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Philippine chessers bag 4 golds in Singapore

Philippine chessers bag 4 golds in SingaporeBy Jasmine W. PayoPhilippine Daily Inquirer6:49 pm | Sunday, January 1st, 2012The Philippines struck for four gold medals on top of a silver and four bronzes in the Singapore International Chess Festival at t…

8th Singapore FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainers’ Titles

8th Singapore FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainers’ Titles The Singapore Chess Federation’s 8th International Chess Festival 2011 kicked off today with the 8th Singapore FIDE Trainers’ Seminar. Four official trainers’ titles may be awar…

Singapore Open 2011

Singapore Open 2011Celebrating The SCF 50th Anniversary. Part of the 8th Singapore International Chess Festival 2011. See also 2nd ASEAN Chess Championships 2011 – Campomanes Cup. 1. OrganisationThis event is organised by Singapore Chess Federatio…

2nd ASEAN Chess Championships 2011 – Campomanes Cup

2nd ASEAN Chess Championships 2011 – Campomanes Cup1. OrganisationThis event is organised by Singapore Chess Federation under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation and Singapore Sports Council. 2. EligibilityOnly players from ASEAN member F…

Malaysia wins Singapore-Malaysia Chess Challenge

Friday January 7, 2011Malaysia wins Singapore-Malaysia Chess ChallengeCHESSQUAH SENG SUNIt was a neck-and-neck race at the recent Singapore-Malaysia Chess Challenge 2010.SO what did you do at the turn of the decade? Me, I went to Singapore. I went ther…

Singapore International Chess Festival 2010

Singapore International Chess Festival 2010 – Closing CeremonyIn a simple prize presentation ceremony, winners were awarded their respective medals and cash prizes from the organizers bringing down the curtains to the successful 7th Singapore Interna…

Record Entries for 7th Singapore International Chess Festival 2010

Record Entries for 7th Singapore International Chess Festival 2010With barely 6 days to go before the 1st round of the Festival is played, the organizers have already received a record number of 420 entries from 19 other countries besides host nation, …

Singapore International Chess Festival

Singapore International Chess Festival (SICF) 2010 features 6 events of regional and world level.The 1st Asean Chess Championships 2010 will have two categories, Open & Women. It takes place from 26-30 Dec over 9 rounds. It is a prestigious event w…

Singapore International Chess Festival 2010

Singapore International Chess Festival 2010 welcomes all participants!This year Festival will see the introduction of the International Youth Chess Championships (for Open/Girls’ Under 8, 11, 14 & 17) and the ASEAN Championships, including, of co…

Promoting chess in Singapore

Grandmaster Garry Kasparov promotes chess in Singapore(contributed by Alvin Ong and Christopher Lim)Following the successful organisation of Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov visit to Singapore on 17 July 2010, the Chess is for Everybody in Singapore (CES) mo…

Clash over chess

Aug 13, 2010Clash over chessBy Nicholas YongON ONE side of the chessboard is a small, newly formed, informal group who call themselves Chess Is For Everybody In Singapore (CES).Facing them is the more than six-decadeold Singapore Chess Federation, whic…

Chess is for Everybody in Singapore

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Singapore, 2 August 2010 (Monday)

First ever visit by Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov

The 13th World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, will be in Singapore on 15th August 2010 (Sunday) to play in exhibition blitz …


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