The Portuguese Championship is over

Among men Andre Sousa became the champion with 6 out of 9, followed by Francisco Veiga (5.5) and Pedro Rego (4.5) third. Among women Mariana Silva won with 3.5 points out of 5. She was tied by Sarah Monteiro and Victoria Simbron, who fell behind in additional indicators and won silver and bronze, respectively.

The second round of the stage of the Women’s Grand Prix in Astana is completed

In the second round of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astana, Zhu Jiner won against Wagner, Shuvalova against Paehtz, Assaubayeva against Kosteniuk, Kashlinskaya against Vaishali, Goryachkina – Lagno and Abdumalik – Tan Zhongyi tied. Tournament standings: Bibisara Assaubayeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alina Kashlinskaya, Zhu Jiner – 1.5, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kateryna Lagno, Elizabeth…

Tournament in Bulgaria

After six rounds in tournament A at Primorsko open 2022, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis is ahead with 5.5 points. Dimitrios Ladopoulos (both Greece), Radoslav Dimitrov and Martin Petrov (both Bulgaria) are half a point behind. Technical results

Karjakin took part in the Moscow Marathon

Sergey Karjakin planned to run a distance of 10 kilometers, but was injured. “I participated in the 10 km distance, ran with my wife. I have a small injury, so I retired at the sixth or seventh kilometer. This is not a competition where you have to compete through pain. Overall I ran with pleasure….

Tournament in France

Ukrainian grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk became the winner of the round-robin tournament in Paris. He scored 6.5 points out of 9. France’s Pierre Laurent-Paoli and England’s Brandon Clarke were one point behind, winning silver and bronze, respectively.

Benjamin Bok on defeating Grischuk

Dutch grandmaster Benjamin Bok, who sensationally beat Alexander Grischuk in Armageddon in 1/32 of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship, shared his joy from the victory on his social networks: “3 years ago I lost a heartbreaking match at the World Cup to Grischuk. Today I took my revenge”.

Magnus Carlsen rushes into battle

At the next stage of the Magnus Tour – Julius Baer Generation Cup, Carlsen took the lead from the start, scoring 10 points out of 12 (3 for a win, 1 for a draw). “He’s really started on fire,” Grandmaster David Howell said in the commentary box. “Normally, we’re not used to seeing this sharp…

The world champions among students were determined

In Antwerp, Belgium, the world championships among students have ended. Iran’s Arash Daghli won the junior tournament with 7 out of 9 points. Silver went to Igor Janik from Poland (6.5), bronze went to another Iranian Mahdi Gholami Orimi (6.5). Among the girls, German Fiona Sieber was the strongest with 6.5 points. Silver goes to…

First Chessboxing Grand Prix

In Cheboksary, as part of the Superfinals of the national championship, the first international Grand Prix in chessboxing was held. Participants alternately had to play a game of chess and conduct a round in the ring. As a result of a stubborn struggle, Ilsur Iskhakov from Russia won, in the final he was stronger than…

Kasparov: “I did not prepare for the tournament in St. Louis”

Garry Kasparov emotionally reacted to his failure (0.5 points out of 9) at the Fischer Random chess tournament in St. Louis: «“This is what happens when you prepare so little,” a friend told me. I corrected him: no, that’s what happens when you don’t prepare AT ALL! Playing as an amateur against elite opponents means…