FIDE Trainer Awards 2018: Winners announced
Lausanne, October 18, 2019 The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the Trainer Awards results for the best achievements in 2018. The Mikhail Botvinnik Award, for best trainer of men or a team in an open event, goes to William John Donaldson. William John Donaldson (born in Los Angeles, 1958) has been the Captain of the US Open team for most of […]
Grand Swiss: Levon Aronian breaks through to the top
The seventh day of the Isle of Man Grand Swiss tournament was a Day of draws. On the top 20 boards, only four games ended with a decisive outcome (and in all four cases, White was victorious). One of them was particularly important – Levon Aronian defeated the leader of the tournament, Wang Hao of […]