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
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto There were two decisive games in the second round of the U.S. Championship 2019. [Event “US Chess Championship 2019”] [Site “?”] [Date “2019.03.21”] [Round “2”] [White “Sevian, Samuel (USA)”] [Black “Liang, Awonder (USA)”] [Result “1-0”] [PlyCount “153”] [EventDate “2019.03.20”] [SourceDate “2019.03.21”]… Continue reading
Round 1 Games and Results A bloody start to the Challengers section.. 7 decisive games Anne Haast 2391 – Jorden van Foreest 2541 : 0-1 (37) Sicilian 5…Bd7 Mikhail Antipov 2567 – Ju Wenjun 2548 : 0-1 (37) Sicilian 3.b3 Alexey Dreev 2644 – Benjamin Bok 2607 : 1-0… Continue reading
Lake Sevan-2015 International Chess Tournament The Chess Academy of Armenia under the auspices of Armenian Chess Federation is organizing the annual “Lake Sevan 2015” International Chess Tournament from 11 to 21 July, 2015 in Martuni, Armenia. It is a FIDE 15th category round robin tournament with 10 participants. … Continue reading
Tata Steel 2015 Rd 10 (Challengers) GO USA…. Battle of the Sams..Now in 4 and 5 th place { Shankland still undefeated} vs Rd 10 GM Shankland [2652] – GM Sevian [2511] 1/2 -1/2 [Event “77th Tata Steel GpB”] [Site “Wijk aan Zee NED”] [Date “2015.01.21”] [Round “10”] [White “Shankland,… Continue reading
Tata Steel {Challenger} Rd/4 update : U.S. Teenage phenom GM Samuel Sevian scores his first full point.. GM Sam Shankland stays undefeated with his 4th draw and holds 2 points and stays in the middle of the pack .. Round 5 – Thursday the 15th Navara, D.… Continue reading
