Archive for March 25th, 2014

World Candidates 2014-10: Kramnik KOed!

Posted in Europe, FIDE, Media Stories, Russia, Tournaments, World Championships on Mar 25th, 2014 3 Comments »

2014 World Championship CandidatesMarch 11th-April 1st, 2014 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) Round #10 # Name Flag Rating Result Name Flag Rating 10.1 Karjakin 2766 ½-½ Andreikin 2709 10.2 Anand 2773 ½-½ Mamedyarov 2757 10.3 Topalov 2785 ½-½ Aronian 2830 10.4 Kramnik 2810 0-1 Svidler 2758 Games A befuddled Vladimir Kramnik seems at a loss for his uneven […]

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1st Annual Ron Simpson Memorial

Posted in Drum Majors, Tournaments, USA on Mar 25th, 2014 8 Comments »

The Carolinas Chess Initiative are hosting a tournament in the memory of FIDE Master Ron Simpson who succumbed last year to Stage Four cancer. He was loved and respected in his home of New York and his second home in North Carolina. Simpson was known as a resourceful, tactical player who enjoyed complications and wading […]

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