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Viktor Láznička
Viktor Láznička (born January 9, 1988, in Pardubice) is a Czech chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. Chess beginnings After learning the game at age six, he progressed quickly to playing junior tournaments and achieved many prize-winning performances in the national championships across the range of age limits. These included wins in the under-10 category (1997) and the under-12 category (1998 and 1999). He also finished second in the under-18 event in 2001. At the European Youth Chess Championship, held in Herceg Novi in 2005, he was a bronze-medallist in the under-18 category. Upon leaving school, he enrolled at the Charles University, Prague, to study Business Administration. Results in international competitions In the early part of Láznička's tournament career, he was a joint winner at Olomouc in 2002 and at Mariánské Lázně in 2003. He was successful in Brno in both 2005 and 2006, the latter when he won the full national Czech Chess Championship, Czech Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardubice
Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Pardubice is known as the centre of industry, which represents an oil refinery or an electronic equipment plant. The city is well known for its sport events, which include the Velká pardubická steeplechase in horse racing, the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in motorcycle racing, and the Czech Open international chess and board games festival. Administrative division Pardubice consists of eight Statutory city (Czech Republic)#Differences of statutory city, self-governing boroughs. In addition, Pardubice consists of 27 municipal parts, whose borders do not respect the boundaries of boroughs (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Pardubice I (20,928) **''Bílé Předměs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary Financial centre, financial and Commercial area, commercial centre of Eastern India, eastern and Northeast India, northeastern India. Kolkata is the list of cities in India by population, seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the List of million-plus agglomerations in India, third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic Bengal, region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Movsesian
Sergei Musheghi Movsesian (; born 3 November 1978) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo. Movsesian played for the Czech Republic for most of his career. Later he represented Slovakia, which offered him citizenship. On December 30, 2010 Movsesian started to represent his ancestral country of Armenia. Career In 1998 Movsesian won the Czech Chess Championship. In 1999, he reached the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship, held in Las Vegas, and lost to Vladimir Akopian by a score of 1½–2½. Movsesian competed in the FIDE World Championship also in 2000, 2002 and 2004. In 2002 and 2007 he won the Slovak Chess Championship. In 2002 Movsesian also became the European blitz chess champion in Panormo, Crete. He won international tournaments in Sarajevo, Bosna (2002 and 2007, both outright), at that time a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020, 2020 and FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021, 2021, with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings. The use of the name "Chess Olympiad" for FIDE's team championship is of historical origin and is not connected to the Olympic Games. Birth of the Olympiad The first Olympiad was unofficial. For the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Olympics an attempt was made to include chess in the Olympic Games but this failed because of problems with distinguishing between amateur and professional players. While the 1924 Summer Olympics was taking place in Paris, the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad also took place in Paris. FIDE was formed on Sunday, July 20, 1924, the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad. FIDE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Open Chess Tournament
The World Open is an annual open chess tournament usually held in Philadelphia. The inaugural event was held in New York in 1973 with 732 players, and was won by Walter Browne. The tournament is divided into different sections, with typically 100–200 players in the top section. The 1986 edition had as many as 1507 participants, arguably a world record for a chess tournament. It is usually played in the first week of July, over Independence Day Weekend. All editions have been organized by the ''Continental Chess Association''. Winners All players finishing equal first are listed; the winners after tie-breaks are boldfaced. : Details * 1973 – The 1st World Open was held from June 30 through July 4 at the Hotel McAlpin (34th Street and Broadway) in Manhattan, New York City. It had a $15,000 prize fund (1st place $2,000), a world record for an open tournament. There was an Open section and a Booster section open to players rated under 1800. It was sponsored by the ''Continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustopeče
Hustopeče (; ) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. It is known for fruit and wine growing. Etymology The name of the town is derived from the name of the nobleman and alleged founder of Hustopeče, named Úsopek. Geography Hustopeče is located about northwest of Břeclav and south of Brno. The northern part of the municipal territory lies within the southern foothills of the Ždánice Forest range and the southern part lies in the Lower Morava Valley lowland. The town lies in the warmest part of the country. History The first written mention of Hustopeče is from 1247. In the 13th century, the area was settled by German colonizators, who brought viticulture here. The German name of Hustopeče ''Auspitz'' was first documented in 1279. From the beginning of the 14th century until 1599, Hustopeče was owned by the Cistercian abbey in Brno. The advantageous location on the border of three countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamplona
Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river, a second-order tributary of the Ebro. Precipitation-wise, it is located in a transitional location between the rainy Atlantic northern façade of the Iberian Peninsula and its drier inland. Early population in the settlement traces back to the late Bronze to early Iron Age, even if the traditional inception date refers to the foundation of by Pompey during the Sertorian Wars circa 75 BC. During Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic rule Pamplona became an episcopal see, serving as a staging ground for the Christianization of the area. It later became one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Navarre, Kingdom of Pamplona/Navarre. The city is famous worldwide for the Running of the Bulls, running of the bulls during the festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiril Georgiev
Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (; born 28 November 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian and Macedonian chess grandmaster, and seven-time Bulgarian Chess Champion. From 2002 to 2004, he was affiliated to the Macedonian Chess Federation, to which he returned in July 2018, after playing under the FIDE banner. Chess career Georgiev first caught the eye of the chess world in 1983, when he became the World Junior Champion with an unusually strong score of 11½ out of 13. This result automatically gave him the International Master title. Two years later, FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title. In the process of becoming the Bulgarian Champion of 1984 (shared), 1986 and 1989, he rapidly became recognised as Bulgaria's number one player, taking over from Ivan Radulov and eventually giving way to Veselin Topalov. He has represented his country at the Chess Olympiad many times, playing on either board 1 or 2. Exceptionally, in 2002 he played for Macedonia, while he was temporarily resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Granda
Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga (born February 25, 1967) is a Peruvian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and four-time champion of the Americas. Career Born in Camaná, he learned how to play chess at the age of five. In 1980 he won the World Youth Chess Championship, World Infant Cup in Mazatlán, Mazatlàn, Mexico. In 1984 Granda won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship in Lima. By the age of 19, he had obtained the title of Grandmaster by the FIDE, the World Chess Federation, after surpassing the chess rating of 2500. He finished 1st with Bent Larsen at Mar del Plata chess tournaments, Mar del Plata 1993. He is a five-time Peruvian Chess Championship, chess champion of Peru, winning in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2002. Granda won the 4th Pan American Chess Championship, American Continental Championship at Santiago de Cali, Cali 2007 on tie-breaking in Swiss system tournaments, tie-break between the five first-place finishers at 8/11. This victory qualified him for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Meier (chess Player)
Georg Meier (born August 26, 1987) is a German-Uruguayan chess grandmaster who represents Uruguay. Chess career Meier competed in the Chess World Cup in 2009, defeating Tigran L. Petrosian in the first round before being eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. In the Chess World Cup 2023, he again reached the second round, defeating Bernardo Roselli in the first round, before losing to Jaime Santos Latasa. In December 2009, Meier tied for 1st–4th places with Julio Granda, Viktor Láznička and Kiril Georgiev in the 19th Magistral Pamplona Tournament. In 2014, he shared second place with Peter Leko in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, which was won by Fabiano Caruana. Meier won the main Grandmaster tournament at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, ahead of Ukrainian Alexander Moiseenko. In team events, he played for Germany in the Chess Olympiad, World Team Chess Championship, European Team Chess Championship and Mitropa Cup. His team won the gold medal in the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Short
Nigel David Short (born 1 June 1965) is an English Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked FIDE world rankings, third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989. In 1993, he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the World Chess Championship 1993, PCA world championship in London, where Kasparov won 12½ to 7½. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to chess. Early life, family, and education Short was born 1 June 1965 in Leigh, Greater Manchester, Leigh, Lancashire. He is the second of three children (all boys) of David and Jean Short. His father was a journalist and his mother was a school secretary. He grew up in Atherton, Greater Manchester, Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Adams (chess Player)
Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and is an eight-time British Chess Champion. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player. Several times a Candidates Tournament, World Championship Candidate, he reached the semifinals in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He reached the final at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, 2004 FIDE Championship, narrowly losing out to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the tie-break games. Adams won the World Senior Chess Championship (Over-50 category) in 2023. Early career Adams was born on 17 November 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, UK. By 1980, his chess talent had been recognised by the British Chess Federation, and he received high-level coaching from former European Junior Chess Championship, European Junior Champion Shaun Taulbut and coaching from local chess champion Michael Prettejohn. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
