Caplin Hastings Masters started in Hastings (England). After the 1st round, 43 players won their games, including Petrov M, Corpa B Rating favorites : Shkuro Yu, Eduard R, Petrov M Dates: from December 28 to January 6 prize fund: £2500 (1st place – 1250) System : Swiss, 9 rounds composition : 101 players, 13 grandmasters official site position after 1st round
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In Zurich (Switzerland), the chess festival “46. Zürcher Weihnachtsopen Meisterturnier. I. Ivanisevic is the leader – 4.5 points. M. Perunovic, M. Boyer, Fedorchuk S, Aslany D, Laurent-Paoli P, Kunin V are half a point behind Rating favorites: S. Fedorchuk, V. Kunin, I. IvanishevichDates: from December 26 to 30System: Swiss, 7 roundsPrize fund: more than CHF 18,500 (CHF 3,000 in the main tournament…
The World Blitz Championship continues in Almaty (Kazakhstan). After the 1st gaming day, 12 rounds were played in the open tournament. Hikaru Nakamura leads with 10 points. A point behind him are Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen, Daniil Dubov, Haik Martirosyan and Richard Rapport In the women’s championship, Shuvalova P, Gunina V are leading – 7.5 each The…
The “BASEL CHRISTMAS CHESS FESTIVAL – MASTER” continues in Switzerland. Standing after the 6th round
In Basel (Switzerland) “BASEL CHRISTMAS CHESS FESTIVAL – MASTER” continues. The leaders are Pen Li Ming, Vidyarthy V, Weisheutel M, Hollan M — 5 points each. Rating-favorites: S. Bogner, Peng Li Ming, A. DemuthDates: from December 26 to 30System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: CHF 8000 (CHF 2000 – 1st place)Line-up: 73 participants, 3 grandmasters Official sitePosition after the 6th round
Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was forced to change clothes during the World Rapid and Blitz Championship, which is taking place in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan). The Russian came to the competition in a T-shirt with a quote from Lionel Messi: “What are you looking at, idiot? Come on, get out of here, asshole.” He said these words during a flash…
The traditional chess festival “Rilton Cup 2022/2023” continues in Stockholm (Sweden). 17 participants scored 2 points each, including F. Urkedal and P. Galperin. Rating favorites: K. Sasikiran, I. Smirin, L. LivaicDates: from 27 to 5 JanuarySystem: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: 119,000 SEK (22,000 SEK – 1st place)Line-up: 136 participants, 20 grandmasters Official website Standings after…
Russian grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev became the only participant of the Rapid World Championship who managed to win against Magnus Carlsen. Artemiev kept his chances for first place until the last round, but lost to Fabiano Caruana and took seventh place. “In the decisive game I had a bad opening, and the opponent played hard. I…
The current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen today won the World Rapid Chess Championship for the fourth time in his career. The Norwegian grandmaster expressed his joy that after the only defeat in the tournament from Vladislav Artemiev, he gathered and brought the tournament to a final victory. “I’m incredibly pleased. If I hadn’t lost…
The national Chess championship continues in Groningen (Netherlands). The results of the first 1/2 games: M. Warmerdam – R. Kevlishvili 0.5:0.5, R. Pruijssers – E. L’ami 0:1. Dates: from December 21 to December 30System: knockout, matches from 2 gamesLine-up: 16 participants, 12 grandmasters Official website
The chess festival “46. Zürcher Weihnachtsopen Meisterturnier” continues in Zurich (Switzerland). The leader is I. Ivanishevic – 4 points. M. Perunovic and M. Boyer are half a point behind. Rating-favorites: S. Fedorchuk, V. Kunin, I. IvanishevicDates: from December 26 to December 30System: swiss, 7 roundsPrize fund: more than CHF 18,500 (CHF 3000 in the main tournament — 1st…