point more than the legendary Jan Timman who was the only player to stay undefeated.
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(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler is the first player who reached the final of the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. On Tuesday Svidler defeated Ruslan Ponomariov with Black to set the score to a decisive 1.5-0.5. Alexander Grischuk and Vassily Ivanchuk d
After yesterday’s domination by the Kings, the ladies came to today’s matches ready for revenge. If the men thought that every day would be a rout, then after the chess960 round there was a definite ‘uh oh’ feeling setting on them. Initially,
Sergey Tiviakov edged out Salvador Del Rio De Angelis on tie-break to win the first Isthmia Open in Korinthia, Greece. Both grandmasters finished on 7/9. There was a total of 160 participants from 18 countries, including 20 GMs, 3 IMs, 2 WIMs and 3 F
The European Youth Championship started last Saturday, September 10th in Albena, Bulgaria, with the opening ceremony. Each federation can register one player in each of the under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (boys and girls) categories.
On Sunday the fir
(FULL REPORT) Both games in the World Cup's semi-finals in Khanty-Mansiysk were quickly drawn today. Alexander Grischuk couldn't claim an advantage with White against Vassily Ivanchuk - a Rubinstein French ended after 22 moves. Peter Svidler and Rusl