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The 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour was a series of online chess tournaments featuring most of the world’s best players, playing for a prize money pool of US$ 1 million. The tour consisted of four super-tournaments (elite competitions), with the winners then playing in a Grand Final in August 2020.
Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli (born 1 November 1989) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008, making him the first Venezuelan to achieve this.
Top Chess Engine Championship, formerly known as Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC or nTCEC), is a computer chess tournament that has been run since 2010. It was organized, directed, and hosted by Martin Thoresen until the end of Season 6; from Season 7 onward it has been organized by Chessdom.
The national chess championship of Mexico has been organized annually since 1973 by FENAMAC (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Mexico A.C.), the Mexican chess federation. Known since 1997 as the National Absolute Championship ( Campeonato Nacional Absoluto ) and previously as the National Closed Championship ( Campeonato Nacional ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Players [6] 1995 Santiago, Chile Martha Fierro (ECU) 15 1996 Trujillo, Peru Martha Fierro (ECU) 21 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Fierro (ECU) 20 1998 Margarita Island, Venezuela Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) 20 1999 Santiago, Chile Karen Zapata Campos (PER) 15 2000 Macas, Ecuador Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) 12 2001 Yucay, Peru
6: 1965: Air Force Airman David Lees (1943-1996) He also won the Texas State Championship in 1965. The event was held at the American Legion's Hall of Flags in Washington, D.C. 7: 1966: Army SP4 Chester Wozney: 8: 1967: Army SP4 Michael Senkiewicz: He was also a world class Scrabble player, backgammon player, and poker player.