79th TATA STEEL CHESS TOURNAMENT/Pairings: Tata Steel Masters Playing Schedule Round 1 – Saturday the 14th Harikrishna, P. – Aronian, L. Adhiban, B. – Van Wely, L. Eljanov, P. – Rapport, R. Karjakin, S. – Giri, A. So, W. – Carlsen, M. … Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. FINALLY ! Topalov wins a game (the only win) in the last round. “GCT London Chess Classic 2016”[Round “9”]White “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”Black “Topalov, Veselin (BUL)” 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6.… Continue reading
Chess.com Isle Of Man tournament/rd3 Chess.com Isle Of Man tournament is taking place from October 1st to 9th, 2016. The participants include Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Michael Adams, Pavel Eljanov, Wang Hao, Alexei Shirov, Hou Yifan, with a total field of 132 players .. Rd3 Shirov [2679] -Brunello[2566]… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Wesley So (Right) drew his last round game versus Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to clinch top honors in this years Sinquefield Cup; he finished a half point ahead of the field. Congratulations for a fine tournament by all the competitors. In this final ninth round… Continue reading
There were three decisive games this round. Wesley So’s White victory over Veselin Topalov; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s Black victory over Levon Aronian; Liren Ding’s White victory over Peter Svidler. Wesley So Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Liren Ding The following images are courtesy of Derrick Barototto … Continue reading
Wesley So Wesley So, playing White, won the only decisive game of round 8. Anish Giri tried to defend but was ground down mercilessly until a forced mate was exactly one move away. Black To Play – Actually He Resigned. White will play either Rg7#, or if… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Another scintillating win by World Champion Magnus Carlsen; this time at the expense of Wesley So. Carlsen,Magnus (NOR) – So,Wesley (USA) IX Bilbao Masters Final 2016 (4), 16.07.2016 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 The Steinitz variation. Wilhelm really… Continue reading
Levon Aronian is in the lead by a half point at the half way point of the Your Next Move GCT in Leuven Belgium. # Name Pts SB 1 Aronian, Levon 5.5 23.5 2 Carlsen, Magnus 5 23 Kramnik, Vladimir 5 22.25 Nakamura, Hikaru 5 21.25 So,… Continue reading
The 2016 China-USA Chess Grandmaster Summit Match : Chinese no. 1 Ding Liren defeats U.S. GM Wesley So in a four-game match 2.5-1.5 Shanghai, China. The event took place from 4-8 May in Shanghai Haiwan National Forest Park and was sponsored by Bright Food.. Official website: www.cmsa.cn/category/612 Queen’s Gambit Declined GAME 3 White… Continue reading
All Photos Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto This was a TREMENDOUS two day Blitz Fight among four extremely strong players – and all extremely strong Blitz players. Although he did not play perfectly – who did? – the winner of the event was Hikaru Nakamura. He fought on in… Continue reading
