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Board 10 Wells-Holbrook postponed to Aug 22

Round 3 Provisional Pairing 2022 Gold Coast Club Championship: Pairing of round 3, at 18:45 of 12/08/2022 ...

I think the FM titles are conditional on a player getting their rating over 2100. There are 44 conditional FM titles list here...

Would John win his last round game, he would qualify for an FM title while rated 2028...and performing below his rating :).

New Zealand women performed well, especially considering how young they are. Vyanla Punsalan scored 8/10 at board 2 (some of her games were very...

Pakistan withdrew after arriving due to a political disagreement (the story of the Chess Olympiad torch running through various parts of India...

Change of guard is coming!

Yes, and there is more to come as well!

Yes Gukesh absolutely rocketed into the 2700 club and top 20 live with 8/8, finishing up on 9.5/11 and #24. He really had no business losing that 1...

I won the tournament with Luis and Adam finishing 2nd equal.

Pairings for round 7: 2022 Box Hill Friday Grades: Pairing of round 7, at 7:30pm of 12/08/2022 (accelerated) ...

There was a presentation by Budapest 2024 yesterday; looks really good.

https://www.chessdom.com/chess-olympiad-2026-is-in-uzbekistan/

Gabriel Sargissian is 38 years old. Bobby Cheng certainly had a great Olympiad, he performed at 2713 according to chess-results which put him 7th...

One to watch: Indian D. Gukesh rated 2699 and only 16 years.His live rating now 2725.He is now 8.5/10 in Chennai. Pragg.also 16 but Nihal Sarin and...

Terrific Olympiad that showcased the next generation. Abdusattorov, Sargissian, and Gukesh in particular look like potential world championship...

I wonder what odds you could have got before the olympiad for team usa to not pick up a single medal.

Uzbekistan look well placed to win their match and the Olympiad. In the Women's, India have lost and looks like they will be leapfrogged by Georgia...

In Julia's game (which looks like being her one and only loss) her opponent played ...Ba8 one move and ....Bh8 the next.

Yes it was a very nice game However Anton has lost and Justin draws. Temur's position is totally drawn and I am not sure who is trying to win. So...

Bobby made short work of that 2500+ rated opponent.

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By my calculations Giang gets a WIM norm today if she somehow manages to beat Lanchava with black. It would just be a 9 game norm, 20 game Olympiad...

I liked this at the end - "Households would be given a new ‘grey’ bin for kerbside nuclear waste collection."

Looking at the standings, he is possibly ruing his decision to switch federation from Armenia.

Curious that Aronian has been benched by USA for today's round after also missing the previous round. He's not doing so well but that's a big call...

Both teams have a chance to finish well. Chile should be more than beatable. Holland women's team is stronger than it has ever been (with new players...

Dutton calls for sensible debate about installing rooftop nuclear reactors on every home Opposition leader Peter Dutton says it is high time...