The United States Chess Federation, the governing body of competitive chess, gave him a rating of 2,201 after the Dec. 11 match. A rating of 2,200 qualifies a player as a “national master.”

MANILA, Philippines – Woman Fide Master (WFM) Rulp Ylem Jose bagged a bronze medal in the just concluded 2010 Grand Asian Chess Championship (GACC) in University of Malaya (UM) Second College in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday. Jose, a member of the reigning multi-titled UAAP chess champion Far Eastern University (FEU), settled for a draw [...]

Sports Clarendon Chess Open this weekend Saturday, December 18, 2010 The Clarendon Chess Association, in association with the Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF), will stage the eighth annual Clarendon Chess Open at Glenmuir High School in May Pen, Clarendon this weekend. The event will comprise two tournaments, the Clarendon Chess Gala, which will be rated by [...]

Ryon Jones, Gleaner Writer The Jamaican Chess Federation has been left very upset after the country’s number one rated chess player, Jomo Pitterson, was excluded from the list of ten nominees for the 2010 RJR Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year award. World Chess Federation (FIDE) Master Jomo Pitterson completed a run of over two [...]

 Namibe– At least twenty five citizens are since Tuesday, in Namibe province, attending training on chess, aimed at contributing to the plan of development and  expansion of sports in the region.   With an objective of training and coaches and referees, the four-day seminar is taking place under the protocol signed between the Ministry of [...]