2018
European Youth Chess Championship 39 games Update
7th Anogia Open 125 games New
4th Eftychios Krommydakis 45 games
Olomouc Open 3 games
32nd Teteven Open 9 games
Open Letni Prague B 8...
European Youth Chess Championship 39 games Update
7th Anogia Open 125 games New
4th Eftychios Krommydakis 45 games
Olomouc Open 3 games
32nd Teteven Open 9 games
Open Letni Prague B 8...
Judging only by the numbers, the 2018 Sinquefield Cup is getting to be like a correspondence chess tournament. After eight rounds, only six games out of 40 have finished with a winner. All five games today (as in rounds 5 and 7) were drawn, but it wasn't for a want of effort of opportunity.
I won't cover any of these events, though I might change my mind about the Russian Championship. That event has several 2700s playing, most notably Ian Nepomniachtchi. On the other hand, it's missing 50-time champion Peter Svidler (a slight exaggeration)...
While more than half the field remained in contention for first entering the round, the only game most fans really cared about was the world championship preview between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.
My dream of seeing a six- or seven-way tie for first fell on hard times today. Five players shared the lead coming into the round, but with one of them - Fabiano Caruana - being the only winner on the day, there was just one leader when it finished.
European Youth Chess Championship 34 games Update
7th Anogia Open 125 games New
4th Eftychios Krommydakis 45 games
Olomouc Open 3 games
32nd Teteven Open 9 games
Open Letni Prague B 8...
Artificial intelligence has swept the board with humans in games like chess and Go, but taking on e-sports might be a step too far — for now. At The International tournament last night in Vancouver, a team of human pro gamers defeated a team of AI bots at the battle arena game Dota 2.
European Youth Chess Championship 12 games Update
7th Anogia Open 100 games Update
4th Eftychios Krommydakis 45 games
Olomouc Open 3 games
32nd Teteven Open 9 games
Open Letni Prague...