DEC 26 2020 The $200,000 first Major of the Champions Chess Tour will again feature a 3-day preliminary battle, with only the top 8 players going through to the knockout stages that continue into the New Year. Rd1 Grischuk – Nakamura 0-1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3… Continue reading
Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019/Finals Two 25+10 rapid games are played. If still tied, there are two 10+10 games, then two 5+3. Finally, a single Armageddon game is played, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4 (with a 2-second increment from move 61), but Black wins the match with… Continue reading
Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019 The FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix is taking place in the Kehrwieder Theater in Hamburg, Germany. November 5-17 2019. The 16-player knockout is the 3rd of four legs of the 22-player Grand Prix series that will determine two places in the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Each round… Continue reading
2018 Sinquefield Cup/ Rd3 Four Draws Today and One Win with Black.. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Aronian, Levon – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – So, Wesley ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey – Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru – Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Alexander Grischuk joins the leaders with a… Continue reading
Last 2 Qualifiers : To participate in the 2018 Candidates Tournament –: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, overall 340 Grand prix points in the series) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 336,4 grand prix points). The Grand Prix, a series of four Swiss-style tournaments with 24 participants, held this year in Sharjah,… Continue reading
For the Championship Showdown it was Game in 5 minutes (12 games). For Carlsen vs Ding it was Game in 20 minutes (6 games). Dominguez/So So So Draw So So Draw So Dominguez So Draw So Dominguez Caruana/Grischuk Caruana Draw Caruana Grischuk Draw Caruana Draw… Continue reading
[Photo: Austin Fuller] Game In 10 Minutes For The Showdown Carlsen vs Ding – Game In… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Remember The Speed Involved Today – Day 2. The results were all over the place – unfortunately so was the quality of play. Dominguez/So Draw Dominguez Dominguez So Dominguez Draw Caruana/Grischuk Draw Draw Caruana Draw Grischuk Grischuk Nakamura/Topalov Nakamura Draw… Continue reading
The St. Louis Chess Club The first four rounds were played today – Supreme fighting chess throughout. All three matches today were tied going into the fourth round. Nakamura and Dominguez stepped into the lead of their respective matches. Caruana/Grischuk Caruana Draw Grischuk Draw # Name… Continue reading
21st European Teams Championship/Rd8 21st European Teams Championship in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. 27 Oct 2017 – 7 Nov 2017 Swiss System in 9 rounds, with one open section and one section for the women’s teams, each considered as separate competitions. According to ECU and FIDE rules, the time control will be… Continue reading
