Dec. 31 2020 The Last Blitz and King’s Gambit of 2020.. I look forward in playing more and hopefully better Chess in “21”.. It’s only fitting to win against an opponent who sports a 2100 rating .. [Event “GameKnot Blitz”] [Time: 5 min + 15 sec] [Date “2020.12.31”] … Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invite /Rd5 Day 1 Attack of the Underdogs…..”FOR 3 “.. swish.. GIRI over Carlsen… Game 1 Draw Game 3 Draw Game 4 Draw oops..25. f3 Nxd3+ G/2 Carlsen – Giri 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5.… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Rd3 Day 2 Ding Liren moves to 3rd place defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2points) .. in the Tie Break. Game 1 Draw Game 2 Draw Game 3 Draw Game 4 Draw G/5 Ding – Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 1. d4 d5… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Rd2 Day 2 Nepomniachtchi ! Earned two points. In “Must Win” games.. Down 2-1 Game 1 MVL Game 2 Draw Game 3 Draw Game 4 Nepomniachtchi G/4 Vachier-Lagrave – Nepomniachtchi 0-1 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6… Continue reading
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational/Day Two Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3 – Anish Giri 1 Game 1 started MVL [White] 1.d4 which is not his normal play and even doubted by his choice of his opening. The middlegame looked drawish yet MVL kept pushing and securing the full point in a great… 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
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
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
Altibox Norway Chess 2019/Blitz French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins the 7th Altibox Norway Chess .. Blitz Winning 3 in a row and going undefeated with White 4.5/5 and beating Magnus with Black . [Good Day] Carlsen Gambits .. Going in to the last round needing a win half point behind MVL … 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
