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Arturs Neiksans (Latvian: Arturs Neikšāns, born 16 March 1983) is a Latvian chess player who has held the FIDE title of Grandmaster since 2012. He is a four-time Latvian champion, one of the leading Latvian chess players, an FIDE-accredited chess trainer, [2] author and a commentator of high-level chess tournaments.
Abdumalik and her parents opened the Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy in 2014. The academy has grown to have three branches with over 700 students in total. [109] Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov attended the opening of the academy, where he and Abdumalik played a four-game speed chess match. While Karpov won both rapid games, Abdumalik won ...
The current world champion, Alexander Alekhine, had died in 1946, leaving the championship vacant. Botvinnik became world champion by winning a tournament of five top players, the World Chess Championship 1948. After WWII, hypermodern openings such as the Indian Defenses became a staple of high-level chess and have remained so ever since.
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE , which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
2009 June – 3rd place in 4th international chess competition named after Dvorkovich. 2009 August – 3rd place in U16 World Youth Chess Olympiad. [4] 2009 September – 8th place in U16 European Youth Chess Championship. 2010 February – 2nd place in G. Kasparian memorial – Young Masters (Chess Academy tournament).
Mesgen Amanov (born 6 September 1986) is a Turkmenistani chess grandmaster. He is the highest rated player in his country, and has represented Turkmenistan in 4 Chess Olympiads. In January 2012 Grandmaster Amanov started MACA (Mesgen Amanov Chess Academy) in Illinois.
The Professional Chess Association (PCA), which existed between 1993 and 1996, was a rival organisation to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. The PCA was created in 1993 by Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short for the marketing and organization of their Chess World Championship.
Arman Pashikian (Armenian: Արման Փաշիկյան; born 28 July 1987, Irkutsk, [1] Russia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. [2] He was the Armenian Youth Champion in 1997 and 1998, winning also a silver medal in 1999 (under-12) and in 2001 (under-14). He also took the fourth place in the European Youth Chess Championship. [3]