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
Fide Grand Swiss IOM/FINAL Wang Hao qualifies for the 2020 Candidates ! Wang wins the FIDE Grand Swiss on tie-breaks over Fabiano Caruana, defeating GM David Howell in the final round.. Rd11 Wang, Hao – Howell, David W L 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2… Continue reading
Fide Grand Swiss IOM/Rd10 Going into the last round, American GM Fabiano Caruana is the leader of with 7½ points. Top 10 Results Rd10 Brd1 Caruana (2812) – Anton Guijarro 1-0 (2674) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+… Continue reading
Fide Grand Swiss IOM /Rd4 4 way tie : The Leaders after 4 rounds . Caruana, Wang ,Mcshane and Maghsoodloo.. Rd4 brd 1 Caruana (2812) – Wang (2726) 1/2-1/2 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.… Continue reading
Chess.com Isle of Man International 2019 MASTERS – MAJORS – MINORS The $433,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament .. strongest Swiss tournament in history. 8th October Arrival 9th… Continue reading
2019 FIDE World Cup /Final Chinese No.1 and No.3 in the World Ding Liren falls short claiming the Cup ….. Again (2017, Tbilisi.) For the second time he claims the Silver Prize.. World Cup Winner ! GM Teimur Radjabov No. 2 in Azerbaijan and Now No.9 in the world rankings.… Continue reading
30th NATO Chess Championship 2019/Rd1 The 30th Edition of the NATO Chess Tournament in Now underway… 16 Sept 2019 – 20 Sept 2019 Swiss Standard 120 min/40 moves + 30 min. QPF Round 2 Pairing Top 10 boards GO U.S.A. ! Rd1 St.Gilbert -Wang 0-1 1.… Continue reading
2019 FIDE World Cup /Rd2″ Five American players advance to Round 2 … “Game One ” they combine a score of 1.5/5 [YIKES] [ Sam Shankland lost in tiebreaks Rd1 ] Rd2/G1 Abasov, Nijat – Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2 -1/2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6… Continue reading
2019 FIDE WORLD CUP/Rd1: 2019 FIDE World Cup Sept. 9 – Oct. 4 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Knock-out tournament, seven (7) rounds. The first six (6) rounds are played with two (2) games matches. The Final and the Match for 3 rd place consist of four (4) games. Round 1: 128… Continue reading
Riga Grand Prix 2019 : The second stage of the FIDE Grand Prix July 11 – 25 in the Latvian capital Riga. 16 grandmasters take part in the competition, which will be held on the knockout system. The opponents will play two games with classical time control. In case of… Continue reading
