Sheen’s new role in Manics promo
Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers have recruited a Hollywood star for their next music video - Michael Sheen has agreed to play chess champion Garry Kasparov in the new promo.
14th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament - 7-14th August in Vlissingen, GM Krishnan Sasikiran top seeded
The 14th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament is set to take place on 7-14th August in Vlissingen, Netehrlands. The tournament is organised by the Stichting Schaak Walcheren, and consists of 9 rounds, Swiss system. The rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes for the completion of the game. A bye is only possible in the 2nd and 3rd round.
Breaking The Blockade
Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:18:54 +0500 BREAKING THE BLOCKADE Malcolm Pein Daily Telegraph UK The British Championships continue at the University of Kent in Canterbury until Friday 6th August.
Caribbean Chess Carnival 2010 - August 3rd - August 8th, 2010, at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
The Board of Directors of the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation extends an invitation to all Chess players and Federations to participate in the 8th edition of the Caribbean Chess Carnival. Top rated player is GM Gennady Sagalchik from USA.
Kids teach South Elgin patients chess
An articulate group of children mixed with adult patients last week at the South Elgin Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
Malton School students reveal their star quality at end of term talent show
MALTON School pupils rose to the challenge on the last afternoon of term and proved that they’ve got talent.
ForwardGames announces ‘TapChess Tactics Vol.1′ for Android devices.
ForwardGames announces “TapChess Tactics Vol.1″ for Android devices. Story added: 27 Jul 2010 17:00 Cue Android logo Created by chess players, TapChess Tactics is a sophisticated chess-training app designed to increase your skills day by day.
Aronyan Will Play In Kazan Instead Of Baku
Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:32:25 +0500 ARONYAN WILL PLAY IN KAZAN INSTEAD OF BAKU Tert.am 27.07.10 The championship that will decide who are eligible to take part in the FIDE World Chess Championship will not take place in Baku but rather in the Russian city of Kazan as announced before, FIDE has decided.
Impressions from the 2010 World School Individual Chess Championships - Part 2 - by IA Sevan Muradian, founder of NACA
So back to my impressions of this wonderfully organized international event. I am going to utilize this writing to document the way the Turkish Chess Federation is executing the event. There are striking similarities and differences between how this event is executed and how events are executed in the US. I think there are important lessons for US organizers to take away.
Open Andorra 2010 - IM Dan Zoeler wins XXVIII Obert Internacional d’Escacs d’Andorra
The exciting Open Andora 2010 has finished this weekend in the beautiful St.Gothard’s Hotel. Going into the final rounds, many players were sharing the top position at the table, while the chasing pack was even bigger, giving chances to more than 25 players to win the first position.
The last round paired up some of the strongest players in the field, which agreed to multiple grandmaster draws. This was cleverly used by IM Dan Zoeler, who stunned GM Edouard Romain and snatched first position in the final standings.
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