Levon Aronian wins Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz
Levon Aronian is the sole winner of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, the 4th leg of the Grand Chess Tour. He takes home $37.500 and 13 GCT points, jumping to the third spot in the overall series standings, after Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Magnus Carlsen. This is his second victory in this event, that he already won in 2017. Both […]
FIDE abolishes entry fees for the World Senior Championship
The Presidential Board received the proposal of waiving the entry fee for the participants in the World Senior Championships. This proposal was met with unanimous approval at the 2nd quarter of 2019 meeting. In view of this, the FIDE President has decided: 1. To abolish the aforementioned fee, starting from the World Senior Championship 2019. […]