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Chess Informant (Šahovski Informator) is a publishing company that periodically produces a book of the same name, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings, Opening Monographs, other print publications, and software (including electronic editions of most print publications).
Aleksandar Matanović and Milivoje Molerović founded the company in 1966 for the purpose of offering the rest of the world the sort of access to chess information enjoyed by Soviet players. The company has sold three million books in 150 countries.
Click here for the new Chess Informant site
Click here for the old site which still has lot of information
ChessBase has started a new feature named Master Moves where Tactical positions from recent Grandmaster practise are given with solutions
The Reykjavik District Court gave a judgement that Miyoko Watai is the legal heir of the late Bobby Fischer. This brings an end to months of controversy over who would inherit Fischer's estate.
Miyoko Watai submitted documents to the court that she and Fischer were legally married on September 6, 2004. She is a pharmacist and also the chairperson of the Japanese Chess Association. She has said she and Fischer first met in Japan in 1973.
Read a detailed report on IcelandReview
The third column from the right, WR, is the worst of four results, which is ignored for the final count of points (i.e. the Grand Prix final total is the sum of the three best tournaments).
Koneru Humpy of India won the Womens Grand Prix at Doha in an exciting finish. She tied with Elina Damielian of Armenia but won the title on better tie-break score.
Humpy did not start well and lost to Nana Dzagnidze in the very first round. On the contrary Elina was going great with 5 wins in 5 rounds. In the critical 8th round, Humpy defeated Elina to keep her chances alive of winning the event. With some luck and a final round win, Humpy pulled it off, thereby earning the right to challenging the reigning women's world champion Hou Yifan of China.
The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a series of special tournaments organized by FIDE and Global Chess with six events over 2 years in various countries around the world. The winner of each tournament gets 6,500 Euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 Euros, and the overall winner of the series will win a further 15,000 Euros at the end of the series. The Doha event was the 6th of the current series.
Official Tournament Page
All reports of this event on ChessBase & TWIC
Download all games of Doha GP in PGN
Chess Informant (Šahovski Informator) is a publishing company that periodically produces a book of the same name, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings, Opening Monographs, other print publications, and software (including electronic editions of most print publications).
