Tournaments
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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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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #8)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #8 (Thursday, 9 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Troff, Kayden W 4.0 2532 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 5.0 2798 0-1 2 GM Gareev, Timur 2.0 2604 GM Sevian, Samuel 4.0 2531 1-0 3 GM Robson,…
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #7)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #7 (Wednesday, 8 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2.5 2622 GM Troff, Kayden W 3.0 2532 0-1 2 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 2683 GM Holt, Conrad 2.5 2530 1-0 3 GM So,…
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Mariya Muzychuk wins Women’s Championship!
Mariya Muzychuk, World ChampionPhoto by Anastasia Kharlovich. The Ukraine has a new champion! The embattled country has had its share of chess success in recent history with the greatness of Vassily Ivanchuk and the former FIDE World Champion of Ruslan Ponomariov. They can also lay claim to Sergey Karjakin who…
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2015 U.S. Chess Championships (Round #6)
2015 U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri, USARound #6 (Tuesday, 7 April 2015) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 GM Troff, Kayden W 3.0 2532 GM Sevian, Samuel 2.5 2531 0-1 2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 4.0 2798 GM Shankland, Samuel L 2.0 2661 ½-½ 3 GM…
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