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Grand Prix des Pyramides of Port-Marly (France)

The finalists of the Grand Prix des Pyramides together with Benno Feingold (CEO) and Henri Carvallo ( FFE President) and Etienne Bacrot, Alberto David, Laurent Fressinet, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Pavel Tregubov, Andreï Istratescu, Alexandr Fier et Tigran Gharamian. More
74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The Super 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament started on January 13 in Wijk aan Zee with three grandmaster tournaments and Calsen, Topalov and Aronian as guest stars. More
10th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

The 10th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012, one of the strongest European Open, started on January 25 with Peter Svidler, Judith Polgar, Hou Yifan and 53 grandmasters. More

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10th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

In round 3, Short Nigel beats Mamedyarov Shakhriyar and Hou Yifan made her best chess result by beating Almasi Zoltan. Both players with Adams, Brunello and Felgaer are leading the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. Read More

2012 Azerbaijan Championship

Rasulov Vugar and Durarbeyli Vasif lead the 2012 Azerbaijan Championship. Read More

2012 Croatia Championship

With one round to go, GM Palac, Mladen is leading in solo the 2012 Croatian championship. Read More

Chess Events All Events

Name	Place
2012 Romanian Championship	Romania, Monteoru
Aeroflot Open 2012	Russian Federation, Moscow
Georgi Tringov Memorial	Bulgaria, Plovdiv
Moscow Open 2012	Russian Federation, Moscow
HIT Open 2012	Slovenia, Nova Gorica
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012	England, Gibraltar
2012 Croatian Championship	Croatia, Opatija
74th Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2012	Netherlands, Wijk aan Zee

FIDE Rating List

1.	Carlsen Magnus
2.	Levon Aronian
3.	Vladimir Kramnik
4.	Viswanathan Anand
5.	Radjabov, Teimour
6.	Veselin Topalov
7.	Sergey Karjakin
8.	Vassily Ivanchuk
9.	Morozevich Alexander
10.	Vugar Gashimov

Chess Quotes All Quotes

" Chess is not a game but a disease."

Sir Henry Cambell-Bannerman

" The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is."

David Bronstein

" The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime."

Alexander Alekhine

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