The Magnus Carslen Invitational/Semi Final Day One of the Semi – Finals American Showdown .. Hikaru Nakamura defeats Fabiano Caruana in Tie Breaks and becomes one of the finalist for May 3rd. Game 1 Tie Break Caruana – Nakamura 0-1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Rd3 Day 1 Carlsen moves into first place earning the full 3 points defeating Fabiano Caruana, winning games 1 and 2 then drawing games 3 and 4 . G/1 Caruana – Carlsen 0-1 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Rd2 Day 1 Magnus Carlsen scored a Full 3 points defeating Alireza Firouzja in their 4 game match 2.5-1.5 Game 1 Carslen Game 2 Firouzja Game 3 Carlsen Game 4 Draw G/1 Carlsen – Firouzja 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Day One Rounds 1-4 Day One Round 1 Ding Liren takes the lead .. defeating Alireza Firouzja 2.5- 1.5 Rd 1 Draw Rd 3 Draw Rd 4 Draw Rd2 Firouzja – Ding 0-1 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.… Continue reading
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 /Rapids Final: Last Day of Rapid play in The 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Round 9 ends with Magnus Carslen in the lead. Four points behind in Second is Hikaru Nakamura. The next two days will be 18 rounds of Blitz (shorter… Continue reading
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
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
