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Shamkir Chess
Gashimov Memorial is a chess supertournament played in Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (24th July 1986– 11th January 2014). Winners 2014 The Gashimov Memorial 2014 took place in the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Shamkir City from 16 April to 30 April 2014, consisting of two tournaments, with invited players Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Teimour Radjabov making up the A Tournament. The Elo average for the A Tournament was 2780, making it a Category 22 event and one of the highest rated tournaments of all time. The A Tournament was held as a double round robin, with each player facing the other with both colours, while the B Tournament was held as a single round robin. The total prize fund for the A tournament was €100,000, while the prize fund for the B tournament was €30,000. In the A Tournament, in spite of losing consecutive games early on, Magnus Carlsen won after a last round White win over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London 1851 chess tournament, London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among multiple serious players. Today, the most recognized chess tournaments for individual competition include the Candidates Tournament and the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The largest team chess tournament is the Chess Olympiad, in which players compete for their country's team in the same fashion as the Olympic Games. Since the 1960s, Computer chess, chess computers have occasionally entered human tournaments, but this is no longer common, because computers would defeat humans and win the tournament. Most chess tournaments are organized and directed according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook, which offers guidelines and regulations for conducting tournaments. Chess tournaments are mainly held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He was the World Chess Champion#Split title (1993–2006), Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Championship 2000, Classical World Chess Champion. He Classical World Chess Championship 2004, defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning World Chess Champion#Split title (1993–2006), FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a World Chess Championship 2006, unification match in 2006. As a result, Kramnik became the first undisputed World Champion, holding both the FIDE and Classical titles, since Kasparov split from FIDE in 1993. In 2007, Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik. He challenged Anand at the World Chess Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, a two-time Chess World Cup Champion and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In 2022, he was the elected Deputy President of FIDE. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the history of the game and has had an important role in popularizing it in India. Anand defeated Alexei Shirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a title he held until 2002. He became the undisputed world champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he lost the title to challenger Magnus Carlsen, and he lost a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 Candidates Tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltaj Safarli
Eltaj Safarli (; born 18 May 1992 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. In October 2016, he reached his all-time-highest rating of, 2694 and was ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan and No. 46 in the world. He entered tournaments from the age of 6, with modest success. Safarli won the Azerbaijan Championships in 2010 and 2016. He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002. Team competitions Safarli played in the silver medal-winning Azerbaijani team at the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras in 2011, alongside Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov and Qadir Huseynov Gadir Guseinov (; born 21 May 1986) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked as No. 6 in Azerbaijan. Career Born in Moscow, Guseinov started playing chess under the guidance of Shahin Hajiev. He lived in his native city and playe .... Notable tournament victories * 2010 Mikhail Chigorin Memorial, Saint Petersbourg, 1st * Winner of Azerbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadir Guseinov
Gadir Guseinov (; born 21 May 1986) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked as No. 6 in Azerbaijan. Career Born in Moscow, Guseinov started playing chess under the guidance of Shahin Hajiev. He lived in his native city and played for Russia from 1994 to 1998. In 1994, he won the European under-10 championship in Băile Herculane. In 2008 tied for 1st–8th with Nigel Short, Vadim Milov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Baadur Jobava, Alexander Lastin, Tamaz Gelashvili and Farid Abbasov in the President's Cup in Baku. In April 2010, Guseinov tied for 1st-8th place in the 12th Dubai Open Chess Championship with Viorel Iordachescu, Hrant Melkumyan, Sergey Volkov, Eduardo Iturrizaga, David Arutinian, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze. Guseinov won the Ugra Governor's Chess Blitz Cup in 2011. In 2013 he tied for 1st–3rd with Igor Kurnosov and Aleksandr Shimanov in the Nakhchivan Open. Guseinov was nominated by FIDE president to compete in the Chess World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasif Durarbayli
