Ecuadorian chess player Martha Fierro won the ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, organized by the International Women’s Chess Commission. This was confirmed by the
International Chess Grandmaster on its social networks, this June 27, 2021.
Martha Fierro, Ecuadorian chess player.
“I won ‘Queen’s Chess Festival’, grandmasters, IM,WIM from all continents participated,” the tricolour wrote.
The first thing was to win the first stage to qualify as a representative of America, said the chess player. He then played the final against representatives of the other continents. The tournament was held electronically.
Second place went to
place was Qianyun Gong of Singapore.
1 Mar in 23:59 The Guardian
Chess grandmaster Levon Aronian said on Friday he was leaving Armenia and would represent the United States, citing what he said was Armenian officials’ indifference to chess as one of the reasons,
The Guardian reports. The 38-year-old, who is ranked sixth in the world, announced his decision on his Facebook page.
“The past year has been very difficult for all of us with a pandemic, a war and in my case there was personal adversity and the state’s absolute indifference towards Armenian chess,” he wrote, referring to six weeks of fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces over the Nagorno-Karabkah enclave. “I was faced with a choice: quit my job or move to where I am valued,” he wrote.
Angolan Chess Players Qualify for World Cup allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NAGPUR: A total of 12 Indian juniors of the participating 16 masters registered victories in contrasting fashion to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Fide Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships being played from home in five age categories in both the Open and Girls’ group.
On the opening day of the four-day global meet, four players failed to qualify for the last eight stage of the International Chess Federation (Fide) organized tourney. As many as six Indian players each of the open and girls’ group advanced to the third round.
In the Open section, young Indian Grandmasters (GM) Nihal Sarin and D Gukesh won both the rounds they played to garner full points in the U-18 and U-14 age group respectively. Both Nihal and Gukesh got the better of their respective South African opponents Schnabel Johann Emil and Simpson Michael in the round-robin opening game.