Today, the government of the Russian Federation announced that starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other countries without indicating any time frames. FIDE can not continue the tournament without guarantees for the players’ and officials’ safe and timely return home. In this situation and on… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Maxime Vachier-Lagrave There was a single decisive game in the seventh round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. This was an important win. Playing White, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat the tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi in a French Defense. This makes it a two-way tie… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto There were two decisive games in the sixth round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Nepomniachtchi is now a full point in the lead. [Event “Candidates Chess Tournament 2020”] [Site “?”] [Date “2020.03.23”] [Round “6”] [White “Nepomniachtchi, Ian”] [Black… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Images at post end courtesy of Derrick Bartotto Ian Nepomniachtchi There was a single decisive game in the fifth round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. This victory put Nepomniachtchi in the lead. Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 Date “2020.03.22” Round… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto All games were drawn in the fourth round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament https://www.fide.com/news/347 Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Ding Liren, who lost his first two rounds, takes out Fabiano Caruana in the third round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. His game is lightly annotated below. “Candidates Chess Tournament 2020” Date “2020.03.19” Round “3” White “Ding, Liren” Black “Caruana,… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Fabiano Caruana The second round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament featured two fine White wins by Caruana (annotated below) and Vachier-Lagrave. Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 Date “2020.03.18” Round “2” White “Caruana, Fabiano” Black “Alekseenko, Kirill” 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6… Continue reading
There were two decisive games in the first round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. The winner of this tourney will be the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship. Both games were played with the English Opening and hard fought Black wins; a nice… Continue reading
Radjabov’s statement first appeared on AzeriSport.com. Here it is translated into English: “From March 15 to April 5, 2020, I was supposed to participate in the Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia. As you know, there is currently a growing epidemic of the coronavirus worldwide. The World Health… Continue reading
Fabiano Caruana A single victory shines in the last (13th) round of the Tata Steel 2020 Masters tournament. That win goes to the tournament winner, Fabiano Caruana. He had already won the tournament with a round to spare, but as every other game was drawn, Fabiano wins by… Continue reading
