The gold-medal-winning US Team from the 1960 Student Olympiad in Leningrad.
L to R: Eliot Hearst, Raymond Weinstein, Jerry Spann, William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis & Charles Kalme.
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L to R: Eliot Hearst, Raymond Weinstein, Jerry Spann, William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis & Charles Kalme.
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Before chess, there was a spectacular opening ceremony at FIDE World Chess Grand Prix in Riga.
Riga #GrandPrixFIDE Day 2 results:
Giri ½-½ Karjakin
Harikrishna ½-½ So
Duda ½-½ Svidler
Dubov 0-1 Mamedyarov
Grischuk ½-½ Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Aronian
Topalov ½-½ Nakamura
Navara ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave
Vachier_Lagrave & mamedyarov advanced to R2. 6 tiebreaks on July 14!
Giri ½-½ Karjakin
Harikrishna ½-½ So
Duda ½-½ Svidler
Dubov 0-1 Mamedyarov
Grischuk ½-½ Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Aronian
Topalov ½-½ Nakamura
Navara ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave
Vachier_Lagrave & mamedyarov advanced to R2. 6 tiebreaks on July 14!
Happy Birthday to Ian 'Nepo' Nepomniachtchi
who turns 29 today! 🥳 🎉
Currently #6 in the world with 2775, Russian GM is the overall leader of #GrandPrixFIDE after winning the leg in Moscow.
who turns 29 today! 🥳 🎉
Currently #6 in the world with 2775, Russian GM is the overall leader of #GrandPrixFIDE after winning the leg in Moscow.
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BREAKING NEWS: Grandmaster Igors Rausis is under investigation for cheating
Full story here: (link: https://bit.ly/2XYvfSd) bit.ly/2XYvfSd
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GM Igors Rausis Under Cheating Investigation
GM Igors Rausis is under investigation for cheating after he was caught with his phone during a game at the Strasbourg Open. The 58-year-old Latvian-Czech grandmaster had raised suspicions after he increased his rating in recent years to almost 2700. During…