World Team Championship 2022: Four Teams Depart the Gathering
The Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, and the USA are eliminated On Tuesday morning, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) hosted FIDE Deputy President and former World Chess Champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and FIDE CEO Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky. The grandmasters played blindfolded, defeating three opponents each. Their opponents were Ze’ev Elkin, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of […]
World Team Championship 2022: Sunny days for China and Uzbekistan
Pool A: China dominates; Pool B, Uzbekistan narrowly leads Thus far, the chess teams competing in Jerusalem have enjoyed gorgeous weather. Each day has been sunny and warm, with highs approaching the mid-20s Celsius. But changes are coming for the weather and for the teams. Rain will arrive on Thursday, matching the mood of the four […]
Bernard Lesbros wins Senegalese Championship 2022
Bernard Lesbros is the new champion of Senegal. The 74-year-old rating-favourite came out on top in fierce competition with Ware Diop and El Hadji Saidou Nourou Ba. After the preliminaries, the final stage of the Senegalese Championship 2022, a 10-player round-robin with classical time control, took place over the last two weekends in the Arene Nationale de Pikine, Dakar. […]