Malleswar Rao wins the 1st M.G.R International FIDE Rated Chess League Tournament.

J Malleswara Rao won the  1st M.G.R International FIDE Rated Chess League Tournament held at Salem from 11th to 14th October 2010 by scoring 8.5 pts out of a possible 10.


The following players tied for the second spot by scoring 8 points: 

2 Dhar Rajib
3 Sahu Vikramaditya
4 Ravi Teja S
5 Prasannaa S
6 Linda Rangarajan

7 WIM Meera Sai
for details see the link below.
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr39100.aspx?ix=1&art=4&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000&turdet=YES

Hemant Sharma is the new National U-25 Champion.

Hemant Sharma of Delhi won the National U-25 Championship held at Chandigarh from 12th to 18th October 2010. For details see the link below.
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr39137.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000

Ukraine wins Chess Olympiad 2010

Silver medal for Russia, bronze for Israel
The national men team of Ukraine became gold medalist of the 39 th World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, and Moiseenko won the gold medal in the open section. Second place is for Russia, third is for Israel. Read more

Russian women secure first gold in Khanty-Mansiysk

Winning their tenth match 4-0 against Bulgaria, the Russian women team have secured their first Olympic gold medal with a round to spare. In the open section Ukraine still leads by a point before the last round, which will be played on Sunday.Full story