Archive for November 4th, 2010

Jamaican Women feted!

Posted in Jamaica, Olympiad, Tournaments on Nov 4th, 2010 4 Comments »

Jamaican Women’s Olympians (L-R): Deborah Richards (board 1), Margoe Williams (board 4), Annesha Smith (board 5), Krishna Gray (board 2) and Ariel Barrett (board 3). Photo by Ian Wilkinson. Jamaica etched another fantastic chapter in its illustrious sporting history when the curtains came down on the 39th World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia on […]

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November 2010 FIDE Rating list released!

Posted in FIDE on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »

Levon Aronian of Armenia is the sixth player to eclispe the 2800 barrier. World Champion Viswanathan Anand (2804, +4) has reclaimed the #1 position on the FIDE ratings chart… if only but for a short while. Magnus Carlsen’s (2802, -24) performance at the Pearl Spring Invitational at Nanjing, China will certainly put him back on […]

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