2017
World Junior & Girls U20 41 games Update View
5th European Small Nations 36 games
3rd Sunday`s Open ChessSquare 15 games
16th 4NCL Congress 5 games
First Saturday GM November 9 games
7th...
World Junior & Girls U20 41 games Update View
5th European Small Nations 36 games
3rd Sunday`s Open ChessSquare 15 games
16th 4NCL Congress 5 games
First Saturday GM November 9 games
7th...
Essex home double
SCCU U180: Essex 8½-7½ Surrey
At Wanstead House. Surrey must be regretting the non-appearance of their Board 2, with the match decided by the odd point. Steve Rix had the honour of scoring the winning point after an exchange sacrifice.
There have been a lot of draws so far - 25 in all - but there's no indication as yet that Florencio Campomanes will step in for the good of the players. But if Komodo can close the gap to 5-3, all bets are off!
Which means that Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk do qualify. With a win Teimour Radjabov would have qualified, and likewise had Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won. Instead, Radjabov, like almost everyone else today...
Players: Aronian, MVL, Nakamura, Ding Liren, Svidler, Giri, Radjabov, Li Chao...
World no.1 Magnus Carlsen to Play in King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships
Athens, Greece, November 25, 2017 — Magnus Carlsen (Norway), the highest-rated chess player in the world and World Champion in classical chess...
Mamedyarov and Grischuk qualify for Candidates
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk topped the final standings of the FIDE Grand Prix series to qualify for the 2018 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Berlin.
To his great credit, while everyone else draws and draws - most notably fellow Candidates aspirant Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Teimour Radjabov has had lots of decisive games in the Palma de Mallorca Grand Prix tournament.
World Junior & Girls U20 37 games Update View
5th European Small Nations 36 games New
3rd Sunday`s Open ChessSquare 15 games
16th 4NCL Congress 5 games
First Saturday GM November 9...
Round 8 had a lot of surprises in both tournaments. Aryan Tari continued his run of success by winning against Grigoriy Oparin, the second seed. Kirill Alekseenko took out Valentin Dragnev of Austria.
Round 8: Radjabov and MVL keep chances to qualify for the Candidates
The sole leader of the Palma de Mallorca Grand Prix Levon Aronian made a quick draw with Evgeny Tomashevsky, inviting the group of rivals to join him on the top.
World Junior & Girls U20 33 games Update View
5th European Small Nations 36 games New
3rd Sunday`s Open ChessSquare 15 games
16th 4NCL Congress 5 games
First Saturday GM November 9...
The seventh round did not change much in the Grand Prix situation.
After 7 rounds Aronian is in the lead with 4,5 points. A group of 8 players is half a point behind, including Vachier-Lagrave.
It's still early in the superfinal of season 10 of the TCEC, but so far it's looking pretty one-sided. After 14 games (of 100), Houdini has won four and lost none, drawing 10. (Okay, technically it's +3 =10...