The 12th women world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk shared her impressions of her game at the stage of the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana: Every day is a new game, and I just try to do my best; sometimes I manage, sometimes I don’t. Well, at some point you really start appreciating the journey more than…
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The second game day of the round of 1/16 finals ended with two matches. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Wesley So – Vasyl Ivanchuk 3-1 Leinier Dominguez – Erik Hansen 3-1
The standings of the participants in the men’s tournament after 5 rounds (double scoring): Mamedyarov – 10, Vidit – 9, Maghsoodloo – 6, Durarbayli, Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov – 5, Wang Hao – 4, Mamedov, 3, Yilmaz – 2, Guseinov – 1. The position of the participants in the women’s tournament: Dzagnidze – 9, Efroimski, Zavadska, Ozturk…
In the quarter-final matches, Carlsen beat Aronian 3-1, Erigaisi beat Yoo 3.5-2.5, Le Quang Liem beat Niemann 2.5-1.5, Keymer beat Praggnanandhaa 3-1. Carlsen – Keymer and Le Quang Liem – Erigaisi will play in the semi-finals.
Winners were determined at the tournament in the Dominican Republic. The first place was taken by Yasser Quesada Perez (Cuba), who scored 8 out of 9. Alejandro Ramirez (USA) is 1.5 points behind, Fernando Peralta (Argentina) is 2 points behind. Final standings
As part of the additional program, a representative blitz tournament was held in Batumi during the children’s world championship. The victory was won by Mikhail Kobalia, who competes under the FIDE flag. He scored 7 out of 9. Vladislav Kovalev, also playing under the flag of FIDE and Georgian David Maghalashvili, stood on a par…
In the final round of the Superfinals in the men’s tournament, Dubov defeated Iljushenok, Murzin defeated Najer. Syugirov – Esipenko, Nesterov – Tomashevsky, Matlakov – Artemiev and Chigaev – Rakhmanov met in a draw. Dubov was stronger in the tie-break for the first place. Final standings: 1. Daniil Dubov, 2. Sanan Sjugirov – 7 points…
In the fifth round of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astana, Zhu Jiner won against Abdumalik, Kashlinskaya against Shuvalova, Kosteniuk against Paehtz, Goryachkina against Tan Zhongyi, Assaubaeva – Lagno, Wagner – Vaishali tied. Tournament standings: Goryachkina, Zhu Jiner – 4, Assaubaeva, Kashlinskaya, Lagno – 3, Kosteniuk 2.5, Abdumalik, Wagner, Vaishali, Paehtz…
The first three 1/16 matches took place. The participants play a match of four games with 15+2 control, in case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon. The prize fund is $1,000,000. Match results: Fabiano Caruana – Jose Martinez 2.5 – 1.5 Dmitry Andreikin – Gata Kamsky 3 – 2 (according to the results of…
Round-robin grandmaster tournaments in rapid (2 points for a victory) and blitz (two circles) in Shusha have begun in Azerbaijan, in which ten participants play. The composition of the men’s tournament: Sh. Mamedyarov, T. Radjabov, G. Guseinov, R. Mamedov, V. Durarbayli (all – Azerbaijan), Wang Hao (China), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), S. Vidit (India), R. Kasimdzhanov…