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
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
Grand Chess Tour Final 2019 Ding Liren Winner of the 2019 GCT Finals London Finals : Ding Liren – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave [Classical Play] G/2 Ding – Vachier-Lagrave 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3… Continue reading
GCT London Chess Classic/Rd1 The 2019 GCT Finals London: Olympia Conference Centre Fri 29th Nov to Sun 8th Dec 2019. First Classical Game started December 2. The Semi-finals feature the 4 top players from the seven regular season tour events with each match consisting of classical, rapid and blitz games. … 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
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
