Archive of March 2010

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Anatoly Karpov will put forward his candidacy to become FIDE President, according to reporters of Russian news agency SarInform. “It is necessary to restore order,” the 12th World Champion reportedly said yesterday.

March 03 2010

Wesley So is 64th in the World

GM Wesley So is up in the March 1, 2010 World FIDE ratings list at No. 66, up by 13 spots from 77 last January 1. He is also 6th in the World Top Juniors, behind the No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Quang Liem Le, and Fabiano Caruana.

Check out the full at Chessbase.

March 02 2010

Grandmaster Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor emerged the winner in the “All In Sports Expo” Open Rapid Chess Tournament at the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Canteen at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila on Sunday.

March 01 2010