Setup For Rounds 5 & 6 Carlsen vs Caruana 1/2-1/2 [SetUp “1”][FEN “bnnrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNRKQRB w – – 0 1”]1. c4 g6 2. e3 b6 3. Qe2 Nd6 4. d4 Qh6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. b3 Nc6 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7… Continue reading
Today’s Setup Round 3 Caruana vs Carlsen 0-1 [SetUp “1”][FEN “nrbbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBKRQN w – – 0 1”]1. f4 b6 2. f5 f6 3. Nb3 c5 4. d3 d5 5. Ng3 e5 6. fxe6 Qxe6 7. Qf2 O-O 8. O-O Ng6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4… Continue reading
The Fischer Random Chess World Championship takes place from 27.10 – 02.11 in Norway. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi will play the semi finals and finals. The first game on 27th starts at 16.00 UTC. The first game of the other days starts at… Continue reading
60th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP/DAMS 60th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – YAMOUSSOUKRO 2019 Yamoussoukro: capital city of the Ivory Coast, in West Africa. September 14- October 10 2019 Round-robin tournament with 20 players. 19 Rounds 9 wins for now 10 time World Champion Alexander Georgiev’s [GAMES] He went undefeated and his rated opponents… Continue reading
The Barbados Draughts Association and Barbados Checkers and Draughts Federation have won the BID to host the World GAYP Qualifier this year (2019). Consequently, we endeavor to stage a major event entitled: The Barbados World Class Checkers and Draughts Festival which will attract players from countries around the globe and… Continue reading
Fide Grand Swiss IOM/FINAL Wang Hao qualifies for the 2020 Candidates ! Wang wins the FIDE Grand Swiss on tie-breaks over Fabiano Caruana, defeating GM David Howell in the final round.. Rd11 Wang, Hao – Howell, David W L 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2… Continue reading
Fide Grand Swiss IOM/Rd10 Going into the last round, American GM Fabiano Caruana is the leader of with 7½ points. Top 10 Results Rd10 Brd1 Caruana (2812) – Anton Guijarro 1-0 (2674) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+… Continue reading
Fide Grand Swiss IOM /Rd4 4 way tie : The Leaders after 4 rounds . Caruana, Wang ,Mcshane and Maghsoodloo.. Rd4 brd 1 Caruana (2812) – Wang (2726) 1/2-1/2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.… Continue reading
The 2019 World Xiangqi (Chinese chess) championship held at the Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport. DATE : October 7 th – 11 th 2019 LOCATION : Vancouver, Canada Men, Women non-Chinese/Vietnamese players will have individual results and rankings calculated Men Individual will adopt the 9-round swiss system: After the 8th round,… Continue reading
The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. It was held as a round-robin tournament with the exception of… Continue reading
