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
Paris Grand Chess Tour 2019 .. Third stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour . Date: July 27 – August 1, 2019 Location: 6 Rue de Tilsitt, 75008, Paris, France Format: 10-player Round Robin July 27-29 Rapid Play : Game in twenty-five (25) minutes, with a ten (10) second delay from move 1.… Continue reading
Quarter finals Pairings: Quarter finals of Moscow GrandPrix FIDE … May 20 2019 Pairings for game 1: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Daniil Dubov Alexander Grischuk vs. Wesley So Wei Yi vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Peter Svidler vs. Radoslaw Wojtaszek The Americans on the Move… Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura Rd one wake… Continue reading
GCT Cote d’Ivoire Blitz /Final With 2 rounds to spare Magnus Carlsen Wins the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour. It is his 4th tournament victory this year.. [Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, Grenke and now GCT Abidjan] Carslen also gets his NO.1 spot back in all three Chess Categories… Continue reading
GCT Cote d’Ivoire Rapids /Rd 4-6 Day 2 of Rapids Carlsen leads by 2 points with 10/12. Back to back victories.. In the 4th round he defeated Karjakin, then MVL in the 5th.. Round 6 draws with Veselin Topalov .. Rd5 Carslen -Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3… Continue reading
GCT Cote d’Ivoire Rapids /Rd1-3 After three rounds of rapid play, Magnus Carlsen and Wei Yi lead with 5/6. Magnus Carlsen starts the day off fighting , winning Round 1 against Wesley So then beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 2 with a feisty Sicilian defense.. Rd2 Nepomniachtchi – Carlsen… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis There were three decisive games in the final round of the U.S. Chess Championship 2019. Hikaru Nakamura played a excellent fighting game for a final round. He selected a Dutch Defense as Black; an excellent choice if one either wants, or must… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Scoring: In the Standard play games, a win shall score 6 points, a draw 3 points and a loss 0 points. In the Rapid games, a win shall score 4 points, a draw 2 points and a loss 0 points. In the Blitz… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Both the leaders and the runner-ups drew their games today. That once again puts the results of both matches in the hands of Rapids and Blitz. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could win a Classical Chess game under classical time controls?… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Nakamura and Vachier-Legrave are in the Finals. Caruana and Aronian are battling for a Third Place payoff. Two Classical Games today – and – both drawn. [Event “London Chess Classic / Classical”] [Site “?”] [Date “2018.12.15”] [Round “9”] [White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]… Continue reading
