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The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association (TTCA) on behalf of the FIDE president will be hosting the tournament at the Cascadia Hotel Conference Room from the August 14 to August 18. The term ‘Umada’ is the Garifuna word for friendship, while Garifuna is an Arawak language that originated from the island of St. Vincent but is actually spoken in Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala.

July 31st, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

The competition will consist of two parts. The first one will be a qualification tournament in Shanghai with the participation of Hao Wang, Alexey Shirov, Levon Aronian, and Vladimir Kramnik. Two players from Shanghai will qualify for the final in Bilbao, where they will meet Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.

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Chess is the oldest game of skill in the world - and one of the most collectable.

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From : Katia Peltekian Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:04:06 +0500 KAREN MOVSISIAN AMONG TOP LEADERS AT CHESS OPEN IN SPAIN Aysor July 29 2010 Armenia Scoring 6 points out of 7, Armenia’s Grand Master Karen Movsisian has topped the Chess Open taking place in Span’s Sitges along with Grand Masters Aleksey Barsov from Uzbekistan, Gonzalez Garcia from …

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From : Mihran Keheyian Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:50:34 +0500 LEVON ARONYAN RANKED THE FOURTH IN THE LIST OF BEST WORLD CHESS PLAYERS ARMENPRESS JULY 29, 2010 YEREVAN YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS: Grand master Levon Aronyan is ranked the fourth in the list of best world chess players published by the International Chess Federation.

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Chessdom Chessbomb live games platform continues to broaden the coverage around the world. One of the latest trends on the platform are youth and junior events. World Junior starts tomorrow and it will be live on the platform. At the same time you can follow the games of the Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Today we look at a game Sam Shankland v. Warren Harper played in this year’s US junior championship in St.

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The 5th Women FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament is taking place 30th July to 11th August in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The opening ceremony was held on the Sukhbaatar Square, in the main government district, which was a privilege that no other sport event enjoyed before. One day earlier, a foundation for the FIDE Chess Academy was laid on the outskirts of Mongolia capitol.

July 30th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

The round robin with 10 players is the main event, and so far seven rounds have been played. Grandmasters Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Laurent Fressinet are currently leading with five points each, full point ahead of the group of chasers. It is interesting that during the 2008 World Chess Championship in Bonn, Wojtaszek and Fressinet assisted the preparation of Anand and Kramnik respectively.

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