Grand Prix Standings after Tournament #8
Now is the time to catch up to the leaders of our 2023-2024 Grand Prix, after eight tournaments: Four tournaments remain; sign up now for our next one at Grace Church School on May 12.
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FIDE Candidates 2024: Thoughts and Shoe Scandal
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin After 11 rounds of the FIDE Candidates 2024, two-time World Championship Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the Open Section with a 7/11 score and Former Women’s World Champion Grandmaster Zhongyi Tan is leading the Women’s Section with a 7.5/11 score. With three games remaining in the tournament …
2023-2024 Grand Prix Standings after 7 Tournaments
After 7 tournaments of the 2023-2024 Grand Prix, here are the standings: Name School T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 Two Sites SubTotal Multiplier Total Eli Sidman Gateway 3 3 1 3 5 15 4 60 David Gray Grace Church School 2 1 1 5 9 5 45 Audrey …
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Grand Prix Standings After 1/2 Way Mark
Here are results for Premier Chess Grand Prix Tournament #6: Championship # Name ID Rating Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Mod. Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. T-Op. cumul. 1 Eli Sidman 16764890 864 B— W4 (b) D3 (w) W2 (w) 3.5 6 6 8 15.5 2 Phoebe Mendelow 16572427 876 HUNTER W4 …
Grand Prix 2023-2024 Standings After the First Trimester
Here are the leaders of our 2023-2024 Grand Prix after 4 out of our 12 2023-2024 Grand Prix tournaments are behind us: Now is the time to start catching up to the leaders; sign up now for our next tournament at Grace Church School on Sunday, March 3.
Blue Star Chess
By Adam Williams, Director Mard Philanthrophy Services Blue Star Chess connects Jewish children around the world through the game of chess. Our goals are for Jewish children worldwide to build Jewish pride and a love of Israel, while improving their chess, and making new global friends! We host regular online tournaments, involving children from many …
Chess Teaching Tour in India
By Dhruti Shah, Founder and Head Coach of Knightingales Chess Academy I am passionate about building an inclusive and diverse community through Chess. I run camps for Dublin Seniors and work with physically impaired children from The Miracle League. Recently, I travelled to India and conducted a series of four chess workshops across multiple states …
Ding Defies Odds in World Championship Round 4
By National Master Evan Rabin Did you know that Ian Nepomniactchi and Ding Liren are currently in Astana, Kazakshstan competing for the World Chess Championship, know that Magnus Carlsen decided to not defend his title? The match has gotten very little PR. I personally have not been nearly as interested in following the match as I …
Chess in Uzbekistan
By Zokir Istamkulov Warm greetings from Uzbekistan, native country of 105th Premier Chess Podcast Guest Timur Garayev! The great love of the population, especially youth, for chess, and what is most important, without age restrictions contributed to the creation in March 1996 of Uzbekistan Chess Federation, which represents chess players of our country in the …
Niemann-Carlsen Drama
By National Master Evan Rabin I have known Hans Niemann in passing for many years as he grew up in New York. I saw him last in person when I co-hosted a tournament with our 153rd Podcast Guest International Master Carlos Perdomo at the U.S Pavilion of Expo 2020 during the …