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Women’s GP 2011-2012, Rostov 3rd round

Today was an even more fighting round than yesterday! Five wins and only one draw! Results Kosteniuk-Hou 0-1 Koneru-Ruan 1-0 Galliamova-Stefanova 1-0 Muzychuk-Lahno 1-0 N.Kosintseva-T.Kosintseva 1/2 Danielian-Kovalevskaya 1-0 Pairings of the 4th round Ruan-Kovalevskaya T.Kosintseva-Danielian Lahno-N.Kosintseva Hou-Muzychuk Stefanova-Kosteniuk Koneru-Galliamova Standings … Continue reading

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Women’s GP 2011-2012, Rostov 2nd round

The 2nd round was no less interesting than the first! Results Ruan-Danielian 1-0 Kovalevskaya-N.Kosintseva 0-1 T.Kosintseva-Muzychuk 1/2 Lahno-Kosteniuk 1/2 Hou-Galliamova 1-0 Stefanova-Koneru 1/2 Pairings of round 3 Koneru-Ruan Galliamova-Stefanova Kosteniuk-Hou Muzychuk-Lahno N.Kosintseva-T.Kosintseva Danielian-Kovalevskaya Games of the 2nd round

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Biel 2011

Standings after 3 rounds in Accentus-Grandmaster event: 1. Carlsen – 7, 2. Morozevich – 5, 3. Shirov – 4, 4-6. Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana and Pelletier – 2. Eight players have 3.5 points out of 4 in the Masters event. Official website … Continue reading

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Dortmund

In the first round Kramnik defeated Ponomariov and took an early lead. Round 1 results: Kramnik – Ponomariov 1-0 Meier – Le Quang Liem ½-½ Giri – Nakamura ½-½ Official website – http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2011/

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World Team Championship

The Armenian team won against China and continues to lead. Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Armenia – 8 (13½), 2. Russia – 7 (12), 3. Hungary – 7 (11½), 4. Ukraine – 6 (10½), 5-6. Azerbaijan and China – 5 … Continue reading

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Hangzhou Women’s International event

After 5 rounds Ju Wenjun is leading with 4 points, 2nd-3rd places are shared by Kosintseva sisters. Today is a rest day. Here are the full standings: Ju Wenjun 4 N.Kosintseva 3 T.Kosintseva 3 Hou Yifan 2.5 Harika 2.5 Zhao … Continue reading

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L.Polugayevsky Memorial

This event has finished in Russian town Samara. GM Dvoirys won the event with 7.7 points out of 9, GM Smirnov, IM Geller and GM Papin shared 2nd-4th with 7 points. You can see more info and download games on … Continue reading

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Rethymnon Open Tournament 2011

This event is starting tomorrow! 18 GMs, 11 IMs, 2 WGMs and many others participate. Top 25 players by rating 1 GM Sandipan Chanda 0 5004225 IND 2656 0 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 0 14109182 UKR 2652 0 ΣΑ Χανίων … Continue reading

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Oberwart Open 2011 round 1

Top rated players mostly won their games in the 1st round. Here are the top 15 results: 1 59 FM Ulker Ates 2120 0 0 – 1 0 GM Markus Robert 2652 1 2 2 GM Palac Mladen 2592 0 … Continue reading

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Oberwart Open 2011

This pretty strong open event has just started in Oberwart, Austria. Seven GMs, and 13 IMs participate. Here are the pairings of the first 10 boards: 1 59 FM Ulker Ates 2120 0 – 0 GM Markus Robert 2652 1 … Continue reading

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