The traditional Tata Steel Challengers chess tournament has started in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). Results of the 1st round: M. Warmerdam 1:0 D. Pechac, A. Mishra 1:0 E. Roebers, A. Donchenko – J. Sindarov, T. Beerdsen – R. Vaishali, M. Yilmaz – V. Ivic, E. L’ami – L. Supi, A. Tabatabaei – B. Adhiban. Standings:…
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The traditional super tournament has started today in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). 1st round results: D. Gukesh 0: 1 Ding Liren, R. Rapport 0: 1 N. Abdusattorov, M. Carlsen 0.5: 0.5 L. Aronian, F. Caruana 0.5:0.5 A. Giri, R. Praggnanandhaa 0.5:0.5 A. Erigaisi, P. Maghsoodloo 0.5: 0.5 V. Keymer, J. Van Foreest 0.5: 0.5 W….
The men’s National Championship continues in Yerevan (Armenia). M. Petrosyan is in the lead – 2. T. Petrosian, A. Hakobyan, R. Hovhannisyan are half a point behind. Participants: M. Petrosyan, A. Hakobyan, S. Ter-Sahakyan, R. Hovhannisyan, Z. Andriasian, T. Petrosian, T. Harutyunyan, M. Gharibyan, A. Barseghyan, S. SargsyanDates: from January 13 to 21System: round robin,…
The Azerbaijani Men’s Championship continues in Baku (Azerbaijan). The leaders are V. Durarbayli, U. Sadikhov – 2. 5 people are half a point behind, including N. Abasov, E. Safarli, A. Suleymanli. Rating favorites: N. Abasov, V. Durarbayli, E. SafarliDates: from January 12 to 22Prize fund: 25,000 AZN (1st place – 10,000)System: Swiss, 9 roundsLine-up: 20…
The national Chess championship continues in Minsk (Belarus). The leaders are D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko — 5. A. Aleksandrov is half a point behind. Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Aleksandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitski, M. Tsaruk, A. Siniauski, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich.Dates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 rounds Line-up: 10 participants, 4…
In Yekaterinburg (Russia), the D. S. Shcherbin Memorial continues — The Rapid Grand Prix Of Russia Stage. P. Ponkratov is in the lead – 5.5. 11 players are half a point behind, including M. Chigaev, N. Afanasiev, I. Lysyj, A. Riazantsev, A. Nesterov. Rating-favorites: P. Ponkratov, M. Chigaev, A. TimofeevDates: from January 14 to January…
On a chess platform Chess.com On January 12-13, The 2023 Puzzles World Championship took place, with a prize pool of $25,000. The tournament was held in 2 stages. On January 12, titled and invited players competed together. Everyone was given 30 minutes, only the best attempt to solve problems in 3 minutes was taken into…
A universal rating has appeared (taking into account the performances of chess players in classical chess, rapid chess and blitz) for January 2023. Top 10 of the world:1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 2849;2. H. Nakamura (USA) – 2802;3. Ding Liren (China) – 2798;4. A. Firouzja (France) – 2795;5. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – 2789;6. F. Caruana…
In New York (USA), the 2023 New York Winter Invitational continues – 2 tournaments with the norm of an international grandmaster. P. Stremavicius is in the lead in group “A” – 2.5. G. Kantor, J. Williams, D. Khamrakulov, N. Chasin are half a point behind. In group “B”, V. Tsay is in the lead –…
The men’s national championship has started in Yerevan (Armenia). M. Petrosyan, T. Petrosian and Z. Andriasian won their games. Participants: M. Petrosyan, A. Hakobyan, S. Ter-Sahakyan, R. Hovhannisyan, Z. Andriasian, T. Petrosian, T. Harutyunyan, M. Gharibyan, A. Barseghyan, S. SargsyanDates: from January 13 to 21System: round robin, 9 roundsLine-up: 10 participants, 7 grandmasters Official website…