WSCC: Assaubayeva, Girya advance to Grand Prix stage
WGM Bibisara Assaubayeva and WGM Olga Girya qualify to the Women’s Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix from the 4th qualifier. 172 players joined the Swiss 5+1 blitz tournament held on June 21. After nine rounds, the top eight finishers made it to the knockout stage: WGM Olga Girya (Russia), WGM Elena Tomilova (Russia), WIM Vaishali R (India), WIM Margarita Potapova (Russia), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), […]
Chessable Masters Day 1: Artemiev tops leaderboard
Vladislav Artemiev crashed the party on day one of the Chessable Masters to finish unbeaten on top of Group A. The 22-year-old Russian, playing in his first Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour event, burst out of the blocks early with two straight wins. He then cruised through three more rounds bagging draws to leave the big pre-tournament favorites in […]
FIDE and Asian Chess Federation hold training program for refugees
Following the International Chess Federation’s vision to spread the game across all layers of society in an inclusive way that leaves no one behind including the refugees, and believing in the effect of every initiative towards a world of fairness and equity, Asia Chess Academy, supervised by the International Chess Federation and the Asian Chess […]
WSCC: Mammadzada, Dronavalli through to GP stage
The third qualifier for the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix is in the books. GM Natalia Zhukova owned the Swiss event leading throughout the 21 rounds of fierce battles and finishing clear first. However, in order to get one of the two qualification spots, a player needs to prove superior in the knockout playoff that includes […]