GM Alexander Donchenko is а 17-years-old chess prodigy with Elo rating 2567. The young German Grandmaster has already taken a 2700′s scalp when he defeated Arkadij Naiditsch in May. The next target for him is to crush the 2600 barrier.
It may be the German super promise to do in 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival, where he will make a very interesting starting this year.
Fabiano Caruana, who is back again on the U.S. rating list, emerged a convincing winner of the 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Meeting elite chess tournament, which took place from June 27 to July 5, at the NRW Orchestra Centre in Dortmund, Germany.
After a very successful first edition of International Etna tournament in Nicolosi (CT), in December, a new event – 6th International Terre degli Elimi Tournament will be organized this summer by Alessandro Monaco and his chess club “Amici della Scacchiera” (Chessboard Friends) on the west side of the Sicily island in Erice.
Th main Open A had 85 participants from 19 countries, including 12 Grandmasters and 19 International Masters. Grandmaster Salvador Del Rio De Angelis took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points to claim the top prize of 1200 EUR.