XLVIII Abierto Internacional “CIUDAD de SEVILLA” 2023 started in Seville (Spain). After the 1st round, 91 chess players, including T. Stremavicius, G.A. Stany and N.R. Vignesh, scored one point each. Rating favorites: T. Stremavicius, G.A. Stany, N.R. VigneshDates: from January 13 to January 21System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: $8000 (1st place – $ 1500)Line-up: 208…
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The national Chess championship continues in Minsk (Belarus). The leaders are D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko — 4.5. A. Aleksandrov and M. Tsaruk are 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…
In Baku (Azerbaijan) The Azerbaijani Men’s Championship has started. After the 1st round, 6 players, including V. Durarbayli, A. Suleymanli, M. Muradli, have one point each. 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 participants, 8 grandmasters Official website…
The national Chess championship, which was held in a round-robin system, ended in Tbilisi (Georgia). 10 players and 6 grandmasters took part in the competition. Grandmaster Mikhail Mchedlishvili won. Giga Quparadze is in second place. On the third – Tornik Sanikidze. Technical results:1. M. Mchedlishvili – 7 out of 9;2. G. Quparadze – 6;3-5. T….
The 13th memorial of A. Margaryan continues in Yerevan (Armenia). B. Daneshvar is in the lead — 5. S. Lobanov and B. Pur Agha are half a point behind. On a point – K. Sychev. Participants: K. Sychev, S. Lobanov, Z. Sturua, A. Davtyan, B. Daneshvar, B. Pur Agha, D. Shahinyan, E. Ohanyan, M. Mkrtchyan,…
During the Rapid and Blitz World Championships, Ian Nepomniachtchi put on a T-shirt with the phrase “What are you staring at, idiot? Get out of here!”, which Lionel Messi said in the quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup with the Netherlands to Wout Weghorst. The organizers demanded Nepomniachtchi to change clothes, as his clothes…
Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi, who will fight for the chess crown in April, is upset that the match will not take place against the current world champion Magnus Carlsen. — After the candidates tournament, you crossed paths with Magnus many times. How much is the discussed topic of his rejection between you? — Oddly enough,…
The traditional Tata Steel Challengers chess tournament starts tomorrow in Wijk aan Zee. Participants: A. Tabatabaei, J. Sindarov, D. Pechac, A. Donchenko, E. L’ami, M. Warmerdam, B. Adhiban, M. Yilmaz, L. Supi, V. Ivic, A. Mishra, T. Beerdsen, R. Vaishali, E. RoebersDates: from January 13 to January 29System: round robin, 13 rounds. In case of…
The traditional Tata Steel Masters chess super tournament starts tomorrow in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). Participants: M. Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), F. Caruana (USA), A. Giri (Netherlands), W. So (USA), R. Rapport (Romania), L. Aronian (USA), D. Gukesh, A. Erigaisi (both India), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), N. Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), V. Keymer (Germany), R. Praggnanandhaa (India),…
Tomorrow in Yekaterinburg (Russian Federation) the D. S. Shcherbin Memorial — the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia stage starts. Rating-favorites: P. Ponkratov, M. Chigaev, A. TimofeevDates: from January 14 to January 15System: Swiss, 11 roundsPrize fund: 523,000 rubles (1st place – 80,000 rubles)Line-up: 222 participants, 21 grandmasters Official website Starting list