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Judit Polgar won the Caissa Award'12

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Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Judit Polgar has received the Caissa award as the best female player in the world in 2012. In 2011 and 2010 the trophy & prize went to Hou Yifan and in 2009 - to Nadezhda Kosintseva. Our congratulations! Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 October 2013 )

ECF Book of the Year?

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Wednesday, 02 October 2013
By GM Daniel Gormally Arkell and the Hawk, unfair to miss out? I'm always a bit wary of "awards" as in Oscars, book awards etc. They tend to be less a subjective process and more a case of mates rewarding mates. I once finished second in the British chess federation player of the year award. I must admit, I wasn't even aware I was nominated. The chances of my coming close to winning such an award now, are roughly equivalent to Al-Shabaab winning the Noble peace prize. There is also an ECF "book of the year award". Comments (7)
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 October 2013 )
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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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Tuesday, 01 October 2013
By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com In this special weekly column we will be looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary. Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 October 2013 )
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FIDE October 2013 Rating List

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Tuesday, 01 October 2013
There are 45 players in the world rated 2700+. Alexander Grischuk (2786), Anish Giri (2749), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2742), Arkadij Naiditsch (2724) have improved their personal records. Magnus Carlsen is just 3 points shy of beating (his own) all-time chess record (2872). Updated list of all-time chess rating records Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 October 2013 )
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Nakamura in clear 1st at FIDE Grand Prix in Paris after R8

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Monday, 30 September 2013

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Ruslan Ponomariov - Etienne Bacrot, 0-1
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Round 8 results:

GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2731	0 - 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2772
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2756	0 - 1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2723
GM	Wang Hao	2736	½ - ½	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2757
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2708	½ - ½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2703
GM	Grischuk Alexander	2785	1 - 0	GM	Giri Anish	2737
GM	Caruana Fabiano	2779	1 - 0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2764

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Current standings:
1. Nakamura - 5.5/8
2-3. Caruana, Gelfand - 5
4. Bacrot - 4.5
5-7. Dominguez, Grischuk, Tomashevsky - 4
8-11. Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Fressinet, Wang Hao - 3.5
12. Giri - 2

Pairings and odds for round 9:

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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 September 2013 )

20 years to go

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Monday, 30 September 2013
By WGM Irina Bulmaga I am again in Romania and it feels... almost right. I've been inactive for quite a bit- this past month wasn't easy at all and the reason is the World Junior Championship- the last one for me. I took the 5th place, though I was leading the tournament for some rounds. One may think that it was just another tournament- one of the so many others I've played- but it was a special tournament for me- one where many ideas, hopes and tries to prove myself met. There's no point of hidding my disappointment- anyone who understands a professional chess player can see it easily- I did my best at the time and though there might be some things I'd change now- I couldn't have done more. Comments (2)
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Humpy Koneru Won FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent

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Monday, 30 September 2013

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Humpy Koneru dominated the field and won a second Grand Prix stage in a row
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Round 11 results:

WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293	0 - 1*	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495
GM	Zhao Xue	2579	1 - 0	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475
IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514	1 - 0	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496
WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307	0 - 1	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532
WGM	Girya Olga	2439	½ - ½	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607
WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535	½ - ½	GM	Danielian Elina	2470

* Nafisa forfeited the game on move 10 due to a mobile phone call

Final standings:
1. Koneru - 8/11
2-3. Khotenashvili, Lagno - 7
4-5. Zhao Xue, Dronavalli - 6.5
6. Ju Wenjun - 6
7-8. Kosteniuk, Girya - 5.5
9. Danielian - 5
10. Stefanova - 4.5
11. Muminova - 3
12. Nakhbayeva - 1.5

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Current FIDE Women's Grand Prix Standings:

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Gelfand leads FIDE Grand Prix in Paris

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Sunday, 29 September 2013

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Hikaru Nakamura defeated Fabiano Caruana and moved to second place on the current standings
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Round 7 results:

GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2731	½ - ½	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2756
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2772	1 - 0	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2779
GM	Gelfand Boris	2764	1 - 0	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2785
GM	Giri Anish	2737	½ - ½	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2708
GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2703	½ - ½	GM	Wang Hao	2736
GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2757	½ - ½	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2723

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Current standings:
1. Gelfand - 5/7
2. Nakamura - 4.5
3. Caruana - 4
4-8. Ivanchuk, Bacrot, Dominguez, Tomashevsky, Ponomariov - 3.5
9-11. Fressinet, Grischuk, Wang Hao - 3
12. Giri - 2

Pairings and odds for round 8:

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 September 2013 )

Koneru Humpy a Point Ahead at FIDE Women's Grand Prix

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Sunday, 29 September 2013

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Harika Dronavalli moved into clear second place after R10
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Round 10 results:

GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495	½ - ½	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535
GM	Danielian Elina	2470	½ - ½	WGM	Girya Olga	2439
GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	1 - 0	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307
GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532	½ - ½	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496	0 - 1	GM	Zhao Xue	2579
GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475	1 - 0	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293

Current standings:
1. Koneru - 7.5/10
2. Dronavalli - 6.5
3-4. Khotenashvili, Lagno - 6
5-6. Zhao Xue, Ju Wenjun - 5.5
7. Girya - 5
8-10. Kosteniuk, Danielian, Stefanova - 4.5
11. Muminova - 3
12. Nakhbayeva - 1.5

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 September 2013 )

World Junior Concludes

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Saturday, 28 September 2013
By GM Kevin Spraggett Kevin's blog (parental advisory) The World Júnior came to an end yesterday with the Chinese star gm Yu Yangyi (born 1994) winning , edging last year’s champion gm Alexander Ipatov by half a point. Congrats to both gentlemen! Canadian representative, Richard Wang (IM, ELO-2430) was way off form and finished in 88th place. (More of this later) Yu– the pre-tournament favourite–scored an amazing 11 points out of 13 games. Previous winners can be found HERE. Yu becomes the first ever Chinese player to win the World Junior. Infact, of the top-10 finishers, not less than three (3) are from China, no doubt an indication of changing trends in the demographics of chess. Two Indian players finished in the top-5, while not a single Russian finished in the top-15 (!), nor even an American. Europe, traditionally a powerhouse, saw only 2 players finish in the top-10 (from Poland and Serbia). Be first to comment this article
Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 September 2013 )
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