Lei Tingjie and Anna Muzychuk advance into quarterfinals
Two more quarterfinalists of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship were determined on Saturday, June 19. In the first match of the day, GM Lei Tingjie defeated young Indian star WGM Vaishali R by a score of 14:6. The 5+1 portion started with an exchange of blows. It was back and forth for six games before Lei Tingjie claimed this […]
Shortlist for Yuri Averbakh/Isaac Boleslavsky Award announced
Once again the FIDE Trainers Commission has received a truly excellent selection of nominations by leading chess publishers for the FIDE Book Awards 2021. After long deliberation, the judges have now narrowed their choices to eight books that you will find below: Leading in number is Quality Chess, with all its three nominations: Decision Making in […]