2020 U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS : History made!! Congrats to GM Joel Benjamin who just became the first trifecta (U.S. Junior, U.S. Champion, & U.S. Senior) winner in USChess history!! 🏆🏆🏆 #USJuniorsChess #USSeniorsChess #USChessChamps pic.twitter.com/iVkvEHp0sd — Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub) October 19, 2020  Rd9 Getz, Shelby – Benjamin,… Continue reading
STL CHESS CLUB ON LINE CHESS 960..CHAMPIONS SHOWDOWN Games will start daily at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) from September 11-13 with expert commentary featuring GM’s Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch live on uschesschamps.com or on STLChessClub’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels. Check out the recap of day 1 of… Continue reading
 For those who seek a “3000” rating  STOCK FISH XII is now.. In the swim. Rating JCER – 01-09-2020 3294 – Stockfish 20052607 3272 – Raubfisch GTZ21c 32331 – Sugar NN 1.1 3143 – Ethereal 12.2713 3136 – Komodo 11.01 free 3106 – Fire 7.1 3097 – Excalibur 3091… Continue reading
Round 3 of the Magnus Carlsen On – Line Chess Tour Grand Final benefiting KIVA Nakamura takes the lead ..again. Its a been a back and forth event ..another thriller decided by tie -breaking blitz.. [3.5-2.5]    Nakamura – Carlsen 0-1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.… Continue reading
chess24 Legends of Chess On-Line Tournament August 3-5 2020 Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen in the Finals of the chess24 Legends of Chess. Top prize $45,000 Carlsen victorious in Day One .. going into tie breaks/ Armageddon. G/1 Nepomniachtchi – Carlsen 0-1 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4… Continue reading
The Chessable Masters/Final Another On – Line Tourney Win for the Champ.. Magnus Carlsen defeats Anish Giri in the Chessable Master Final.. The Score today one win with three draws. The win was all he needed.. Day 2 /G1  Carlsen – Giri 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.… Continue reading
The Chessable Masters /A Group Day 1 The Chessable Masters is the third On – Line event in the $1 million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. The 12-player $150,000 tournament features the world’s top 6 players, 8 of the Top 10, six of the Candidates including Teimour Radjabov ,the Lindores Abbey… Continue reading
Today, the government of the Russian Federation announced that starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other countries without indicating any time frames. FIDE can not continue the tournament without guarantees for the players’ and officials’ safe and timely return home. In this situation and on… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Maxime Vachier-Lagrave There was a single decisive game in the seventh round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. This was an important win. Playing White, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat the tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi in a French Defense. This makes it a two-way tie… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto There were two decisive games in the sixth round of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Nepomniachtchi is now a full point in the lead. [Event “Candidates Chess Tournament 2020”] [Site “?”] [Date “2020.03.23”] [Round “6”] [White “Nepomniachtchi, Ian”] [Black… Continue reading
