ACP Rapid Chess Riga Day 1: Three Easy Knockout Punches to Enjoy

There was exciting chess on the first day of the ACP Rapid Chess Cup in the art gallery of Rietumu Bank in Riga. The live commentary was followed by local chess fans and thousands of spectators online at the official website. Here are the results:Grischuk - Fressinet : 3:1 (on the blitz tie-break)Mamedyarov-Kovalenko: 1.5:0.5Nepomniachtchi - Moiseenko: 1.5:0.5Svidler - Jakovenko : 1.5:0.5Radjabov - Shirov : 1.5:0.5Malakhov - Eljanov : 1.5:0.5Ponomariov - Morozevich: 1.5:0.5Wojtaszek - Ivanchuk : 1.5:0.5    Photos: Lennart Ootes Saturday pairings for the 1/4 final:Click to WATCH LIVE India 4.30 pm Grishuk - Wojtaszek...

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What's Carlsen Doing in St Louis?

The strongest chess tournament in US history, the Sinquefield Cup, is underway in Saint Louis. World's top two Grandmasters are locked in battle with America's top two Grandmasters. The players are  Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen. Here is a curtainraiser video with former American women's chess champion, Jennifer Shahade....

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ACP Rapid Chess in Riga: Spectacular Knockout with 16 Fighters Sept 13-15

We have an extended weekend of some spectacular chess coming up! Beginning Friday, 16 of the world's best chess fighters will go after a haul of $75,000 at the ACP Chess Cup 2013 in Riga, Latvia. The format is an exciting knockout one with time controls of two games of 25 minutes each (increment 10 seconds). Venue: Rietumu bank headquarters: 7 Vesetas St., Riga, LV-1013 ACP Chess Cup Live India Time at official website: India time 4.30 pm.  The Association of Chess Professionals, along with the Latvian Chess Society, is holding the event in Riga, Latvia, from September 12 to 15. The opening ceremony...

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Women's World Chess Championship Anna Ushenina vs Hou Yifan Begins

Ukraine's Anna Ushenina - reigning Women's World Chess Champion - begins her defence of the title in Taizhou Hotel, China today against China's Hou Yifan. The opening ceremony of the match was held on Tuesday. Xiao Min, the vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee and Assistant Director of National Sports Bureau, declared the Women’s World Championship Match open. Ushenina got White in the drawing of colours ceremony.  Yang Junan, the President of Chinese Chess Association, welcomed guests to Taizhou and said, “Through years’ development, under the lead of government and chess association, chess in Taizhou is very popular and...

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An Incredible Secret KGB Chess Tactic used by Putin to Checkmate the US

We just received this fascinating article from our friend Dr Michael Metzger who is a Russian and KGB expert now defected to the West. We look forward to receiving your opinion on the subject at editor@blackandwhiteindia.com, or at our Facebook post about the article. (Yes, Dr Michael Metzger also sent this story to KarlRemarks.com, so readers need not worry that we plagiarized.) Kavlov in 1949, a secret photograph taken by US intelligence camera concealed in his chess board. Russia’s incredibly quick response to John Kerry’s suggestion yesterday that Syria could avert a US strike if it handed its chemical weapons...

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Sinquefield Chess Video: Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura is the top chess player in the United States, among the ten best in the world, and he’s playing in one of the year’s biggest tournaments in his and our backyard. He’s moved to St. Louis to pursue his dream of a chess world championship. Here's a video feature on the American player and the Sinquefield Chess Cup starting today in St Louis. ...

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