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Fabiano Caruana returned to winning ways finished clear first in the Superbet Chess Classic.The elite field was closely bunched with four players finished half a point behind.World Champion Ding Liren was subdued throughout only winning his final game, thingswere even worse for Ian Nepomniachtchi, this was simply too soon for either. No doubtthey had to decide whether to play the series or not. Peter Svidler won his first tournament since2017 taking clear first place in the Sigeman and Co tournaments, he was saved a playoff by BorisGelfand who won a long grind against Abhimanyu Mishra to cost the Indian a tie for first.The Capablanca Memoria was won by Jonas Buhl Bjerre and tbe Stepan Avagyan Memorial by Sam Sevian.It's really nice to see the return some tough over the board action. Online the PRO Chess Leaguewas won by the Gotham Knights led by Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen won first fourth Titled Tuesdayevent.

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The Superbet Chess Classic Romania took place in Bucharest 6th to 16th May 2023. This is the first leg of the Grand Chess tour.Fabiano Caruana won the event with 5.5/9 half a point clear of Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, Anish Giri and Richard Rapport.World Champion Ding Liren won in the final round but otherwise was subdued as was Ian Nepomniachtchi. This was really toosoon after their match for either to be playing their best.

The 28th Sigeman & Co tournament took place in Malmo, Sweden 4th to 10th May 2023, Category 17. Players: D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Jorden Van Foreest, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Nils Grandelius and Abhimanyu Mishra. Peter Svidler won the event with a score of 4.5/7. This is his first tournament victory since his 2017 Russian Championship win.

The 56th Capablanca Memorial took place in Havana Wed 3rd May 2023Fri 12th May 2023. The Category 14 Elite event has these players: Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Raunak Sadhwani,Rasmus Svane, Jonas Buhl Bjerre, Alexandr Fier,Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera, Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez,Omar Almeida Quintana, Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany and Elier Miranda Mesa.Jonas Buhl Bjerre took clear first place after turning round a poor position to beat Rasmus Svane in the final round. In second place half a point behind was Alexandr Fier.

From last week games Martinez Duany vs Almeida Quintana (3.4) is still incomplete, Sadhwani-Almeida (5.5) is now complete though.

In the open Michel Alejandro Diaz Perez won on tie-break from Ermes Espinosa Veloz and Bator Sambuev after all scored 8/10.Live coverage slowed and then stopped altogether after round 5 (maybe due to the women's American Continental). I do no know if there will be further games.

The Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place in Jermuk 2nd to 12th May 2023.Sam Sevian won with 6/9.

The Baku Open returned for the first time since 2019 and took place 3rd to 13th May 2023.Leon Luke Mendonca edged out Aleksandar Indjic and Vladislav Kovalev on tie-break afterafter all scored 7/9.

The 16th American Continental takes place in Juan Dolio in the Dominican Republic 15th to 23rd May 2023.

The Icelandic Championship takes place in Hafnarfjordur 15th to 25th May 2023.

The Czech Championship takes place 9th to 17th May 2023.David Navara is heading for victory with a lead of two points with two rounds to go in the open event.The women's event is a knockout. I will no doubt get the games from the final couple of rounds butunless the organisers produce a file the first round or two are in a mess in the sources I could find.

The 56th Iranian Championship takes place 11th to 21st May 2023.

The XXX Guillermo Garcia takes place 13th to 23rd May. I don't know if there will be games.

There are two tournaments commemorating Oscar Panno's World Junior Champion title in Copenhagen 1953.

The Bodensee Open takes place 13th to 21st May 2023.

The XXIII Foment Martinenc Open takes place 22nd April to 17th June 2023.

The First Saturday May tournaments take place 6th to 16th May 2023.Most of the games have been played but a few of the final round 9 games willbe played tomorrow.

The Ramat Gan Spring Masters takes place 1st May to 26th June 2023.

The African Individual Championships took place in Gixa 6th to 13th May 2023.Adham Fawzy won the open title with 8/9. Lina Nassr won the women's title with 7.5/9.

The Asian Zonal 3.2 took place 2nd to 10th May 2023.Rahman Mohammad Fahad won with 7.5/9.

The Asian Zonal zt 3.3 took place 6th to 12th May 2023.Sumiya Bilguun won with 7/9.

The Ostravsky Konik Festival took place 6th to 14th May 2023.Krishna S Rohith, won with 7.5/9.

The Open Championship of Norht Macedonia took place 4th to 11th May 2023.Zvonko Stanojoski won in tie-break from Andrej Veljanoski and Nikola Nikolovski afterall scored 7.5/9.

The Semifinals of the Argentine Championship took place 29th April to 7th May 2023.Rafael Miranda won with 7.5/9. More games from round 8 and 9 are now available.

The 14th American Continental Femenino took place in Havana 7th to 12th May 2023.Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu won with 7/9.

