SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): After an excellent year on the board, Singapore’s chess players closed out 2022 with another big result, this time from 11-year-old Elliot Wong, who emerged as champion of the Hong Kong Bauhinia U18 Chess Invitational on Dec 30.
The Edinburgh Chess Club was founded in 1822 and is celebrating its 200th birthday on November 4. It is the world’s second oldest chess club in continued existence after Zurich (1809). Best wishes for the Bicentenary celebrations, and for the next 100 years!
Fresh from winning two SEA Games medals in Vietnam earlier this month, Singapore's top-ranked chess player Tin Jingyao is set to become the nation's fifth and youngest Grandmaster after more sterling performances in the Hanoi GM Chess Tournament. The 21-year-old won six of his first seven rounds and drew with Filipino Paulo Bersamina on Saturday (May 28) to meet the.
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A match between CNA s Cindy Co and Singapore Chess Federation president Christopher Lim. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
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SINGAPORE: White pawn e4, black pawn e5, white’s bishop to c4.
It is one of the most common opening sequences for chess, but even after one move, I could already feel my focus slipping away. Pressured by the endless ticking of the clock and the otherwise oppressive silence in the office, I grabbed the nearest piece and moved it.