King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships will have live broadcast in 3 languages:
English with Peter Leko, Almira Skripchenko & Evgeny Miroshnichenko
Spanish with Leontxo Garcia & Miguel Illescas
Russian with Sergey Shipov
Tune in Dec 26 on https://www.youtube.com/fidechannel
English with Peter Leko, Almira Skripchenko & Evgeny Miroshnichenko
Spanish with Leontxo Garcia & Miguel Illescas
Russian with Sergey Shipov
Tune in Dec 26 on https://www.youtube.com/fidechannel
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International Chess Federation official channel.
Live broadcasts from FIDE tournaments, including World Championship cycle, world rapid and blitz championships, etc.
Chess videos, interviews with the players, commented games.
Live broadcasts from FIDE tournaments, including World Championship cycle, world rapid and blitz championships, etc.
Chess videos, interviews with the players, commented games.
Unity Chess Club
The winners at #sunwaysitges!
He played the strongest chess over the past 10 days, and we guess everyone agrees that he deserved to take this 6th edition of Sunway Sitges International Chess Open Tournament. Well done Anton! We hope he and all players enjoyed #Sitges and the tournament as much as we did!
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Garry Kasparov and Laurent Fressinet : their worst blunder ! 31 years after, the theory of the Queen + Bishop vs. King ending hasn't changed...
The only requirement to play in Magnus Carlsen's soccer fantasy league is being a chess grandmaster. Then comes the hard part: beating Magnus, a full-time chess genius and part-time Fantasy Premier League whiz.
https://t.co/cWze58V1Sn
https://t.co/cWze58V1Sn
WSJ
Inside Magnus Carlsen’s Fantasy League of Geniuses
Reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen is in the Fantasy Premier League elite. His fellow grand masters can’t beat him there either.
The challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina noted that she does not have problems with acclimatization so she'll celebrate new year's eve in Moscow and then travel to Shanghai where her Women's World Championship Match vs Ju Wenjun begins on January 3.
https://t.co/wIW2GBTFSg
https://t.co/wIW2GBTFSg
Российская Шахматная Федерация
Aleksandra Goryachkina: I am in Fighting Mood Going into Match
On December 24, a press conference featuring the candidate for the women's world chess crown Aleksandra Goryachkina, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, and CFR Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky took place in the press center of the TASS Agency in Moscow.…
Wild card for Alekseenko or MVL for Candidates 2020 - we ask the FIDE President Dvorkovich
https://youtu.be/Xe2_5MhOITE
https://youtu.be/Xe2_5MhOITE
YouTube
Wild card for Alekseenko or MVL for Candidates 2020 - we ask the FIDE President Dvorkovich
FIDE President Arkadij Dvorkovich was on quite a tight schedule and only had a couple of minutes for a short interview. In it we ask him about three importan...
BREAKING NEWS: Firouzja Seeks Nationality Change After World Rapid & Blitz Ban By Iranian Federation
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firouzja-seeks-nationality-change-after-world-rapid-blitz-ban-by-iranian-fed
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firouzja-seeks-nationality-change-after-world-rapid-blitz-ban-by-iranian-fed
Chess.com
Firouzja Seeks Nationality Change After World Rapid & Blitz Ban By Iranian Federation
The Iranian chess star and the country's top player Alireza Firouzja is considering changing his nationality after the Iranian chess federation withdrew its players from the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz in Moscow, according to the Iranian chess federation.…
The poster of the first-ever world rapid championship in Mazatlan, Mexico, "where every day is a Sunday".
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It was held in 1988 following the rise of popularity of chess with shorter time controls and was won by Karpov on a better tiebreak over Gavrikov. #rapidblitz
https://wrbc2019.com/history/2
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It was held in 1988 following the rise of popularity of chess with shorter time controls and was won by Karpov on a better tiebreak over Gavrikov. #rapidblitz
https://wrbc2019.com/history/2
In 1988, FIDE organized the inaugural World Active Chess Championship, a 61-player rapid chess tournament in Mazatlan, Mexico hosted by the Mazatlan Hoteliers Association. Notable participants included:[5]
Anatoly Karpov (URS), 2715
Rafael Vaganian (URS), 2625
Yasser Seirawan (USA), 2595
Jaan Ehlvest (URS), 2585
Bent Larsen (DEN), 2570
Vladimir Tukmakov (URS), 2570
Maxim Dlugy (USA), 2550
Viktor Gavrikov (URS), 2545
Lev Alburt (USA), 2535
https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Mazatlan_rapid_1988/21052
Walter Browne (USA), 2530
Roman Dzindzichashvili (GEO), 2530
Nana Ioseliani (URS), 2455
Gábor Kállai (HUN), 2450
Sofia Polgar (HUN), 2320
The event was won by Anatoly Karpov, who edged out GM Viktor Gavrikov on tiebreak points after their 1st-place playoff ended in a 5-5 tie. Karpov was subsequently named the new "Active Chess Champion", winning a $40,000 cash prize in the process.[6] Garry Kasparov, the current world champion, declined to participate in the event and derided the concept of an active chess champion afterwards - he was quoted as saying, "Active Chess? What does that make me, the Passive World Champion?". The political controversy surrounding the event and the naming of a separate "active chess champion" led to the parallel rapid championship being dropped for future years.
http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/home/hollywoodchess.html
Anatoly Karpov (URS), 2715
Rafael Vaganian (URS), 2625
Yasser Seirawan (USA), 2595
Jaan Ehlvest (URS), 2585
Bent Larsen (DEN), 2570
Vladimir Tukmakov (URS), 2570
Maxim Dlugy (USA), 2550
Viktor Gavrikov (URS), 2545
Lev Alburt (USA), 2535
https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Mazatlan_rapid_1988/21052
Walter Browne (USA), 2530
Roman Dzindzichashvili (GEO), 2530
Nana Ioseliani (URS), 2455
Gábor Kállai (HUN), 2450
Sofia Polgar (HUN), 2320
The event was won by Anatoly Karpov, who edged out GM Viktor Gavrikov on tiebreak points after their 1st-place playoff ended in a 5-5 tie. Karpov was subsequently named the new "Active Chess Champion", winning a $40,000 cash prize in the process.[6] Garry Kasparov, the current world champion, declined to participate in the event and derided the concept of an active chess champion afterwards - he was quoted as saying, "Active Chess? What does that make me, the Passive World Champion?". The political controversy surrounding the event and the naming of a separate "active chess champion" led to the parallel rapid championship being dropped for future years.
http://www.anatolykarpovchessschool.org/home/hollywoodchess.html
365Chess
Mazatlan rapid 1988 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
Mazatlan rapid 1988 chess tournament: games, results, players, statistics and PGN download
Arbiters getting prepared for the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships
https://fide.com/news/289
https://fide.com/news/289
Fide
Arbiters getting prepared for the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships
А Workshop for International Arbiters took place in the Central Chess Club on December 24.
King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships Opens in Moscow
https://wrbc2019.com/tpost/i19acir9g6-the-king-salman-world-rapid-and-blitz-ch
https://wrbc2019.com/tpost/i19acir9g6-the-king-salman-world-rapid-and-blitz-ch
Wrbc2019
The King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships officially opened:
A white night in Moscow
By Milan Dinic
By Milan Dinic
Bent Larsen on exibition in New Jersey.
Larsen has defeated 7 world champions from Botvinnik to Karpov and has even made a draw with Kasparov.
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Larsen has defeated 7 world champions from Botvinnik to Karpov and has even made a draw with Kasparov.
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"...The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others."
🔸 Emanuel Lasker
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🔸 Emanuel Lasker
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