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World Blitz Championship Qualifying Tournament

The 2012 World Blitz Championship qualifying tournament will be held at the Russian State Social University (V.Pika st., 4) on Monday, February 6th.The competition consists of 11 rounds of Swiss system with time control 3 minutes per game with addition…

Laurent Fressinet impressive in the IdF Blitz International

Laurent Fressinet impressive in the IdF Blitz InternationalThe Paris IdF Blitz International was held on 22nd January at the Halle Carpentier. A large crowd of 393 players gathered to participate in the event’s 6th edition.French national player and …

Sahran Gashimov brings the major surprise at Donostia blitz

Sahran Gashimov brings the major surprise at Donostia blitzThe Donostia Chess Festival, the main event of which was won by Andrei Volokitin, continued this weekend with a blitz event. It counted with strong participation, including 3 GMs over 2700 ELO …

FIDE "First" for Hastings

FIDE “First” for Hastings The world’s first ever FIDE-rated Blitz tournament will take place at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings on Monday 2nd January.FIDE are starting to collect rating information from blitz and rapidplay games starting 1 January 2…

FIDE "First" for Hastings

FIDE “First” for Hastings The world’s first ever FIDE-rated Blitz tournament will take place at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings on Monday 2nd January.FIDE are starting to collect rating information from blitz and rapidplay games starting 1 January 2…

Merry Christmas from OnlineChessLessons.NET

The Latest From Our Chess BlogLAST DAY TO BUY CLASSES: Christmas Chess Special – 5 Classes for only $25 each. Only available till Dec 25th!Posted on December 4, 2011 by William in Non-Chess relatedThe holidays are around the corner and I wanted to ma…

London Giant Blitz

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Maxime Vachier- Lagrave: France get gold in blitz!

Maxime Vachier- Lagrave: France get gold in blitz! Maxime gained the first Gold medal for France here in the blitz event, competing with such famous players as Alexander Grischuk and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov!We had this interview with him after his las…

The Latest from OnlineChessLessons.NET

Debunking Five Myths about ChessPosted on November 19, 2011 by Laura 1) Chess is for nerds: Not so! One of the greatest things about the sport is that it attracts people from all walks of life. Whenever I played in tournaments I was always amazed at ho…

Live Blitz on ICC with William

Original article on Live ICC with William available on William’s site. Follow William for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLessNational Chess Master Will Stewart is a Chess Tutor who maintains a daily updated Chess Blog with videos. Interface…

FIDE Rapid and blitz rating lists

Rapid and blitz rating lists The Executive Board meeting in Krakow approved the launch of “Rapid” and “Blitz” rating lists in 2012. We hope that all federations will take note of the regulations regarding these lists, and that they will ensure that …

Robson blindfold blitz (on his 17th birthday) versus Trey Modlin

Ray Robson (on his 17th birthday 10-25-2011) taking on Trey Modlin (1900) in a 3 minute blindfold blitz game. A must watch!Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

SPICE Cup Party

After the SPICE Cup B and C group finished, the players of all three groups enjoyed a nice meal together. The prize giving ceremony took place after the party, followed by a blitz championship where all three groups play in one big section. Stay tuned…

Magnus wins Bilbao with Blitz Playoff

[Event "Bilbao 2011"][Site "?"][Date "2011.10.11"][Round "12"][White "V. Ivanchuk (UKR)"][Black "M. Carlsen (NOR)"][Result "0-1"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Qe7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. b3 c5 1…

Kasparov 4.5 – 3.5 Short

Round White Black Result PGN 1 Garry Kasparov – Nigel Short 1/2-1/2 pgn 2 Nigel Short – Garry Kasparov 1/2-1/2 pgn 3 Garry Kasparov – Nigel Short 1/2-1/2 pgn 4 Nigel Short – Garry Kasparov 0-1 pgn 5 Garry Kasparov – Nigel Short 1-0 pgn 6 Nigel Short -…

