Tata Steel Masters 2020: So stops Firouzja
All eyes were on the 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja in the fourth round of Tata Steel Masters 2020. The sole leader after three rounds was playing with Black versus World Fischer Random champion Wesley So – his first game against a Top-10 player in this event. Firouzja went for Queen’s Gambit Accepted once again (he was close to a win in […]
Ummer Koya passed away
January 14, 2020 It is with the deepest sadness that we learned about the passing of PT Ummer Koya, who was Vice-President of the International Chess Federation for a whole decade, between 1996 and 2006. Besides his role in our organization, Ummer Koya (Calicut, 1951) was a cornerstone for the development of chess in his country. […]