The second GSC meeting took place in Wijk aan Zee from January 25th to 27th 2019.
Present:
Arkady Dvorkovich (FIDE President)
Emil Sutovsky (GSC Chairman)
Bassem Amin
Ken...
Sergei Tkachenko, Tigran Georgiev, Maestro of Practical Studies: A World Champion's Favorite Composers. (Elk and Ruby 2018, original Russian version in 2013.) 212 pp. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos.
It was a good run while it lasted, but finally, after six of the 10 rounds have finished, a pre-tournament 2700-rated player has lost a game. Two, in fact, including the mighty Wesley So, who lost as White to Nils Grandelius.
There wasn't much drama today in the final round of the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, either in the Masters Group or even in the Challengers event. There could have been. Anish Giri had the white pieces against Magnus Carlsen, and with a win he'd have vaulted Carlsen and taken clear first.
Very impressive! And at the top of the leaderboard the hitherto perfect David Navara drew with Wesley So (who had half a point less), so he continues to lead with 4.5/5. He was caught there by Vladislav Artemiev...
Last year Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri tied for first in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, and in this year's edition they are once again the only contenders for first. Last year, Carlsen defeated Giri in a playoff; this year...