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Vladimir Belous (born July 29, 1993, in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia) [1] is a chess Grandmaster from Moscow, Russia. He got International Master (IM) [2] title in 2011 and Grandmaster (GM) title in 2013. He was the winner of 25th Annual Chicago Open in 2016 [3] and U.S. Masters Chess Championship in 2017.
The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The 2021 edition of the United States Chess Championship took place at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri from 6 October to 20 October 2021. As with every United States Chess Championship tournament since 2014, it was a round-robin tournament. Twelve players were invited to compete.
The Women's World Chess Championship 2012 is a 64-player knockout tournament held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russiafrom 10 November to 1 December. Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) wins the finals match against Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) to become the 2012 women's world champion. Stefanova is the 2004 women's champion, and Ushenina won the finals match 3½ ...
Xiong came second at the US Junior Closed Chess Championships in July 2015 with a score of 6½/9. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He won the 7th Saint Louis Grandmaster Invitational 2015 with a score of 7/9. [ 7 ] He became a Grandmaster in September 2015, the fourth youngest player to qualify for the title in the US, after Abhimanyu Mishra , Awonder Liang , and ...
USCF chess grand prix tournament. At the end of the year, prizes are awarded to players with the most points. The first prize is usually $10,000. These prizes provide incentives to grandmasters to play in small regional tournaments which they would otherwise avoid. The Grand Prix of chess was started in the 1980s by Church's Chicken. As a ...
In December 2021, Yoo tied for 1st place at the 2021 Charlotte Open alongside Grandmasters Titas Stremavičius, Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Tanguy Ringoir, Robby Kevlishvili, and Akshat Chandra with a performance rating of 2603, earning a fourth GM norm. [9] In July 2022, Yoo won the US Junior Chess Championship with 7/9, a point ahead of the field ...
The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. [1] After sixteen games, including four rapid games , Anand retained his title. [ 2 ]