Vasif Durarbayli (; born February 24, 1992) is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. He received the International Master title in 2007 and the Grandmaster Title in 2010. Academic career Vasif received his high-school degree in Sumqait, Azerbaijan, and graduated from Azerbaijan State of Physical Culture and Sports Academy in Baku with a degree in sports instruction. He studied Economics at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as the President of the Student Government Association. Chess career He started his chess career in 1999. He has won many national titles. He was second in the European Youth Chess Championship under 14 years old (Budva, Serbia) in 2006 and he won the World Youth Chess Championship under 14 years old (Batumi, Georgia). He won the European Youth Chess Championship under 18 years old (Batumi, Georgia) in 2010. In 2013 he lost to Anton Korobov at the World Cup in the first round. In 2015, he entered the World Cup as an organizer nominee, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Mamedov
Rauf Mamedov (; born 26 April 1988) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster and a four-time national champion. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Career Born in Baku, Mamedov started playing chess at the age of seven. In 2004, he won the Under 14 section of the European Youth Chess Championships. In the same year, he became a Grandmaster (GM), following his victory in the Dubai Open. Mamedov won the Azerbaijani championship in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2025. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015. In 2009, he tied for 1st-3rd with Yuriy Kuzubov and Dmitry Andreikin in the category 16 SPICE Cup tournament at Lubbock, Texas. Mamedov won the Corsica Masters blitz tournament in 2011. In 2015 Mamedov won the European Blitz Chess Championship in Minsk. In 2016, he won the men's blitz chess event of the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China. In 2013, Mamedov won the U.S. Masters Chess Championship. In February 2018, he participated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nijat Abasov
Nijat Azad oglu AbasovGrandmaster title application FIDE (; born 14 May 1995) is an Azerbaijani . In October 2023, he reached his all-time-highest rating of 2679 and was ranked No. 58 in the . Early years Abasov was awarded the title of in 2009. He gained his third and final |
Radosław Wojtaszek
Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987) is a Polish chess grandmaster. He is a six-time Polish champion. Wojtaszek has acted as Viswanathan Anand's second, assisting the former world chess champion in his successful title defence match against Vladimir Kramnik, in 2010 against Veselin Topalov, in 2012 against Boris Gelfand, in 2013 and in 2014 against Magnus Carlsen. Chess career In 2004, Wojtaszek won both the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth Chess Championships in the U18 category. In January 2005, he won the Cracovia Open with a score of 7½/9 points. He won the Polish Chess Championship for the first time in 2005. In 2006, Wojtaszek played for the Polish team at the Chess Olympiad in Turin scoring 9 points out of 11 games. In December 2008, he won the 8th Amplico AIG Life International – European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw. In 2009, Wojtaszek finished second in the Polish Championship, shared second place with Michael Roiz at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot (; born 22 January 1983) is a French chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, and as a child, a chess prodigy. He competed at the World Chess Championship 2007, Candidates Matches in 2007 and won the Aeroflot Open in 2009. He passed 2700 FIDE Elo rating system, rating in 2004 and in January 2005 he became the first French player to enter the top 10. Bacrot won an individual bronze medal at the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006 for his performance on board one, as well as four medals at the World Team Championships. Chess career He started playing at age 4. By 10, Bacrot was winning junior competitions, and in 1996, at 13 years of age, he won against Vasily Smyslov. He became a International Grandmaster, Grandmaster in March 1997 at the age of 14 years and 2 months, making him the youngest person at the time to have held the title until Ruslan Ponomariov took the record that December. He was coached previously by Josif Dorfman. Bacrot served as one of the four advis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Hao (chess Player)
Wang Hao (; born August 4, 1989) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang became the fourth Chinese player to break through the 2700 Elo rating mark. In 2019, he qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament by winning the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019, making him the second Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament. Wang announced his retirement from professional chess at the end of the Candidates tournament in 2021, citing health issues. However, he returned to playing in 2022. Grandmaster title In 2005, he became China's 20th Grandmaster at the age of 16. As with Gata Kamsky, Wang Hao became a grandmaster without first gaining an International Master title. He achieved his three Grandmaster norms at the: * 2005 Aeroflot Open A2 Group in Moscow, Russia (February 14–24); score 6.5/9 * 2005 Dubai Open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (April 4–12); score 7.0/9 * 2005 2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
