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Kirk Ghazarian
Kirk Vagho Ghazarian is an American chess player. Chess career In June 2020, he finished second at the Pan-Armenian Chess Tournament. In January 2023, he was named to the All-America Chess Team. In February 2023, he finished tied for second place at the Rochefort Chess Festival Masters 2023, and secured the runner-up position ahead of Harsha Bharathakoti, Momchil Nikolov, and Peio Duboue due to better tiebreaks. He qualified to play at the Chess World Cup 2023, but was unable to attend the event and was replaced by Gianmarco Leiva Gianmarco Leiva (also Giuseppe Leiva Rodríguez; born 14 September 1995) is a Peruvian chess International Master (2013), two-times Peruvian Chess Championship winner (2012, 2017). Chess career Gianmarco Leiva twice participated in World Juni .... In January 2024, he earned his final GM norm by defeating Miklos Galyas at the NYC Chess Norms event. He will be awarded the Grandmaster title once his rating surpasses 2500. References {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvine, California
Irvine () is a master-planned city in South Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The city had a population of 307,670 at the 2020 census. A number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors, have their national or international headquarters in Irvine. Irvine is also home to several higher education institutions including the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and campuses of California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne, and Pepperdine University. History The Gabrieleño indigenous group inhabited Irvine about 2,000 years ago. Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish explorer, came to the area in 1769, which led to the establishment of forts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating system, Elo rating and norm (chess), norms (performance benchmarks in competitions including other titled players). Once awarded, titles are held for life except in cases of Cheating in chess, fraud or cheating. Open titles may be earned by all players, while women's titles are restricted to female players. Many strong female players hold both open and women's titles. FIDE also awards titles for arbiters, organizers and trainers. Titles for correspondence chess, chess problem composition and chess problem solving are no longer administered by FIDE. A chess title, usually in an abbreviated form, may be used as an honorific. For example, Magnus Carlsen may be styled as "GM Magnus Carlsen". History The term "master" for a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harsha Bharathakoti
Harsha Bharathakoti is an Indian chess grandmaster. Chess career In November 2022, Harsha finished as runner-up in the Asian Continental Championship, losing to R Praggnanandhaa as a result of drawing against Shamsiddin Vokhidov. In March 2023, Harsha finished as runner-up in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open. He then won the Chessemy Blitz Open by defeating Diptayan Ghosh Diptayan Ghosh (born 10 August 1998) is a chess player from Kolkata, India. He was a student of the South Point High School, Kolkata. He qualified as a grandmaster at the age of 17 after achieving his third and final norm required for the title ... in the Armageddon round. Harsha competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Levan Pantsulaia in the first round. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bharathakoti, Harsha Living people 2000 births Indian chess players Chess Grandmasters Sportspeople from Guntur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momchil Nikolov
Momchil Nikolov (born 1985) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He earned his International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... title in 2007, and grandmaster title in 2010. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 2016, and has also won a number of strong open tournaments including Glasgow 2012, Monthey 2012, Apokoronas 2015, Albena Vivacom 2015, Guingamp 2016, Albena 2016, Primorsko 2016, Lille 2017, Athens 2017, Primorsko 2017, Noisiel 2018, Capelle-la-Grande 2018 (joint winner), Athens 2018, Heusenstamm 2018 and Guingamp 2019 . References External links * *Momchil Nikolovchess games at 365Chess.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolov, Momchil Chess Grandmasters Bulgarian chess players 1985 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess World Cup 2023
The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023. It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The top three finishers in the tournament qualified for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The tournament was held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023. Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the defending champion. He lost in the fifth round (last 16) to Fabiano Caruana. Format The tournament was an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds having been given a bye directly into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals played a match for third place. The players who finished first, second, and third qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2024, a tournament to decide the challenger for the upcoming World Championship. Each round consisted of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if they were required. The time limits were as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianmarco Leiva
Gianmarco Leiva (also Giuseppe Leiva Rodríguez; born 14 September 1995) is a Peruvian chess International Master (2013), two-times Peruvian Chess Championship winner (2012, 2017). Chess career Gianmarco Leiva twice participated in World Junior Chess Championships (2012, 2015). Gianmarco Leiva twice won Peruvian Chess Championship: in 2012 and 2017. In 2023 Gianmarco Leiva ranked in 8th place in American Continental Chess Championship and after American master Kirk Ghazarian declined to play replacement his in the Chess World Cup. In 2023, in Baku Gianmarco Leiva participated in single-elimination Chess World Cup and won in 1st round to Slovenian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko but in 2nd round lost to Emirati Grandmaster Salem Saleh. Gianmarco Leiva played for Peru in the Chess Olympiads: * In 2012, at third board in the 40th Chess Olympiad The 40th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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2006 Births
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American Chess Players
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Chess International Masters
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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