The top two seeds China 1 and India played to a 2:2 draw to set the pace after 3 rounds of the Asian Nations Cup in Zao Zhuang, China. Tied for the lead are Iran and China 2 men. In the Women’s China 1 beat China 2 by 3:1 to grab solo lead of the round robin tournament. In an all-GM battle, Wang Hao beat Sasikiran and Ding Liren beat Negi to score for China. But Hari Krishna beat GM Wang Yue and Gupta beat Yu Yangyi to even the score for India. Visit chess-results.com for pairings and standings. Watch live games for the Open and the Women’s. Please look at the video report...
The Chinese dragon showed its power as China 1 crushed Kazakhstan 3.5-.5 while India kept pace by beating Singapore 3:1 in the second round of the Asian Nations Cup in Zao Zhuang, China. In the Women’s section, China 1 beat Indonesia 3.5-.5 while Iran won 2.5:1.5 against Mongolia to tie for the lead in match points. Winning for China were GMs Wang Hao, Wang Yue, Ding Liren. GM Rustam Khusnutdinov saved Kazakhstan from a shutout by holding GM Yu Yangyi to a draw. India kept pace on wins by GMs Parimarjan Negi and Gopal. China 2 blanked Iraq 4:0 with its team of GMs Zhou...
Some 38 players, including four players from Australia and three players from New Zealand, competed in the 1st Fiji International Open Championships which were held in the Fijian capital city of Suva last week. Australian GM Darryl Johansen scored 9/9 to win the 22-player Open and New Zealand WFM Vivian Smith scored 9/9 to win the 16-player Women’s Championship. Other players included Australian IM George Xie (three GM norms), Oceania Zone President FM Brian Jones and New Zealand Chess Federation President IO Paul Spiller. The event was organised by Fiji Chess Federation...
The first six games have not produced any decisive result in the ongoing World Chess Championship match at Moscow. It is a mild disappointment. Having white is no advantage in such a high level match it seems. The remaining six games might see some better action than these six games which are in history books already. Gelfand opened with the white pieces and the advantage was negated quickly by Anand’s Slav defence. The pawn structure in the centre opened up and dissolved and the resultant rook ending was agreed drawn after 29 moves. Anand and Gelfand have 3-3 and from...
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The top two seeds China 1 and India played to a 2:2 draw to set the pace after 3 rounds of the Asian Nations Cup in...
The key battle for supremacy has taken place in the Asian Team Chess Championship that is happening at China on May...
The Chinese dragon showed its power as China 1 crushed Kazakhstan 3.5-.5 while India kept pace by beating Singapore...
Some 38 players, including four players from Australia and three players from New Zealand, competed in the 1st Fiji...
The first six games have not produced any decisive result in the ongoing World Chess Championship match at Moscow....
Chess enthusiasts from secondary schools in Vientiane (Laos) and four provinces tried out their moves at the 1st National...
Challenger Boris Gelfand drew champion Viswanathan Anand in 27 moves with the black pieces to draw the fifth match...
Asian Chess Federation President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan making the ceremonial move. Defending champion...
Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan delivering his speech at the opening...
The number of players in the FIDE rating file is a good indicator to measure the chess activity of a chess nation....