Chess Coach William Update | Guest Video by IM Daniel Naroditsky

Remember how I played a game against Daniel Naroditsky a while back. Well here is his commentary on the same game!Here is my original commentary:Original article on Daniel Naroditsky plays chess against William Stewart available here. Follow William fo…

Live Blitz on ICC with NM Stewart – Grunfeld

NM William Stewart a Chess Coach, who maintains a frequently updated Chess Blog as well. Follow William:

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More big names knocked out in rapid playoff

World Cup round 1 rapid / blitz playoff

Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1 0 ½ 1 2.5 Di Berardino, Diego Rafae (BRA)01½0 1.5
Cori, Jorge (PER) 0 1 0 ½ 1.5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)101½ 2.5
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 0 1.5 Felgaer, …

Live Blitz RapidChess on ICC – William Stewart vs. EEKarf (BONUS GAME!)

By Chess Tutor and Chess Coach William Stewart

Watch this game as William plays eekarf! Also there is a bonus inside!

By Chess Coach Will Stewart (USCF 2256, FIDE 2234). Follow William on Facebook and Twitter

Live Blitz Chess Game – Grandmaster vs. FIDE Master

By Kazim Gulamali of OnlineChessLessons.NET”>In this game FM Kazim Gulamali plays are a grandmaster. Does he win? Find out :-) Follow us on Facebook and TwitterChess daily news from Susan Polgar

Live Blitz on ICC with FM Kazim Gulamali – Scheveningen Defense

In this game, Kazim Gulamali dominates his opponent by using the Scheveningen Defense. Please enjoy this great video of our blitz series. For more then 80 other free videos, please check out our YouTube Chess ChannelChess daily news from Susan Polgar

Live Blitz on ICC with William Stewart – Nimzo Indian

In this live ICC blitz game William uses the Nimzo Indian open and manages to win after being down in time trouble, just in the neck of time.By Chess Coach Will Stewart. For the chess video along with the interactive PGN, please visit William’s site.Ch…

Live Blitz on ICC with a Chess Master – Will’s 3rd Live Blitz Video

By Chess Tutor William StewartIn this video national master William Stewart plays a live chess blitz video against another strong player using the classic Sicilian. An excellent example of the Sicilian Defense and an interesting video.For the original …

Chess Learning Video with KingsCrusher

Video by British CM Tryfon Gavriel check out his YouTube ChannelIn this hour long video Kingscrusher plays a 10 game blitz match against a formidable opponent. Enjoy.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Live ICC Blitz Chess Video – Grandmaster Vs. National Master

By Chess Coach William StewartOriginal Article on Will’s Live Blitz Chess Video available on his site with an interactive PGN!In this game I played a live ICC Blitz game against a Grandmaster who I beat on time, although I was still easily ahead. The g…

Live ICC Blitz Chess Video – Grandmaster Vs. National Master

By Chess Coach William StewartOriginal Article on Will’s Live Blitz Chess Video available on his site with an interactive PGN!In this game I played a live ICC Blitz game against a Grandmaster who I beat on time, although I was still easily ahead. The g…

Live Blitz Game on ICC with FM Kazim Gulamali

In this live blitz video by FM Kazim Gulamali makes a quick comeback after being in a particularly tough position in the end-game. Please enjoy, expect more soon.Full article with interactive PGN available here.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2011

European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships 2011 Saturday, 02 July 2011 05:33 Lithuanian Chess Federation and sports and art club “Juoda balta” invites all European Chess Federations affiliated to ECU to participate in the European Youth …

Having fun with Fischer Random – Chess 960

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Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…

Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…

Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…

Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…

Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…

Unstoppable!

IMMEDIATE RELEASEHIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 1ST ICC OPENThe world #8 (and now #6 on the live ratings), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the USA made a triumphant return to his first love of online blitz at the weekend by winning the first prize of $600 in the 1st ICC O…


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