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2017 In Chess
This article details the year of 2017 with respect to the game of chess. Major chess-related events that took place in 2017 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 knockout tournament, the Chess World Cup, the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and the abolishing of the consecutiveness requirement within the fivefold repetition rule. 2017 tournaments This is a list of significant 2017 chess tournaments: Deaths * Hans Berliner (27 January 1929 – 13 January 2017), American International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and World Correspondence Chess Championship, World Correspondence Chess Champion (1965–1968). * Arthur Bisguier (8 October 1929 – 5 April 2017), American Grandmaster, United States Chess Championship, United States Champion in 1954, two-time US Junior Champion, three-time U.S. Open Chess Championship, US Open Champion and five-time Olympian. * Enver Bukić (2 December 1937 – 22 February 2017), Slovenian Grandmaster * Algimantas Butnorius (20 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 39 people and injuring 79 others. * January 8 – 2017 Jerusalem truck attack: A Palestinian assailant entered the road where the Israeli defense forces were located with a truck, killing 4 people and injuring 15 others. * January 16 – Turkish Airlines Flight 6491, a cargo flight en route from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, crashes in a residential area while attempting to land at Manas International Airport, Bishkek, killing all four crew members on board and 35 people on the ground. * January 19 – 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches a ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia, military intervention in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
