by National Life Master Loal Davis Remember The Speed Involved Today – Day 2. The results were all over the place – unfortunately so was the quality of play. Dominguez/So Draw Dominguez Dominguez So Dominguez Draw Caruana/Grischuk Draw Draw Caruana Draw Grischuk Grischuk Nakamura/Topalov Nakamura Draw… Continue reading
The St. Louis Chess Club The first four rounds were played today – Supreme fighting chess throughout. All three matches today were tied going into the fourth round. Nakamura and Dominguez stepped into the lead of their respective matches. Caruana/Grischuk Caruana Draw Grischuk Draw # Name… Continue reading
Altibox Norway Chess 2017/Blitz: World No .1 Magnus Carlsen dominates with 7.5/9 and with a performance rating of 3069 .Finished a full two-points over Nakamura and Aronian….. Rd1 Carlsen -Nakamura 1/2- 1/2 1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Congratulations to Wesley So the 2017 United States Chess Champion. There were two playoff games played at a rapid pace; the first was won by Wesley and the second was a draw. Major congratulations are also in order for Alexander Onischuk… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Wesley So Alexander Onischuk Varuzhan Akobian It is now a three way tie for first place going into the last round of the U.S. Championship for 2017. Varuzhan Akobian, Alexander Onischuk, and Wesley So are all tied… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Wesley So There was one decisive game in Round Four from the hand of Wesley So; you can just call him Mister Squeeze. To pull this off against Alexander Onischuk, Mister Solid, is really something to see. Wesley is now in First… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Wesley So The first round of the U.S. Championship for 2017 contained two decisive games and were well played. Wesley So had a very nice crushing game against Shabalov, but I think it would fair to state that Shabalov did it to… Continue reading
STL ARCHBISHOPS CHAMPS 2017 2017 Pro Chess League Champions Saint Louis Archbishops Saint Louis Arch Bishops defeats Norway Gnomes 9-7 in the 4th round. The team also wins $20,000 for 1st place.. Wesley So (MVP) went 3-1 his 2nd loss this season came in the last round facing World Champion Magnus… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. Wesly So Enroute To His Last Round Victory – Winning The Tournament Wesley So finished off the 79th Tata Steel Masters Tournament with a fine win, winning the tournament by a full point ahead of Magnus Carlsen who drew his last round… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Sergey Karjakin Karjakin played the White pieces against Van Wely’s Pirc Defense arriving at a position where White was slightly better, but then made a very interesting move of maintaining the tension on the e5 square instead of exchanging. This was rife with… Continue reading
