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ASTANA. KAZINFORM A 17-year-old chess player of Kazakhstan, Meruert Kamalidenova, beat Hou Yifan, a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Womens World Chess Champion, in the game between the Team World vs Kazakhstan, Kazinform quotes Sports.kz.

Blitz Chess, a video game, will be hosted by Chess.com, an online chess platform recognised by the International Chess Federation and the International Olympic Committee, as it becomes a part of the first-ever Olympic Esports Series.

Chess will make its first appearance in the European Games as an accompanying event at the Kraków-Maloposka Games 2023. The European Chess Union regulated a new special competition, the European Pair Blitz Chess Championship 2023, which will take place on 19th of June 2023 in Kraków, Poland. Eight teams (ECU members) are invited according the best combined Pair FIDE Classical rating according to the March 2023 list: Ukraine, Azerbaijan, France, Poland, Romania, Germany, Armenia and the...

ALMATY  (Kazakhstan), Dec 30:  Indian ace Koneru Humpy came up with a superb performance after a modest run in the initial phase to claim the silver medal in the women’s section of the FIDE World Blitz Chess  Championship here on Friday. She finished strongly, beating Zhongyi Tan, who won the World Rapid title a couple of days ago, in the 17th and final round. After posting only four wins from the first nine rounds on Thursday and being placed in […]

Sara Khadem and family plan to set up residence in an unnamed Spanish city, according to reports

While the fee for rapid section has been fixed at Rs 500, it is Rs 300 for blitz

Tran Dang Minh Quang, born in 2005, a student at Yen Hoa High School in Hanoi, has become a national champion in blitz chess, ranked above Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

One of the most anticipated events in the chess calendar, the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, is around the corner. The open and women’s championships that have been held concurrently since 2016 will take place on December 25-31 in Warsaw, Poland, at the PGE Narodowy Stadium. | Pictured: Alireza Firouzja facing Hikaru Nakamura at the 2019 edition | Photo: Amruta Mokal

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Ranjan emerges champion in Online Blitz Chess 144 DHAKA, April 21, 2021 (BSS)- Kazi Mahbub Afzal Ranjan emerged champion in the 162nd UCCC Online Blitz Chess tournament that concluded on Tuesday last night, said a press release today. Azmain Parvez Sayor finished runners-up in this meet. Both Ranjan and Azmain secured equal six points each from seven matches and their place was decided in the tiebreaking system. Besides, Sumon Devnath, Motiur Rahman Mamun, Ariful Amin and Kamrul Hasan Milton fi...