The traditional weekly online tournament “Titled-Tuesday”, held on the gaming platform, has ended “Chess.com “. 400 players with international titles took part in the tournament with a prize fund of 5,000$. The victory was won by American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, with a score of 10 out of 11. In second place – Alexey Sarana –…
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In Monaco, the stage of the 1/2 finals of the tournament of contenders for the world championship in group A has begun. Anna Muzychuk 0.5 – 0.5 Lei Tingjie Score in matches after 4 games: Anna Muzychuk – Lei Tingjie 0.5 – 0.5 Dates: from October 24 — November 6Prize fund: 70,000 € Live broadcast…
The tournament continues in New Delhi (India). The leaders are C. Koustav, R. Praggnanandhaa, B. Harsha and S. Vokhidov – 5.5 each; 6 participants are half a point behind, including grandmasters B. Adhiban and S.L. Narayanan. In the women’s tournament, P. Nandidhaa leads with 6 points; Priyanka N. is half a point behind. Dates :…
The Catalan Chess Championship, held from October 28 to November 1 in Lloret de Mar (Catalonia), has ended. 8 players and 5 grandmasters participated in the competition. According to the results of 7 rounds, grandmaster Levan Aroshidze won. Alonso Rosell Alvar is in second place. On the third – Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio. Technical results:…
The international tournament XVI OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ DE MÁLAGA 2022, held from October 27 to November 1 in Malaga (Spain), has ended. In competitions with a prize fund of 6500€ (1400€ — 1st place) 96 players, 5 grandmasters participated. According to the results of 9 rounds, the Cuban grandmaster Carlos Albornoz won. In second…
Henrik Carlsen, who is the father and manager of the current world champion Magnus Carlsen, explained why his son refused the title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. “As for the format, the opening preparation takes so much time and limits the game of classical chess at the highest level so much that Magnus could not help…
The current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen said that in the future he could take part in a match for the title of the strongest chess player on the planet. “I don’t want to speculate on whether this is possible or not, but I definitely don’t rule out such a possibility in the future. Especially…
FIDE has published a rating of chess players on November 1, 2022. Men, top ten: 1. M. Carlsen (Norway) 2859, 2. Ding Liren (China) 2811, 3. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2793, 4. A. Firouzja (France) 2785, 5. H. Nakamura 2768, 6. F. Caruana (both – USA) 2766, 7. A. Giri (Netherlands) 2764, 8. W.So (USA) 2760,…
The Catalan Men’s Chess Championship continues in Lloret de Mar (Catalonia). P. Gines, L. Aroshidze and P. Garriga are in the lead – 4 points each; A. Alonso is half a point behind. Dates: from October 28 to November 1System: round robin, 7 roundsComposition: 8 participants, 5 grandmasters Standings after the 6th round Official page
The 20th Capechecs 2022 Grand-Prix International Open tournament continues in Cap d’Agde (France). Y. Gozzoli, S. Fedorchuk, R. Dimitrov and S. Bharath are in the lead – 4 each; 10 participants, including grandmasters M. Lagarde and Y. Solodovnichenko, are half a point behind. Dates: from October 29 to November 5System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: 12050…