GM Alejandro Ramirez announced his resignation on Monday from the Saint Louis Chess Club and will no longer coach the Saint Louis University chess team. On February 15, WGM Jennifer Shahade reported on Twitter that Ramirez assaulted her twice and that other victims told her their own stories of alleged abuse. She also alluded to …
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two biggest stars of football (soccer), are playing chess in Louis Vuitton’s latest campaign, launched on Saturday. Chess fans quickly discovered that the position on the board is from a real game. “Victory is a State of Mind,” writes Louis Vuitton alongside the photo, in which Messi and Ronaldo …
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two biggest stars of football (soccer), can be seen playing chess in Louis Vutton’s latest campaign, launched on Saturday. Chess fans quickly discovered that the position on the board is from a real game. “Victory is a State of Mind,” writes Louis Vutton alongside the photo, in which Messi …
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BOOM! If the somewhat flaccid round seven at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup was a disappointment, then round eight delivered in a big way. Tournament leader GM Wesley So was taken down in a dramatic game by GM Alireza Firouzja. As GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana also won, the situation ahead of the last round …
The 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz came to a close on Tuesday with a historic victory from GM Alireza Firouzja. The blitz superstar accrued 26 points out of a possible 36, marking a 22-game undefeated streak that saw him soar 107 rating points to eclipse the 2900-mark in the FIDE blitz ratings. Breaking the …
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Top-flight chess returned to one of America’s premier chess venues on Friday with the commencement of the 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, the penultimate event of the Grand Chess Tour, with the day’s proceedings going the way of French GM Alireza Firouzja, who started with five points in three games. The scoring system in …
