April 1 2021 sorry for not keeping up with post …I will do better this Month..now that we have the Candidates to look forward too. Candidates Tournaments Place:Yekaterinburg, Russia Start: 19-Apr-2021 End: 28-Apr-2021 The 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, the biennial 8-player event that decides who will be the Challenger for the World… Continue reading
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
The 2020 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess double round-robin tournament played in Yekaterinburg, Russia, from 15 March to 5 April 2020. The winner will earn the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, in the World Chess Championship 2020 match in December The time… Continue reading
