2018
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 4 games Update
First Saturday GM Nov 9 games
Winter Chess Classic-B 9 games
Narcis 7 GM 9 games
Narcis 4 GM 9 games
Memorial Maria Albulet 9 games
Chigorin...
World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad 4 games Update
First Saturday GM Nov 9 games
Winter Chess Classic-B 9 games
Narcis 7 GM 9 games
Narcis 4 GM 9 games
Memorial Maria Albulet 9 games
Chigorin...
Is Magnus Carlsen already playing for the tiebreak? He did go into a main line against Fabiano Caruana's Petroff, but his 12.Kb1 Qa5 13.c4 went into an ending that caused the challenger only minimal problems.
Just a prelude
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Challenger Fabiano Caruana have been hitting hard in the first ten games of the match, but game 11 proved to be something of a disappointment for spectators.
On November 23, Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President and Sergey Kosilov, Deputy Minister of Sports of Russian Federation paid an official visit to Khanty-Mansiysk. They attended chess events taking place in the city and visited several locations of UgraMegaSport.
Three weeks after the start of the Women’s World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, the world’s strongest woman chess player was determined. The rating favorite of the event, Ju Wenjun from China...
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(That's twice in one year, which is ridiculous. (FIDE's fault, but thankfully they're putting an end to the idiocy.))
The tension ramps up as the draws continue. Happy day-after-Thanksgiving, readers, and please excuse my Thanksgiving-related delay in posting about this game.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich visited Edinburgh Chess Club and delivered a speech there on the 20th of November. It is the first time ever that the head of World Chess Federation visits Scotland.
Ju Wenjun defends Women’s World Champion's title
The tie-break of the Women's World Championship Final between Ju Wenjun (China) and Kateryna Lagno (Russia) took place on November 23.
FIDE WCCM Game 10 review: Wild
Game 10 of the World Chess Championship was a wild struggle with both players going for the win. But in spite of their best efforts, neither player could land a clean punch and the game ended in a draw after five and a half hours play.
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