Radjabov Withdraws: Teimour Radjabov has informed FIDE about his decision to withdraw from the Candidates Tournament, citing personal reasons. The Grandmaster from Azerbaijan had qualified for the Candidates by winning the 2019 World Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiysk. Radjabov will be replaced following the procedure described in the Article 2.1.E of… 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
Fide women’s world chess championship/Final The final score of the match was 6-6 in 12 classical chess games. The Title Match then moved in to tie break phase with 4 rapid games. If the score remained tied, 2 blitz games. If still tied, again 2 blitz games; this procedure… Continue reading
Fide women’s world chess championship/rd8 The second half of the match is underway in Vladivostok, Russia. Александра ! The Russian challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina scores a full point and takes the lead with four games remaining. Queen’s Gambit Rd 8 Goryachkina (2578) – Ju (2584) 1-0 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3.… Continue reading
FIDE Women World Chess Championship/Round 1 Round one played in Shanghai,China ended in a draw.The opening was a Queen’s Gambit Decline. The game lasted 5 1/2 hours 97 moves Rd1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Ju, Wenju 1/2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3… Continue reading
FIDE women’s world chess championship:
January 3-26 China and Russia.Challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina against Defending champ Ju Wenjun Continue reading
FIDE King Salman World Rapid Championship/Final Board 1 Round 15 No.1 and No.3 … Carlsen goes undefeated and becomes 3x World Champion in Rapid Chess. Carlsen’s first World Title in Rapids play was in 2014 and then 2015. He also holds the No.1 rating [Rapid] Top 10 Rapids Final [15… Continue reading
FIDE King Salman World Rapid/Blitz Championships.Moscow Russia Dec 25-30 2019 Day one there are 5 leaders with 4,5/5 in the Open section:Wang Hao (2748) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2752) Ilia Smirin (2584) Jan Krzysztof Duda (2751) Leinier Dominguez (2755) World Champion Magnus Carlsen 4/5. Official Site :https://wrbc2019.com/ Continue reading
The FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Jerusalem held in the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center from December 11 to 23. The tournament has a knock-out format with 16 players at the start. To win a Grand Prix, a player has to defeat opponents in four rounds. Game One : Ian Nepomniachtchi… 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
