Bangladesh Get their Youngest Fide Master in 10-year-old Fahad
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Mohammad Fahad Rahman, a fourth grader, has become Bangladesh’s youngest Fide Master. The World Chess Federation on...
View Article100th British Chess Championship Begins Sunday
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,The 100th British Championships will take place from Sunday 28 July to Saturday 10 August 2013 at the Riviera...
View ArticleMovie on World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal Likely in 2014
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Zhanna Tal, daughter of legendary world chess champion Mikhail Tal, has told Russian sports news website Sports.ru...
View Article'Highest' Chess Tournament: In Ukraine at 65 Metres
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The Ukrainian website zaxid.net has reported that a chess tournament was played at 65 meters above sea level in the...
View Article9th Women's World Chess Champion Initiative: Zhu Chen Chess Academy Founation...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov participated in a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the Zhu Chen Chess...
View ArticleWorld Chess Day July 20: Fide President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Interview in The...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Fischer facing Boris Spassky, Chess Olympiad, Havana, 1966. Photo credit: © RIA Novosti, PaporovA few minutes with...
View ArticleChina-USA Chess Match 2013 Begins in Ningbo
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The China – USA Match 2013 is taking place in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China on 19th-27th July 2013. This is the first...
View ArticleHelp WIM Vesna Rozic with Medical Treatment
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Slovenia's No. 2 women's chess player, after Anna Muzychuk, is in urgent need for financial help for medical...
View ArticleEuropean Women's Chess Championship 2013 Begins in Belgrade
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The European Women's Chess Championship 2013 is running in Belgrade, Serbia from July 22-August 4 with Valentina...
View ArticleCanada Chess Open 2013: Nigel Shot Wins Title on Tiebreak over Eric Hansen
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The Canadian Chess Open 2013 took place 13-20th July at the National Hotel and Suites Ottawa in Ottawa, ON. The...
View ArticleNew Chess Academy in Tibilisi named after Nona Gaprindashvili
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, On the International Chess day, June 20th, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived to Tbilisi, Georgia, where he...
View ArticleCool Chess Simul in Kiev Video to Celebrate Chess Day
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The world chess grand and junior champions, both of whom hail from Ukraine, were in their country's capital Kiev to...
View ArticleJustus Williams is US Cadets Chess Champion 2013
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Justus Williams has come a long from being the soft-spoken boy with the long dreadlock mane. The last five years...
View ArticleBalaguer Chess Open Title Goes to Peruvian GM Jorge Cori
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,The 18th Open Internacional D’Escacs Ciutat de Balaguer took place on 15-23rd July at the Casal de Ciudad...
View ArticleVladimir Dvorkovich Memorial Chess Begins in Russia with GM Ivan Popov as Top...
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 8th traditional chess tournament Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial is taking place from July 22-30 in Taganrog,...
View ArticleChina-USA Chess Match 2013: Chinese Lead after Classical Stage
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The China – USA Match 2013 is taking place in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China on 19th-27th July 2013. This is the first...
View Article2nd Fano on the Sea & Carnival International Open Tournament from July 29
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The 2nd Fano on the Sea & Carnival International Open Tournament is set to take place from 29th July to 4st...
View ArticleRussia Leads World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in China
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, Here's a short news item from China. The World Youth (Under-16) chess olympiad is being held from July 21-30 in...
View ArticleBiel Chess Round 4: Alexander Moiseenko, Etienne Bacrot in Lead
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, The fourth round of the Breisacher Memorial in Biel was played today. The only decisive result of the day saw Ding...
View Article114th Annual United States Open Chess Championship from July 27 in Wisconsin
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone, A photo from the Wisconsin Chess Association WebsiteThe 114th Annual United States Open Chess Championship will...
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