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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] |
Wang (surname)
Wang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the common Chinese surname (''Wáng''). It has a mixture of various origin with uncertain lineage of family history, however it is currently the list of common Chinese surnames, most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012. A separate surname (''Wāng'') is also romanized as Wang. Wang also has less common unrelated origins in the North Germanic languages, Scandinavian and Germanic languages. Population and distribution Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oropesa Del Mar
Oropesa del Mar () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Plana Alta in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ..., Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of Castellón Plana Alta {{valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Malaya
The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public university, public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in newly independent Malaya. The university has graduated five prime minister of Malaysia, prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence. The predecessor of the university, King Edward VII College of Medicine, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the British Empire. In October 1949, the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College created the university. Rapid growth during its first decade caused the university to organize as two autonomous divisions on 15 January 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, the governments of Federation of Malaya, Malaya and Singapore indicated that these two divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Week In Chess
''The Week in Chess'' (TWIC) is a chess news web site. It was founded in 1994 and is based in the United Kingdom. ''TWIC'' has been edited by Mark Crowther since its inception in 1994. It began as a weekly Usenet Usenet (), a portmanteau of User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP, Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Elli ... posting, with "TWIC 1" being posted to Usenet group rec.games.chess on 17 September 1994. Later it moved to Crowther's personal web site, then to chesscenter.com in 1997, and in 2012 it moved to theweekinchess.com. It contains both chess news, and all the game scores from major events. TWIC quickly became popular with professional chess players, because it allowed them to quickly get results and game scores, where previously they had relied on print publications. TWIC still exists as a weekly newsletter, although for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dato' Arthur Tan
Dato' Tan Chin Nam (; 18 March 1926 – 21 October 2018) was a Malaysian entrepreneur and developer. His family is the majority shareholder of IGB Corporation Berhad. Tan was reportedly one of the richest men in Malaysia and had several companies and businesses. He is famous as a property developer and was involved in various projects such as Shangri-La Hotel in Malaysia, Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, shopping centres in Singapore and Malaysia, including one of the largest shopping malls in the world, Mid Valley Megamall. In Australia, he is responsible for the renovation of Queen Victoria Building (QVB) and Capitol Theatre in Sydney. He also owns a number of Australian-based Thoroughbred racehorses. Tan's biography, released in 2006 and published by MPH Malaysia, is called ''Never Say I Assume!''. Early life Tan Chin Nam was born on March 18, 1926 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai Open Chess Tournament
The Dubai Open Chess Tournament, also known as the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Cup, is an annual open chess tournament in Dubai, UAE that is usually held in April. First held in 1999 by the Dubai Chess and Culture Club with the aim of giving exposure to young talent in UAE, the Dubai Open Chess Tournament is today one of the most well-known and strongest open tournaments in the world. The inaugural event in 1999 was won by chess grandmaster Vladimir Akopian. The 25th edition of the Dubai Open Chess Tournament was held from 27 May - 4 June 2025, at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club. It was won by Aleksey Grebnev. History The Dubai Open was first organised in 1999 by the Dubai Chess and Culture Club to allow young players in the UAE to compete against top grandmasters. The tournament consistently attracts dozens of grandmasters, international masters and other titled players and is now considered one of the strongest open tournaments in the world. Winners 2016 Tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakutsk
Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the 2021 census. Yakutsk has an average annual temperature of , winter high temperatures consistently well below , and a record low of has been recorded.Погода в Якутске. Температура воздуха и осадки. Июль 2001 г. (in Russian) As a result, Yakutsk is the coldest ''major city'' in the world (although a number of smaller towns in that region are slightly colder). Yakutsk is also the largest city located in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Chess
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like '' fork'' and '' pin''. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of chess variants; for a list of terms general to board games, see Glossary of board games. A B C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth largest urban agglomeration in the country and the second largest one in Kerala. Calicut city is the second largest city proper in the state with a corporation limit population of 609,224 Calicut is classified as a Tier-2 city by the Government of India. It is the largest city on the Malabar Coast and was the capital of the British-era Malabar District, Malabar district. It was the capital of an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris (Zamorins). The port at Kozhikode acted as the gateway to the medieval South Indian coast for the Chinese people, Chinese, the Persians, the Arabs, and finally the Europeans. According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics in 2009 on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess24
chess24.com was an Internet chess server in English and ten other languages, established in 2014 by German grandmaster Jan Gustafsson and Enrique Guzman. Chess24 also provided live coverage of major international chess tournaments, and hosted their own online tournaments, including the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. In March 2019, chess24 merged with Magnus Carlsen's company Play Magnus AS in a transaction that made the former chess24 owners the largest shareholders in Play Magnus. In 2022, Play Magnus was purchased by Chess.com, which made Chess.com the owner of chess24. In December 2023, the chess24 team announced that they would be closing their site and apps by the end of January 2024. The website officially closed down on January 31, 2024, and its address began redirecting to the Chess.com news page. Features A 2020 review by IM Luis Torres put chess24 as one of the three most popular internet chess servers, alongside Chess.com and Lichess. Similarly to other chess se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champion, and the reigning eight-time World Blitz Chess Championship, World Blitz Chess Champion. He has held the position in the FIDE world rankings, FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in List of FIDE chess world number ones#Player statistics, time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak Elo rating system, rating of 2882 is the List of chess players by peak FIDE rating, highest in history. He also holds the record for the List of world records in chess#Longest unbeaten streak, longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games. A chess prodigy, Carlsen finished first in the C group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2004, Corus chess tournament shortly after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