The 54th Belgrade WGM took place 8th to 14th May 2023. Normally held around International Women's day I was a bit concerned for the futureof the event but it turned up this week. Anastasiya Rakhmangulova won with 6.5/9.

The Danish Rapid and Blitz took place 13th to 14th May 2023.Jesper Sondergaard Thybo won the Rapid with 6.5/7.Mads Andersen won the blitz with 11.5/13.

The Caissa Hotel Iris Group took place 7th to 12th May 2023.

The 47th Bangahbandhu Championship took place at the end of December. I missed there was a rapid tie-break for 2nd and 3rd places won byFahad Rahman Mohammad 2-0 over Ziaur Rahman.

Titled Tuesday Blitz now has two sections called early and late.The 25th April events Magnus Carlsen won the early and Alexey Sarana won the late.

The Armageddon Championship: Women's Week took place 8th to 14th May 2023.Bibisara Assaubayeva took first place beating Humpy Koneru in the semi-finals and the final between the winner of the loser section and the winner of the winner section.In between she also beat G Mammadzada in the other winners final.

The PRO Chess League final knockout stages took place 12th to 14th May 2023. The Gotham Knights were undefeated and beat the Shanghai Tigersin the final.

The Russian Team Championship took place 1st to 11th May 2023.Shakhmatnaya sbornaya Moskvy (Moskva) won the Premier League. The gamesfrom that section are complete. The women's section won by Shakhmatnaya sbornaya Moskvy (Moskva)and Higher League won by Temus Tim (Moskva) I got what I could from the live games.

The Final round of the Israeli Team Championship finished this week.Be'er Sheva Chess Club A. Eliyahu Levant won. I have the final round 11 games. Round9 and 10 games should be available for next week.

The Swiss League takes place 16th April to 15th October 2023. There were two rounds this weekend.Games should follow next week.

The Croatian Cup took place 10th to 14th May 2023.SK Liburnija Rijeka won.

Rounds 4-7 of the Rapid Chess Superleague in Poland took place on May 9th.

The MSU Interuniversity Cup is a rapid team event in Moscow 15th to 18th May 2023. I'll round up games and results next week.

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The Week in Chess 1488 - The Week in Chess

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) The game of chess is played around the world, and the oldest, continuously running chess club in the U.S. is in downtown San Francisco at the Mechanics Institute. The institute is a kind of cultural center that goes back to 1854.

Chess is one of its big draws, so the institute is now ramping up efforts to diversify the people who play, saying there are so many benefits for everybody.

This spring, some 300 children of all ages and backgrounds from all corners of the Bay Area showed up to compete in the institutes scholarship chess tournament.

Some of those same young people are part of the institutes chess school outreach. It includes 22 weekly classes in 16 private and public schools in San Francisco. In low-income communities, classes are free all aimed at sparking new interest in the age-old game.

Our school outreach programs are really important to help provide interesting and new skillsets to the kids in our classes, things like patience, understanding strategy, being able to talk and analyze your game, said Alyssa Stone, who is in charge of community engagement. And its super interesting to see them and their wheels turning about how they play.

Danny Cao is a Mechanics Institute chess instructor. He played basketball as a kid and says it took him years to beat his mothers boyfriend. Kids can be competitive in chess with adults much more quickly.

Chess is one of the ways that a child can, like language, learn something very quickly and measure themselves up to an adult very quickly, Cao said.

The hope is that one day all of the young kids in the school programs will wind up at the historic Mechanics Institute where they have weekly chess tournaments.

One of the activities they play is Blitz, or fast chess. Each player has three minutes on the clock. One game is six minutes. Classical or slow chess can last hours.

Chess is a universal game, Stone said. You dont need to speak the same language. You dont need to have come from the same places. Everybody has the same rules and knows how to play chess together.

Thats why the Mechanics Institute believes chess is an easy sell when it comes to its efforts to diversify the people who play the game. Because as you look around the room where the kids are playing, you can see there is a way to go.

Were really trying hard to make sure women and girls and people who are not often seen in the game of chess have a place here, Stone said.

There are all types of programs at the Mechanics Institute, and they are open to the public, whether you are a member or not. Every Tuesday evening, the chess tournaments are open to all. And in addition to the school chess program, there are women and girls chess classes on Sundays all in an effort to diversify.

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San Francisco chess club working to diversify players - KRON4

with IM Robert Ris

We all love stories where a vastly underrated player surprises everyone by beating a much stronger player. Fortunately, we are all human.

But how do these things happen? What are the moves that lead to success? And what can we learn from these examples for the times when we face a stronger opponent?

Dutch IM Robert Ris presents us with real-life examples of such encounters from the past month. Together with his co-host Arne Kaehler, they look at the tactics and strategies that led to the upset victory.

Calculation Training for 1000-1400 players

Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!

Calculation Training for 1400-1600 players

Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!

