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Friday, July 13, 2012

5th Mora Kings International Chess in Sri Lanka from Aug 3

The 5th 'Mora Kings' International Rating Chess Championships 2012 organised by the University of Moratuwa will be held at the University of Moratuwa from August 3-9, 2012, with a total cash prize of nearly Rs.2,50,000. 

Eligibility: Open to all
Prizes:
Champion - Trophy, Gold Medal & Rs. 50,000/=
1st Runner up - Silver Medal & Rs. 25,000/=
2nd Runner up - Bronze Medal & Rs. 15,000/=
4th -5th - Rs. 10,000/= each
6th to 12th - Rs. 5,000/= each

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Turkish Chess League Game of the Day: Judit Polgar-Rauf Mamedov 1-0

The Turkish Isbank Chess League has begun in Konya Rixos Hotel (Turkey) with defending champions Aquamatch losing to Besiktas Jimnastik Club with a 7-3 score. The only player from Aquamatch club who won was the world's strongest woman chess player Judit Polgar. She beat Rauf Mamedov and later, wrote on her FB page, "For a start, it is always great to have a win!...Black made his final mistake with 34...Bc6 in his time trouble, and I grabbed my chance and did not let it go!”

Want to replay the Judit Polgar-Rauf Mamedov game? Check out the Chess King Game Page.
 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

World Blitz Chess Champion 2012 is Alexander Grischuk of Russia

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Russia continues to rule the chess world. Not only the World Rapid Chess Champion 2012 belongs to them, but now even the World Blitz Chess Champion 2012. Alexander Grischuk won the World Blitz Chess Champion 2012 title in Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday - half-a-point ahead of World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Download your Free GigaKing Database Update with 115K new Chess Games for Chess King Software


Good news! All users of the GigaKing Chess Games Database, which is included for free in Chess King and Chess King Pro Software, can download for free, in either CA or PGN format, an update that includes the world’s main tournaments from October 2011 to the end of June 2012. That’s over 115,000 fresh new chess games that you need to have to be at he cutting edge of chess analysis.

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