The men’s national championship continues in Armenia. Standings after the 2nd round

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 Belarusian Chess Championship continues. Standings after the 6th round

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…

The “D. S. Shcherbin Memorial” Stage of the Rapid Grand Prix Of Russia continues in Yekaterinburg. Standings after the 6th round

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…

Ray Robson wins The 2023 Puzzles World Championship

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…

The universal rating for January 2023 has been published

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…

The men’s national championship has started in Armenia. Standings after the 1st round

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…