Gibraltar Mayor Olga Zammitt visits Gibtelecom Chess Festival
MAYOR IN CHESS MOVEGIBRALTAR 1 February 2010
Mayor of Gibraltar Olga Zammitt saw at first hand the Masters tournament in action on Friday afternoon at the Caleta Hotel. She was shown round by Chief Arbiter David Welch, and was accomopanied by James Humphreys, chairman of Tradewise Insurance,representing the sponsors.
Mrs Zammitt said she was highly impressed [...]
The new LIVE rating list
Photo by Fred Lucas
Here is the latest LIVE rating list:
Rank
Name
Rating
01
Carlsen
2812,9
This is tied for the second highest rating ever (Topalov Jul/Oct 2006 and Jul/Sep 2009)
02
Topalov
2805,0
03
Kramnik
2789,9
04
Anand
2788,7 [...]
Read More..>>Settling for a tie for 4th-5th
Wesley So settles for overall 5th in Corus chessabs-cbnNEWS.com 02/01/2010 9:48 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So settled a truce with Slovenian Woman Grandmaster and International Master Anna Muzychuk after 38 moves of a Nimzo-Indian defense using the white pieces in the 13th and final round in the 72nd Corus International Chess [...]