The World Championship will be held over twelve games starting on 11th May FIDE has announced. Vishy Anand of India, the holder, faces a challenger, Boris Gelfand of Israel. Lots of details on the website http://www.anand-gelfand.com/
Feb 222012
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Final scores in the BRIGHTON e2e4.org.uk International, 15th-19th February, are: Masters 1st N Croad (NZ) 6.5/9; 2nd PJ Sowray (ENG) 6; 3rd= JK Rudd & MJR White (all ENG) both 5.5 … 10 ran, including I Rausis, who was unplaced. Challengers A 1st P Roberts (Scot) 7.5/9; 2nd R Haria & A Stewart (both ENG) [...]
Following the distribution of the physical magazine we have released the February issue to the virtual shelves of the Amazon Kindle store. For around 60% of the price of the physical magazine you will get the entire contents with nothing added or taken away but with the bonus that the contents are more highly linked [...]
The February 2012 issue has been entering the homes of BCM subscribers up and down the land this morning with news of Hastings 2011/2012 in a very special issue filled with material (some never previously published) about Aron Nimzowitsch. In this month’s Splendid issue: 58 Media News 62 News from the British Isles 65 Endings [...]
Feb 182012
Eton College, Berkshire, for the first time, plays host to the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship on February 18th, 2012. The event will be located in School Hall and run by the British Chess Problem Society (BCPS) having migrated from Oakham School, its venue for the last 17 Championships. Expected entrants include John Nunn, [...]
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