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Chess Shocker: Elo 1493 wins vs. Elo 2584 with the London System! - ChessBase

12 May 2023

Rami beat most of Cornwall's best players

A 10-year-old boy from Syria has become Cornwall's youngest ever chess champion, beating most adults who took part.

Rami who has previously held the titles of Arab champion under six and under eight has been described as "remarkable".

He told the BBC he practises for up to three hours every day.

His primary school is planning to reinstate a chess club for pupils, led by him.

Robin Kneebone, co-ordinator of Cornwall Chess said Rami was "quite remarkable" and that he had beaten "most of the county's highest graded adult players" in the competition.

"Rami's dedication to practising and learning chess a couple of hours a day, that in itself is remarkable," he added.

Rami said he started playing the game when he was four years old.

"I was like not expecting me to win it but I was lucky this time," he said.

His father, Mones, said: "I am very proud... for him chess means the whole world."

The doctor said his son started competing in international competitions when he was five and is now coached by an international master.

"At six years old he was number one in the world so that's why I realised that he has this talent," he said.

"He was Arab champion under six in 2019 and then Arab champion under eight".

Rami's head teacher, Nicola, said: "Around school it's created a real buzz amongst his peers, and we're really excited to reinstate a chess club here."

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Cornwall chess champion is Syrian boy Rami, 10 - BBC

A summer chess camp held on the ground level of a busy suburban mall enables participants to learn the game at their own pace

The chaos of shoppers takes over the ground level of a shopping mall as they make their way to grab the coolest deals. Amidst the buzz and frenzy, 40 to 50 chess players are seated in pin-drop silence, trying to visualise their next move on the black and white board in front of them. Though chess and a busy mall sounds like a bad marriage, it is a reality that gets played out every weekend Phoenix Marketcity in Kurla. The chess club held every Saturday by ChessBase India, an online platform, sees many enthusiasts swarming to the mall for a quick game. "We have been conducting these club meetings at this mall for the past 14 months now," Priyanka Ved, chess coach, tells us.

The 10-day camp is open for all age groups and every level of skill set

Taking this collaboration a step further, ChessBase will be holding a self-paced learning camp for beginners at the same mall, starting today. Ved will be assisted by fellow coach, Nithin Chandan, who will be guiding the participants for the next 10 days. "Anyone above the age of four can participate in this camp. From beginners to professionals, enthusiasts can sign up because it is a self-paced camp," Chandan reveals. Both explain that a self-paced camp moves forward according to an individual*s speed. "Camps usually have a structured schedule. But with chess being a mental sport, one should have enough time to soak in everything. Hence, here you can join any day you like. You will be given a sheet every day that takes you through the game one day at a time. So, even if you skip a session, you can continue from where you left off," Ved adds.

Participants enjoy a game of chess every Saturday at the mall

The intention of the camp is to teach participants basic details of the game without putting the pressure of trying to match the skill level of other participants. "By the end of the camp, we hope participants get an idea of how to approach the game. With practice, of course, they can excel further. So, even if one misses a few sessions, the camp will help them understand chess at a basic level," Chandan says.

Nithin Chandan and Priyanka Ved

"The fun part of organizing such events in a mall is that between all the commotion, you can spot chess enthusiasts playing the game with utmost dedication and concentration. It is a very contrasting and interesting view," Ved mentions, promising that similar scenes will be on view as the new camp gets underway.

Till: May 25; 2 pm to 7 pmAt: Atrium 5, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla West. Log on to: chessbase.in

>> SMCA Summer Chess Camp 2023On May 21 to July 21 (Monday to Friday)At South Mumbai Chess Academy*s Walkeshwar, Wadala and Mahalaxmi branchesLog on to smca64.com Call 9821493956Cost Rs 5,000

>> ICS Summer Chess CampOn June 5 to 16 and June 19 to 30; 10 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 6 pmAt Russian House, opposite Sterling Apartment, Pedder Road. Log on to indianchessschool.comCall 9820547548 Cost Rs 6,000

>> Online Chess Camp for beginnersTime 10.30 am to 11.30 am; 11.30 am to 12.30 am; 6 pm to 7 pmLog on to youngbutterfly.inCost Rs 1,800 for 10 days

>> Aimers Chess AcademyTime 10 am to 10 pmAt Near Pawar Public school, LBS Marg, Bhandup WestLog on to aimerschessacademy.comCall 9022402450Cost Rs 999 for a month

>> Chess 24x7On 10.30 am to 6 pmAt Marigold Building, near Ryan International School, Goregaon EastCall 9820020905Cost Rs 6,000 for three months

>> Paras Chess AcademyOn Open all days except SundaysAt CHS, Shivam Building, Kulupwadi, Borivali EastLog on to paraschessacademy.comCall 9321931066Cost Rs 5,000 for 10 online or at-home classes (up to Malad)

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This mall in Mumbai has organised a summer chess camp for those interested - mid-day.com