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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
Longest game. The longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was Nikolić–Arsović, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a drawn game. [ 1][ 2] At the time this game was played, FIDE had modified the fifty-move rule to allow 100 moves to be played without a piece being ...
List of World Chess Championships. Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship. The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for ...
The Michigan Open is the Michigan state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Michigan section of the PGA of America . It has been played annually since 1916 at a variety of courses around the state.
Individual tournaments. AVRO 1938 chess tournament. Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament. Berlin 1881 chess tournament. Berlin 1897 chess tournament. Bled 1931 chess tournament. Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament. Cambridge Springs 1904 chess tournament. Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament Carlsbad.
Title. Grandmaster (2009) FIDE rating. 2400 (August 2024) Peak rating. 2563 (January 2006) Benjamin Philip Finegold (born September 6, 1969) is an American chess grandmaster and YouTuber / Twitch streamer. He had previously been nicknamed the "strongest International Master in the United States" until receiving his Grandmaster (GM) title in 2009.
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
Vivan Mulay, a 9-year-old chess champion, practices strategy and moves, Aug. 6, 2024. He will be representing the U.S. for the World Cadet Chess Tournament in Italy this November. When he's not ...