DEC 30 2020

DEC 30 2020   An unbelievable day in Airthings Masters Carlsen, Nakamura and So all knocked out in the quarterfinal…   Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters Knockout 2020          Rd2/G3 Dubov- Carlsen 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2… Continue reading

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Day Two

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Day Two   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  3 – Anish Giri 1 Game 1 started MVL  [White] 1.d4 which is not his normal play and even doubted by his choice of his opening.  The middlegame looked drawish yet MVL kept pushing and securing the full point in a great… Continue reading

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational The Magnus Carlsen Invitational from 18 April to 3 May features a $250,000 prize pot and will be broadcast on  chess24, with commentary in nine languages. The 29-year-old and his seven rivals, which include 16-year-old Iranian prodigy Alireza Firouzja, will battle it out in fast-paced “rapid… Continue reading

GCT Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz/Rd1

The 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz the first Grand Chess Tour event ever to be held in Asia. November 22 – 26, 2019 at the National Library of India, Kolkata, India. 10 Player Round Robin with a prize fund of 150,000.. Magnus Carlsen on top of the… Continue reading

Tata Steel Masters 2019 / Round 13 / Final

by National Life Master Loal Davis Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto   Anish Giri versus Magnus Carlsen – Game Drawn   Magnus Carlsen wins the Tata Steel Masters 2019.  He drew his last round game and finished with a half point lead over the rest of the pack.   Richard Rapport… Continue reading