Tomorrow in Messina (Italy) The traditional 15th chess festival “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” starts. Rating-favorites: T. Stremavicius, V. Kazakouski, S. BrunelloDates: from January 2 to January 8System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: € 4000 (€ 1300 – 1st place)Line-up: 61 participants, 6 grandmasters Official website Starting list
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The “Caplin Hastings Masters” continues in Hastings (England). S. Sulskis, B. Clarke and O. Korneev are in the lead, 4 each. G. Nagy, H. Grieve and D. Gormally are half a point behind. Rating favorites: R. Edouard, M. Petrov, B. KorpaDates: from December 28 to January 6Prize fund: £2,500 (1st place — £1,250)System: Swiss, 9 roundsLine-up: 106…
The national chess championship continues in Delhi (India). The leader is A. Gupta, Ch. Koustav – 8 each. S. P. Seturaman, G. Mitrabha, L. Srihari are half a point behind. Rating favorites: S. P. Seturaman, S. Vaibhav, A. GuptaDates: from December 22 to January 01System: Swiss, 13 rounds Line-up: 200 participants, 18 grandmasters Position after round 10
FIDE has published the blitz rating list for January 1, 2023.World Ten: A.Firouzja 2904, H.Nakamura 2879, M.Carlsen 2852, F.Caruana 2818, L.Aronian 2809, A.Giri 2807, D.Dubov 2802, V.Artemiev 2800, J.-K.Duda 2790 , Yu Yangyi 2783.Ten of Russia , including Russians playing for FIDE: D. Dubov 2802, V. Artemyev 2800, Ya. G. Kasparov, V. Kramnik – 2712 each, P….
“XLI INTERNATIONAL CHESS MEMORIAL OF LUDWIK ZAMENHOF” ended in Bialystok (Poland). The competition with a prize fund of PLN 100,000 (1st place – PLN 12,000) was attended by 70 players, 12 grandmasters. The victory was won by the Polish grandmaster Teklaf Pavel. In second place Bernadsky Vitaly. On the third – Sergey Azarov. technical results: 1st place: Teklaf Pavel…
FIDE has published the rating list for January 1, 2023.Men.World Ten: M. Carlsen 2859, Ding Liren 2811, Y. Nepomniachtchi 2793, A. Firouzja 2785, H. Nakamura 2768, F. Caruana 2766, A. Giri 2764, W. So 2760, V. Anand 2754, S. Karjakin , T.Radjabov – 2747 each. Ten of Russia, including Russians playing for FIDE: Y. Nepomnyashchiy 2793, S….
The traditional chess festival “Rilton Cup 2022/2023” continues in Stockholm (Sweden). F. Urkedal, Ya. Parkhov are in the lead – 4 points each Rating favorites : K. Sasikiran, I. Smirin, L. LivaichDates: from January 27 to January 5System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: 119,000 SEK (22,000 SEK – 1st place)Line-up: 136 participants, 20 grandmasters Official site Position after the 5th round
At the World Blitz Championship in Kazakhstan, the photographer was shooting very close, thereby distracting Kosteniuk during the game. Alexandra lost the game and filed an appeal. Alexandra Kosteniuk: “Thanks to the organizers and congratulations to the winners! I enjoyed the competition until one non-professional photographer ruined my finish. I hope FIDE will do something, and such actions that…
American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, who became a bronze medalist at the World Rapid Chess Championship held in Almaty, summed up the results of the tournament. “The Rapid and Blitz World Championships are over! I brought home a solid bronze medal in rapid, but my blitz was too nervous, despite the good chances on the final…
Today, the Norwegian grandmaster, the current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen became the world blitz champion for the sixth time in his career. After winning the tournament, Carlsen posted a video on social networks in which he tries to count the titles he won. “Gonna need more hands soon,” – Carlsen wrote.