Cumnor Chess Club

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? The Match of World Champions at Bastia and Ajaccio

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 02:09 AM on September 17, 2009

The World Champion, the lndian Vishy Anand, will face a Chess legend, the Russian, Anatoly Karpov, several times World Champion.

At Bastia October 31th, and then at Ajaccio November 2n

Kasparov vs Karpov, Valencia 2009

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 05:16 AM on August 27, 2009

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The organizers of the "Valencia, cuna del ajedrez moderno" chess matchbetween Kasparov and Karpov have presented the official videos of theevent. It goes through the history of Valencia, the creation of theQueen as a chess piece, and the importance of the Kasparov - Karpovmatch 25 years after their last encounter. Chessdom reveals theschedule and more details of the tournament. Read More...

Swedish Astronaut to play Chess from Space

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:57 AM on August 21, 2009

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21.08.2009 ? Remember American astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who a year ago played chess against the NASA ground stations. Well, now European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, Sweden, is going to do the same, playing a game against the Swedish public. Right now Fuglesang is in quarantine awaiting an August 24th launch. But the game has already started, and you can take part.

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:39 AM on July 26, 2009

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2009 British Chess Championship

Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP (75 players) Here are some of the top seeds:

HOWELL,David W L, 2614g; CONQUEST, Stuart, 2572g; JONES, Gawain C, 2554g;GORDON, Stephen, 2537g; WILLIAMS, Simon K, 2527g; ARKELL, Keith C,2521g; WELLS, Peter, 2498g; GORMALLY, Daniel, 2490g; TRENT, Lawrence,2471m; HEBDEN, Mark, 2468g; SUMMERSCALE, Aaron, 2454g; GREET, Andrew N,2443m; COBB, James, 2432m (WLS); PALLISER, Richard JD, 2413m; BUCKLEY,Graeme, 2398m; HOUSKA, Jovanka, 2392m; KOLBUS, Dietmar, 2383m (GER);LANE, Gary, 2379m (AUS); etc.

The 96th British Chess Championships will take place on July 26 - August 8, 2009 at Torquay.

LIVE Games here

Complete field super-tournament in London

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 03:09 AM on June 26, 2009

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Complete field super-tournament in London announced 25 June 2009 13:03 PM CET (14)

Thecomplete field of the London super-tournament, to be held in Decemberthis year, was announced today. It turned out to be an interestingmixture with some of the world’s best players and some young Britishtalents: Michael Adams, Magnus Carlsen, David Howell, Vladimir Kramnik,Luke McShane, Hikaru Nakamura, Ni Hua and Nigel Short. full story »

Win a simul seat against a World Champion

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 11:05 PM on April 02, 2009

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3 April 2009, 9.02 CET

200th anniversary of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich Ever wanted to know which is the oldest chess club in the world? Well, the answer is the Schachgesellschaft Zürich, founded in 1809. In August the club commemorates its 200th anniversary and it gives everyone the opportunity to take part of the jubilee. You can win a seat in a simul against either Anand, Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Spassky, Ponomariov or Topalov. full story »

WITNEY CHESS CLUB - NEW VENTURE

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 01:27 PM on March 12, 2009

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Witney Chess Club are hoping to organise a series of evenings with Grandmaster Peter Wells to which we would also like to invite friends and colleagues from clubs around Oxfordshire. The evenings would potentially cover some or all of the following:

1. Simultaneous display.

2. Endgame training.

3. Opening training.

4. Middlegame themes.

5. Presentation of recent grandmaster games.

6. Presentation of some of Peter's own games.

7. 'Doctor's surgery' in which Peter goes through attendees' games.

In addition, we are thinking about organising a quiz night which we would probably want to throw open to other clubs as well.

Our initial thinking is that the cost per person per evening would be around £5, which would probably include a plate of food and glass of wine to make each evening that bit more sociable.

We obviously need to get a feel for the numbers of people who might be interested in this programme so that we can get the catering and venue arrangements right, so I was wondering if you would be willing please to ask around your club members and get back to me with the likely level of interest?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Mike Truran

information@witneychess.org.uk

Cream of world chess to play in new London tournament

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 12:09 PM on March 10, 2009

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10 March 2009 11:37 AM CET (6)

London For the first time in 25 years, London will have a chess tournament with the world’s best players. From December 10 to 17, 2009 a single round-robin with eight players (five world-class grandmasters and three English players) will be held in the capital of the United Kingdom. The tournament boasts a minimum prize fund of € 100,000 and has applied for membership of the Grand Slam. Initiatior Malcolm Pein: “We’re going to focus on the public and the media.” full story »

SOURCE: www.chessvibes.com

Grand Prix loses Karlovy Vary as wel

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 02:20 AM on January 20, 2009

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19 January 2009 18:11 PM CET (12)

No Karlovy Vary After all the turmoil in November and December, it’s been a bit quiet around the Grand Prix Series, but today there’s more bad news for FIDE: in an official statement, Bessel Kok and Pavel Matocha are announcing the withdrawal of Karlovy Vary, where the 6th and last GP was to take place in December this year. full story »

Corus R1 Press Conference

Posted by cumnorchessclub at 02:12 AM on January 20, 2009

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18 January 2009 14:00 PM CET | Last modified: 16:21 (5)

Jan Smeets Traditionally, one of the winners of Grandmaster Group A is asked to show his game to the journalists. And traditionally, ChessVibes brings these so-called press conferences to you! After the first round, Dutch champion GM Jan Smeets showed his victory against Vassily Ivanchuk. Enjoy! full story »